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Sports News
| 'Survivor' Doman Now at Top of BYU's QB Depth Chart |
| Think of Brigham Young University, AKA "Quarterback
U," and you automatically invoke the ghosts of quarterbacks past -
Young, McMahon, Detmer, Bosco, Nielsen, and Sheide in the minds of
Cougar faithful everywhere. Now, Brandon Doman hopes to add his name
to the roll call of great BYU quarterbacks as he prepares to enter
his final season wearing the blue and white of BYU. |
| LDS Quarterback Keeps Living While Teammate Makes NFL |
| Fred Salanoa has discovered that the key to happiness is
not to get what you want, but to want what you get. It would be easy for
Salanoa to be bitter about the frequent distractions that have disrupted his
collegiate football career, but Salanoa refuses to feel sorry for himself.
Instead, he just keeps on enjoying life and taking it one day at a time.
"I'm living my dream," he said. "My dream is to play collegiate football and
that's what I'm doing." |
| RM Exercises Self-discipline, Wins in Body Building |
| Whether or not you understand his obsession,
you have to admire Nathaniel Hancock's single-minded focus on
achieving his goal. This weekend, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hancock will
try to win the Mr. USA bodybuilding competition, competing in the
lightweight division. A returned missionary and an active member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hancock is trying to
win a high-level competition in a sport where he is somewhat of a
newcomer. Hancock has been participating in competitive bodybuilding
for less than one year, winning the Mr. Utah competition on his first
try in October of last year. |
| Sports: Christensen, Back in Majors, Explodes at Bat |
| McKay Christensen, the highly-touted center-fielder
who has spent nearly five years in the Chicago White Sox's organization
waiting for a spot on the team, got a big chance this week -- with the Los
Angeles Dodgers. Christensen was traded from the White Sox recently, and
called up last week by the Dodgers from their Las Vegas AAA affiliate, the
51s. Given a chance, Christensen exploded at the plate last week, getting
hits in 7 of 9 at bats, and scoring four runs over two games. |
| MWC Announces Academic Honors |
| The Mountain West Conference announced
the 2001 Academic All-Conference team for men's and women's swimming
and diving on July 17, 2001. BYU led the way with 34 honorees being
named to the team. Ten of those were repeat selections to the team,
including All-American diver Aaron Russell. |
Sports News Briefs
| BYU Student is National Figure Skating Champion |
| BYU student Daniel Manor, 27, is a national figure skating
champion, in spite of the fact that he doesn't fit the stereotypes for
figure skating. Manor, a native of Syracuse, New York, only started skating
after completing an LDS mission to Russia at age 22, and didn't start
training until 24. "People think if they didn't start as a kid, they can't
skate and can't compete," Manor said. "But that isn't true." Manor won a
national championship at the Adult Nationals in Boston April 25-29,
competing against 600 other skaters. However, in spite of his success, he
isn't looking to representing the U.S. at the Olympic Games. |
| BYU Students Prepare for National and World Taekwondo Championships |
| Three BYU students, Carloyn Clark, Marisa Beebe, and Melany
Moras, competed recently in the Utah State Taekwondo Championships, winning
medals there, and are preparting for the 2001 National Collegiate
Championships to be held October 26 in Austin, Texas. The winners of this
competition will advance to the World Championships. The women are members
of the BYU Taekwondo Club, which started two years ago by instructors Burton
Sparks and Melany Moras, the current club president. Moras has been involved
in Taekwondo for fourteen years and has won a bronze medal at the Pan
American games. Now she says her dreams are to go to the Olympics. She is a
three time Utah state champion and is an internationally-renowned competitor. |
| BYU Volleyball Players to Play on USA National University Games Team |
| BYU middle blockers Scott Bunker and Mac Wilson, who just
completed their senior years with the Cougars, have been invited to join the
USA National University Games Volleyball Team. The National University team
will represent the US at the World University Games, held August 22 to
September 1st in Beijing, China. Bunker recently earned All-American honors
for the second straight year and Wilson is returning to the National
University team after representing the US in 1999. |
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