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Originally published December 4, 2009 at 11:20 PM | Page modified December 5, 2009 at 6:59 PM

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Swimming: Nathan Adrian, Megan Jendrick swim to medals in Federal Way

Bremerton's Nathan Adrian and Tacoma's Megan Jendrick both picked up medals on the second night of the U.S. Short Course National Championships.

FEDERAL WAY — Bremerton's Nathan Adrian and Tacoma's Megan Jendrick both picked up medals on the second night of the U.S. Short Course National Championships on Friday at the King County Aquatic Center.

Adrian finished third in the men's 100-yard butterfly in a personal-best 46.62 seconds, behind Matt Grevers (46.28) and Jason Dunford (46.33).

Jendrick was second in the women's 100 breaststroke in 59.26, trailing Rebecca Soni's meet-record time of 58.62.

Dana Vollmer of Granbury, Texas, won two gold medals, triumphing in the 100 butterfly in 51.39, then setting a meet record in the women's 200 freestyle at 1:42.36.

Peter Vanderkaay of Rochester, Mich., won the men's 200 free in 1:34.08.

In the women's 400 individual medley, Katie Hoff of Towson, Md., rallied to win in 4:01.95. On the men's side, Robert Margalis of St. Petersburg, Fla., picked up the gold medal in 3:45.24.

Competition concludes today.

Men's basketball

Brandon Larrieu had 19 points, and Rafael Moreira added 14 — including a three-point play with 1:18 left in the game — as 18th-ranked Seattle Pacific fought off Carroll College for an 86-73 nonconference victory in the SPU Tournament at Brougham Pavilion.

Rob Diederichs added 12 for the undefeated Falcons (5-0), and Jeff Downs had 10. Downs drained a three-pointer with the shot clock running down to boost SPU's lead to 77-71 at the two-minute mark, starting the Falcons on a game-clinching 6-0 scoring run.

Seattle Pacific hit a blistering 66 percent from the field (31 of 47), and missed just five shots in the second half (17 of 22) for a 77 percent.

Falcons head coach Ryan Looney recorded his 100th coaching victory. He has a career record of 100-55, with the first 95 of those victories coming during his five-year tenure at Eastern Oregon.

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JC Cook led five Central Washington players in double figures with 21 points, and the Wildcats shot a season-best 53.1 percent from the floor, but Central (2-2) came up short against top-ranked Brigham Young-Hawaii in a 94-90 loss at Brougham Pavilion.

Blake Solomon scored a game-high 26 points, and Greg George and Rich Skillman had 15 points each for Northwest University (4-3, 1-0 Cascade Collegiate) in a 74-55 victory over College of Idaho in Kirkland.

Women's basketball

Daesha Henderson had 17 points, and Megan Hoisington put up 12 points and nine rebounds, but 14th-ranked Seattle Pacific shot just 29 percent from the field and dropped a 69-55 decision to Grand Canyon in the first game of the GNAC-Pac West Classic in Nampa, Idaho.

Jessica Wilkerson scored a team-high 17 points for Northwest U., but the Eagles (3-4) fell to College of Idaho 80-51 in their CCC opener in Kirkland.

Note

Josh Sale, an infielder from Bishop Blanchet, and Ryan Brett, an infielder out of Highline, have signed letters of intent with the Gonzaga baseball team.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.

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