Wrestling Wrestling Coach Ralph Hunter was faced with the mammoth task of filling six voids in team positions. The young team, which was short on experience finished with a fifth place in the Big Sky Conference Cham-pionships. Wrestling Roster Weight Name 118 Phil Orton 126 Wayne Sugimoto 134 Bruce Balls 142 Jeff Fleming Sheldon Hislop 150 Mike Ferrin Joseph Smoot 158 Julio Cortez Richard Black Mike Saunders 167 Steve Taylor Mike Pilum 177 Randy McDougall 190 Bob Jones Heavyweight Carl Barbeau Van Kessler Track The 1972 Weber State Track and field squad was basically a freshman and sophomore dominated squad according to its coach Chick Hislop. Only two point getters from the previous Big Sky competition returned. Track Roster Name Event Guy Ashby Javelin Lloyd Baker Mile Roger Burnett Steeplechase Craig Bywater 100 - 200 Stephen Cyr Discus Danny Dean Mile - 880 Gary Harris Mile Mike Hein 880 John Herndon 440 Robert Hill Javelin Darnell Jackson 440 Mark MacNaughtan High Jump Kent Malan Javelin Kelly McGarry 100-200 Randy Neilson Inter. Hurdles Todd Parker Pole Vault Art Pietschman Mile Frank Reilly Discus - SP - TJ Les Smith Discus Craig Stewart Discus Brent Stringham High Jump Larry Thorderson Mile - Steeplechase Steve Turner 440 - Int. Hurdles Dan Walker Mile Jim Welch Long Jump Jon Williams High Hurdles Al Yardley 2 Mile-3 Mile The WSC ski team, limp from a lack of depth was unable to make a signifcant dent in the regional ski stranglehold of Montana and Montana State. Veteran Wildcat skiers Calvin Ross and Mark Soderquist each made a good showing in slalom competition at the Big Sky Championships. Bob Shane, WSC defending Big Sky skimeister won a rugged cross-country event at the Idaho Invitational at McCall Idaho. Ski Roster Name Mark Soderquist Calvin Ross Bob Shane Bruce Ferguson Curt Barker Tommy Leavitt Reuben Gyillen Kip Ferguson Kevin Wagner Bill Anderson Steve Watts Earl Miller Event Alpine, Jumping Alpine Alpine, Nordic Alpine Alpine, Nordic Alpine, Jumping Cross-Country Alpine Alpine Alpine Alpine, Cross Country Coach The WSC swimming team placed fourth in the Big Sky Conference Meet. Weber's tankmen set a new conference record and established seven new school marks in the meet. Rick Harding set a conference record in the 400-yard individual medley with a clocking of 4:32.8, (breaking the record he set the year Swimming Roster Event Name Name Randy Allen Matt Asmus Carles Collings Mark Cox Bob Currie Merrill Dickson Richard Haggin Lonnie Hansen Rick Harding Scott Johnson Individual Medley Breast Stroke Breast Stroke Breast Stroke Freestyle Butterfly Breast Stroke Butterfly Individual Medley Diving Vern Jones Scott McElhaney Gordon Nelson Charles Norton Craig Pitt Steve Posell Mike Powers Mike Saunders Jack Senninger Ron Smith Lynn Corbridge Event Freestyle Breast Stroke Breast Stroke Freestyle Freestyle Diving Freestyle Backstroke Backstroke Diving Coach Coach Chick Hislop built the Cross-country squad around a nucleus of three (turning lettermen, a junior college transfer and six freshmen. Cross- Country Roster Name Roger Burnett Lamont Call Ruben Gillian Gary Harris Craig Manscill Arti Pietschmann Larry Thorderson Dan Walker Al Yardly Frosh Basketball Weber State fielded its smallest freshman basketball team in recent years. New frosh coach, Neil McCarthy installed a disciplined offense in an aggressive, hard-nosed defense in an attempt to prepare the young cagers for the season and possible varsity action next year. Golf Weber State's golf team reached a peak after several years of building. Coach Mac Madsen's team has achieved depth in six positions and gained national recognition after a fine fall campaign. Sophomore John Abendroth set a pace early in the year which placed him in the number one spot on the squad. Frosh Basketball Roster No. Name 10 Mark Sackett 14 Dan Dion 20 Brad Beus 21 Tom DeVita 22 Ron Buhrley 23 Robert Wheaton 25 Gary Peterson 32 Jon Williams 33 Herb Lowe 34 Jim Franklin 35 Kimball Vance Tennis Tennis Roster Names David Cox Brad Lowe Kim Owen Steve Symonds John Webster Tom Zabraski Baseball Coach Blaine Sylvester summarized the outlook for the season: "We have good pitching and good catching with an ample supply of veterans at those two positions. Our in feild will be good defensively but will depend on two new short-stops to fill Larry Cole's spot." Press deadlines prohibited any reliable reporting of baseball or any other spring sport. At the time of publication the baseball team had won several games and Coach Sylvester was very optimistic about the team's prospects. Name Baseball Roster Tom Andrew Steve Rose Craig Clayson Brad Hawkins Frank Park Richard Debiec Bob Johnson Jim Amicone Blake Zimmerman Dan Stromberg Dean Miller Kevin Johnson Ron Fisher Dave Hoch Dave Day Greg Faux John Edwards Barry Bagley Dave Tatcher Pat Jerome George Beardall Golf Roster Name John Abendroth Garry Hoxer Jeff Jerman Ron Litzenberger Brad Masingill Mike Shafer Steve Wathen Doug Wood