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Show Pg9 Tin gymnasts Lady SOFTBALL: Utah won three of its six games trek to in a three-da- y qualify Nebraska. Coach Norma Carr's Lady Utes opened the road trip on Thursday by sweeping HCAC defending champion Creighton. Special to the Chronicle Arizona State rallied on the balance beam and uneven bars to overtake Utah to win the Midwest TEMPE, Ariz- - Saturday to gain the automatic bid Regional, for the NCAA gymnastics championships. The Sun Devils, who will be seeded fourth at the were upcoming nationals in Salt Lake City on April 24-2- 5, led by sophomore Karli Urban. She finished second in the with a 38.75. Her win had to be particularly d since she her knee in a fall of the gratifying balance beam last Wednesday during a practice. For the Lady Utes, it was a disappointing loss. Utah, the six-tidefending national champion, went into its final routine the floor exercise with almost a one point lead, but couldnt hold it. Utah's Lynne Ledercr and Hilaric Portell both tied for second on the floor with 9.45s,' but Car a lee Novak and Tina Hermann both had 9.1s, and Michelle Hilse had a 9.25. It hurt Utah even more with freshman Jill Stuart not able to compete on the floor because of a knee problem. But while Utah w as struggling, Arizona State w as coming on strong. "AS U had the meet of its life," Utah coach Greg Marsden said. "I've always said the team that hits its routines consistently will win a meet nine times out of 10, and ASU 189-18S.6h- ere Friday, Utah split game-winni- Utes held on for a test, 1 38.75 and SP3 ft) 583-348- 0 3-- on 2, 2-- 6-- 3 on Saturday and had to settle for second place in the New Mexico State Women's Invitational. Pam Miller, Marcia Foote posted wins in singles play, while Michelle Mras and Miller won in No. 1 doubles action. In Friday's semifinal action, the Lady Utes downed Midland Junior College, 3. Mras, Miller, Susy Wcstfall and Liz Fox were winners in singles play. In doubles play, MillcrMras and Linda AndersonFox were victorious. The Lady Utes host Idaho State on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. on the Ballif outdoor courts. FOOTBALL: Utah defensive back Mike Jones should find out this week if hell ever be able to play football again. Jones, a senior from San Ramon, Calif., had a CAT scan last week from Dr. Chuck Rich. The result showed a disorder, "which maybe is hereditary or maybe the result of some concussion he's had in the past," said Utah coach Jim Fassel. Fassel said a group of doctors will meet this week to determine if Jones should continue his football career. Jones injured his ankle in last season's opener against San Diego State. Fassel said losing Jones "would be a big blow" to the program. MEN'S BASKETBALL: San Francisco prepster Ken Crawford has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for coach Lynn Archibald, it was announced over the weekend. 225 pounder from Washington Crawford, a 23 points and 15 rebounds last High School, averaged California season and was named to the 54-ho- 4 V-- Utah's Tina Hermann scored a 9.5 in Saturday night's vault and the Lady Ute senior ended up with a 36.8 in her first competition since a car accident earlier in the season. all-arou- nd e 2. noiMi o U. (ELI STUDENTS $2.50 GENERAL $3.50 BY FIELDS-WAITER- S. IN WITH THEATRE I M U S SPONSORED er BY UNION PROGRAMS er with a 10.78. Alumni Association is now accepting application for its Young Alumni Scholarship. AIR Mill? M A X er The University of Utah Young ROOM. CHILDREN ANNIE 12-ov- 100-met- P.M. U. OF SALT par 35-foo- t-4 APRIL 16. 17. 18 8:00 le concluded Sunday. Florida State's Nolan Hanke took medalist honors with a 214. Utah senior Mark Romney 227. Junior Blair Philip was finished 23rd with a 44th with a 235, followed by teammates Devin Dehlin (236), Matt Johnson (239) and Steve Seegmiller (247). MEN'S, WOMEN'S TRACK: Utah's men's team placed fourth with 65 points, and the women were third with 30 points at the Nike-BY- U track meet at the Cougar Track Stadium in Provo on Saturday. BYU won both portions of the meet as the men compiled 209 points; the women finished with 126. Utah's Celsa Bowman collected the Utes' lone victory as she won the 5,000-metwith a 16:17.62. Finishing second were Brenda Alcorn in the triple jump with a leap, and Gerald Johnson placed second in the one-under-- Chronicle photo by Boone J. Chen ARRANGEMENT OPEN 24 HOURS 200 UNIVERSITY ST. and MEN'S GOLF: Utah finished 1 1th at the Jerry Pate Invitational in Pensacola, Fla., 41 strokes behind event that Southern Alabama, which won the DIRECTED Open 2a hours. 0 team. o Now those rush jobs will be handled as easily as picking up your remote control. 9-- All-North- ed go to Kinko's. We're open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Third-ranke- d 0. 6-- qualifier for nationals from the Midwest Regional. Garrison-Steve- s, the No. 1 gymnast in the nation, took It's 3 a.m.. Your favorite B movie is over. You suddenly realize you still need those reports copied for that 7 a.m. meeting. Don't panic-j- ust Norma Carr HCAC WOMEN'S TENNIS: Utah lost to Texas Tech Nebraska (185.15) finished fourth and was the other W 3-- 10-1- all turned in 9.65s. SEE TOE UfflE, IffiTE win. Saturday in Lincoln. Utah is 5 and 0 in the conference and will travel to Logan on Tuesday for a twinbill with Utah State of the Sun Devil coach John Spini w as obviously elated over his team's showing. "I didn't expect to win. I didn't think with all our freshmen that wc could win," Spini said. "We hit the best meet of our lives just when wc needed it." Arizona finished third on the strength of Caroline Wood's victory on the uneven bars. Her 9.7 edged Oklahoma's Kelly Garrison-Steve- s, Urban and New Mexico's Lisa Pank, who nd 1 Nebraska handed Utah two losses, hit theirs." all-arou- 2-- ng The Lady Tigers came back in the second con- me also won the floor exercise, vault and balance beam events. Garrison-Steve- s will represent the Sooners at nationals, but her Oklahoma team, along with Utah State and New Mexico, didn't score high enough to qualify for the national championships. UCLA, which won the West Regional, will be the No. 1 seeded team at nationals followed by Alabama and Utah. Arizona State is fourth and Georgia, which was upset by Florida in its regional, is fifth. The Gators are sixth. For the Lady Utes, they will have to regroup and try to heal from injuries before they defend their national title later this month. Utah was definitely hurt by the loss of freshman Kris Takahashi, w ho was out with a sprained ankle, and Kim who is recovering from a hyper-extendTaylor-Wild- e, elbow. The Utah loss also kept alive the jinx the Lady Utes seem to have here at the University Activity Center. Utah has not won here since 1985. Lederer, a junior from Chicago, turned in a strong outing with a 38. She finished as she finished third in the in a tie for third with Hilse on the balance beam with a 9.55, tied for second with Portell and Nebraska's Mary Kay Brown (9.45), and had a 9.55 on the uneven bars. a the first game, Kristen Burtoft's RBI single proved to be the hit as the Lady hyper-extende- a J twinbill with Missouri. In all-arou- nd honors in the meet with 1M7 Weekend Review AS U nabs' regional title still for NCAA meet Ute all-arou- nd 13. Hondty. April A Be a Junior entering senior year. Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 Participate in some form of University activities Be involved in University service Be involved in community service Prove some financial need Applications can be picked up at. the Alumni House and must be returned no later than April 30, 1987. |