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Show SPORTS B8 McCabe, Kleven, get season up and running By Nate Gray Sports Writer The cross-country team opened its season for both the men's and women's teams in Laramie, Wyo. Josh McCabe finished two seconds off the course record in the Wyoming Invitational, winning the event with a time of 21:44. Spencer Evensen later followed McCabe with an eighth place finish at a time of 22:29. Both times helped in the men's third place finish, falling just two points behind second-place hosts, Wyoming. Overall the men's team \ had all five runners finish in the top 19, giving head coach Scott Houle reason to expect great things to come from his team. "We had some guys step it up," Houle said. "It's going to be fun to see how these men compete this season." Houle also mentioned how impressed he was with their mental and physical toughness. "We had to fight through some altitude issues; running at 7,000 ft. [above sea level] is something we're not used to." The women's team finished second, led by freshman Kodi Kleven, with a time of 14:56 in the women's 2.5-mile race. "We knew she [Kleven] was going to be good," said Houle. "What we didn't know is how mentally strong she was going to be this fast into the season." Kleven finished fifth overall, but was closely followed by her teammates with all five women finishing in the top 12. Houle was very pleased with the women's effort and them just falling short of Colorado State's first-place finish. The Wyoming Invitational is a smaller event, but Houle felt it was the perfect Looking for a Lodge? / event to get the season going and the teams ready for their next event. Both the men and women will participate in the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn, on Saturday, Sept. 25 where they will compete against Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, Minnesota, Iowa State, BYU and many more. Courtesy of UVU Athletics Kodi Kleven Courtesy of UVU Athletics Josh McCabe, front left, passes others in a race last season. Record round not enough to win for women's golf at Invitational By Mike Sanborn LIFESTYLE The Lodges at B Y U STANDARDS GLENWOOD www.GlenwoodAPT.com i Shared Rooms Private Rooms Still Available the school record lowest round, shooting a 74 during Sports Writer the first day of the tournaDespite a record-tying ment. Going into Wednesperformance on Tuesday, day, Parkinson was tied for the women's golf team had fifth place, trailing first place difficulty dealing with the Marissa Steen of Memphis weather Wednesday morn- by 3 strokes. By tournaing, finishing sixth overall ment's end, Parkinson had at the Bobcat Invitational in slipped to 25th, finishing the Bozeman, Mont. round with an 89. Memphis took the top five Abbie Archibald led UVU spots on their way to claim- overall, shooting rounds of ing the first place finish by a 79 and 80, for a total of 159 comfortable margin. The re- over the two days and a 21st maining teams stayed tightly place finish. Wednesday saw grouped through the first day a slip in all but one of the of play, with Idaho State and golfers' scores, as Stephanie UVU falling behind once the Fox improved six strokes besecond round concluded. tween the two rounds. Stephanie Parkinson tied While not an ideal finish OTHER DOLLA I i«1 in the team's second tournament, coach Sue Nyhus is optimistic for the remainder of the season. ' '_>, "I can see this is going to1 be a record-breaking year," she said shortly after the coa-1 clusion on Wednesday. ;•; Coach Nyhus said that her golfers may have struggled with the rain and difficult conditions Wednesday morning, but noted that they responded well considering the earliness of the season. The team looks to continue to improve as they travel to Flagstaff, Ariz, for the Mountain Shootout on September 20-21. |