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Show Monday March 9, 2009 UVU rodeo team fares well in St. George event by 200 points. Colton Bair rode strongly in the bareback event to finRiders and ropers on the ish second after two nights UVU rodeo team rode the of competition from other red dirt of St. George last Utah schools and a strong weekend in their first rodeo team from the College of of the spring season. The Southern Idaho. Bair is men's and women's teams presently ranked fifth in the placed fourth and third re- region, and teammate Nichspectively, featuring several olas Rydalch, not {iding at first-place finishes by UVU St. George, is third among all contenders throughout cowboys. the Rocky Mountains. Bareback rider Connor Another first place Kent took first in his event; despite being knocked un- award went to Wolverine conscious both nights dur- junior Jake Woolstenhulme, ing his bareback and saddle in the steer wrestling event. bronc rides. "He's our bub- Woolstenhulme is the reble guy", first year coach gion ' s top steer wrestler, Shane Draper jokingly said. barely leading teammate Roche's "We have to keep him in Baylor Roche. a bubble or he tends to get seventh place finish at St. hurt." Kent's rough style George belies his second seems to serve the sopho- place ranking in the region. more rider well; he is the "Baylor just had a tough Rocky Mountain region's draw on his steer last weektop bareback rider, leading end," coach Draper said. his nearest competitor .in the "The steer kept cutting in Sports writer front of his horse, making it tough for him to get down on him." Tori Thacker posted one of the fastest times of the entire rodeo; 2.5 seconds in the breakaway roping event. "That's pretty danged fast," Draper said. UVU women's competitors faced tough competition from Utah and Idaho universities. Draper has a positive forecast for his cowgirls. "The girls team struggled in the fall but are within. 300 points of reaching second or third place." the coach predicted. "That could be done in just one rodeo." He explained that some competitors on his girls team had to sit out a few rodeos in the fall after transferring to UVU and that their present fourth place spot in the Rocky Mountain region reflects their absence. Draper said that the Tor more Information W h e n : March 27-28 A t : Heber Rodeo Grounds ^ * < ^ ^ W e b s i t e : www.uvu. v : edu/rodeo ;T ^ -V*. men's team is on track to qualify for the Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's national finals rodeo in June, and that the women's team definitely is in the hunt for a spot at nationals. The UVU home rodeo of the spring season will be just 25 minutes from Orem, in Heber, March 27-28. More information is on the teams website: www.uvu. edu/rodeo. Best is yet to come for UVU wrestlers Sports writer The wrestling team has much to be happy about this year, what with breaking the school record by going 11-3 and 4-1 in conference, and now can look back on a great year and onto a bright future. The Wolverines finished second in the Western Wrestling Conference and made exceptional improvements. Ben Kjar broke the school record with 68 wins in his career, and he's only a sophomore. It's amazing that this tda'nV only had one junior, six sophomores and three freshmen. One might have thought this would be a rebuilding year, but no. The Wolverines made their 2008-09 season a stepping stone. "This year was a great year, a fun year," said coach Williams. "We enjoyed it. We are now ready to take that next step to compete against some of the best teams in the country. We may not beat them next year in dual meets, but we will get closer and our guys will gain confidence for the end of the year tournaments and for the upcoming years." With a team that is most likely to come back in its entirety, coach Williams couldn't be more pleased with the season. "It seemed like once we started winning, \ye knew what we had to do," said sophomore Flint Ray. "It was exciting to have the team built on each other, but also on each win. That turned my focus from individual to the team and it made us better wrestlers I think." Now with a great season over, it segues perfectly •to next year since the team is in its final year of provisional status. Next year the Senior guard Hollie Beaman wrapped up her career for Utah Valley in the Independent Tournament held on campus last weekend. Triple double and backto-back 40-point games shot a school record 63.3 percent. : Sports writer After the first half, UVU: The lady Wolverines had a nine-point lead. The • were anchored by back- Wolverines stormed back; to-back 40 point games by onto the court to finish the: Robyn Fairbanks last week, game and continued the" both against New Jersey In- strong team play they are : stitute of Technology. In the known for. second game, Julie McMurSandy Wall also contribray recorded the first triple- uted high numbers. Wall double in school history with scored 25 points, 13 of which 19 points, 10 assists and 10 were in the first half alone. rebounds. Wall's points included four In the first game, which 3-pointers. was the final regular seaJulie McMurray kept son game on Feb. 28, the V up with her consistency in pulled through for a 94-86 the first game by putting 13 , win over NJIT. Robyn Fair- points on the board, six rebanks scored a season high bounds, and five assists. ; of 41 points to go along with Asumi Nakayama con- • 14 rebounds, 11 of which tinued to be the leading diswere defensive. tributor on. the team, adding \ •A few days later, Fair- 12 assists in the victory. ; banks had her second straight Jordyn Bowen, who has 40-point game as the V won been injured most the seaits opener of the Division I son, played in just her secIndependent Championship, ond game this season and hit 75-66, over NJIT. her'first basket of the year, The Wolverines kept the draining a 3-pointer for the". lead the entire game and Wolverines. . • KIRA TERRY College of UVU UTAH are building a belief system that they know they can win. "I think the first match wrestling against* (No. 2) Iowa State and going to their tournament, wrestling well there, ancT by placing "We are now most of OUT guys, it gave the ready to take team that confidence they that next step needed. I think that's where to compete the trust started. More than against some of anything that's- when they the best teams realized everything we had in the country." done up to that point was paying off." Coach Greg For next year Williams would like to have a tougher Williams schedule with more ranked teams, something that will challenge the team to perUVU only lost one duel form at their best. in conference to Wyoming, "In order to have A1Ia loss they almost came Americans," Williams said, back to win (21-15). Now "We need to get them as with confidence under their many matches against the belts, the Wolverines have a very best competition we record to show they are seri- can." ous. Williams says his team is gaining confidence. They Wolverines will enjoy what they haven't in the past, to be NCAA certified, and eligible to wrestle in post-season tournament. Dave Iba/ UVU Review: SCIENCE HEALTH V A L L E Y U N I V E R S I T Y S y m p o s i u m GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Series endel-Fisher KK\tiMf JJ j ^ . J J J j rofessoi*, PH.DfGnKnsrSfty of Colorado east , March 12 •Skis •Men Bikes •Longboards •Shoes -Board Shorts -Skateboards U Librar^\uditorium Did Mendel cheat? Was the genius monk wljo quietly unraveled the mystery of inheritance a fraud? Sir Ronald.Fisher, the venerable British statistician, was shocked to find that Mendel's experimental data were simply tooigood tQ be true J-Fisher could not bring himself to accifse MeriHel of fraud; but others have-ppt been so kind. For more than seventy years thettebate has raged over Mendel's supposed dishonesty. In fhew book, DrANan Franklin and four of the world's 4ea3ing experts'on genetics gjgd statistics argue that it is time for the ^coHBUCersy to end. sb, did Mbnclel cheat?. On Thursday, March 12, •infill give ^definitive answer and discuss the Mendelhtroyersy in light Q^how we identify scientific misconduct. \^sL . ..._ ...._ . . . . . . . . . j,.. •Snowboards •Sunglasses Reef Sandals •Winter Clothing University Mall, Oi-c, |