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Redshirt senior right-hander discusses his first year as the Friday night starter and the highlights of the Gary Henderson’s inaugural season as head coach
Utah baseball is in the hunt for a Pac-12 Conference Tournament berth and a top-eight finish in the league. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, redshirt senior pitcher Matthew Sox joins the show to talk about the highlights of the season and what has led to his success. Sox, who spent three years at Whitman College, pitched out of the bullpen last season and now is the Friday night starter. He has made 12 starts this year with a 4-3 record and 5.40 ERA. Sox has recorded 54 strikeouts and just 19 walks in 73.1 innings.

Alexia Burch, a super senior from Sparks, Nev., and two-time team captain, is wrapping up her stellar career for the Utah gymnastics team. The three-time All-Pac-12 selection joins this episode of Utes Insider with Mike Lageschulte to look back on her time with the program and preview the NCAA Championships. She also talks about what has helped make Utah a dynamite beam team in recent years. Burch has already captured the Pac-12 vault title and NCAA Regional bars championship in 2022 after not taking up the latter event until last season. She scored three 9.95 scores on vault, bars and beam at the NCAA Regional semifinals.

A four-year starter, Dru Gylten has experienced a lot during her time with the Utah women’s basketball program. From playing on a team that was ranked in the Top 25 as a redshirt freshman, to experiencing the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, to leading the program to its first Pac-12 Tournament title game and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament this season, the senior point guard from Rapid City, S.D., has been there to experience all of it. Gylten, who ranks top five all-time at Utah in assists, joins the show to look back on her career and look ahead to this Friday’s NCAA First Round game against Arkansas.

The two RMISA champion Nordic skiers talk about their Olympic experience with Team USA in Beijing and look ahead to the NCAA Championships
Utah is hosting the NCAA Skiing Championships at Park City Mountain Resort and Soldier Hollow March 9-12. Host Mike Lageschulte is joined by Ute Nordic skiers Novie McCabe and Luke Jager to preview the competition. They also look back on a whirlwind couple of months that included racing with the U.S. Olympic team at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Both returned to the Utah team to compete at the RMISA and NCAA West Regional Championships, where McCabe won both women’s Nordic events in the freestyle and classical while Jager captured the men’s 20K freestyle.

Kelise Davis of track & field and women’s basketball player Dasia Young wrap up our Black History Month series with host Steven “Sly” Sylvester
As we wrap up the Our Voices Podcast series for Black History Month, host Steven “Sly” Sylvester is joined by Kelise Davis of the track & field program and Dasia Young from women’s basketball. Both grew up in predominately white areas and relate experiences of how connecting with members of the Black community helped them feel more comfortable in their skin. Things such as musical tastes, preference hair styles and the way they carried themselves were are times a challenge. The women also discuss influential figures in their lives and how welcoming the Salt Lake and University communities have been to them.

Gymnast Cammy Hall and track & field athlete Maya LeBar visit with host Steven “Sly” Sylvester in a salute to Black History Month
During this episode of the Our Voices Podcast, host Steven “Sly” Sylvester is joined by Cammy Hall from gymnastics and Maya LeBar of track & field. The two ladies vocalize the challenges they faced while growing up in predominantly white communities, from finding the right friends to being taught how to deal with police profiling. Both share their favorite figures in Black History and significant moments from their lives. Hall recalls watching the Trayvon Martin murder trial while LeBar talks about how a discussion on current day racial issues brought her Ute team closer together.