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Show B6 TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Saturday, April 10, 1999 OGD! — Dan OF n is not fin. ishedyet. Understandthat, foremost Though heis an Olympic champion and world-record holder in the de cathlon, hecontinues to strive for improve ment with the five keys to success heoutlined der whether ‘his competitive career Health inning gold at Wellness ference at Weber State Uni eal versity on Friday T'en coment to = Dan O'Brien er Olympic Games,” he said. “Why There is no bigger st M this year is to win a fourth worl 2000 championship and ranked No.1 and have on me Speaking before sever ference attendees, O'Brien got his wish on Friday. Althoughhis “keys to success” (vision. focus, persistence discipline e pole vault at the wo years ago, ie left manyto won: at the “Champions for Life’ ted ng that could not be found on a er at the local Franklin Covey utlet. he did tell an amusing ant dote or two and explain what contin sto motivate him pride, now,” he said I'm seven years unbeaten; 1 don’t want tolose O’Brien hasnot lost in 11 competi tions since his infamous failure to and commitment) were he and hit the He basi — evenskiphampionships and titles banquet ci where 1 was ex. sted and needed the time off, and his return ha smooth. He wonthe 1998 Goodwill Games decath jon with 8.755 points and plans to compete next at the U.S. Champion ne, Ore. — not far from n of Klamath Falls — be fore the World C hampionships in Au gust at Seville, Spain. His wilerest at the momentiis im proving his distance running; the BY LYA WODRASKA women’s baske! am. Miller. of Olympus High, is the Region vIn Player of the Year and one of several basket PREP NOTES play who could expect to play at least inutes a game. The 6-foot Miller nicknamed Xena,” was a physical p who didn’t back down from a challenge and she often earned her points ainst double- ortriple-teamdefen- It didn't matterif players were6-2 or 6-3, she wouldalways rise to the occasion,” Specketer said In additionto tying a school record with 32 points in one game, Miller broke the record for rebounds and was four points shy of thescoring record She was the most consistent player we've had here,” said Bruin Coach Betsy Specketer “In the 60-plus ames she playedfor us, I can remem ¢ poor games she had We could always count on her to get her a ntion of sever al recruiter ision I schools. but committed to Seattle Pacifie, a Di vision II 001 Specketer credits Miller the Bruins’ successful se n, Were ranked 68 high‘as No.7 tn the Specketer d us on her shoulders. aid. “She was our go-to MAKING NOISE Klub Boom, a Utah volleyball club that includes someofthestate's best volleyball pla the National Volleyb: ul Tournament n Tom and Carrie Bowers. Last ar, Klub Boombecamethefirst mto qualify for the OpenDi thetoughest competition, and finished21st STEPPING DOWN Bountiful's Jill Asay is. stepping 18 years as thebasketball years as the volleyball ompiteda 206-148 mark dent the season will start 1,500 meters has never been his fa vorite event, andit is onein whichh has perhaps the most room for Thesides plan to meet Sunday or Monday for further negotiations. The biggest issues are minimumsalaries e number of former American and O’Briensaid hehope ILeague playersallowed in to beabletofinish in under 442 min. utes — that works out to about a 4:48 lege set the deadline for to mile — at the U.S. Championships That’s about 15 seconds faster day, reasoning that it needed time to getall the paperwork done beforethe than what I ran in Atlanta,” hesai 27 And 9.000 points is still on his mind April Beforethen, the league's original as it has been since the dayin 1991 whenformer Olympic decathlete Milt players must be re-signed, former players andcollege seniors must Campbell gave him peptalk that in- beABLsigned and visas must be arranged luded the suggestion that O’Brien for theleague's foreign players write his goals ona piec of paper and ‘Theseason opens on June 10. The ere carry it with him ¢ O'Brien even nentioned 9,100 Utah Starzz open at home June 12 against Orlando points onFriday very clear to the union His besteffort is the 8,891 that he thatWewemadeit have important business. to compilednot long after his failure at conductin April,” Ackermantold The the Olympic Trials, which he now de Salt Lake Tribune. “We have alot to scribes as “‘anact of desperation.” He wanted so badly to redeemhimself, he do beforethe draft and nota lot of said, that he“willed” himself tovic timeto doit in We're very optimistic that we'll tory, even though he“thought about bailing out” midway throughthe competition And that kind of determination O’Briensaid, can help those who are not Olympic champions makesuccess. es of theirlives FOOTBALL HIRINGS Parowanhas named Rod Murphy as its new football coach. Murphy, a foraces Joe Hayes, the area. Gymnasts Face Pressure At Regionals incoming WBNPADirector Pam Wheeler told The Associated Press. “We believe we can get a deal done in notime But the first victim in the time crunch could be the league's pre-draft amp, scheduled to start Thursday in Most teams already arefamiliar with draft prospects. But camp was where the Starx duscuvered Margo Dy i last year e understandthe campis an im po:rat tae rs to prove themselves andfor teamsto see these players,” Ackermansaid. “But canceling it is certainly possibility TheWomen's National Basketball P Associationoriginally asked for a minimumsalary of$60,000, and has dropped its demand to $45,000. ‘Theleague. which paid a minimumof 000 last year, is holding firmat $20,000. In addition, the union wants to al low 24 former ABL players into the WNBA: theleaguewants 52 Theleague's proposal alsoincludes year-round health and dental bene fits, pension and maternity benefits life insurance andcreationof an advi sory paneltogive players input into return match,” leagueoperations Ackermansaid the value of thé league's salary and benefits package averages $60,000. But few companies include health benefits when deter mininga salary WNBAplayers readily ac nowledge they can’t be compared their male counterparts, who make @ minimum of $287,000, because they dependenton the league's finan: cial backing Agent Bruce Levy, who represents morethan 30 WNBA players, said the leagueprofited more than $25 million morethan anticipated in two years. Theleague deniedthatfigure. Ackerman said his own research found the WNBAis the 14th women’s basketball league launched in the United States in 20 years. The main reason for the failures was lack of money The ABL once boasted aboutits $80,000 average salary, then went bankruptin December. We'retrying to succeed where @ lot of sees have failed Ackerman said isn't the eyard. We're committed tobeing financially secureto ensure a longlife, and cost-managementis the key be updated twice during each rota tion Utah won college gymnas- hesaid. UTE NOTES: Fanscanfollowto: night's meet“‘live”’ on the Internet at www.UtahUtes.com. Information will ti homeattendance title 17th time in 18 years 10,568 per meet Timpview has announced Perry Wildeboerwill replace Don Chamberlain as the boys basketball coach. Wil deboer was Chamberlain’s assistant for 10 years and his junior varsity teamwon83percent ofits games. LonePeak’s Shauna Kay has decided to remain as the basketball coachafter announcingearlier in the year that shewouldretire HOT SHOTS Chanell Rose, an all-state basket- ball player for Provo. has signed with UtahValley State Coll aged19points and 13 @ Continued from B-1 big this meet is. Yet, thereis the loomingpresence coach fidgeting and some Utah followers wonderingif, indeed, they will havea rooting interest comeApril 2224. The Bruins werejust run-of-themill teamscoring in the193s and 194s until sophomoreall-arounder Mohini Bhardwaj returned froman elbowin jury Feb. 20. Since then, the Bruins have been a 1 -plus team. T'vé beentold we're a muchdifferent teamwith Mohiniin the lineup,” said Kondos Marsden, whose team finished with n their last five meets, including 197.475 in the sea son-ender against BYU March 27 says he’s counting on his team’s mindinst top-caliber competition to season and was the Class 3 Snow Canyon last P Manila better they are, he Utes through. 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