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Show 6 SPORTS Friday March 1, 2013 TODAY'S SKI REPORT 16° / 9 a.m. 25° / 3 p.m. Alta www.dailyutahchronicle.corn Conditions and weather from utahskiweathercom Packed powder on trail, bumps off trail along with the usual crusts 16° / 9 a.m. 25° / 3 p.m. Brighton Canyons 21° / 9 a.m. 39° / 3 p.m. Deer Valley 21° 390 // 93a.m. p.m. Snowbird 16° / 9 a.m. 33° / 3 p.m. Solitude 17° / 9 a.m. 34° / 3 p.m. U suspends Winslow for Turnovers kill Utes fire against Cal allegations of sexual abuse MEN'S BASKETBALL Ryan McDonald ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Jake Bullinger SPORTS EDITOR Utah head swim coach Greg Winslow has been suspended following allegations of sexual abuse filed by the father of a former swimmer. GREG WINSLOW The Arizona State University Police Department confirmed a police report has been filed containing the allegations against Winslow. The report has yet to be released to the public. "Late last night [Feb. 27], we learned of allegations against our swim coach," said Utah athletic director Chris Hill. "We normally would not [take action] with just allegations, but these are very serious allegations ... we decided it was in the best interest of everybody to have a suspension of the coach right now." The story was first reported by Irvin Muchnick, who blogs at Concussion Inc. Muchnick reported that Winslow's molestation of the swimmer began when she was 15 years old and took place for more than two years while Winslow coached the Sun Devils Aquatics club team in Tempe, Ariz. "This heartbreaking and absolutely gut-wrenching story further demonstrates the need for a drastic change in the sex abuse culture that has permeated USA Swimming for decades," said Robert Allard, attorney for the alleged vicSee WINSLOW page 7 UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS FRIDAY: Women's Basketball Utah @ Oregon St. Lots of things went right for the Runnin' Utes in the first 13 minutes of their game Thursday night against the Cal Bears. Their methodical offense was producing and they outrebounded Cal 15-10. The Bears were certainly helping Utah's cause, as they shot just 32 percent from the field during the stretch. The result was an eightpoint Utes advantage, 22-14. As good as that stretch was, the final 27 minutes were absolutely disastrous for Utah, as it fell 6446 on the road. The 46 points the Utes produced were a season low, as was their shooting percentage. Utah made just 29 percent of its buckets. "I thought it was definitely a capable win and for the outcome, the score to be what it was, it's disappointing," said point guard Glen Dean on the ESPN 700 postgame show. Dean finished with six points and one assist. Utah went scoreless over the last six minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second as the Bears opened up a 40-24 lead before a Dakarai Tucker fast-break layup ended the long drought. "We lost our poise and made some careless passes with the ball and let them get out in transition and get some easy, easy baskets," Dean said of the end of the first half. "I think if we just keep our composure and don't turn the ball over like we did, we have a different story." Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak also pointed to his team's turnovers as the reason for the momentum shift. Cal scored 15 points off Utah's eight turnovers in the first 20 minutes. The Utes turned the ball over II times in the game. "That sucks the life out of you," Krystkowiak said on the postgame See RUNNIN' UTES page 7 TONY ZHOU/The Daily Californian Forwards Jeremy Olsen and Renan Lenz block a shot by California's Robert Thurman in the Utes' 64-46 blowout loss at Berkeley, Calif. GYMNASTICS 7 p.m. Corvallis, Ore. Team preps to face BYU, NC State Baseball Utah @ Northern Illinois 12:15 p.m. Minneapolis Matt Ellis STAFF WRITER Women's Gymnastics Utah vs. BYU, NC State 7 p.m. Provo Swimming & Diving Utah @ Women's Championships All Day Federal Way, Wash. GYMNASTICS TOP 25 RANK TEAM RECORD 1 2 Oklahoma 197.322 Florida Michigan Alabama LSU 197.256 196.938 196.879 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 T19 UCLA Georgia 196.566 196.729 196.419 Utah Oregon St. Nebraska Auburn 196.514 195.969 196.393 195.925 Stanford Denver Minnesota Arizona West Virginia 196.264 195.797 195.694 Washington Ohio St. Illinois 195.304 T19 21 22 Kent St. Kentucky Penn St. 23 24 Maryland Iowa Arkansas 25 195.5 195.211 195.413 195.357 195.289 195.294 195.225 195.425 195.082 195.554 CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle Junior Hailee Hansen hugs a teammate after a stellar performance on the bars Feb. 23. Hansen and the Red Rocks travel to face in-state rival BYU and NC State tonight. The Utes are 88-2 all-time against BYU. Utes co-head coach Megan Marsden doesn't like the color blue, but she's going to be seeing a lot of it tonight. Utah (7-1-I) will join North Carolina State (10-5-0 in the Marriott Center as they take on BYU (7-6) in Provo. Utah has never faced NC State, but is 88-2 all-time against BYU. Both of the losses came in Provo, but the Utes have won the last 3o meetings since being beaten 196.050-195.975 in 1998. Even though the series has been lopsided, Marsden still loves the rivalry between Utah and BYU. The challenge for her is getting her gymnasts excited, since so many of them are from out of state and aren't as familiar with the ongoing battle between the red and blue. Marsden's feelings are rooted in her own days as a Utah gymnast from 1981-1984, and she's done her best to make sure the current Utes have an appreciation for the history between the two schools. "If they don't feel it themselves, they've at least heard it enough to know that they have to live it a little bit this week," she said. Tory Wilson, who is from Albuquerque, N.M., said she had somewhat of an idea what the rivalry was all about when she came to Utah, but it has been made explicitly clear to her since then. "No wearing blue," she said. Hailee Hansen grew up in Utah and has always been familiar with the rivalry, but said her family remained neutral for the most part. That changed when she came to Utah, but her favorite color is still blue. She said sometimes Marsden gets on her back to change clothes, even if it's something as small as blue socks, but Hansen wouldn't want it any other way. "As much as we give her a hard time with the whole `blue' thing, we love it," Marsden said. "It makes it a fun atmosphere for practice and gets us all in that mind-set of going down to BYU and taking on that rivalry." Utah looks to have the edge over its two competitors this weekend, as neither of them has scored over a 196 this season. Utah has scored less than that only twice. The Utes will be looking to prove they can put together four good rotations on the road as they get nearer to postseason competition. Bars and beam have given them trouble this year, and Marsden said the way to fix this problem is not to worry about it. "The chance for mistakes that could be costly, like a fall, are much easier to have happen on bars and beam," she said. "We consider them even more technical events, and to be stellar on those events you've got to be on your game, and you've got to reign in your nerves." Though many gymnasts said competing against BYU does give them some extra motivation to perform, Lia Del Priore and Mary Beth Lofgren both said there is a lot more to it at this stage of the season. "I think it's the point in the season that we really need to start stepping up and getting ready for postseason," Del Priore said. The meet will start at 7 p.m. and will be televised on BYUtv. m.ellis@chronicle.utah.edu Twitter: @mattellis_utah |
