Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday November 25 2003 Nielson Johnson represent BWC well Stanford claims both men’s and women’s titles r By Jason Turner sports writer at NCAAs "Mike kind of wishes he could have done a and 2 ranked women's teams Stanford and little more spectacular than he did but I’m B YU didn't disappoint interin Ciensel said a of him" However the Cougars may be a little bit proud telephone view upset as the lady Cardinal (ranked No 1 ) On the women's side Johnson proved she ' ended BYU's string of two straight national was among the best freshman harriers in the titles Buoyed by placing it's first four runners in the Top 25 Stanford ( 120 points) edged past country finishing 15th among freshman comformer BYU Crest The standout Mountain petitors coveted the 6K course in 2 1 :32: 1 and placed ' Mannova the Mountain Regional 146th overall' champion paced the Cougar women with a 4th-plaAnd the best thing about Johnson Ciensel " finish ( 19:53) North Carolina's Shalane said is her career is just beginning Flanagan ran away with the individual title "I'm excited for the possibilities (with Johncovering the course in 19:30 — 12 seconds ahead of runner-u-p Kim Smith of Providence son)" he said "It's going to be a good four ' 'f' Although they weren't considered national years" As for the team competition in what was See NCAAS on B3 expected to be a showdown between the No 1 Crosscountry ican honors (Top 25 American runners) A milestone was accomplished by the Utah Unfortunately lor the Bellevue Wash - native he didn't do that finishing the State cross country program at the NCAA ‘meter course in 30 minutes 593 seconds — Division 1 Championships Monday at Cedar Falls Iowa good enough for i 14th place This does hot not mean Ciensel wasn't For the first lime in school history two pleased with the senior's performance After Aggies individually qualified for Nationals in all Nielson hasn't fully recovered from the men’s runner Mike Nielson and Ashley John- son on the women's side walking pneumonia he contracted earlier this ' month but was only 15 seconds from breaking then’s race both USU head Heading into the the and Steve assistant Reeder coach (iregg Ciensel top SO (there were 255 runners in each felt Nielson had the potential to earn field) v- (128)-Michael- ce - ’ All-Am- er Switch i ng to middle blocker didn ’t bother Utah St senior Cartwright EC: I see in the future how good they are going to be and I kind of get jealous Beth (Hodge) is going to be an 'amazing outside hitter Car- olyn (Forbush) who is med- ical redshirting she's awesome Mari (Ruddick) on the right side (middle block- er) Ingrid (Roth) is amazing (Setter Andrea Delsigne) will be a' senior I do wish I had one more year : HJ: I hear that in high school you luid big feet? EC: You know what? I look at my teammates now and I ' don’t have the biggest feet HJ:fhenwhenyoueametd ' ' Ingrid has bigger feet Mari Utah State(coach Burt Fuller) has bigger feet Zuzana (Cer- asked you to move from out- nianska) Marijana (Kordic) sidd hitter to middle blocker At what point did that happen? Ana ( Mirkoy ic) I'm so excited! : normal are Mine EC I remember it was about two weeks into presea- -' ' HJ: (Looking down at her shoes) What size are those? Butt was like son on Mountain Crest ( I99X-9- 9 a team and vyon varsity) your state title Why no scholarship otter to Utah State out of high school? (Cartwright went to Salt Lake Community College where she earned can honors her freshman sea- son before transferring to USU in 2(H) LV : EC: I don’t know if they gave them all away but I knew they didn't have one I kind of knew I didn't want to go to' Utah and I didn't want to go back east either so Salt Luke was the best choice for me'' Erin Cartwright will likely berime tmlv I 'tah State’s see-- - ami volleyball player to earn back-to-lHtc- first team k l all-B- : i g est mfe rente honors Denae Mt hlnian did it in She also just set I yyy sehool reeonl a ' t single-seaso- ' AU-Ame- n for kills with 471 With " irtwright!s eart‘er winding down lit ridd Journal sports writer Davit I Cttnlero sat down with the VSlfstttr to talk about her life on and off ' the t thtrL C By David Cordero ' ' sports writer' ' ' 11J: 'Whir got you started with volleyball? 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' been -' Whitt's the theseskinny lit- - : IIJ:' loughEC: T just liked how com- tie ' arms and time Utah est at skinny of Jegs and your part petitiveand intense it was’ ' V State? ' kind bit awk-war- d a of looked just - when I pfciyedSpftbaU didn’t " I losEC: think the hardest is Probably halfway ' really do it for mc! I d school I when know high we win: say through cap ing ' 111: When did you realize ' '' tiiy (cixirdinatibn got better) I because I'm so competitive just be to had potential giKkl? you This year we've had motncnis thinkthatVwhenit hit My EC: I don't think I realized I where-we'rthere and sOphombreyear I wasslilla amazing had potential at first because! : little hit iffy but my junior times we other are when just didn't really think I was that’ ' was a lot better aren't all there I hate the feel- year ' good: L After the first yfcar of Of knowing you can win So any plans tb goon HJ: ing club I really thought this the pro beach volleyball lour? "and then not doing it " ' ' might take mesomewhere EC: I wishThat'smeand HJ: Di) you wish you had I IJ: And you ditched play-another year with this young ' (assistant coach Heather) ing softball after that? group? (There are seven fresh- - Olmstead's dream' (Laughing) EC: Totally ditched iu 1 think with man three sophomores aod a Eli LuceroHerald Journal V hcrcompeti-- : Ditched everything else loo return next liveness and mine we might ' Utah State's Erin Cartwright right spjkes the ball past Cal State Nprthridge's: Jennifer Fopma during a junior who could ' : : IIJ: Ypii played well at be able to do it season) Big West Conference match last Saturday at the Spectrum 1 1 - - somei-especiall- - ' ' X ' 1 13th consecutive loss Anderson scores 28 to lead Knicks’ effort ' By y 1 1 : ! IMA - I Orlando is four losses short of tying its franchise-wor- st losing skid That ' the season slrptch was set in 1991-9- 2 the drafted before Shaquille Magic O'Neal The Magic played without Tracy McGrady who missed the game fever because of a Knicks 94 Celtics 88 ' At Boston Shandon Anderson scored a and-NeYork play28 points season-hig- h v ing without its top two scorers beat the Celtics for the second time in eight days Anderson had 10 points in the third ' quarter helping to make up for the loss of top scorer Allah Houston who missed ‘ his second straight game with a sore lower back and Keith Van Horn sidelined for his fifth consecutive game with a sprained right ankle Dikembe Mutomho moved ahead of for 103-degr- mer Knick Patrick Ewing into fifth place in career blocked shots He had four giving x him 2896 two more than Ewing Mutomho added 1 3 points and 12 rebounds Pistons 94 Hawks 89 At Atlanta Chauncey Billups made four straight free throws in the final 183 seconds and finished with 24 points for DetroiL On Sunday Billups missed two foul shots with seven seconds remaining in Detroit’s 81-8- 0 home loss to New ' Ail-St- Orleans Tayshaun Prince added 22 points for Detroit and Ben Wallace had 15 rebounds Rockets 105 CHppm 90 At Los Angeles Yao Ming scored all 18 of his points in the first half and reserve Maurice Taylor had 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for Houston “For him to come out and almost kill himself to just play : ar " ar Cartwright let go Mourning wasn't worried about himself though His biggest concern was letting the team down four months after joining the New Jersey Nets ’‘The big person that he is he was Very Kidd said Monday in East Rutherford NJ recalling his telephone conversation with Mourning (he night before “He felt that he was maybe letting me down in the sense that he came here to try and win a championship and he : came here because of me” Mourning 33 will need a transplant soon and the team said a nationwide search is under way for a prospective donor A player who epitomized work ethic Mourning lasted just 12 games in his return to the NBA after sitting out last season and large portions of two others because of the ailment focal glomerulosclerosis ' ' whether the Nets willhave to pay the Seven-tim- e the remainder of the four-ye$22 million contract The Chicago Bulls are starting over Again Bill Cartwright became the latest casualty in the Bulls’ seemingly endless rebuilding project fired Monday after a start The team that ' began the season with such high expectations — maybe even the first playoff run since the dynasty days — looks like so many other versions of the HoniBulls soft-spoke- n” APphotoOrlando fans including two with bags on their heads watch the Magic lose their'13th game in a row at the hands of the Indiana Pacers on Monday night said: Mourning was not at the : Ron Artest added J7 points and Austin Croshcre scored 13 of his season-hig- h 15 in the second quarter to help Indiana-- ' extend its winning streak i five games - Kidd team’s practice Monday It was not immediately clear The disappointment wias clear in Alonzo Mourning’s voice when he broke the news to Jason Kidd: He! was calling it quits because his kidney disease had worsened "night I is” By The Associated Press had 22 points and 9 rebounds and the visiting Indiana 3th ers handed the Orlando Magic-(heistraight loss winning 89-7- 8 oh Monday r s A The Associated Press s''Jermaine O'Neal the game that he loves it just shows the kind of person ’Zo Bulls fire coach 4-- 10 : “There’s no question that this team has underachieved and probably for many reasons Is it a coaching problem? I don’t think so” interim coach Pete Myers said in Dallas where Chicago plays the Mavs tonight “These kids got to tie up their shoestrings a little tighter” Myers said “I told the guys today that it’s time for you all to pull that minor out now We’ve changed coaches now you guys are going to take the heaL Now you have to stand up” |