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| Two LDS Golfers Seeking US Amateur Championship, Records |
| Two LDS golfers are among the eight that made the
quarterfinal round of the US Amateur Championship yesterday, and both are
seeking to set records by winning the championship. Utah golfer Danny
Summerhays is just three wins away from passing Tiger Woods as the youngest
US Amateur Champion, while Oregon's Jeff Quinney would become only the
fourth man to repeat as champion in the last 50 years, and the first since
Tiger Woods' three-peat in 1994-1996. |
| LDS Punter Starting at U Washington As Freshman |
| Many young men preparing to serve a mission for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints go off to college for a year or
two before leaving for their mission. Some of them even make it to college
as student-athletes. Some of them even get to play in a few games during
"garbage time." However, few young LDS men play any substantial role in
major college athletics prior to serving their missions and many of them
never make it as athletes after they return. Enter Derek McLaughlin, a
freshman from Mesa, Ariz., currently playing big-time football at the
University of Washington. |
| LDS Footballer Playing Through Family Pain |
| Football players are used to playing in
pain. Banged up shins, broken legs, cracked ribs - all just part of
the territory. Unfortunately for USC offensive lineman Faaesea Mailo,
his pain isn't the physical kind associated with damaged bones or
torn cartilage. Instead, Mailo's heart is hurting for his brother.
Last May, Mailo's 19-year-old brother, Tusi moved to Southern
California to play linebacker for Los Angeles Harbor College and met
with an unfortunate accident while swimming at the beach. |
| Sports: WNBA, WUSA Seasons End, Kent over .300 |
| The regular seasons for the WNBA and for the nascent
WUSA have ended with both Mormons in the WNBA on playoff teams. However,
Kristen Rasmussen wasn't playing as much last week, and her performance was
off her average for the season and while Natalie Williams was playing as
much as she has during the season, her performance was off and the Utah
Starzz were swept from the playoffs by the Sacramento Monarchs. |
| Cramer Gets Invite To U.S. Cup Training Camp |
| All-American Aleisha Cramer is one of five
collegiate players to get an invitation to the 24 player training
camp. U.S. women's national team head coach April Heinrichs made
Cramer's invitation, on Tuesday. |
| Cougars Set to Battle Tulane in BCA Classic |
| BYU will kickoff the 2001 season, under the direction of new head
coach Gary Crowton, on Saturday, Aug. 25 in the Black Coaches
Association Classic. The Cougars will play host to Tulane, which will
be making its first-ever trip to Provo. Tulane and BYU last met in
the 1998 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. The Cougars will look to
settle that score, as the Green Wave upended BYU, 41-27, to claim a
perfect, 12-0, season. |
| Ena, Walkenhorst named as Butkus Award candidates |
| Two BYU linebackers, senior Justin Ena and sophomore Paul
Walkenhorst, appeared on the preliminary list of 69 candidates for this
yearıs Dick Butkus Award. The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc. hands
out the award every year to the nationıs best collegiate linebacker. |
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