Campus notes

Weber State

TRACK AND FIELD: Weber State competed Friday night in a dual meet at Idaho State as both teams prepare for the Big Sky Championships in three weeks. The WSU men's team picked up two new Big Sky Conference qualifying marks and had six seasonal-bests at the meet Friday.

The highlight of the day came from sophomore Adam Ball, who was the top collegiate finisher in the pole vault with a career best mark of 16-06.50. That mark now ranks as the third-best in Weber State history. Ball has improved in the pole vault in all three meets this season after returning from an LDS Church mission. In the 800 meters, WSU sophomore Jace Nye reached a conference qualifying standard with a time of 1:53.27 to finish second in the event. Junior Jonnie Gale won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.30 and also finished third in the long jump and third in the triple jump.

The women's team had 12 seasonal bests in the meet and picked up one new conference qualifier. Freshman Cassie Ricks qualified for the conference meet in the 800m by placing fourth with a time of 2:16.01. Amada Chavez was third in the 800 with Tori Cox coming in sixth and Haley Reeves taking seventh. Junior Heather Spencer took third in the high jump with a mark of 5-01.25 and Amy Cretsinger was third in the long jump at 17-09.00.

TENNIS: Weber State (0-3) opened its 2007 home schedule on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to the University of Nevada at the Ogden Athletic Club.

UVSC

MEN'S BASKETBALL: UVSC's basketball players Peter Brown and Richard Troyer have earned Division I Independent All-Academic honors for their efforts on the court and in the classroom this season.

Brown is a senior from Long Beach, Calif. who carries a 3.8 GPA with a major in psychology. On the court Brown has started in all 21 games for Utah Valley. He is playing 15 minutes a game and shooting 54 percent from the field.

Troyer is a junior from Belize City, Belize. He is a business management major with a 3.2 GPA. Troyer has played in all 21 games and averaged 21 minutes a night. He is scoring 6.8 points and grabbing 4.6 rebounds a contest.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: UVSC junior Rebekah Peterson has been named to the Division-I Independent All-Academic team for the second time in her career while sophomore Hollie Beaman has received the honor for the first time.

Peterson is majoring in psychology and has a 3.78 GPA, while Beaman is majoring in exercise science and sports a 3.43 GPA.

BYU