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Show Swim Team in Seventh at WAG It wasn't a very eventful first day at the WAC Oiampionships for the Utah men's swimming team in San Antonio. After six events, Utah sits in seventh place with 87 points. SMU is comfortably in front with 244 points with BYU in second at 152.5. Ute diver Dus tin Jones had Utah's top finish as he came in fifth in the 1M diving competition. He finished with a score of 429.70 with SMLTj Ali winning the event with a Al-Has- an 580.80 J total . . The WAC record holder in the 50M race, Ute Magnus Ronncwall, had a finish disappointing eighth-plac- e 19.84 of time record WAC His (20.73). hesctinl995. (a MARCH 7 12:00 NOON an INSTITUTE CHAPEL Paul Cardull COMPOSER AND MUSICAL PERFORMER REFRESHMENTS IN THE CULTURAL HALL Molly Northrop performs &(tom fafpl U. her floor routine in action earlier this year. The U. sophomore will compete on Faces Stiff Test Against Stanford Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor If you are a sports enthusiast, you've seen the movie Hoosicrs. And for those who have, you know all about Jimmy Ghipwood saying "HI off what wound up being an evening where five Ute gymnasts upgraded their CONTINENTS mniriTi-iKKi-irr- 1 TVi ' Ar make it" to his coach just before he 1UU 1H 11 lull Hi ill I LJIl I Wi ll Ir.terccticr.d Vcbslofy Scnrfct Intercstted Sfcdsst ID Cod ' I Jarcd Sf Ve toed Presentation on Work Abroad & Budget Travel Tuesday, April 11 Union IhMtw VNfark Abroad: 1230-1:0- 0 BudgrfTraW: 1:30-3.0- 0 nnmll OEE: O)uncilonlnternatior 205 Eaa 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017-570- 6 Jenny Schmidt assumed the role of Chipwood on the Utah gymnastics team. With the Utcs in a dog fight with Na 4 Michigan, Utah coach Greg Marsden didn't really want Schmidt trying her new full-i-n ban dismount knowing that if she fcD, it might mean a Ute loss. Before she attempted her routine, Marsden asked her if she'd hit it, Schmidt replied and said TO hk k." The University of Utah freshman . went out and scored a 9.775 as the first Ute up. on bars. Utah coasted through die rest of the meet Sponsored by: Tkt UU International Ctattr CowpwW: 581 5149 t( buries the game winner. It was the Hollywood script the likes of which, can only be matched by Babe Ruth caHing his shot. Last weekend, '. v TeL Angie Leonard, Northrop is the only other Ute to score a 9.90 on bars this season. Though Stanford is only ranked 14th, Marsden insists it is a better him I could and I did." ' Tonight, Schmidt will get another chance to show off her dismount as the No. 2 Utei host No. 14 Stanford at 7 p.m. ' JAMES EDWARD Ill PA 1 rrm l A DD Chromoi fworo Danny La vault, bars and beam tonight as Utah squares off against Stanford. FOLLOWING THE FORUM mm 21 1M "I was pretty confident going into it, because I did that dismount my last couple years in dub," Schmidt said "It makes me fed good knowing that I told team. "Almost everyone agrees that Against the Wolverines, Schmidt led bars dismounts. Tt was really big Marsden said. T hope we can maintain that because we are doing those again this week, phis trying to get a couple more things added." Dcruse Jones was the lone Ute out of those five who was unsuccessful with her new dismount' T wanted to stick k really bad, and what I did was opened up a litde too much for the landing, and mat made me fall, she said. 1 don't think that will be the scores are much tighter in , a icoccurring problem. ShcU find out tonight as all the Utcs will try and improve on the execution of dismounts instead of just trying to land them. The Ute bar lineup might receive a major bonus this weekend if Sarah Northrop can compete. She has been sidelined with a strained triccp since Feb. 15, but she has trained all week, and - Marsden is optimistic she wffl return. It would be a big boost to Utah's score if she goes, because aside from . California and Oregon, so you really can't look at scores when you compare teams in the far west to the rest of the country" he said. If Marsden had his wishes, many of the Stanford gymnasts would be . Utcs instead. "Almost every kid that is going to compete for them, we recruited hard," he said. "Stanford usually won though because the kids that are looking at Stanford are focusing on academic reputation; we are a good academic school, but we aren't Stanford. The Cardinal's head coach, Lisa. MkaMzri, is a former Ute who will be making her first appearance in the Huntsman Center m a oxnpetkive n skuation since she graduated 1986. While the Ute fans will be welcoming back one of their former favorites, they win also be saying goodbye to a current Ute. ' Tonight's meet is senior night, and Utah's lone senior, KeBcy Dclaney, will be honored before the meet U Golf Team Off To San Diego for 2nd Invite of 497 never Know wnen a little extra cash will come in handy tor V life's rainy days. Start a regular savings program at the University v You v vreuu uiuun luuay. ' Y V Pavrnli Hprlnrfion ran maVp cavincrc oacxrl TKr cktrcr all rvr a .. portion of your paycheck sent directly to the Credit Union savings account, you'll be saving regularly without even trying! Why not sign up for payroll deduction today before the next rainy day. ; Health Sciences Building 521 U Med. Center Annex 1127 Annex Bldg. Chad Pettingill, Chris Ashworth Invitational which is held in San Diego. The competition begins Sunday and runs through Tuesday. ; John Owen led the Utes at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate 4bl-OO- U0 Bookstore University Bookstore weekend in California. John Owen, Jon Morgan, Ridding and David Branca will all participate in the - CREDIT UNION Two weeks after finishing 22nd in a tournament in Hawaii, the. Utah golf team will hit the lynx again this Research Park 540 Arapeen Dr. Golf Tournament held in Hawaii on Feb. 19. He finished 60th. Utah's best finish to date came back on Sept. 13 in the Falcon-Cros- s Creek Invitational in which the Utes finished sixth. |