New Zealand leads Eco-Challenge race
Team Southern Traverse from New Zealand increased its lead on Day 3 of the 370-mile Eco-Challenge race. The event, which includes teams of five involved in hiking, horseback riding and swimming, began Tuesday morning near Huntington, Emery County.
Fifty teams began competition and at least four have withdrawn from official competition, the latest due to a horseback riding injury suffered by Andrew Lathrop of New York.
The closest pursuers to the New Zealand team Thursday eveing were Nike, Swiss Army Brands and Hewlett Packard. The race is expected to conclude next week at Bullfrog Marina.
Big Sky office moving to Ogden
OGDEN - Six university presidents and the new commissioner have decided to move the Big Sky Conference offices from Boise to Ogden.
Incoming Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton said Thursday that the move will happen this spring.
"They (presidents) want the office moved and running by the first of the fiscal year, which would be July 1," Fullerton said.
The presidents of the six schools that will remain in the conference after Boise State and Idaho pull out in 1996 decided Wednesday that Ogden is the best home for the league.