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SALT LAKE CITY - Critics of the
2002 Olympics threatened yesterday to
launch a petition drive unless the gover-
nor and legislature act to protect taxpayers
from the Winter Games' "financial folly."
If that means the city must follow
Denver's lead from 1976 and give the
Olympics back, so be it, the group Utahns
for Responsible Public Spending said.
"There is not some sense of civic
shame hovering over Denver," said
Stephen Pace, the longtime Olympic
opponent leading the group.
Municipal underwriting of the games
is turning out to be Salt Lake's biggest
vulnerability in the wake of the
Olympics' worst corruption scandal.
Salt Lake City, by contract with the
International Olympic Committee, is
obligated to pay any debts left behind by
the games.
Utah's governor in 1991 signed a con-
tract saying the state would stand behind
Salt Lake in meeting any shortfall, and
current Gov. Mike Leavitt says the state
has a moral obligation. Yet he acknowl-
edges Utah's Constitution prohibits the
state from guaranteeing a city's debt.
And the Salt Lake Organizing
Committee's ability to raise the remain-
ing $250 million it needs from corporate
sponsors is in jeopardy following revela-
tions that Olympic bidders gave IOC
members lavish gifts, cash, scholarships
and medical care as they sought the 2002
Games.
The scandal has brought down two of
Salt Lake's top organizers and a U.S.
Olympic Committee official, and threat-
ens 13 IOC members with expulsion or
sanction.
Yesterday, two of the IOC's most
prominent figures denied any wrongdo-
ing as their names were linked to the
scandal.
South Korea's Kim Un-Yong, a power-
ful member of the IOC executive board,
and former vice president Vitaly Smirnov
of Russia confirmed they were among
the IOC delegates under investigation in
the bribery case.
City council members asked state
Attorney General Jan Graham last week
whether the 8-year-old state-city agree-
ment would hold up in court.
The group filed an initiative petition
with the lieutenant governor's office.
If the Legislature doesn't force the
IOC to share in the financial risks or call
a public vote on state guarantees of pub-
lic debt this spring, the group will circu-
late the petition with the hope of putting
it on the 2000 general election ballot.
The group would need around
125,000 signatures, and hopes the lieu-
tenant governor will allow it to collect
signatures via the Internet and e-mail.
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By Mark Francescutti
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan indoor track season
was in full swing as both the men's and
women's teams held their annual
Wolverine Quadrangular on Saturday at
the Michigan Track Building.
With powerful and experienced run-
ners, the defending Big Ten champion
women's team cruised to victory over
rival Indiana by 21 points, 189-167. The
Wolverines paced to seven individual
victories including three one-two finish-
es, two NCAA provisional standards,
one relay win and one Michigan record.
Wolverines winning individual events
were senior all-America Sarah
Hamilton in the 800-meter run, senior
Michelle Slater in the mile run, junior
all-America Elizabeth Kampfe in the
3,000-meter run, sophomore Regine
Caruthers in the 400-meter run, and
sophomore all-America Adrienne
Hunter in the 600-meter run.
But while the women's team sprinted
to victory thanks to several strong
upperclassman performances, the men's
team counted on a strong push from its
freshmen.
The men's team consists of almost
half freshmen, and with injuries to lead-
ers such as John Mortimer, the new-
comers had to take the reins.
But despite victories by two fresh-
men, the men's team fell short by five
and a half points to the victorious
Hoosiers 150-144.5. Kansas finished
third (133.5), while Michigan State
placed last.
"We had a lot of good performances
in just about every event," men's assis-
tant coach Fred LaPlantz said. "We were
just getting lots of seconds and thirds."
The meet is especially important, not
only because it's scored and it's vital in
preparation for future Big Ten contests,
but for other teams to take a look at
Michigan track.
"It showed the Big Ten what we had,
and that we'll be a competitor for the
Big Ten Championship," said freshman
Jeremy Schneider, who took second in
the 600.
The Wolverines rounded up a strong
performance from freshman Oded
Padan, the top triple jump recruit from
Israel last year. He leaped to a victory
with a jump of 51 feet, 81/2 inches, an
NCAA provisional standard and more
than a foot farther than his closest com-
petitor, Indiana's Greg Yeldell.Yeldell, A
freshman who plays safety for the
Indiana football team, was the top U.S.
Junior triple jumper last year.
But after trading first and second
throughout the contests, Padan sur-
passed him on his final jump, clinching
the victory.
"He's extremely dedicated,"
Schnieder said. "He's really big on the
basics.' Ik
Fellow freshman standout Ike
Okenwa ran away with a first place fin-
ish in the 200-meter dash earning a time
of 21.94 outrunning Kansas' Tywanne
Aldridge. Okenwa also added a second-
place finish in the 60-meter dash.
"We have 19 out of 45 members who
are freshmen," Schneider said. "The
young guys are really producing."
Michigan's 1,600-meter relay which
included Okenwa and Schneider was
also victorious with a winning time of
3:19.51.
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