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Show DAILY THE CHRONICL UTAH E 'Traitor $' Abo 2412 In U-- Basketball Y ERIC WALDEN Chronicle Sports Editor many in Provo believed he would sign on at the Y as the centerpiece of that program's rebuilding effort. coach Roger Reid went so far as to tell Burgess that if he did not commit to play for BYU, he would be letting down 9 million Mormons worldwide. Needless to say, Burgess' decision to play for Duke, and then transfer to Utah two years later, irked some of the more righteous Cougar fanatics. So even though he missed the teams' January matchup with an ankle injury, he still got the royal treatment from the Cougar faithful. That just made Saturday's win all the more significant for the junior post player. "I'm not going to lie I got a lot of criticism when we played at BYU, with people making signs and yelling things, and I used that as motivation this time around," said Burgess. "BYU was a school I was heavily recruited by, so it was a good game for me to come out and do well in. It's kind of been full circle for me." He did his part to make BYU's team and fans realize what they They haven't sold national security secrets to communist China, and they haven't been convicted on treason charges requiring presidential pardons to help them avoid being Then-Coug- executed, but that still doesn't stop some people from viewing Chris Burgess and Trent Whiting as traitors. Saturday's game between the Utah and BYU men's basketball teams was intriguing enough for the simple fact that, beyond pitting the state's bitterest rivals against one another, it also had potentially massive implications on the Mountain West Conference race. Those factors alone made it interesting. The fact that it also marked the first time the Utes' Burgess played the team he spurned out of high school, as well as the first time that the Cougars' Whiting returned to play in the Huntsman Center the same building he used to play in as a Ute made it all the more riveting. Four years ago, Burgess was the National Player of the Year coming out of Irvine High School in Caiifor-- " nia. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of. Latter-da- y Saints, ar shots en missed hitting route to a perfor- - see MEM'S hoops pageiO :, : C&rilBurgess pffyed his.firjt-m- r game against JLCi 3 "S WML frit. IS JL JL JL JL u3 m JL JL a b last Saturday, scoring 14 & 1 vi Chronicle Sports Writer RORY BRUHNER Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor Going into the final ski competition of the regular season, the University cf Utah ski team was looking fof a strong finish to improve seeding position for the NCAA Championships. However, the Utes pieced fourth at the Western State Invitational in Breckennd&e and Keystone. Cda Utah finished behind Denver (510), Colorado (471.5) and New Mexico CijjX earning only 43X points. Just two weeks ago. Utah finished ahead of those same three schoob in' winning fts second meet of the year at the UttSversi. of Nrv Mexico Mc&slobo iuvHarjons! , Coin? Jno the. WS; coach Kevin Swessy was looking to make the final decisions ho-.- skiers and &eir seed positions for ihs KCAA to be htlu the second All-MW- t ps 800-mete- . weekrfJv!arch7-;;- U "The reality, is that, for some of these athletes, I have not chosen th? tfinajQ ream said Sweeney, "I have more people qualified for the tha can actually take. ' '1 am reaPy goi?ig to be evaluating Jv psrihitnances,'' fie added. There arc sorae that are clear, chain-pwash- . MEN'S HOOPS Utah" at Air Force 31 3 7 p.m. Colorado Springs, Colo. ip e finishes never Two looked so appealing. Despite both men's and women's track teams competing undermanned, the Utes had one MWC champion, four individual selections, and one relay team at the MWC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fort Collins, Colo., last weekend. Audrey Kiser, April Jackson and Nellie Mammons led the women to a good showing. Going into the second day of competition, the Utes held the lead. On day two, the tracksters fell into third, where they stayed for 13 events. Utah slipped to sixth after failing to score in the final three events, as lack of bodies resulted in the low finish finHammons ran to a second-plac- e ish in the Kiser placed third in the weight throw, and Jackson set a new school record of 8.67 seconds when placing third in the hurdles. All three earned honors for placing top three in their respective events. The trio of Kristy Slade, Erianne Allen and Shanae Nixon placed in the pentathlon, and Chantel Golds-berr- y mustered a fourth-plac- e finish in sixth-plac- v Chara-pfc3ihi- The alpine team's sscoraJ-pko- ? going1. But there are a couple positions open and those athletes know who they are ear! they have sot to go there and ski really well" Last weekend's pezibrmance did ; little to help Sweeney clear up who is going to fci those positions, ' jjftpsr porik effort thought The alpine team bad a finish was ur.Uont obviou5.ahey xe WOMEN'S HOOPS Air Force vs Utah 31 7 p.m. Huntsman Center CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR . fcy " 3 strong outing, finishing second. T!te Utes fell short m the nordic compiition soorlr.g lm than 300 points, Tbey finished in fourth p5&c?, more e than 70 points behind ' fint-plac- , " - 1 C r. -6 , " - see StfsJH, MEN'S TENNIS Montana State pacjs 10 BASEBALL MEN'S HOOFS Utah Utah vs Utah Sacramento State New Mexico 32 32-- 4 S Eccles Tennis Center points. Indoor Track Team Sixth at MWC Meet i JL, BYU S Sacramento, Calif. ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN the weight throw. The women's effort earned coach Mike Jones MWC Indoor Coach of the Year. "It certainly felt good. Never in 22 years had I won the award. It was an honor to have the kids do so well. The kids earned the award; it was all them," said Jones, who engineered his last indoor season, as he is stepping down in June, For the men, the relay team comprised of Chris Laman, B.J. Adam Stark and Teren Jameson earned status in placin distance third the medley relay. ing Jameson was also crowned the 3,000-metchampion. No one chalthe lenged junior, as he led from start to finish and won by over 200 meters. Jameson's 8:33.49 time earned him bragging rights as the only Ute conference champion, but his mark was marred by the fact that he was only 1 second shy of the national qualifying time in the 3,000 meters. Now Jameson must wait to see if his season will be extended. The NCAA takes the best 14 to 18 collegiate scores to determine who goes to nationals. If selected for what amounts to an berth, Jameson will go to the championships in Fayetteville, Arlc, on March 9 and 10. Chris-tense- cr at-lar-ge WOMEN'S HOOPS New Mexico vs Utah at 33 $ 1 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. EWALDENCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU 581-704- n, 33 3 p.m. 3 Huntsman Center 1 |
