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Show Chronicle - Page Eleven Tuesday, Febvruary 21, 1989 i Ute gymnasts, lose to Alabama Despite loss, Utah still breaks school record meet The former Olympic gymnast posted a 38.75 to fin- Special to the Chronicle your best just isn't, Ute The Lady gymnastics team found this good enough. statement to he true Saturday night as Utah fell to Alabama 194.30-192.5despite a performance. best for the Utah's final tally marked a new 2 overall. Ironically, the now Utes, Lady previous Utah record of 191.55 also came against Alabama. The old mark was achieved in Utah's convincing 191.55-187.5- 5 win over the Tide Jan. 30 in the Huntsman Center. "Both teams are certainly two of the best in the country. They (Alabama) were fired up, just like we were fired up and ready for them when they came here," Utah Coach Greg Marsden said. "We were a little lackluster let them utilize the advantage of being at and we i home." really The crowd of nearly 8,500 watched Alabama standout honors with a victorious Marie Robbins claim TUSCALOOSA, Ala.-Someti- mes school-record-setti- 5, ng all-ti- 5-- all-arou- nd total of 39.10. She was followed by Utah's Missy Marlowe and the Crimson Tide duo of Kim Masters and Una Rinker. ; ; Marlowe, despite finishing behind Robbins, registered score in Utah history in the the second-bes- t all-arou- nd ish just ahead of Masters' and Rinker's tallies of 38.65. Individual winners for the Utes included Jessica Smith, 9.70 on the vault, and Marlowe 9.85 on the balance beam. Marlowe, also placed high on the uneven: bars with a 9.75, while teammate Shelly Schaerrer added scores of 9.70 on the balance beam and 9.80 in the floor exercise to assist the Utah effort "Each week we have become more consistent on the road," Marsden said in reference to the Lady Utes' recent road meets. "We did a relatively good job." The Lady Utes are 2 since their last home meet Jan. 30. Utah defeated Arizona State, but fell short in the other road contests with Oklahoma and Alabama. Despite the losses, Marsden is pleased with the Lady Utes' improvement on the road. "We're scoring better at home than on the road, so it's good that we're not getting gifts at home," Marsden said. "We certainly made improvements, but we still need to resolve some things on the road. We need to maintain that excitement we get at home." The Lady Utes return to the friendly confines of the Huntsman Center Feb. 27 for the University Park Hotel Classic. The meet will feature squads from Utah, Oklahoma, Stanford and New Mexico. , 1-- . ,The Utah men's tennis team finished in fifth place the top three places in the women's slalom. Former U.S. Ski Team member Dahlgren had the fastest combined at the annual Nevada-La- s Vegas Invitational, tennis tourtime for the run. , nament during the weekend. Utah's Eric Baumann finished in second place in the losers in the Colorado of The Utes beat the University e bracket to capture the freestyle race. Anne Kari AAs scored spot. Utah, seeded No. 2 "men's finish in the women's 10K freestyle. in the field, certainly seemed to get things off on a second-plac- e of eight individual events at the Western five 0 Utah won State match in the right foot, defeating Utah play. In the second round, the Utes were upset by Regionals. Utah will attempt to defend its NCAA Southeastern Louisiana by a 2 margin. Championship title March 5 in Jackson, Wyo. ' . . .The Utah men's indoor track team garnered a seconbeat Utah In the first round of the consolation bracket, d-place finish at the BYU Invitational Saturday. BYU The Utes then went on to defeat Colorado Nebraska won the meet with 109 points and was followed by Utah to capture fifth place. of our (44), Weber State (36) and Utah State (30). Utah tracksters "We didn't play as well as we had in some recent dual matches," Coach F.D. Robbins said. "But I John Clark (high jump) and Troy Jones (long jump) each e finishes in their respective events. think it's a good sign when a team can win even when claimed " V1 : v S,t it's down." :, j The Utes will begin preparation for a March 4 California road trip. Utah will face Pepperdine and ENGINEERS WEEK FEB. 21 - 25 . Utah tankers beat Hawaii in dual meet Special to the Chronicle Utah men's swimming and diving team ) concluded the 1988-8- 9 campaign last weekdual-mevictories over VVAC foe end with a pair of Hawaii. Action got underway Friday night as Utah cruised to an easy 149-9- 2 win over the Rainbow Warriors. The Utes took top honors in nine of the 13 events, paced by the accomplishments of senior Anders Bladh. The Swedish native recaptured the unofficial title of "fastest swimmer in the WAC hy defeating defending conferd ence champion Corey Carroll in both the 50- - and freestyle events. Bladh also anchored the Utes' victorious 400 freestyle relay team. ' Other winners Friday for the Utes included former Joel Bussard, who capJunior College e honors in the 1,000 freestyle, along tured with teammates Marc Fraser-Be(200 backstroke), Bret a Peterson diving), Arne Miles (200 IM) and Lundbladh (200 backstroke). The Utah tankers also claimed victory in the 400 medley relay, due to the efforts of squad members Lundbladh, Miles, freshman Sal Castro and newcomer Warwick Mortensen. The Utes' dominance continued Saturday afternoon A balas Utah rolled over its Island host 150.5-85.anced team effort prevailed once again for the Utah tankers, who swam to victory in nine of the 12 events. Utah won both relay events (200 medley and freestyle) Saturday, with individual wins by Richard Johansson (1,000 freestyle), Anders Bladh (50 and 100 freestyle), Arne Miles (400 IM and 100 backstroke), Sal Castro (100 butterfly) and Brooks McCartney (500 HONOLULU-T- he (13-2- et . 100-yar- All-Americ- an first-plac- ll Per-Ol- er 5. freestyle). ' fifth-plac- MylttOP? ter 16-tea- m 6-- 2-- . 5-- 5-- 2. - first-plac- ? ;. ;." 2-- Cal-Irvin- e. -. .The Utah women's tennis team lost twice over the weekend to nationally ranked teams as it began a south-eroad trip last weekend. The Lady Utes lost to No. 13 Miami Friday by an 1 score. Utah's Susie Costa, playing at No. 6 singles, defeatfor Utah's only win. 0 ed Miami's Gail Gibson Utah's Michelle Mrasr ranked No. 23 in the country, lost her match to Amy Schwartz, Lady Ute Kristin Siegmund gave Miami's Keri Reiter a challenge The Utah but could not pull off the win. She lost and Julie Kempin lost doubles team of Ruth Ann Stevens a close match to Miami's Schwartz and Gibson, d The Lady Utes also dropped a match to afternoon. , Georgia by a 0 score Monday . . .The Utah ski team successfully defended its NCAA Western Regional title in Durango, Colo., over the weekend. The Utes skied to their eighth consecutive win this season in the process. V Utah finished the meet with 256 points, 22 points ahead of second-plac- e Wyoming. New Mexico finished in third with 196 points. WM(S)PIPEE m IIEER5 . 8-- 6-- 3, 6-- 6-- 3, 6-- 4, i 7-- 6. ' I s (1 4 6-- 4. sixth-ranke- " WS With purchase of lg. fry fc? lg. drink idJ vm V m MMJ Offer good " 575 L 400 Utah's Henrik Smith-Meye- won the men's giant r slalom Friday and the slalom Saturday. 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