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Show Friday, April 24, 2009 Page 16 Join us Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. ESLC Auditorium Science Unwrapped "Matters of the Heart" with Andy Anderson 1 Downloading t o laptops is what we do besb. The Utah Statesman TRACK & FIELD www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped Join our Facebook Group The Best Price Everyday Integrity Price Guarantee For more than a century, thousands of couples throughout Northern Utah have experienced fair and honeM iransactions at S.E. Needham Jewelers. You don't have to be a skilled negotiator to get tin; best price. When comparing cm, color, clarity, and carat weight, our integrity price will be as good or better lhan any store in the state of Utah. M i SE JEWELEFVS Store Hours: Where Utah Gets Engaged.' Monday-Saturday 10:00-7:00 141 North Main'752-7149 wwwseneedham.com ui \ii)n ihr <•/ ihr tin, I POLE VAULTER SONIA GRABOWSKA celebrates with coach Joel Johnson after setting a new USU indoor record earlier this spring, Johnson himself holds a school record in the decathlon. CAMERON PETERSON photo By CONNOR HARRIS JONES sports senior writer Laren Hedin is a junior, majoring in elementary ] education from Preston, Idaho. She says she enjoys reading world and nation news in The Statesman : and can usually be caught reading it on the second floor of the TSC between classes. Thanks Laren! Enjoy your T-shirt and • free lunch! Statesman 1 T ijFoff J; Logan Burgers I I any burger or I & Sandwiches sandwich with • coupon. • 10X5 . W Main. Sit i-V), -• ™-r-r~ ~ W ~ ~ USU to host WAC IGotCawht Reading Laren Hedin ~~— %\ Off"1 any burger or I sandwich with coupon. • The school year may be coming to a close but USU's track and field team is far from calling it quits. The runners, throwers and jumpers head to BYU this weekend for the Robinson Invitational where every USU track athlete is looking to hit the NCAA regional qualifying marks for their event. Some of the team will then head back down to Cougar country May 1 for BYU's Last Chance Meet. So far this year the track has been good to the Aggies, who have broken two school records. Sophomore Sonia Grabowska set a school and WAC record in the women's pole vault earlier this year at UCLA clearing 13-09.75. Junior Steve Strickland came into the '09 outdoor season hot, setting a school record in the 300m steeple chase, blowing out his competition with a time of 8:49.53. Strickland's record came in the first meet of the season at track and field holy land Hey ward Field during the Oregon Invitational. Many other Aggies have finished with season bests, new personal records and statewide honors. Three athletes have been named WAC athlete of the week and three more have been named America First Credit Union's Utah State StudentAthlete of the Week. Senior John Strang was awarded 2009 U-Star Male Athlete of the Year as well as the Robin's Award Male Athlete of the Year. Strang started his USU career as a walk-on in 2004 and now graduates with a school and WAC record in the heptathlon, two conference championships in the heptathlon and two conference championships in the decathlon. Strang, Strickland, Keith Williams, Heath Wing and Chio Lopez all have the opportunity to defend conference titles. This year's WAC conference championships are held at home for the Aggies on USU's Ralph Maughan Stadium Outdoor Track and Field, something Grabowska said she's thrilled about. "I'm really excited about the WAC championships being at home," Grabowska said. "It's a great opportunity to compete well and to invite friends and family to cheer for you and your teammates. It might be a little bit weird to wake up in my own bed before the most important meet of the season but I'm very excited for WAC Championships in Logan." Strang said the event organizers originally wanted to charge students for attendance but after a lot of hard work from the athletes, attendance is now free for < WAC students. The Western Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships will be May 1316 so get sunscreen, a cool pair of shades and a friend to picnic with and head over to the Ralph Maughan Track, located between the football field and the student health care center. -c.h.j@aggiemailusu.edu Tennis hoping for more than just fun in the sun ByMATTSONNENBERG staff writer With regular season play wrapped up, both the USU men's and women's tennis teams head to Hawaii this weekend for to compete for the Western Athletic Conference championship. Following two late-season WAC victories over Louisiana Tech and San Jose State a week ago, the Aggie women's team pulled themselves out of the bottom of the WAC standings to claim the seventh seed in the tournament. They will face the No. 36-ranked Boise State Broncos, who are the second seed in the tournament. The two teams met once earlier this year in Boise where the Broncos defeated the Aggies 7-0. Boise State won each of the six singles pairings in straight sets while sweeping the three doubles match-ups. Sophomore Hailey Swenson and senior Bridgette Strickland, USU's No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, both narrowly missed winning the first set in their match-ups before each falling 6-2 in the second set to [M See HAWAII, page 17 |