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Show PACE 10 THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY MAY 18, 1987 Tracksters shine in Arizona BY DALE CUMMINGS The SUSC track team closed out its in impressive fashion Saturday in cold, windy, damp Flagstaff, Ariz , at the No. Arizona University Invitational track and field meet. Competing against world class competition in addition to teams from No. Arizona and Long Beach State, SUSC team members set ten personal records and one school record. Michelle Stewart continued to rewrite the record books with a school record 26.10 in the 200 meters, and also improved her personal record in the 100 meter dash with a winning time of 12.54. Sherri Mitchell and Jill West took in the 400 meter, with West getting a personal best 1:05.05. West along with in the 800. In Jackie Gengler took the field events SUSC swept the shot put with Jill Porter taking first with a heave of 38-1Natalie Pfaffenberger took second and Becca Wilkins third. Alana Orton took a fourth in the high jump going 5 and Porter took a fourth in the javelin. Competing against world class outdoor track season 0. 5-- I'll Porter won the shot put in Flagstaff Saturday with a heave of 38-1- sprinters, freshman Carl Ward took a third in the 100 and a fourth in the 200. A personal best of 21.6 was achieved in the 200. SUSC men swept the 800 meter race with Martin Welsh, Mike Severance and Chris Kimball crossing the finish line in that order, just one second separated the three. Welsh's winning effort of 2.02.08 was a personal best. The 400 meter relay team of Jeff Webber, Derrick Williams, Erik Hughes and Ward ran unopposed while setting a personal record of 43.10. In the field events Hughes, Williams and Brad Matthews took fourth, fifth and sixth in the long jump. Williams had a personal best leap of 21 feet 10 inches. Matthews took second in the triple jump going 41 feet 10 inches. In the discus, against tough competition, Webber threw for a personal best 137-- 4 while taking sixth place. Dan Fine, who his teammates call the most dedicated runner on the team, tied his personal best in the 100 with a 12.10. The team will lose a number of athletes to LDS missions and graduation, but the nucleus for an outstanding team is there for next year, according to coach Ben Davidson. Moynier, Porter named SUSC athletes of the year Troy Moynier, a second team Conference tight end selection, earned the honor of being named male a'hiete of the year while Jill Porter, volleyball player and track star, was awarded her second female athlete ot the year award at the annual awards banquet held Wednesday. In addition to male and lemale athlete of the year, awards were given to athletes of the year in each sport, both men and women. The coaches also presented award letters to those athletes who earned them in their respective sports. Ceitihcates ot appieciation were presented to the various assistant coaches, trameis, and others who made contributions to the programs they were involved with this past year. V N Nv v ? J jJ? , s 5 8-- Love of golf 4 H' ' Those special men athletes who were chosen as athletes of the year in the sports they participated included: Chad Richards, who quarterbacked the football team to an 3 season; junior Michael Alexander whose leadership enabled the basketball team to tie the school record with 21 wins in a season, catcher Mike Ryser, the baseball team's leading hitter, batting over.400 for the season; Todd Mills, Mr. Consistency on this year's golf team; Martin Wel h, the cross country team's premier runner; and sprinter-lon- g jumper Erik Hughes in track. The women chosen athletes of the year in their sports were: Porter for volleyball; Sherrie Davies, an award winner in basketball; Jana Crawford, a semor who help lead the softball team into the y' - 1 The athletes and coaches had equal praise for each other as the awards were handed out and accepted. attracts Mills to 'Birdland Todd Mills was tabbed athlete of the year in golf here last week and, he says, it was only his love for the spoit that brought him to SUSC in the first place. Weber State offered the Salt Lake native an academir scholarship upon graduation from Taylorsville High School in 1986, but Mills had other aspirations. He wanted to play golf. Weber State isn't the greatest place to nit the links in the winter so Mills' sights turned south to SUSC. Scholarships iri golt are not handled like those in other sports, n golf they have to be earned. A preseason ma'ch is held between the various golfers to determine who will receive the limited number of scholarships available. Mills came down to participate in the tournament and walked away with top honors. The scholarship Mills received proved to be better financially than the Weber State offer, so Weber's loss turned into SUSC's gain. "Still, being awav from home is financially kind of a struggle. didn't realize how much college costs." he said. Mills goes home on weekends to work which helps him make ends meet, that is if you call working at the golf 72-ho- le I Todd Mills was 'Mr. Consistency' for the SUSC linksters this year. national rankings this past season; Cindy Peterson, in the NAIA Championships in gymnastics; long distance runner Jackie Gengler in track and field; and Sherrie Mitchell in cross country. Dan Pattison, alum and sportswriter for the Deseret News, was the guest master of ceremonies at Wednesday's event. He, along with retiring photographer Boyd Redington, was made an honorary letterman by Athletic Director Steve Lunt. Bruce Osborne, retiring after 33 years service to SUSC was presented a special award for his contributions to the school's athletic department. who placed course doing something you love work. The freshman business major says there is only one thing wrong with Cedar and thdt is that it is " a bit basis boring " Mills, however, likes the "one-on-on- e in the classroom" as well as the enviornment for d studying. Other advantages are the golf available in St. George where the golf team can play for free. Mills has been in golf for five vears and has "dreams of being a pro" but is realistic and puts getting an education as a first priority. Mills hopes to stay into golf in some form or another after he graduates. He spends his summers on the amateur golf circuit here in Utah along with fellow teammate Will Healy who he credits with getting him interested in golf to begin with. Mills sees a need for "two more solid players," to help make SUSC competitive against the bigger schools in the years to come. If coach Tom Kingsford can come up with two golfers like "Mr. Consistency," great things are in the offing for the SUSC golf team. year-aroun- |
