Campus notes

BYU

SWIMMING: Coming off of two Mountain West Conference victories last week, the BYU women's swim and dive team is preparing to get back into the Richards Building pool today as the Cougars take on Colorado State at 6 p.m. at home.

"Colorado State will be some very good competition for us," BYU coach Stan Crump said. "You can tell this week in practice that the girls are getting excited for this meet because they know that Colorado State is undefeated in conference meets just like we are."

The recent BYU success can be traced back to many different athletes as numerous Cougars have won individual races. The long-distance events have been led by sophomore Natasha Menezes, who has recorded the BYU season-best times in the 500 (4:54.33) and 1000-yard (10:08.15) freestyle.

Tawni Jones has been dominating for the Cougars from the diving board recently, too. Jones won every event that she entered last week against TCU and SDSU. Her best score from the 1-meter board was 291.60 against the Horned Frogs. The meet is free.

Utah State

FOOTBALL: Utah State football players Shawn Murphy and Kevin Robinson will be playing in the 83rd East-West Shrine Game this Saturday at 5 p.m. at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. It will be televised live on ESPN2.

Murphy, an offensive guard, and Robinson, a wide receiver/kick returner, become the first Utah State players selected to the East-West Shrine Game since Emmett White in 2002. Murphy is the first Aggie offensive lineman chosen to the all-star game since center Tim Ruiz in 1986.

BYU linebacker Bryan Kehl and Weber State offensive lineman David Hale are other participating players from Utah.

Murphy, a native of Alpine and son of former baseball star Dale Murphy, earned second-team All-WAC honors at offensive line. After playing offensive tackle last season, Murphy made the transition to offensive guard this year, where he did not give up any sacks, grading out at a team-leading 84 percent. Murphy also led the team with 137 knockdowns.

Robinson ended the season leading the WAC in all-purpose yards and was eighth in the country with 193.08 all-purpose yards per game. Robinson led both the WAC and the NCAA with an 18.9 yards-per-punt return average. He also ranked third in the league and sixth in the nation in kickoff returns with a 29.3-yard average and had three kick returns for TD.