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Show Wednesday, October 4,2006 10 Cross country finishes third at Rose Park petition. "(Mackelprang) was running to win the race," U head Led by freshman Becky coach Kyle Kepler said. "She Mackelprang, the U cross did a nice job, but she's just country team finished third in inexperienced at this level." its first home meet of the seaIt was the team's first 6K son at the Utah Fall Twilight race of the season. The races at Rose Park Golf Course Fri- up to this point have been day night. shorter, and the team is still Mackelprang took fifth adjusting to the distance. place overall, clocking the The Utes narrowly missed 6K course in 22:54. It was the taking second place, which highest individual placing of had been Kepler's goal. her young collegiate career. Other Utes with impresThe Utes beat Nevada and sive finishes include: StephaWestminster College but lost nie Skoreyko, who finished to Mountain West Confer- 12th, Chelsea DiGrazia, who ence foe Air Force and in- finished 13th and Kellie Anstate rival UVSC, which took derson, who finished 14th. first place in the team com- The three teammates finNatalie Dicou The Daily Utah Chronicle ished within seven seconds of one another, with Skoreyko posting 23:47. DiGrazia and Andersen were right behind her. "We ran hard throughout the race," Kepler said. "I am proud of Becky Mackelprang. She ran well with the leaders of the race. Our second group stayed together pretty well, but we needed to get a better start... We need to continue to stay mentally focused and work the back half of the race." The Utes will travel to Arkansas this weekend to compete against southern schools in another 6K race. n.dicou@chronicle.utah.edu THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE PIZZA IS HEAD OVER HEELS FOR VOLLEYBALL same way Stockton did so many times after Jazz victories. There was an innate aura that surrounded this team, and I had no doubt that each player would have expressed praise to each one of her teammates before taking the credit upon her continued from Page S own shoulders. I don't want to make it sound like I the next one. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much poise and camaraderie am getting all sensitive over a volleyball the team had. It was a subtle yet welcome match, but it was fun to watch. The action change from the scenery that surrounds was there, but the indescribable thing that much of the professional landscape today. is lost when players ascend to the world I instantly thought back to the way John of professional sports was evident. It is',a Stockton played the game of basketball. thing the majority of students are missiiig He was so unselfish in the way he distrib- out on when they neglect sports like voluted the ball and the little things he did leyball, swimming, baseball and soccer. to win. His interviews after the game will I now understand what all those people stick in my mind for eternity. He never had I interviewed were talking about when anything bad to say about his teammates, they mentioned a certain something that and every positive he had was because of was there at a volleyball or soccer match. his teammates and not because he was a Events like the volleyball matches have great basketball player. John Stockton was the "it" factor that you just don't find in the first person who made me appreciate competitive sports anymore, and it's a what a team is, and the U's volleyball team shame more people, especially U students, haven't taken the opportunity to has those same qualities. witness it. 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