Friday, February 6, 2009

New Ute: Dual Sport Athlete Joins the Team

Natalie Young will be making the trip up I-15 to Salt Lake City next year. Natalie will be very busy as she will be playing soccer in the fall semester and running for the Ute track and field squad in the spring.

Natalie is a forward from Springville High School, where she played for coach Ryan Swanson. (Former Ute player Mckenzie Joyner also came to the U from the Red Devils).

Natalie is fast, she is two-footed and covers a lot of ground. She was chosen as the Utah Valley Girls' Soccer Player of the Year by the Provo Daily Herald (they took the photo at left). Click here to read the article.

Natalie will also be running the long sprints for the Utah Track and Field team. She runs the 100, 200 and 400 meter sprints and was a state champ in her class last year as a junior. Natalie will be following in the footsteps of former Utah dual-sport great, Amanda Feigt, who was a 4-time all Mountain West Conference player in soccer and won the MWC heptathlon in 2007.

Welcome, Natalie!






Ute soccer and track fans