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Show DAILY A\BRI NG Sunday, Ae30,2006 HERALD | PAGE 2. 2. @|OEE=e BYU at UVSC oath ties 1:30 p.m. ABC PREP SPORTS Lehifalls twice Bh | Todd Christensen LOCAL GOLF Gladstan Ladies Golf Assoc. signups The Lehi Pioneers hosted twonon-league softball games Saturday, and ended up on the short end both times. In the first game, Pleasant Grove (10-7) edged the Pioneers 5-3. Heather Jones had a two-run homer . inthe third and Amber Nielsen followed with another + two-run blast in the fifth to pace the Vikings. Megan Zimmerman was 3-for- and scored twice £ for Lehi (12-4), while Alli Kirkham had a double and +? an RBIand McKensyHillstead also had an RBI In the second game, Canyon View'sPaige Affleck .did most of the damage, striking out 12 Pioneerbat- ers and also doubling twice and hitting a home run. Nextel Cup. Aaron’s 499 11:30am. NHRA Golf 5 p.m. FOX ESPN2 E OpendeEspana Zam. TGC LPGA, Ginn Clubs Open 11:30 a.m. _CBS Nationwide, BMW Pro-Am 11:30 a.m.» TGC PGA,Aurich Classic 1p.m. CBS Sr., FedEx Kinkos Classic _3 p.m. TGC MajorLeagueBaseball © Pleasant Grove hs Canyon View Leh Ov, Prat » Provofalls to Hunter: At WestValley City. Hunter pounded outnine hits to down Provo (2-13) in a four- inning non-leaguesoftball game » Timpanogosgirls win: The Timpanogosgirls track team wonthe SUU Invitational on Saturdayin Cedar City. Kimberly Bringhurst wonthe 800m for Timpano- gos. Results, D7 N.Y.Metsat Atlanta 11 TBS Milwaukee at ChiCubs 12:10 p.m. WGN Texas at Cleveland 6 p.m. ESPN NBA Miamiat Chicago iiam. ABC Phoenix at L.A. Lakers 1:30 p.m. ABC Cleveland at Washington 5:30 p.m. TNT San Antonio at Sacramento8 p.m. TNT NFL Draft gam. ESPN NHLPia; AUTO RACING Truex wins Busch raceat Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala. — Martin TruexJr. picked the perfect race to make his first Busch Seriesstart of the season. Truex, the two-time Busch champion who is now a Nextel Cup rookie. returned to his roots :+ Saturday towinhisthird straight race at Talladega Superspeedway 4 Driving a car owned by. Dale Earnhardt Inc., y Truexcelebrated what would have been “The In- 2 timidators”55th birthdaybygiving the companyyet $ anotherrestrictor-plate victory. Earnhardt, who won $10 racesat Talladega, waskilled in a 2001 accidentat * Daytona. - » Sadler winsthird Talladega pole: At Talladega, Ala., (“» The Gladstan Ladies Golf Association, which has Philly-Buff..or Colo-Dallas_ _Noon SanJose at Nashville 6:30 pm. MISL Soccer Baltimore vs. St.Louis 11a.m.° NBC OLN ESPN2 about 30 members,is starting its new season and is opento those interested in joining. The club has womenofall ages andability levels. Some arebeginners, while others have played with the club for nearly 30 years, and they range in age from those in the 20s to those in their 80s and 90s. Tee times are Monday evenings at 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday morningsat 9 a.m. (changing to 8 a.m.in NFL DRAFT: THE June). Club dues are $30 dollars per year, in addition to green fees. For more information call Kristen Webb at 423-2844 or Donna Eddy at 423-3337, or you can just join the groupat one ofthe listed tee times. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TENNIS Nadalto face Robredo in final I: was the middle of Februaryin 1978. Lew Carpenter was the receivers coachof the Green BayPackers,but just as important was the fact that he wasthe cho- BARCELONA,Spain — Defending champion ‘Rafael Nadal won his 46th straight match onclay, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (2), 6-3 Saturday to reachthe final at the Open Seat Godo. Tommy Robredo,the 2004 champion,beat Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4 to set up an allSpanishfinal. “It could be a long matchashe runs lot,” Robredosaid ofhis final against the top-seeded Nadal. sen representative of the BLESTO scouting combine that represented 18 of the NFL teams. A great workout here would garner the attentionof the coterie of decisionmakers throughout the league. The No.2-ranked Nadal matched 11-time Grand Slam Withthat in mind,I went outside to show my wares despite the inclement weather. | snapped for champion Bjorn Borg with 46 straight victories onclay. Guillermo Villas holds the Open era record with 53. HORSE RACING both punts’andfield goals, but 1 also kicked off and punted in addition to running routes and catching Record wins Derby Trial Elliott Sadler has qualifying at Talladega Superspeedwayall figured out. Now, if he can just keepall four tires on the groundin the race. The Robert Yates Racing driver wonhis seventh NASCARNextel Cuppole Saturday for today’s Aaron’s 499. He has crashed in eachofthe past three fall races on the 2.66-mile Talladega oval, two of them spectacular airborne wrecks. Sadler posted a lap of 188.511 mphin a Ford Fusion,easily beating runner-up Tony Stewart's 187.658 ina Chevrolet Monte Carlo. the ball. | am sure,in retrospect, that Carpenter thought mea fool, LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Record took controlat the but I was leaving nothing to chance andfelt that my Jim Thorpe imitation would revealthat there were many morethingsthatI could do, top of the stretch then held off Spotsgone by a neck to win the $100,000 Derby Trial on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old covered the mile on fast track in 1:36:32, collecting himself under jockey Rafael Bejarano after brushing the gateat the start. Recordpulled ahead of Spotsgone just after the two thus enhancing mychancesof =~ sticking ona professionalroster. As the snow began to fall, we wereforced to go back into the entered the stretch then held him off at the finish. Record paid $12.20,$6.40 and $4.20, one returned $27.20 Smith Fieldhouse. The time had and $8.60, and Mister Triester paid $4.60 to show. comefor the timing of the 40- yard dash, the Holy Grail of skills for the prospective pro football player. Careers, draft position and millions of dollars have hung in the balance based uponthe hundredths of a second that a scout or Cougars shine at Robison Brian Hassler BYU men’s track coach Mark Robison figured his team would have a good day if the wind died down andhe * wasright After a windyday of events + at the 2006Clarence RobisonIn* vitational on’Friday, the weath- = er improved andthe wind died = downfor Saturday's activities. « “One'reason wehave this + as. atwo-daymeetis so that at least oneof the days is good forthe events,” Robison said. “Yesterday the wind destroyed the javelin numbers andit had a huge effect on the ovalraces.” Saturdays events featured a cool breeze and a strong per- formance by BYU Defending national pole vault championRobbie Pratt wonhis event with a jumpof18 feet, inch. Teammates Bob Low and Whitney Neves were second and third, respectively, at 17- general manager mayarbitrarily decideis either fast enoughornot. So began mysurreptitious efforts to procurea time that would vali- BYU/UVSC ROUNDUP date my existence. First, | told them thatI had winningin 10.36 to 10.47 for it measured off. Naturally, any scout or coach worth hissalt is not goingto buyintothat so they in- . BYU's Smith. The Cougars’ Smith won the 200m in a regional-qualifying time of 21.07. sisted they measureit themselves. While they werebusy doing that, I For the women, BYU's Mindy Neeley tookfirst place in the slipped on myred Nike spikes that I had purchased the month before 100mand the 200m and anchored BYU's winning 400m re- at the Nike outlet in Eugene, Ore. Second,I had them measure from the southwest corner where the track is banked andas a result, the first twoorthree strides are downhill. Third, I talked them into starting from a stand-upstart. Of course most people — including layteam. Kristin Hirst tookfirst placein the high jump(5-5). UVSCss Megan Butler and MarianneKingfinished first and second,respectively, in the hammerthrow.Butler also took first in the discus, followed by this coach — believed that a crouch BYU's Aubrey Cowan. UVSC's Tim Rowberry seta schoolre- cord in the mile (4:24.47). On Friday for UVSC, Tawny Judkinsset a scored record in the long jumpon Friday(1810). Peter Holm was second in JEREMY HARMON/Daily Herald BYU's Robbie Pratt clears 18 feet on hisfirst attempt during a track meet at BYU on Saturday. the 800m(1:57.44): Joe Bendos- ki and Michael Vick were1-2 in the 5,000m in 15:33.65 and 15:41.76,respectively. “I was really pleased about sell and SummerTobias,after the games. Withthescoretied 8-8 head- 0.75. Cougar David Pendergrass the meet,” Robisonsaid. “This ing into the bottom of the seventh in Game 1, Andrea meet wasn't huge but we had wonthehigh jump at 66.75. Ramirez led off with a double Jacob Gustafsson and Kyle good competition and we got Perry finished first and second, almostevery person qualified . and wassacrificed to third. respectively. in the 800m. while that we hoped would qualify.” Lei thenhit a chopperto the the Cougars’ Chris Carter won the 400m hurdles. followed by Utah State's Scott Bell and then four other Cougars “Jacob in the 800 was phe- nomenal,” Robisonsaid. “With Kyle Perrybehind him,it's pret- ty amazing. In the 400hurdles, they ran well and Stig Robertson missed (regional) qualifying byfive-hundredth of a second.” The 3,000m steeplechase was an opportunityfor BYU's. Derek Taylorto shine. as the sophomoretookfirst, beating second-place teammate Josh Adamsbyalmost10 seconds. “Derrick qualified for the steeplechase and made it by four seconds,” Robisonsaid. “He's really improved in that event. A while ago he was a long ways away from being that good and he was incredible today. I think wehave morepeople qualified, for regionals than you can take 2 ¢ to the conference meet.” 3 BYU's Paul Smith and Utah State's D.J. Smith battiedin the -§ 100m, with the Aggies’ Smith D BYU baseball; At Colorado Springs.Colo., Ben Saylorhit twohome runs while Patrick Wells baffled Air Force hitters in BYU's 174 rout ofthe Falcons. Kent Walton, Saylor and Dane Nielsen all homered as BYU wonits sixth straight gameandevened its overall record at 22-22 (7-6 MWCO). The Cougarsare fourth in the conference with nine league gamesremaining. Wells (54, 4.82) allowed just twohits and two walks andstriking out sevenin seveninnings. BYU is at UVSC on Tuesday at 7 p.m. » BYUsoftball: At Provo, the Cougarseniors helped BYU to a 9-8, 16-1 sweep of New Mexicoat Gail Miller Field. BYU improved to 36-17 over- all, 11-5 MWC,tied for second withUtah. The Cougars hon- ored the senior class of Brook Boyce-Humbert, Ianeta Le’i, Paige Paramore, Ashlynn Rus- gapto score the winning run. In Game2, the Cougars scored 10 runs oneight hits in Daniel Summerhaysbattled _4-under 68 on the second day winds that gusted to 40 mph of the Division I Independent to shoot a 74, finishing lover: par217 for the tournament, tied for fourth. Other Cougar scores were Clay Ogden 72 (218, tie sixth), Nick Becker 77 Championship on Saturday to take a four-strokeleadin the individual standings. The UVSC men's team moved up twospotsin the team stand- | (223), Jake Ellison 76 (223) and Oscar Alvarez 78 (226). ings. Host Northern Colorado leads at 584.Other UVSC scores wereJeff Gibson 76(tied for 28th), Chris Cole 76, Andrew | D BYU women’s tennis: At San the first and cruised to victory. Diego, Calif., the second-seeded Smith 77 and Jordan Rogers 81. D BYU men’s golf: At Sunriver, Ore., the Cougars shot a 299 4-0 in the finals of the MWC women'stennis tournament. The Cougars await a hoped-for invitation tothe NCAA cham- BYU is at UVSC at 4 p.m. Tuesday. andfinished fourth at the MWCChampionships at the Crosswater Club. New Mexico won the title with a 298 on the final day and 865 overall. San Diego State was second at 870, followed by UNLV (874), BYU (878), TCU (882), CSU(883), Utah (908), Wyoming (914) and Air Force (931). “Wejust didn't haveit this weekend,”said BYU coach Bruce Brockbank.“Golf is a funnysport likethat ... you can havea greatround, and the very next day just tank. Wedefinitely tanked these last two days.” The seventh-ranked Cougars hope to rebound next monthat the NCAA West Regionals in Tucson,Ariz. Cougarsfell to No. l-seed TCU pionships. The brackets willbe announced May 3. 3 ‘TCU 4, BYU 0: Doubles, | Besovic/Cetnik (TCU) det ‘SociOun82,3foureraneSta!" The UVSC women improved by 12 strokes and aretied for seventh: UC Davis leads at 620. Ashley Baldwin led the UVSC women with an 80. Other UVSC scores were Echo Thatcher 88, Shari Johnson and Kasey Larson 89 and Blayne Pilgrim 101. UVSC softball: At Greeley, (Tah!Ug taatoe94 S12Hee Seon Colo,, the Wolverine softball (thass Svto,7206220fh teambeatSouth DakotaState in taperetrethen626 +" D UVSC baseball: At Orem, Lewis-Clark State (38-4) scored 21 to Nortl cota ‘State by an identical 2-1 score in the second dayof the Division I Independent Championship. The Wolverines will play in seven runs early totakeabig lead andheld off a late UVSC rallyto win 13-9. Eli Slesk, ‘is Benson, Canyon Vance and Nick Connor each hadtwo the consolation game today. The Wolverines got solid pitching from Jackie Roberts and Heidi Boyer. Roberts picked __up her eighth win of the seas on hits for UVSC (14-32). by scattering six hits and strik- i DUVSC golf: At Windsor, Colo., junior Nic van Vuuren shot a ing out two South Dakota State batters. Boyer still only allowed only five hits in the UVSC loss. makes moresense,butif the watch begins onyour first movement, it is conceivable that the clock could start before your feet crossed the starting line. With a stand-up start, the first movementhas your first stride about a yard to a yard-anda-half past the line — basic physics. Note how many widereceiversutilize a three-point stance now. With all of these variables in myfavorI blazed through the first one. Carpenter looked at his watchin disbelief. | had run 4.50. At234 pounds,that was someserious speed. He wanted meto runit again.| obliged andthis time I was evenfaster at 4.46. The next day I gota call from my representative in Houston, who excitedly informed methat “... the buzz around BLESTO was the 40 that Christensen had run.” At the time I was projected to be fifth or sixth rounderbut after showing considerable acumen in the standing long jump,vertical jump,hang clean, benchpress and cone drill the then-world champion Dallas Cowboysselected mein the second round of the NFL draft. Was really that fast? Of course not. Was | a better football player in February than I was during the season prior? Probably not. The only thing that was proven was thatI had a proclivity for the specific disciplines measured.I had manipulated the system. The conclusion of today’s draft, oddly enough, has been predicated in large part upon those curious tests aforementioned.It is no wonder then that you have young men See CHRISTENSEN, D5 |