Celeste Delia

About a year ago, Lynn Rogers, the Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics coach, asked his team members to draw pictures of themselves "just for fun." The drawings are still there, on a bulletin board in his office. None will be regarded as great art; some are little more than the kind of stick-figure illustrations kids draw in grade school. They show the gymnasts performing in various events. But the one drawn by Celeste Delia stands out. There are two figures.

About a year ago, Lynn Rogers, the Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics coach, asked his team members to draw pictures of themselves "just for fun." The drawings are still there, on a bulletin board in his office. None will be regarded as great art; some are little more than the kind of stick-figure illustrations kids draw in grade school. They show the gymnasts performing in various events. But the one drawn by Celeste Delia stands out. There are two figures.

Cal State Fullerton gymnasts Celeste Delia and Wendy Minch qualified for the NCAA women's championships, April 24-25, at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minn. Delia, from Covina, is seeded sixth in the all-around competition. Minch, from Westland, Mich., is seeded eighth.

The Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics team defeated San Jose State, 192.30-180.55, setting a school scoring record in a match at Titan Gym Friday. The Titans (3-1) broke their record of 192.25 set in 1989. Fullerton's Celeste Delia won the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise, while Cristi Clifford tied a school record on the balance beam with a score of 9.85. Fullerton's Brandi Baldasano won the all-around with 38.80 points.

Led by Celeste Delia, who won four of five possible events, Cal State Fullerton beat Stanford, 191.75-186.30, Friday night at Titan Gym to give Lynn Rogers his 200th regular-season gymnastics coaching victory at the school. Delia won the all-around, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise to lead the upset of the Cardinal, ranked 12th nationally, in the season opener for both teams. Delia also set school records for the floor exercise (9.85 points) and all-around (38.95).

Cal State Fullerton's Celeste Delia won the overall title at the Big West Conference women's gymnastics championships, leading the Titans to the team title Sunday at the Events Center in San Jose. The Titans won the team title with 190.50 points. Utah State (190.45) was second and UC Santa Barbara (189.05) third. The overall victory for Delia, a senior from Covina Northview High School, was her third consecutive.

University of the Pacific swept UC Irvine in singles for a 5-0 victory in a quarterfinal match of the Big West Conference women's tennis championship Thursday at the Ojai Valley Racquet Club. Tracee Lee of Pacific beat Irvine's Janet Johnson, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. Pacific advances to play No. 2-seeded Nevada Las Vegas, which beat New Mexico State, 5-0.

Charlie Ross scored 33 points and Eric Bajus 29 as Pacific Christian defeated Simpson, 133-89, Friday and advanced to the regional final in the National Christian College Athletic Assn. men's basketball tournament. A victory over San Jose Christian tonight at 8 would send Pacific Christian to the national finals in Springfield, Mo. Jarod Beldon led Simpson (9-15) with 27 points.

Georgia Tech, the top-ranked team in the Baseball America poll, scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat No. 7 Cal State Fullerton, 7-6, in the Oscar Mayer Classic in the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Fullerton (7-5) took a one-run lead in the top of the inning when Nate Rodriquez drove in Tony Banks with a single. Rodriquez's hit extended his hitting streak to nine games.

The Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics team narrowly missed advancing to the national finals Sunday in the West regional competition at Boise, Ida. The top three teams advance, but the Titans finished fourth with 191.275 points. Washington was third with 191.550 points. UCLA won with 194.300 points and Oregon State (193.550) was second. The top three teams advance to the NCAA championships, April 21-23 at Utah. Fullerton's Celeste Delia was fourth overall with 38.950 points.

Chapman, left with six players after seven were sent home for violations of team rules, defeated Dominican College, 80-73, in a nonconference men's basketball game Friday in San Francisco. Stephan Mumaw and Tony Gonzalez, the only starters available, scored 22 and 19 points for Chapman (10-6). Coach Mike Bokosky sent starters Greg Reynolds, Umahl Anderson and Aaron Cornell and reserves Adam Dzierznski, Egar Diaz, Steve Van Horn and Rod Summers home in a van two days early.