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Show Page 10 The Thunderbird Monday May 13, 1985 Tracksters set for national meet National competition in the NAIAs 34th annual Outdoor Track and Field Championships is the prospect for four members of the SUSC squad. The Thunderhirds are planning to send two members each from the mens and womens teams. Two of the SUSC athletes figure to be among the favorites to win national titles, and the other two are plenty capable of scoring well, if they have good performances," according to Ben Davidson, SUSC track coach. Hillsdale College will heist the national meet May at Hillsdale, Michigan. Thunderbird athletes scheduled to enter the competition include long jumper Aaron Sampson (senior, Salt Lake City) and 5,000 meter runner Tim Pilling (junior, Emery County) form the mens team. women battling for national recognition will be Jill Reynolds (sophomore, Sahna) in the shot put and Jolene Fisher (junior, Salt Lake City) in the marathon and possibly in the 10,000 meters. 23-2- 5 Sampson is a former national long jump champion. He captured the title in 1982, the year when he and his twin brother Adrian finished one-twnationally. Aaron Sampson and Fisher are considered major contenders in their events. Fisher finished second in last years marathon, and she has trimmed her time considerably (about 25 minutes) since then. Through April, Sampson had the nations seventh best jump in NAIA and Fisher competition, a leap of 24-had the NAIAs second best marathon time, 2:48.59. Fisher also ranked nationally in the 5,000 meters (10th with a time of 17:59.14) and the 10,000 meters (fifth .with a clocking of o 7:23.88). Pilling has run 5,000 meters in 14:48.14; that is good enough to be the 11th best time of the spring season among NAIA schools. Reynolds Muir. Cox on district SUSC infielders Denise Muir and Mary Cox have been named to the District Seven womens softball squad. Both Muir, a sophomore from Las Vegas, Nev., and Cox, a senior from Weiser, Idaho, were previously named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferences team. Both women participate in other womens sports for the Thundcrbirds. Both play basketball, and Cox has been on the volleyball team. Cox, a third baseman, was second on the team in stolen bases and fielding average. She had a .333 seaspbatting average. Muir had a .339 batting average, and led the SUSC team in hits, doubles, triples, and runs batted 1 in. is just off the national rankings in the shot put. She has a toss of over 41 feet, and Davidson figures that she has the potential to place in the national meet. all-sta- rs Both of these players are excellent athletes. They each have a mature and coachable attitude which has helped them become very good players and has also made the team more effective as a unit, Joy Peterson, Thunderbird coach, says. Well miss Mary; she graduates. And it will be a pleasure to have Denise back next year. SUSC struggled during the middle part of the season after losing its number one pitcher. The team was denied a chance to participate in the District Seven tournament when rain washed out the RMAC tournament. The finished the year with a 2 record. Poor weather prevented the team from playing more than two games on its home field. Make graduation even more special! Choose from the latest in fine sfevUsiriS graduation announcements and accessories. SUSC BOOKSTORE HOURS 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM "Ziff SUSCs Floyd Armstrong practices stealing second base this technique okay if the umpire isnt looking before last weeks tournament. T-Bir- ds take fourth at district by Kevin Zollinger The SUSC baseball team traveled to the District 7 tournament in Silver City, New Mexico, this week and placed fourth after a couple of tough losses to Western New Mexico and Grand Canyon College. started the tournament The with a win over Metro State College. The Birds qualified for the district tournament when the RMAC tournament was rained out after the completion of only four games. Because of the rained out tournament, the district officials chose the teams on the strength of their regular season records. Southern Utah entered the tournament seeded fifth. started the tournament The Thursday against Metro State College, who they beat with a score of 12-Brent Cline earned the win, and Tom Garvin earned a save for the final two innings work. The team then played the host team, Western New Mexico State, and lost. The Mustangs led throughout the game, showed their heart by but the repeatedly battling back to tie the score. In the sixth inning the came from four runs back to tie the game at also came back from seven. The deficit to have a tied game going a 13-into the crucial ninth inning. 7 is In this inning, Southern Utah pitcher Tom Garvin allowed a base runner, and then got two strikes ahead of the next batter. The next pitch led to a controversial call when the batter, Mustang junior Joe Bennett, appeared unable to check his swing. SUSC coach Bill Groves said of that swing, He came all the way around, and when we asked the first base umpire he said thrt the swing was checked. He missed a call and it really hurt our chances. On the next pitch Bennett hit a home run to win the game. The final score was 15-1- The loss to Western New Mexico set up Fridays cofrontation with Grand Canyon College, ranked 12th in the nation, but upset by Mesa College The lost the game and left 4-- 3-- 5 the tournament after placing fourth. The game could have gone either them, but way. We really they got the breaks, Groves said . I am real proud of the players. They kept playing hard, never gave up. Floyd Armstrong continued his pace, hitting six of nine, two home runs, two doubles and four RBI. Rich Lundahl also performed well, hitting six of ten, two home runs, a double and five RBI. Southern Utah scored seven home runs against Grand Canyon. out-playe- d |