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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, May7, 2000 Y. Tracksters Set Records At Two Meets + Competing in separate k andfield meets, Young’s Becky Jackson and Marty Hernanee broke school records and le Grossarth ran thefast- Salt Lake City’s David Zabriskieis emerging as a top cyclist at age 21 boone hurdles by a ‘Cougar in 30 years. Jacksonpole vaulted 12 feet, 9% inches in Provo, ) where the Cougar women scored 168 points Saturday to beat Washington (127) and Utah State (87). Washington wonthe men’s meet with 155 BY JIM HALLEY points to 142.5 for BYU and 85.5 for USU. timed in 49.82 secondsat atthe Stanford Invitational on Friday, just missing the BYU record set by Ralph Mann in 1970 —alsoa World record,at the time. Grossarth automatically qual- afied for the NCAA meet. Also at Stanford, Hernanez (15 minutes, 59.86 seconds) ‘brokethe school’s women’s ‘outdoorrecordin the 5,000, fikishing first among thecol‘Tégians andfifth overall. * In Provo, BYU’s Holly ‘Gibbons wonthe 400 hurdles ‘4158.23, the No. 2 time in ool history. Danna Raster wonthe 100 (11.97) and ‘the 200 (23.94). Kirsten Bolm ‘took the longjump(19-11) and the 100 hurdles (13.40). »_ Inthe men’ssprints, former Washingtonfootball player Ja’Warren Hooker ran 10.29 in the 100 and 20.23 in the 200 to beat BYU’s Kenneth Andam,whose times were 10.34 and 20.77. BYU's Jim Roberts posted the nation’s third-best shotput(64-7) this season. Mare Chenn high jumped 6-114. @ Utah's Elisha Kekacs won the women’s 400 hurdles in 1:01.36 at Stanford, but missed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard. Q Baseball ~ Donald Hawes delivered two homers and Brit Pannier and Mike Goffadded one each as Utah topped New Mexico 9-4 in Albuquerque, N.M.Pitcher Ryan Baileyallowed two runs overseveninnings after entering with a 1-6 record.Utah is 23-26, 13-13 in the Mountain West Conference; UNM is31-18, 19-7. The David Zabriskie was edged out forfirst at ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Pauil White/The Associated Press David Coulthard hurries out ofthe pits in his McLaren during practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Scottish driver, who survivedthe crashofa private jet earlier this week, qualified fourth for today’s race. Russians Out of Hockey Championships A late goal by Kristian Huselius put Swedeninto the quarterfinals of the World Champion- shipsin St. Petersburg, Russia, = Proceedeaebata outof T H I uning in two weekendsago then escaped with minorinjuries fromaplane crash Tuesdayin Lyon,France, After doing well early in the Redlands Classic in March, Salt LakeCity cyclist David Zabriskie was supposed tofill the role ofan espoir, the term given to young riders. The rules were simple: keep your mouth shut and get out ofthe way. Anaturally quiet person, Zabriskie decided to break rule No.2 with his pedals. “They were definitely playing with myhead,”said Zabriskie, 21. After a fast start, he struggled during the secondstage of the ratce “Theytold me,‘Don’t worry. There will be other races,’ ”said Zabriskie, who refused to count himself out. He came back andfin- Horse Classic in Durango, Colo. In 1997, he wonthetimetrial for 17and 18-year-olds at the U.S. Cy- cling Federation’s Junior National Road Cycling Championships. By 1998, he was the top- ranked espoir in the United States. “Tm pretty much an all-around cyclist,” Zabriskie said.“A lotof it _is mental. It’s kind oflikekiller Televisi elevision ik Oe that killed the pilot and co-pilot. —_—_ghed the 350-mile stage race with the sametime as winner Chris _instinct.” ; ee pt will be to get’ y The score by Huselius pulled Swedeninto a 1-1 draw with Switzerland, giving the Swedesa first- a c ‘Spanish Grand Prix, 10 am. (FSN); AC Delco Challenge, 11:30 am. (TNN);Auto Parts Souther Nationals, ii Boxing GOMEZ KEEPS TITLE: Una Horner,but Horner earned the trophyonthe basis of bonus points, giving him a win so narww that it was decided by com- riskie on a team competing in Europe, where hecan gain experience against thebest riders in the world. He is competing in USA five points. Switzerland, with four po points, shares secondplace with (4); LGA Philips Invitational, 2 p.m. (Gy, LEGA Fraps 26 Pm. (2); Senior Home Depot, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sen, field in the third round to defend his WBC cruiserweight eh title in Neuss, Germ:ieater ouen it's very eood result,” : Zabriskie said. “I was little disappointed — for about 10 min- “ jal” ‘Hehas tremendous potential, i ECRuHETeIGe place tie with the United States atop the Group standings with ny With only two matchesleft to play in the second round, Russia can no longer get enouialt pointe eo qualify erieatnarterean It is the first timethat Russia orthe Soviet Union has failed to reach the quarterfinals at a world championships andthefirst time the nation will finish lower than seventh place. Russia entered the tournament the heavyfavorites,billed as a so- as 2:30 pm. (TNN). Goll:PGACompaq Classic, 1pm, ‘ : nowliving in Germany, to puters. knoc! ected utes.” shots anda left hook during the third as he improved his record to Dee aan raised a few eyebrowsin the cy—_cling community.In addition to 10am.(4), SE a as LCOS his finish at Redlands, he was the _1 level.” the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in Belgium,finishing 13th against an international field. In the Redlands Classic,possibly the most importantstage race in the United States, Zabriskie ents appear to be in the time trial andclimbing,his biggest talentis his overall ability. Though a railthin 6-foot and150 pounds, he — holds his own in the sprints, winning onerecentlyat the Sea Otter NBA eee : Knicks at Heat, 10:30 a.m. (5); Jazz at Blazers, 1 p.m. (6); Suns at Lakers, 3:30 p.m. (6), "Tennis: Men's. Clay Court, noon @. . Radio . NBA Playofts: Jazz-at Blazers, 1 eee mensky. OnFriday, Russia suffered perhapsits most mortifying defeat, Barbara Campus Calendar Baseball: Utah at New Mexico,2 pam. Softball: Utah State at UC Santa perfor ing’s E Resident Tutto vee down Mayfield with aS body ‘ ”" 6 mes P Peie Penguins al yrs, Zabriskie’s by S Major League Baseball: Pirates at Cubs, 12:10 p.m. (WGN);Astros at called “Dream Team”that includes a wealth of NHL talent suchas Florida Panther Pavel Bure, Ottawa Senators holdout Alexei Yashin, Chicago Blackhawks’ Alexei Zhamnovandthe New York Rangers’ Valeri Ka- beaten Juan Carlos Gomez Stopped American Imamu May- ipa bas Austin, Texas,andtrained with sclch ‘ Zabriskie there in December. “We all hope he makes it to a Division top U.S. cyclist last weekend in Baseball CUBAN COLLEGIAN DEFECTS: A memberofa Cuban college baseball team visitirig the Twin Cities got into a car and sped off ina possible defectionas Tis (ee Wee eee cm eeirnninh at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Doug Hennes, a Spokesman forthe University of St. Thomas, which sponsored the was racingagainstsomeofthe top =A) ieee(including Park City’s Marty Jemison, whofinished fifth), and someof the topriders fom Burope. And Zabriskie wasn't even the captain for his a ae Se ane ae wee ea eh y Rat Gieyons sink to veloann his clist. “That was a great stage race,” said Steve Johnson, a University Visit, said schoolofficialsknow ant While Zabriskie’s strongest tal- _Classic in Laguna Seca,Calif. One indication 's potential is thathis coach, Chris Carmichael, also coaches Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. “There are similarities be- tm,‘Team 7-Up-Colorado Cy- tween the two,” Carmichael said. “Lance was also pretty good as a junior racer, Dave has done everything I've asked him to in_ series concludes today. losing 3-2 to their tiny Baltic matchagainstSpaniard Galo Blanco 6-2, 6-2. Tillstrom came name. The player hadnotcon- tacted his group or government of Utah exercise physiologistand @ San Diego State’s Chris Hartshorn held Brigham Young to six hits as the Aztecs won9-2 in Provo. SDSUis 2826, 16-10 in the MWC; BYU is the director of Project Triad with to click with him nowthat [the litical relations are strained at best. “J think the team thought from behindto stop Argentina’s Marcelo Puerta 3-6,7-5, 6-1. MASSU, GONZALEZ authorities as oflate afternoon, and his whereabouts remained own. USA Cycling. “David benefitteda little bit from good strategic moves. He hadtwobig teams be- training] will payoff.” IfZabriskie has an Achilles’ heel,it is his Achilles’ heel, which maybe theycould get by in the ADVANCE:Nicolas Massu and hindeachotherthat didn’t worry put him outofaction for much of the stars we have on our squad,” thefinal ofthe U.S. Men’s Clay neighbors Latvia, with whom po- 26-25, 14-13 with three games remaining. tournamentjust by thenamesof @ Curtis Jacobsen’s three-run homergave Southern Utah a 4-3 win over Western Illinois in the second said Alexander Yakushev, Rus-- Court Championships in Lake sia’s head coach. Buena Vista, Fla. The sixthseeded Massu defeated Paraguay’s Ramon Delgado 6-4, 6-4 and Gonzalez outlasted Argentina’s gameof a doubleheaderSaturday in Cedar City. The Thunderbirds wonthefirst game 12-3, as Corey Jeppsenhit a grandslam. Friday, Zach Bernard pitched SUU toa 9-1 victory for his school-record ith win of the season. WIU took the second game,11-5. SUUis 26-21, 15-8 in the MidContinent Conference. The Thunderbirds have matched their mostvictories in a season,set in 1986. @ Salt Lake Community College beat Snow 3-0 and 2-0. Ryan Reisbeckstruck out ninebatters in the first game and Jentry Beckstead struck out 12 in the second game. ,SLCC finished the regular “season 36-20, 23-12 in the Sce{nic West Athletic Conference and will have the No. 3 seed for this week’s conference tournamentatSt. George. Q ; Softball SLCC’sfirst-year program ‘«clinched the SWACtitle by ‘beating Utah Valley State Col‘‘lege 5-2 in the first game ofa {doubleheader. UVSC won the Tennis HINGIS NO. 1 AGAIN: Martina Hingis needed just one hour to regain the No. 1 ranking from Lindsay Davenport.Hingis, showingno signs ofamonthlong layoff, took back the top ranking after her American rival had held it five weeks by blasting Anke Huber6-3,6-2 at the $535,000 Betty Barclay Cup in Hamburg, Germa- Fernando Gonzalez advanced to Martin Rodriguez 6-0,34,75t0 Set up the first all-Chilean men’s majortour final since Jaime Fillol defeated Ricardo Acuna —_in Brazil in 1982. i training, but I think it’s starting about him until it was too late. Volleyball last year. Butthat’s bike racing. He hung in S “The Achilles’ kind of wiped there. He was very aggressive. He out his year,” Johnson said.“It UCLA TAKES TITLE: UCLA took ony eete pes occa the shiedto ween OhioState and win the NCAA madeit clear it wasn’t an accident. Dave demonstrated that he is a great road racer.” “There were a couple ofraces took him off the bike. The rehab was'very intense. We just wanted to makehis body more robust and make him more durable. Injuries ins, who eliminated Brigham Young in conference to reach the Zabriskie said. “It went wellfrom Day1 where I got in a break with cling.” Athis age, Zabriskie can afford hen’s volleyball title for the 18th —_. time in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Bru- Where! had done fairly well, but this was definitely the biggest,” NCAA tournament,nevertrailed are a problem with anybody ina sport thatis as intense as cy- Clark Sheehan [the teamcaptain] to be patient. Jemison, who has ny. Hingis, seekingherthird title Auto Racin ig SCHUMACHER ON POLE: Formula Onepoints leader Michael Schumacher, hopingto in anyofthe matches and were led by Evan Thatcher with 15 kills. i Ri ii and we had a pretty big cushion for mostof the race.” Zabriskie has only been riding competitively for five years, but his ability became obvious fairly early. racing with him,” Jemisonsaid. this year, faces Arantxa SanchezVicario, a three-time winner of the event,in today’s final. The win for the fourthtimein five races this season,gothis 24th career pole in qualifying for today’s KENYAN WINS IN INDY: Kenya’s Philip Kemei wonthe 43. atle 500 Festival Mini- “Thad a mountain bike and I never tookit on thedirt, so I ended upridinga road bike,” “Tsay that because I like to race forward,I like to movetherace, I like to attack andbe off the front. ca’s Amanda Coetzer 6-3,46,7-6 @). SAFIN, TILLSTROM IN FINALS: In Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Russian Marat Safin had it easy, while Sweden’s Mikael Tillstrom had to battleas The German driver hustled his Ferrari aroundthe 2.939-mile Catalunya Circuit in 1 minute, 20.974 seconds. Second-fastest was the McLarenof two-time anddefending series and race champion Mika Hakkinenin 1:21.052.Qual- minutes, 19 seconds.Fellow Kenyan Simon Sawewas secondin aemaleopen class at1;04:25 in the race from downtown India—_napolis po! to the Indianapolis po! Motor Speedway and back. Lida Gribo_ryevaof Russia won the women's Soon, he began riding with a group ofcasual riders, but after he puta hurting on them, he was told he should consider racing. “His first year of racing as a Category 3, it was obvious he had the strength to go wherever he opportunity to be off the front with Dave.It was refreshing to find someone in the USAwilling to put the hammer down. . .even if it was nottacticallyperfect. “Dave is kind of quiet. . . but I think heis eet watching lorca Open championship. Safin sailed through his semifinal teammate, David Coulthard, who wonthe British Grand Prix 1:12:13. A year into racing, he grabbed his first stage win in the 1996 Iron getting some great results in the meantime. Spanish veteran edged South Afri- both gained berths in today’s Mal- Spanish GrandPrix in Barcelona. _ifying fourth was Hakkinen’s : Host Pro Leads at Spanish Oaks ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE unning Marathon withatimeof1hour,4 ° Blaine McCalister -14 Harison Frazar -13 Section PGA ts, But R Eeeemver ‘ay ‘don yd Scramble at Smithfield, Univer- oFfirst place in the Mick Riley Cats Franco the host pro rarely wins in Utah ®t Meadow In the Brook Birch GolfCourse. Creek 2-Man 5tad at-12 sity of Utah golfer Gregg Oliph: 14 Home Depot Seniors j4,bort Green 0 par 66 to takethe first-round lead Nt teamed with Jon Morgan to Brea Fesher —-7 shoot an 8-under-par 64 and Win 60 Mara Canizares -6 in the Spanish Oaks Open by >Y onestroke one-stroke’ over Tom Costello ‘72Whaeon. BarCrt mRon and waiting. . and ofcourse, ° Leaderboard Franco, McCallister Hanging on e Compaq shot even-par 72 on Fridayto tie Christensen carded a6-under. {At Redlands] I had more than one wanted to,” Johnson said. — Combined News Services Memorial amateur tournament iaeuk tarchigh tile woekarit Zabriskie said. opendivisionwith a time of and trying to play isnoteasy,and Staging the golf tournament madethe U.S.cycling long team for the Sydney Games, has been keeping an eye on the emerging cyclist. : “Personally, [had a great time ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Invitational record with a 9-under 63, charg- Carlos Franco and Blaine McCallister ee nen poxeee eee ‘have plenty of company at the top of the crowded leaderboard in the Compaq Classic in New Orleans. GOLF While Franco and McCallis- Fistsher ; ding pion Bruce Green took advantage of ideal conditions and true greens on the TPC Piper Glen ter shot 4under-par 685 Satur. course in Charlotte, carding 10 birdies and day at the English Turn golf one bogey to break the record set by-J.C. Snead in the final round in 1993. Course to share the third-round lead, 14 David Lundstom . 6 Playersare within five strokes ofthe leaders, Summerhays -5 “This is the kind of golf course where Davies Aims for 60th Win heading into today’s final round Somme:ie wwetne e = ta han 2othors at 5 from the back of the pack can Laura Davies shot a 2under-par 68 in ‘at Spanish Oaks Golf.Course in 9s tee. fevanes Sn 0 se eee windy conditions to takea three-stroke lead Spanis ; 1Aee Philips invitational ‘Said. “Ifyou're sil toprotect ‘after the third round of the Philips Invita ‘The'Spanish Oaks Open tradi ~Mn Wee 4—Kana pe on Tammie Groen -4_—-YoUur lead all ofsudden youean look upand tional in Austin, Texas. tionally kicks off the full-season Mi Results of the Birch Creek susie Redman schedule for Utah's club pros, _2Man Scramble: Shorr Steithauor who play 15 0,Bete events most weekends. Open is scheduled next Saturday. atc Reares Ga thy JaseanSouon th, bse 5%‘rahenOeoreoetour 4 3 Charlotta Sorenstam -3 3 Hod at -2 @ Mike Nelson, Berg Craw. St @ Scos ford and Ryan Th cach petites eSer Davies headsinto today’s final round at 7 ar was a stroke back after’ under for the tournament 64 and nine players were within four . het Ob international victory and 19th on LPGA Tour, ‘Tammie Green chipped in twice on the G13 Green's 63 Sets Record ‘last two holes to card a 67 for a share of secHubert Green set the Home Depot ond place with Susie Redman at 4 under. |
