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USU Lands 32 on academic MPSF Team
June 20, 2003 LOGAN, Utah - Utah State landed 32 track and field athletes on the academic all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation team it was announced recently. USU's 32 selections were the most in the league, edging out Stanford's 30 qualifiers. Among USU's selections were NCAA Outdoor Championship qualifiers Ryan Bruhn, Joel Johnson and Justin Wickard. Mitch Zundel, the Big West individual cross country champion in the fall, was also named to the team. In all USU had 16 men's selections and 16 women's honorees. Stanford had a league high 17 men as well as 13 women. In addition to USU's 32 overall selections and Stanford's 30, Arizona was third with 16 honorees. Oregon had 15 selections, Washington State, Cal State Northridge and Idaho 13, and Long Beach State 10. Four other schools had honorees as well. To qualify for the team, student-athletes must own a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, be a sophomore academically, completed one year at the school, and compete in at least 50 percent of the team's competitions. This year, 106 USU student-athletes were named to academic all-conference teams. All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Team (USU selections only) Women Year Event Hometown Debra Barker Sr. Pole Vault Evanston, Wyo. Dayna Barrett So. Heptathlon Ontario, Canada Carol Cabanillas Sr. Distance Murray, Utah Lida Clapier So. Distance Salt Lake City, Utah Katie Farner Sr. Heptathlon Garland, Utah Alana Geisler So. Pole Vault Blackfoot, Idaho Audrey Golightly Jr. Distance Preston, Idaho Amber Jones-Hansen So. Hurdles Price, Utah Emily Hilliam So. Hurdles Kearns, Utah Kathleen Hobbs Jr. Sprints West Jordan, Utah Tricia Jacobsen Sr. Pole Vault Logan, Utah Emily Jensen Sr. Distance Logan,Utah Melanie Marek Sr. Distance Orem, Utah Amber McAllister Sr. Heptathlon Orem, Utah Karen Olsen Sr. Distance Magna, Utah Jana Young Jr. Distance Highland, Utah
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