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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HarkTheHerald.com), Prove, Utah, Friday, June Page B4 ii i... ui jj 1, V tf." 2001 ..I .,,1,11. .muii. i. i.M....- :eros& yt V Jl .u anil J- u..ij.. -.' . t Northcutt falters in 10,000 Herald News Services j LookEUGENE, Ore. r ing to defend her title from 2000, BYU Tara senior Northcutt struggled with the heat and humidity to finish in a disappointing 18th place at the 2001 Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday. Northcutt's - time of 38:06.21 was more than four minutes off the pace of the winner, Arkansas senior who won Amy in a time of 33:59.96. BYU sophomore Lindsey Thom-se- n finished in 9th place with a time of 35:09.74. In the semifinals of the d 1,500 meters, Shields-Thaye- r Sharolyn finished sixth in the second heat in a time of 4:22.63. Thayer's time just missed qualifying for the finals by 13 of a second; and placed her 13th overall in the event. In the men's decathlon, BYU sophomore Curtis Pugsley finished 14th in the event with 7,055 points. According to men's coach Mark Robision, Pugsley, who has been battling a lower abdominal strain for the past two months, was unable to perform at peak condition. "Curtis has been unable to train for the past couple months due to his injury," Robison said. "By the end of the competition, Curtis was having a tough time. Our trainers did a great job keeping him in the competition, but when you aren't able to train for that long, 10,000-mete- v " . ..j . X If. I i 1 C3 J1 i Ji :.r...v.:r:..a Iff 'If . ! " -.,, Yoder-Begle- "1 f 12th-ranke- - ,.1, ;' 'V -:. . ... BILL KOSTROUNThe Associated Press i , I didn't touch him: New Chris Dingman to the Colorado's throws (18) Brylin Jersey's Sergei ide in the first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Thursday. , Ms samrge past ot1s EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Nobody could doubt now how STANLEY ; possibly much winning the Stanley Cup means to Ray Bourque. Bourque, whose search for his first Stanley Cup in 22 seasons is one of the most riveting stories ever in the finals, scored the goal early in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat New in Game 3 ThursJersey day night to regain the series lead. ,, Bourque, who has played more games in NHL history than any player who hasn't won the cup, couldn't have scripted this more victory dramatically unless he had in scored the overtime of Game 7. On the same power play Roy and, though not resorting to the neutral zone trap, CUP Boston Bruins' black and the colors Bourque gold wore for nearly 21 seasons celebrated as if Bourque had finally won the cup. and Two more victories Colorado will have two more home games, if necesand he will. sary Game 4 will be Saturday night in the Meadowlands, where the defending champion Devils have lost three of their four finals games the last two seasons. Bourque was initially credited with the second assist on Dan Hinote's goal at 6:28 of the third, making the clearing pass that led to o a between Hinote and Ville Niemenen. But the assist was later : i taken away and given to Patrick Roy nearly made Chris Drury not that one of the most monumenBourque cared, with that tal errors of an equally dis- elusive cup now so near Colorado hadn't won in tinguished career, Bourque ' New Jersey since moving to a. faceoff in the grabbed 1995-9going Devils' end, skated from Denver in and that during span behind the right circle and overall since its last vicinto the slot and rammed a tory there in 1993 as the slap shot past Martin Quebec Nordiques. Bourque Brodeur for his 41st career obviously hopes that's not playoff goal. the only streak that ends in In an arena awash with the series. Devils jerThe Avalanche got just seys, about a dozen fans in enough offense to protect 3-- 1 game-winn- A y, er give-and-g- 1 . . -2 6, -3 te played a remarkably tight Devils-lik- e defense. New -- Jersey finally got a goal from its but no more and now has only three goals in three games, not the pace it needs to keep the e, cup. A scoreless second period in which Colorado constantly held the puck in the Dev- ils' end but still couldn't score New Jersey, had only three shots in the period nearly ended with a remarkable misplay by Roy. With Colorado on the power play, Roy came far out of the crease to play the puck and became tangled with Elias along the boards. Roy, instantly aware he had wandered much too far, could only get halfway back to the net before Elias clanged a shot off the near post that missed by inches of being the goal with 17 seconds left in the period. Roy was so mad at himself at what might have g been a error that he upended the net, water bottle flying, at the end of the period. That same power play, however, later resulted in Bourque's fourth goal in this season's j"" ' game-costin- V Indoor r-- USA Championships, also at Eugene, Ore. Powell NCAA TRACK ; especially before a national competition, it takes a toll. The thing about Curtis however, he's a competitor and he'll be back again next year. There just aren't many people, who can come out here and compete at this level with out training. The fact Curtis was able to compete, tells you what kind of athlete he is." Senior sprinter Kenneth Ajidam automatically qualified for Friday's semifinals with a 10.25 in the 100 meters, finishing third in the second heat. Andam's mark in the 100 meters was his fastest time since turning in a personal-best 10.12 at the Weber State Invitational on April 14. Meanwhile, Superman ruled supreme again and immediately threw out a challenge to the world record-holde- r in the long jump. Savante Mississippi's Stringfellow, a huge fan of the action hero, won the long jump for the second consecutive year, keeping his Superman from LSirs Walter Davis. The two have been the shirt, exchanging depending on who wins the competition between the Olympians. Stringfellow, a senior, finished with a 3 margin over the Tigers' junior. The excited Stringfellow said he was anxious to take record-holdon world Mike Powell in this month's head-to-hea- d 5-- er - i -- C) returned to competition this r ; season after a four-yea- absence. "I saw Mike Powell after this thing, and I told him if he was ready, we can go right now," Stringfellow said. "He made some excuse; he didn't have his shoes. So. Mike Powell, I'm ready for you next. I'm ready to send him back to . coaching." Five other finals were held Thursday night. The most popular win- ner with the Hayward Field crowd of 4,575 was Oregon decathlete Santiago Lorenzo, who finished with 7,889 points, a career-bes- t by 163. The other winners were men's high jumper Charles dinger of Weber State at 6 12; men's hammer thrower Andras Haklits of Georgia at 247-8- ; women's shot putter Christina Tolson of UCLA at 57-34; and runwomen's 10,000-mete- r of ner Any 7-- 0 Yoder-Begle- y Arkansas at 33 minutes, 59.96 seconds. dinger, the world leader in the high jump at 8 12 and the NCAA indoor champion, had to go to a jumpoff with Utah State's Dave Hoffman before winning. The jumpoff began at 34. Both missed their one jump at that height, and both missed again at 6 12, before dinger cleared 5 14 and Hoffman missed. The winning height was determined on the last Clinger cleared height 7-- 7-- 7 7-- 7-- before the jumpoff. nnfirTramiOTMTO t' Easketbal 'oiffrfg i; playoffs. r 1 1 REG. 1 j; j Rice ready to choose new team 1 V 1 V K 'flip '( 1 - "JC' " SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jerry Rice should be out of limbo soon. The main Morn-hinwe- g, S - rti.rtn.- feet 0 - Quick Lift Adjustment k away Rp Acrylic Backboarl Pro-Brea- - ws?ibr Xcrylic Backboard OML.C , 7" WS1B - '"d v'fflo- H I ERIC RISBERGThe Associated Press Other than baseball player Deion Sanders, expected cap-strapp- I Syltem 4" Square Pole, Adjustable From er. ld 4" Square Pole SALE question is whether he'll land in Seattle, Oakland or Detroit. , The NFL's leading career pass receiver will officially become a free agent Friday, the date on which teams can cut players and defer the salary cap hit they would take if they cut them earli- to be officially released by Washington, Rice is by far the most prominent of the .... June 1 cap casualties this year many veterans were released when free agency began. Under the salary-ca- p rules, teams can defer a huge cap hit if they cut a player after that date. The Rice, whose $2.5 million salary is far too much for the 49er8 to carry next season, may not go immedihis agent, Jim ately Steiner, has asked the 49ers to keep him while he decides where he will go. Coach Steve Mariucci seems amenable hell need Rice's salary to sign rookies, but can hold off on that for a week. Where will Rice go? "My feeling is he will decide to stay on the West Coast," said Detroit president Matt Millen, Rice's teammate on the 49ers in 1989 and 1990. Rice was in Detroit six weeks ago, where he met with jylillen and new coach Marty who was the 49ers' if E Time . catches up: San Francisco 49ers receiving legend Jerry become a free agent today, a casualty of the salary cap. Most NFL teams are looking to cut big salaries from their payrolls, and the 49ers are expected to cut Rice. Rice will officially offensive coordinator last season. Rice himself seems to feel resigned to the idea. "Sometimes you have to move on, man. It might be something that's good for both parties," he told the San Francisco Chronicle last weekend. Sanders' release by Washington will come a year after the same thing happened to him in Dallas. After he was cut last year, he signed a seven-yea$56 million deal with the Redskins that included an $8 million signing bonus, then went on to have his worst season. Another casualty could be wide receiver Herman Moore of the Lions, whether Detroit signs Rice or not. Moore, bothered by r, injuries the last two seasons, has been asked to renegotiate his contract and has stayed away from minicamp in protest. BROWNS: The Cleveland Browns released linebacker Jeremiah Pharms on Thursday, saying he needs to devote his attention to his upcoming criminal trial. Pharms, selected by the Browns in the fifth round of April's NFL draft, pleaded innocent earlier this e robmonth to a g in the bery charge and shooting of an alleged in Seattle. 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