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Show B2 TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Zeigle Trio Dominates At Simplot ‘The good news for Utah’s fe maleprep dit Bingham's Zeigle twins, Jackie and Laura, will graduate this Sunday, February17, 2002 SUNDAY SPECIAL — STATE BASKETBALL DURING OLYMPICS Tuning In Coaches Take Different Paths to Navigate Games Television NBA: Lakers at Trail Blazers, 2:30 p.m. (8); Jazz at Knicks, 5 p.m. (14). Olympics: Men's hockey curling p.m. (CNBC); Fonesabato: original dance). Alpine skiing (women's super G); spentsang (waters IC Bonsled (two-man); Cross country (men's ary andearly February,respectively, has ee 5p.m. (5). Men's College Basketball: Duke at Maryland,11 a.m. (2); Texas at Missouri, a home gameuntil the second week 1:30 p.m.(4); Virginia at Wake Forest, 4:30 March. Thedifference this year is not having to worryabout school during the , Golf: Senior PGA Tour, Verizon spring. Thebad news: They have a youngersister,Kit. TheSouth Jordan triopicked uptwo winsandsecondplace Saturday at the Simplot Games in Pocatello, Ida. AROUND Utah Majerushits the road, Elliott routine is same ho. Laura Zeigle wonthe giris 3,200 meters in 10 minutes,32.42 just 0.01 sec- ondsoff the meet record and nearlya full minuteahead of the BY MELISSA TRUSILLO ‘THESALT LAKETRIBUNE With extendedroadtrips, invading curling reporters, closed campuses and schoolbreaks,the 2002 Winter Olympics field, led by Kit Zeigle (11:30.7). Jackie Zeigle wonthe 1,600 with arestraining Utah’s college basketball teams during an already stressful part of of5:07.88. the season. But while somecoachesaretaking the interruptionsin stride, others are wor: an impressive early-season time Utah athletes havetradition ally shownwell at the Simplot Games, andthis year was no exception. Heidi Magill of Orem's Mountain View posted oneof the meet’s most impressive marks with a winning time of 2:10.5 seconds in the 800. Fresh: man teammateHeidi Houle was third (2:13.29), Steven Shepherd of North Ogden's Weberwassecondin the boys800 (1:54.81). In typical fashion,as thedis: tance increased, so did Utah’s dominance. Orem’s Amber Harperand Jamie Stubbs of Plain City's Fremont finished 2-3 behind Jackie Zeiglein the1,600. In the boys 1,600, Jace Nye of Kaysville’s Davis wonin 4:24.09, followed by Kyle Perry ofAlta’s Sandyin third and David Sheeran ofSt. George's Pine View in fifth. Shawn Kelley of Brigham City's Box Elder wonthe3,200 in 9:16.06. Alta’s Amy Menlove won the girls long jumpwith a markof 18 feet, 5Minches. BASKETBALL All-District: Utah forward Britton Johnsen was named to the All-District 13first team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Ute guard Nick Jacobson madethe second team Utah State forward Desmond ried thedistractions could hurt their teams. Universityof Utah women’s coach ElaineElliott chose to letherplayers ex: ball work, [but] I don’t thinkit's in our bestinterest to be something we haven't beenall season,”Elliott said. Instead, Elliott told her players toen: joy the Olympics,as well nd time with their families and friends, many of whomwerein townfor Saturday's Senior Night. it, and the team -a-lifetime experiwant to experience should experienceit.” Utah forward Katherine McColl said the break may haveactually helped the team. Someplayers are more relaxed because a are notjugglingclasses and basketball i ieplaying basketball when we're not in school,” McCollsaid. “It’s nice not to worry about an exam on Friday when you have a gameon Thursday.” And the break maygivethe Utes a perience the Olympics, while men’s coach Rick Majerus purposelycreated an ex: tended roadtrip. Weber State men’s coach small advantage overtheir opponents. The New Mexico Loboswereforcedto stay at a Brigham YoungUniversity camp in the mountains, morethan an hour he madeina national publication about fromSalt Lake City, Lobo coach DonFlan: agansaid. The team could notpractice in the Huntsman Centerbefore playing the Joe Cravenswascriticized for comments Olympic-related problems,even though his team’s schedule was madeconsiderably more difficult. Elliott and Majerusare dealing with the sameproblems. Schoolat the University of Utah hasbeenclosed since Feb. 1, parts of campusare closed and guarded bythe police and military, and somefans have forgotten the teams exist. ‘The two coaches are usingdistinctly different ways to handle the upheaval. Elliott has chosen to keep her team on muchthe sameroutine as ever.“I haven't varied ourparticular training, our partic- ularschedule,” Elliott said. The Ute womenmissed someof the chaos.They traveled to Colorado State and Wyoming duringthestart of the Olympics, when the Huntsman Center was used to organizeathletes for the Opening Ceremony. Theteam practiced six days this past week, for about 2% hours each day. The key, Elliott said, is keeping the players focused for a short period oftime. “I could have donea lot more basket- Utes. ‘TheUtes, wholost to the Lobos66-55 in January, defeated them 67-59 on Thursday. Theyalsobeat Air Force 71-53 on Saturday,giving them a 3-1 record during the break. WhileElliott chose to keep her players close to home, Majeruskept his team awayfrom Salt Lake City during thefirst weekof the Games. TheUtesplayed at San DiegoState on Fe after spending four daysin San Diego. The team then traveled to Las Vegas, played UNLV on Mondayandstayed there until Thursday. The team cancel plans to hole up in St. George this weekafter playing New Mexico on Monday,because the campus is not as hectic as anticipated, associate sports information director Mike Lages- chulte said. TheUtes’ baseball andsoftball teams go throughthis every year, because of Salt Lake City’s wintry climate. Neither team, whose seasonsstarted in late Janu- February travels. ‘Then there’s WeberState's situation. ‘The WeberState men’s basketball Auto Racing: NASCAR,Daytona 500, 10:30 p.m.(5). team played its Jast home game on Jan. 26. Its next home gameis March2. In between, the team has five road games and a break of nearly two weeksthat fomen' Basketball: Wisconsin at Texas Tech, noon, lowaState at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. (FSN). Women’s started Feb.10. Plus, schoolis out for 314 weeks, just as at Utah. : Stanford at UCLA,11:30 a.m. (FSN); Alabamaat Goo,2:30 p.m. (ESPN). “Februaryis the toughest month of the season,” Cravenssaid.“It's when you're, hopefully,hitting stride. [Thebreak]is in ling: PBA, Empire State Open, 1os0enESPN amonth where you wouldlike to have yourplayers on a routine, and we have no Radio Auto Racing: NASCAR, Daytona 500, 10:30 a.m. (KWLW-AM 700). NBA:Jazz at Knicks, 5 p.m. (KFNZ-AM 1320). routine.” ‘The Wildcats’ Dee Events Center in Ogdenis being used as a workfacility for dozensof reporters covering Olympic curlingat the Ice Sheet next door. While the Wildcats canpractice there, they can- notuse the arenafor games.Instead, WeberStateplayed six conference home while having extended ry. “IT knewthat wasgoingto be a challenge,” Cravenssaid. To help his team stay focused, he conducts daily, mid-morningpractices and weightlifting sessions three times a week. Healso staged an intrasquad game Saturday, whenthe players did everything they would normally do on gameday, right downto the pregamemeal. Even more frustrating for Cravens has been the public’s reaction whenhe discusses the problemsthe Olympics have caused his team. “If I'm honestandsayit’s hard on me and myboys,thenI’m againstthe OlymPics,” Cravens said. After a Jan. 31 USA Today article on WeberState and the Utah Jazz’s schedules during the Olympics, in which Cravens explained the dilemma,people called him anti-Olympics and anti-American. “We enjoy the Olympicsevery night justlike everyoneelse,” Cravens said. But “it makes myjob pretty tough. Anything I say sounds like sour milk.” Penigar and guard Tony Brown madethe All-District 14 second team. m. Classic, noon, (CNBC); PGATour, Nissan Open, 1 p.m. (2). SPRING TRAINING SOFTBALL Ute Report: Utah lost two one-run gamesSaturdayin Texas A&M's tournament. Thehost Ag: gies beat Utah 2-1 by scoring one Authorities Still Probing Fatal Shooting Authorities have no immediate plansto arrest anyonein thefatal shooting of a manatbasketball star Jayson Williams’estate in Trenton, N.J., but they mayfile charges in the future, a New Jersey prosecutor said Saturday. Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Steven C. Lember would not say whoprosecutors think was the shooter. He has said Williams,his brother, Vincent Williams, and about10 guests IN BRIEF were in the house at the time. “Tm notprepared to state where weare in the investigation,in terms of whothe shooter was,” Lember said. Authorities were called to Williams’65-acre estate early Thursday and found limousinedriver Costas Christofi, 55, in a bedroom with a shotgun woundto his chest. Authori- ties havesaid the shotgun appeared runin the seventh inning and an to be oneof several owned by Williams, a former New Jersey Nets play- otherin theeighth, after Masie Ota haddrivenin the Utes’ run er. in thetopof the seventh, Arkan- Investigators quickly ruled out suicide,and the death was classified as suspicious after a preliminary review by the medical examiner. sas topped theUtes 1-0. Molly McLeancollected two of Utah's fourhits. Friday, the Utes beat Arkansas 3) as Heather Bowlin pitched a four-hitter. TENNIS Williams, Heninin Final: Topseeded Venus Williams advanced to BASEBALL BYUSplits: BYU hit four homerunsin the eighth and thefinal of the Diamond Games, ninth innings Saturday, beating Pacific 5-2at Stockton, Calif. downing Amelie Mauresmo7-6 (7), 6-0. Williams will face second-seeded Matt Carson homered in each Belgian Justine Henin, who beat a surprisingly strong Patty Schnyder of Switzerland1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in today’sfinal at Antwerp, Belgium. The win inning, and Kevin Bills and Lars Birkeland homered in the eighth for BYU (3-10). Friday, Pacific beat the Cougars 8-4. was Williams’ second over Mauresmo Utes Split: Utah hassplit the in as many tournaments. Engqvist Tops Kafelnikov: Thomas Engqvistsurvived two match first two gamesofa series with Mesa State, winning 8-6 and los- ing 6-5 at Grand Junction,Colo. SUU Loses: NewMexico points before beating defending State swept Southern Utah, 13-3 and 126 at Las Cruces, N.M. Jona Droubaydrove in three runs for SUUinthe doublehead. er. Friday, NMSUbeat SUU18-9. Jake Reynolds, Dan Polha- mus, Aaron Lancasterand Kurtis Yocum each drovein two John Miller/The Associated Press (1), 76 (10), 6-4 to advance to the final ofthe Open 13 tournamentat Rolen: Phillies Lack Commitment Marseille, France. Today, Enqvist runsfor SUU. SOCCER WSURecruits: Weber State hassigned Rochelle Hoover,a Dixie State College. last 15 years,” Rolensaid. “There’s a lack of commitmentto what | thinkis right.” threw all of his pitches during the 10- General manager Ed Wade and presi- THEASSOCIATED PRESS dent David Montgomery disputed Rolen’s criticismsof their offseason moves. “T guess | feel a lot better about our Pittsburgh’s Jason Kendall missed a workoutwith a bad back andis expected Scott Rolen watched his Philadelphia Philliesdolittle this offseason while the rival New YorkMetsand Atlanta Braves GOLF Canadian Tour: Kaysville's Boyd Summerhays shot 73-74 77-72 andmissed the 72-hole cut by two strokes in the Canadian Tour's winter qualifying tourna: ment in Florida. His cousin Joseph, of Farmington, shot 77-7771-73 and missed thecut by six strokes. Stevenson 17th: Salt Lake City's Jamie Stevensontied for 17th place in a U.S, Challenge added All-Stars to their formidable rosters Rolenarrived at springtraining questioning the team's commitment to win, setting the stage for a contentious season before Rolen tests thefree-agent market. “T'm notseeingthat their No. 1 goal is to put a winning team onthe field,” Rolen said Saturday, “That's my No. 1 goal, and that's why put on a uniform everyday.” Roien’s not the only player at spring training who's looking to leave his team. Minnesota's Rick Reed filed a trade Golf Tourevent, shooting 77-70-71 at Surprise, Ariz. demand following the World Series and could opt for free agency if the Twins SWIMMING “It’s an option that I have,” Reed said, “It's like free agency. It's like going to Cougar Honored: BYU jun ior Gary Tan was named the Mountain West swimmerofthe weekfor the second timethis sea son and the fourth timein his ca reer, The Singapore native set a BYU pool record of 3:59.82 in the 400individual medleyin a meet against Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune Calendar Today Baseball: Utah at Mesa Stato, noon, don’t deal him by March 15. arbitration. I had the right to do it. If you're a free agent, what's the first thing you're going to do? You're oodto test the waters, That's whatI'm doin, ‘The Phillies are ae off their first winning season since 1993 and finished Just two games behind NL East champion Atlanta. But while the Mets added Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughn, Jeromy Burnitz, and Shawn Estes, and the Braves brought in Gary Sheffield, the Phillies biggest off: season acquisition was Terry Adams. That's one reason why Rolen said he turned down a $140 million, 10-year con: SUU at New Mexico State, noon tract extension and vowed to test free pm. MST agency following the season. “The fans of Philadelphia deserve Softball: SUU at San Diego (2), 1 will face unseeded Nicolas Escude, who beat Cedric Pioline 63, 7-5. Seles to Face Tanasugam: Topseeded Monica Seles needed three sets to beat Alicia Molik 6-3, 6-7 (5), Third baseman | of many players looking for change midfielder from Jordan High in Sandy, and Krista Davis, a defender from Layton High and champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-7 White Soxpitcher Bob Howry stretches onthefirst day of workoutsforpitchers and catchers at Tucson,Ariz. better than what they've gotten over the club than maybe hedoes at this point,” Wade said. “Weincreased the payroll 25 percent. Wedidn’t gointo this offseason as a numberofclubs did andsay, ‘We got =atpayroll back, we gotto stay status tint’ at spring training, Mike Darr’s locker was left untouched Saturday, one day after the San Diego out. fielder waskilled in a car crash. “His spirit is still here,” said reliever Tom Davey, one of Darr’s closest friends on the team.“You can still think of Mike. And whenyoudo,he puts a smile on your face. Tolook over athis locker right now and knowhe's not goingto walk through this door it's crazy.” Darr’s death cast a pall over the Pa- dres’ camp in Peoria, Ariz., as the usual declarations of optimism and excitement about the coming season gave way to grief. Darr, 25, was killed Friday when the SUV he wasdriving rolled over on a highway about 5 miles from the team’s training complex. “Right now, everybody's thoughts are of Mike,” Padres manager Bruce Bochy said. “That's what we're talking about. We'll all go to the funeral and show our respects. At some point, we will get pre— for the season. This has stunned us in Tampa,Fla., Yankees starter David Wells reported no problemsafter throw: least another week. The left-hander minutesession on an indoor mound. to return to practice today. In Kissimmee, Fla., Braves closer John Smoltz will not be ready to throw off a moundfor at least another week as he recovers from an infection on his thumb. Smoltz had surgery last month to re- sugarn easily advanced to today’s fi- nal, defeating Janette Husorava6-0, 76 (7-2). Larsson Ousted: Lars Burgsmuller beat Magnus Larsson 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (2) to advance to the final of the Copenhagen Open in Denmark against Olivier Rochus. Rochus beat movethe thumbnail onhis right thumb. Davide Sanguinetti 26, 6-0, 6-4. Also, Kevin Tapani decided to retire after 13 years in the big leagues. After winning eight of his first nine AUTO RACING starts for the Chicago Cubs in 2001, Tapanifinished 9-14 with a 4.49 ERA. The Cubs bought outthe final year of his contract, and Tapani filed for free agency. The right-hander said he was contacted by about five teams, and he reJected an offer from Arizona. In other developments: |The Royals defeated shortstop Neifi Perez in salary arbitration, giving owners a 20 lead over players. Perez was given a raise from $3.55 million to $4.1 million, arbitrators Dan Brent, Elisabeth Neumeier and LB. Helburn ruled Saturday, a day after listening to arguments. Perez had asked for $5 million. At least 60 Marlins employees were fired as Jeffrey Loria closed on his purchase of the team from John Henry. During the final hours of negotiationsto sealthe sale,the entire player developmentstaff was fired, including scouts, administrators and minor ing off a moundfor the first time since duly. Wells had back surgery last summer, and wasn't expected to takethe hill for at 6-4 to advance to the final ofthe ained Open at Doha. No. 4 Tamarine Tana: Copter Crash Kills 2: Two people died in a helicopter crash near Day- tona Beach,Fla., while on the way to pick up NASCAR team owner and former Washington coach Joe Gibbs. Volusia County (Fla.) Sheriffofficials tentatively identified the victims as pilot Michael McNellis ofTampa and Robin Leedom of Las Vegas. Officials were waiting on autopsy re- sults and dental records checks to confirm the identity of the victims. Little E Wins Daytona: Dale Earnhardt Jr., making his return to the NASCAR Busch oe inaNo.3 Childress Racing, held oabaichael Waltrip and Matt Kenseth to win the raindelayed EAS/GNC Live Well 300 at Daytona Beach, Fla. Dale Sr. — who won a record 34 races at of thelate seven-time Winston Cup champion, also was in Victory Lane, Childress. along with Loria owned since December 1999. ‘ — Combined News Services | POOR |
