Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 9, 1998

Sidelines

Although UA head coach Dave Murray considered the Bill Sawyer Invitational in Tempe Saturday an easy meet to begin the outdoor season, his athletes showed some great performances by winning five events.

The win by senior Doug Reynolds and the second place finish by his teammate, senior Chima Ugwu, in the discus wasn't a big surprise since they're the top returning throwers nationwide. Reynolds even gained a provisional mark for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., with an attempt of 186-04 feet.

Even in the usually weak disciplines, like the men's high jump, Arizona fared well as freshman Ryan Buller won the event, clearing 6 feet, 8 3/4 inches.

On the women's side, freshman TaKisha Morgan set a good mark in the long jump with

17-0 3/4 feet to finish first and sophomore Mandy Shefman accomplished the same result in the discus with 145-5 feet.

Senior sprinter Colleen Rhemm ran to a second place finish in the 100-meter with her time of 12.38 while Nicole Thomas placed second in the 400 (57.01).

Another highlight of the Tempe meet was senior Jacob Schneider, who won the 110 hurdles in 14.72. He stunned all of his opponents by finishing more than a half-second ahead of the field.

Micheil Jones, Jeff McLarty and David Lopez finished second, third and fourth, respectively in the 3,000.

-Roland Lechner

Briefly

In UA weekend club sport action:

The women's lacrosse team defeated Occidental 18-1 at Wildcat Field Saturday.

The men's lacrosse team lost to Whittier 15-3 Saturday night at Wildcat Field.

The rugby team crushed Arizona State 33-0 Saturday in Tempe.

Look for highlights in tomorrow's Arizona Daily Wildcat sports section.

By the Numbers

1:

Number of times a school has swept the Pacific 10 Conference men and women's coach and player of the year awards. Yesterday, the conference announced Joan Bonvicini and senior Adia Barnes won the women's respective awards. Late last week, sophomore Mike Bibby was named the Pac-10's top player while Lute Olson received his sixth coaching honor.