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For Immediate Release
August 23, 2004
USA LEAGUE TENNIS INTERMOUNTAIN SECTION CHAMPIONS WILL COMPETE FOR NATIONAL TITLE
Salt Lake City, UT., Monday, August 23, 2004- Twelve teams from the USTA Intermountain Section will advance to the national championship round of the world's largest adult recreational tennis league by taking first place at the USA League Tennis presented by Lincoln Adult Sectional Championship. The event was held Aug. 20-22 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Utah is home to seven first and second place teams. The Utah Champions that will compete at the national level are:
Women's 5.0
Women's 3.0
Men's 2.5
Men's 4.5

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Utah Team members emerging victorious as champions and finalists at the sectional level are:
2.5 Finalists Utah - Salt Lake City
Utah's 2.5 women's team finished two and two to take second place. Team members are:
Colton, Amber
Lehrer, Kristina
Mckinlay, Robin
Taggart, Michelle
Riley, Leslie
Giraud, Elizabeth
Kroll, Robin
Hilton, Kriss
3.0 Champions Utah (Salt Lake City)
Utah's representatives at the 3.0 level finished undefeated with five wins and no losses. Team members are:
Nekota, Michele
Cottle, Annette
Neyra, Rocio
Brown, Sundi
Avent, Peg
Brown, Gerry
Wilson, Summer
Oberg, Aimee
Tuohig, Meghan
Richardson, Crystal
Blake, Sharene
Nickolaisen, Karen 
4.5 Finalists Utah (Salt Lake City)
Salt Lake City women, at the 4.5 level, take second place with three team wins and two losses. Team members are:
West, Judith
Drammis, Hilary
Wimmer, Pj
Blake, Margaret
Burraston, Megan
Elliott, Pamela
Fonte, Jill
Kraatz, Lindsey
Mastain, Anne
Panuzio, Marcia
Petersen, Cindy
Rawlings, Debra
Reeder, Joannie
Rusk, Jennifer
Sharp, Carole
Kotoglou, Irini
Poulsen, Lisa
Schmauch, Heidi
5.0 Champions Utah (Salt Lake City)
Utah's 5.0 women's team emerges undefeated with three team wins and no losses. Team members are:
Lewis, Tara
Moon, Richelle
Lucas, Lani
Smith, Jill
Men
2.5 Champions Utah (Salt Lake City)
Utah's 2.5-level men's team finished four and zero at the Championship. Team members are:
Croft, David
Sharp, Howard
Wright, Steven
Rich, Stephen
Dombek, Richard
Robinson, Korry
Larkin, Paul 
3.5 Finalists Utah (South Jordan)
Utah finished with four team wins and one loss to take second place at the sectional championships.  Team members are:
Nelson, Ryan
Jensen, Stephen
Preston, Joe
Alston, Rob
Manwaring, Troy
Worthington, Jeff
Hancock, Shawn
Mortensen, Tom
Still, Ezra
Vernier, Jeff
Austin, Terry
Bogucki, Terry
4.5 Champions Utah (Salt Lake City)
Utah advances to the national tournament undefeated with four team wins.  Team members are:
Kaloudis, John
Mansell, Darren
Smith, H. Ernie
Egan, Michael
Smith, Grant
Hanlon, Peter
Hall, Larry
Kugler, Kyle
Burbidge, Vaughn
Gray, Brent
Bair, Benjamin
Ivory, Clark
Johnston, David
Madsen, David
Pack, David

        The USTA Intermountain Section would like to thank our sponsors for contributing to our USA League Tennis 2004 Adult Sectional Championship. Their sponsorship and donations are greatly appreciated and make the event more enjoyable for all our tennis players. A big thanks to our Official Sponsor, Prince Sports, for their involvement and continued support of tennis in the Intermountain Section. Thanks to Marriott, the Official Hotel of the USTA Intermountain Section and to all our sponsors: Green Valley Spa/Vic Braden Tennis College, HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports, Fashionable Fundraising, Wilson, Emergen-C, NeoStrata Sunscreen and Bancroft. Thank you for supporting the companies that support our great sport!

        There are currently more than 530,000 participants in the USA League Tennis presented by Lincoln program.  Players are grouped into six different ability levels, from beginner (2.5) to advanced (5.0), based on the National Tennis Rating Program.  Play consists of both singles and doubles matches with the outcome based on team scoring.

        Lincoln is the presenting sponsor and official car of the USA League Tennis program.  Penn Racquet Sports is in its 17th year as the official ball of USA League Tennis.  The Citizen Watch Company celebrates its ninth year as a USTA Corporate Champion and sponsor of the USA League Tennis Program.

        The United States Tennis Association is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States and is a non-profit organization with more than 660,000 members.  It owns and operates the US Open and selects the teams that compete in Davis Cup, Fed Cup and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It invests all its resources to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass roots to the professional levels.

        The USTA Intermountain Section, also called the Intermountain Tennis Association (ITA), is one of 17 sections of the USTA. The Intermountain Section, with more than 34,000 members in its six districts of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, uses its funds to train and encourage tennis players of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.

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