A Twist of Feigt: Two-Sport Success

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May 27, 2004

By Michael C. Lewis
Salt Lake Tribune

SALT LAKE CITY - Both of her coaches are sure that if Utah's Amanda Feigt would just pick one sport -- soccer or track -- and concentrate on it exclusively, she could enjoy an absolutely tremendous college career.

"But I just don't want to," she said.

Choose one, she means.

To Feigt, the possibility of a little more success in either sport isn't enough to dump the other -- especially when both are working out so well. Though she's just a freshman and has split her training time between her two favorite-but-contrasting sports, the former Jordan High star has been enjoying one sensational year.

She was named the Mountain West Conference freshman of the year in soccer after helping lead the Utes to a 16-2-2 record, a conference championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament last fall, and now she's trying to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships in the long jump.

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