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UPS vaulter ninth at nationals

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DECATUR, Ill. — Puget Sound pole vaulter Katie Heaton finished in a tie for ninth at the NCAA Division III track-and-field championships yesterday on the campus of Millikin University.

Heaton, a two-time All-American in the event, completed a vault at 11 feet, 8 inches, then missed her final jump at what would have been a school-record height of 12-2.

Whitworth senior Leslie Nelson finished sixth in the 10,000-meter run, posting a time of 37:26.53 in stormy conditions. Seattle Pacific's Karen Dickson finished 12th.

Teammate Kristen Shields qualified for the finals of the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.07, finishing second in her heat. Also, the Falcons' Chris Randolph was in third place after the first day of the decathlon, and Danielle Ayers-Stamper was fourth following four events in the heptathlon.

Carrie Larsen of Pacific Lutheran advanced to the finals of the 400 meter hurdles, finishing second in her preliminary heat in 61.84 seconds.

Crew

Sarah Hirst of Seattle's Pocock Rowing Center and partner Stacey Borgman inched closer to qualifying for the Olympics by winning their heat in the lightweight women's double sculls at the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup Regatta in Munich, Germany.

The duo has advanced to the finals; if they finish in the top four, they make the Olympic team.

Seattle's Lianne Nelson and partner Caryn Davies finished second in their opening heat of the women's pairs and will attempt to qualify for the finals through the repechage round today.

Notes

• Former Sounders midfielder Andrew Gregor has signed as a free agent with the Portland Timbers of the A-League. Gregor, who played in Seattle in 2000, '02 and '03, was released on May 6 by the Vancouver Whitecaps after playing just one match this season.

• Whitworth junior swimmer Cory Bergman was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII men's at-large team. Bergman has a 3.97 grade-point average and majors in biology. Alex Vlaski, a junior on the Washington men's tennis team, was named to the men's at-large second team. He has a 3.45 GPA and is majoring in business administration.

Western Washington senior rower Laurel Kaminski has been chosen to the women's at-large team. A mathematics major, Kaminski has a 3.94 GPA. Also named to the team were Whitworth junior swimmer Serena Fadel, who has a 3.92 GPA and majors in biochemistry; and Seattle Pacific coxswain Joanna Hodgkiss, a senior accounting major with a 3.76 GPA, and gymnast Corrie McDaniel, a junior student design major with a 3.80 GPA.

• Gonzaga sophomore catcher Kiel Thibault was named West Coast Conference baseball player of the year.

WASHINGTON STATE MEN'S BEST-BALL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

At Mount Vernon

(Played at the par 72, Eaglemont Golf Course)

FIRST ROUND

Seek, Mike / Strickland, Jeff	31-34 — 65
Fern, David / Matson, Rob	37-33 — 70
Kirkebo, Tres / Kirkebo, Jamie	35-35 — 70
Cardwell, B. / Cardwell, Rich	35-36 — 71
Stamey, Alex / Baraya, Pat	36-35 — 71
Chafin, Hank / Hodgins, Mike	38-34 — 72
Mehl, Marty / Kennedy, Michael	36-36 — 72
Molitor, John / Tommer, Nick	34-38 — 72
Bashor, Drew / Fields, Mike	37-36 — 73
Cannon, John / Crockett, Terry	39-34 — 73

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