Briefs | Track and field: Allyson Felix, Hazel Clark add to their U.S. title collections

Track and field

Powell, a Rainier Beach High School graduate, places second to Harper in 100 hurdles: Allyson Felix won her fifth outdoor national title in the 200 meters and Hazel Clark earned her fifth outdoor title in the 800 Sunday, the final day of the U.S. championships in Eugene, Ore.

Dawn Harper, last year's Olympic gold medalist, took the 100 hurdles in 12.36. Ginnie Powell, a 2002 graduate of Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, was runner-up in 12.47 and will be on the U.S. squad that competes at the world championships, an event that starts Aug. 15 in Berlin.

The 25-year-old Powell, a college standout at USC, won the U.S. title in 2006 and 2007.

Felix, 23, won in a wind-aided 22.02 seconds. The Olympic silver medalist in the 200 in 2004 and 2008, Felix previously won U.S. titles in the event in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

Clark, 31, triumphed in 2:00.79. She also was the U.S. outdoor 800 champion in 2000, 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Jenn Stuczynski, 27, cleared 15 feet, 3 inches to win the U.S. pole-vault title for the fourth year in a row.

Shawn Crawford, 31, won the men's 200 in 19.73 seconds. "Before this race, I thought I was done," the 2004 Olympic champion said.

Bershawn Jackson, last year's Olympic bronze medalist in the event, triumphed in the 400 hurdles in 48.03.

Christian Cantwell, last year's Olympic silver medalist, won the shot put (71 feet, 7-¼ inches).

Tennis

Federer, Venus Williams resume bids for their sixth Wimbledon titles: The primary story lines at Wimbledon have not shifted since the beginning of the Grand Slam tournament a week ago.

Will Roger Federer of Switzerland win a sixth Wimbledon championship and record 15th Grand Slam title?

Will Andy Murray end Britain's 73-year wait for a male singles champion at the All England Club?

Will American Venus Williams become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991 through 1993 to win the title three years in a row, bringing her career haul to six?

Players had a day off Sunday, but all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches are scheduled for today.

Federer, seeded second, plays No. 13 Robin Soderling of Sweden on Centre Court in a rematch of this month's French Open final, won by Federer. No. 3 Williams faces No. 13 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.

No. 3 Murray meets No. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.

Davenport gives birth to girl: American Lindsay Davenport, a winner of three major tournaments and former top-ranked player in the world, gave birth to a girl named Lauren Andrus Davenport Leach on Saturday.

Davenport, 33, and husband Jon Leach already have a 2-year-old son, Jagger.

WNBA

Shock gives coach Mahorn his first victory: Shavonte Zellous scored 18 points to lead the Detroit Shock past the visiting Sacramento Monarchs 86-72, giving Rick Mahorn his first victory as coach.

Detroit (2-5) snapped a four-game losing streak. Mahorn was 0-3 since replacing Bill Laimbeer on June 15. Laimbeer, who left voluntarily to focus on trying to land an NBA job, and Mahorn are former players for the Detroit Pistons.

Rebekkah Brunson scored 16 points for Sacramento (1-7), which lost its fifth in a row.

College basketball

Ex-Duke player plans to transfer to Memphis: Former Duke guard Elliot Williams said he will transfer to Memphis. He was granted his release Wednesday from Duke because his mother is ill and he wants to be closer to his family.

College football

Roper started for Oregon last season before injuring his knee: Former Oregon quarterback Justin Roper has confirmed he will transfer to Montana.

Roper started for Oregon until he injured his knee in the third week of the season. The 6-foot-6 junior confirmed his decision to play for the Griz in an interview with The Missoulian.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly said last month that Roper made the decision to leave after emerging from spring drills behind Ducks starter Jeremiah Masoli, but Roper said, "I started thinking about it in bowl practice this past season."

By transferring from a major-college program to one in a lower tier of Division I, Roper is eligible to play this year.

North Carolina State linebacker faces charges after car wreck: Officials say Nate Irving, a North Carolina State linebacker, has been charged with careless and reckless driving after a wreck that broke his leg and collapsed a lung.

Capt. Everett Clendenin, a Highway Patrol spokesman, said Irving's vehicle ran off the road twice before striking two trees at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday.

Clendenin said troopers believe Irving, 20, might have fallen asleep at the wheel.

School officials said Irving's injuries are not life threatening.

Irving had 84 tackles as a sophomore last year despite missing almost one-third of the season because of injuries.

Lawsuit settled in death of Rice player: The family of former Rice player Dale Lloyd II, who died during a conditioning workout in 2006, has settled its lawsuit with the school and the NCAA, which has agreed to recommend that its member universities test all athletes for sickle cell trait.

The death of Lloyd, 19, was linked to sickle cell trait.

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