Boys Swimming Athlete of the Week: Jesus Carvajal
Boys swimming • Edison | Sophomore won the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events with state qualifying times at Green Country conference championship meet. Also swam anchor leg of Edison's 200-meter freestyle relay victory. | By Staff Reports | Copyright 2012 World P... |
Girls Swimming Athlete of the Week: Grace Fodor
Girls swimming • Bartlesville | Sophomore won the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke events at last weekend's Jenks Invitational with personal record times. She was one of two female swimmers named High Point of the meet. | By Staff Reports | Copyright 201... |
Suffern's Calandra sweeps Division II gymnastics championships
| WAPPINGERS FALLS — There aren’t too many dominating performances in gymnastics but Suffern eighth-grader Alexa Calandra had a dominating performance in Tuesday’s Division II Gymnastics championships at R.C. Ketcham High School. | With her victory in the all-arou... |
Gymnastics: Division II championship results
DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS | At R.C. Ketcham High School | Team scores and key — 1. Wappingers (W) 167.95; 2. Lakeland/Panas (LP) 165.2 3. Suffern (Sf) 158.55. | Vault — 1. Alexa Calandra (Sf) 9.75; 2. Kaylie McGivney (Tappan Zee) 9.3; 3. Alexis Mena (W) 9.3; 4. Leanne C... |
Greensburg Trib Spotlight Male Athlete of the Week
| Andy Abreu | School: Penn-Trafford | Sport: Basketball | Class: Junior | Claim to fame: Abreu scored a game-high 28 points to lead Penn-Trafford to a 65-57 win over Kiski Area in Section 1-AAAA action Jan. 27. Abreu, who is averaging around 13 points, scored 14 points... |
Greensburg Trib Spotlight Female Athlete of the Week
| Alexa Szelong | School: Mt. Pleasant | Sport: Basketball | Class: Freshman | Claim to fame: Szelong, who has been averaging around 10 points, scored 19, including a game-winning 3-pointer with one second remaining in overtime, to lift Class AAA No. 5 Mt. Pleasant (16-... |
VND Spotlight Male Athlete of the Week
| Alex Lamendola | School: Kiski Area | Sport: Basketball | Class: Senior | Claim to fame: The 5-foot-10 captain and point guard is averaging 10 points while leading the run-and-gun Cavaliers in assists and steals. | How would you evaluate your team's performance? | I g... |
VND Spotlight Female Athlete of the Week
| Jess Aulicino | School: Freeport | Sport: Basketball | Class: Junior | Claim to fame: The 6-foot forward had a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds) and the game-winning free throws in Thursday's 39-37 upset over Ford City. She averages 13.5 points, 11 rebounds and t... |
Just remove it: Sponsorship row could leave athletes barefoot on podium
| Some of Britain's leading athletes, including Mark Cavendish and Mo Farah, may collect any London 2012 Olympic medals in bare feet to avoid contractual issues with personal sponsors following a row with the British Olympic Association (BOA) over marketing rights. | Le... |
Ailing Team Sky sprint star Mark Cavendish grabs first win of 2012 in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar
| LONDON Olympic favourite Mark Cavendish has kicked off his first major race of the year with his first major win in five months, claiming the stage honours in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar this morning. | Sporting his new Team Sky jersey and shrugging off the e... |
WADA seeks two-year bans for 400m runners
The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP) seeking enhancement of sanction in the case of four female 400m runners. | The WADA appeal gives an entirely new twist to the high-profile doping case and comes at... |
'One in 10 athletes may be doping'
| THE World Anti-Doping Agency is warning that new research could suggest that as many as one in 10 athletes who compete internationally may be doping. | Accepted wisdom until now, drawn from annual testing statistics, was that "maybe between 1 and 2 per cent of at... |
1-in-10 athletes may be doping: WADA
Lausanne: The World Anti-Doping Agency said new research findings expected this spring could suggest as many as 1 in 10 athletes who compete internationally may be doping. | Accepted wisdom, drawn from annual testing statistics, was that "maybe between 1 and 2 percent o... |
Fresno Athletic Hall of Famer Angelich dies at 91
| Lee Angelich, a 2008 Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday at age 91, leaving behind a legacy of boys high school basketball victories and championships. | Mr. Angelich coached Kerman, Porterville and Fresno highs to eight league championships and a combi... |
Ciac Indoor Track And Field Championships
| A look at the upcoming class meets, all at the Athletic Center: | Class LL | Time: Thursday, 4 p.m. X | ... |
K-State puts away Texas Tech 65-46 Martin unhappy with energy in victory
| MANHATTAN — Given Texas Tech’s status as the only team in the Big 12 without a conference victory, no one expected its basketball game with Kansas State on Tuesday night to be a thriller. | Still, few could have predicted it being as dull as it was. | At ... |
Phoebus girls, Bethel boys win Peninsula District indoor track and field titles
HAMPTON —— Consistency paid off for Phoebus' girls team, and Bethel dominated the team relays as both teams took home Peninsula District championships at Boo Williams Sportsplex on Tuesday night. | The Lady Phantoms didn't win as many events as the Bethel te... |
