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Carter tops swimmers
YOUNGSTOWN -- Junior Erin Carter won two individual events and two relay events as the Youngstown State swimming and diving team competed in their annual intra-squad Red-Black Meet on Friday.
Carter won the 200-yard individual medley and the 200 fly to lead the red team to a 125-88 victory. The meet also marked head coach Matt Anderson's coaching debut and the announcement of lone-senior Lena Arens as team captain for the 2003-04 season.
Also for the red team, junior Kalyn Leveto, who was named Horizon League Diver of the Year as a sophomore, won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Arens finished first in the 50 freestyle while Lauren Connolly led the way in the 500 free and Danielle Blagg won the 200 breast. The red team also won the 200 medley relay and the 400 yard free relay.
Junior Erika Gregos and freshman Becky Bertuzzi paced the black squad by picking up a win and a second-place finish apiece. Gregos won the 1,000 free and finished second in the 200 fly while Bertuzzi won the 200 free and finished second in the 100 free. Also for the black, Jordan Dunn won the 200 backstroke while Missy Weise was victorious in the 100 free.
The Penguins will open their 2003-04 season on Oct. 18 when they play host to Marshall University at 4 p.m.
Two Penguins honored
DELAWARE -- Youngstown State freshman Lisa Davies was named the Division I Freshman of the Year and Tony Orcena finished 10th to earn second-team All-Ohio honors at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University on Friday.
Orcena's 8K time of 26:35.5 paced the men to a third-place finish while Davies, who placed 12th in the 5K with a time of 18:44.2, led the women to a seventh-place finish.
For the men, Jeremy Riehm finished 16th with a time of 26:41.2 while
Nick Buzek finished 23rd with a 26:47.4. Kurt Michaelis placed 33rd with a time of 27:03.3 and Matt Paullin finished 45th in 27:17.7.
On the women's side, Lindsay Wojciak finished 32nd with a time of 19:27 while Kim Jendre clocked in with a 52nd-place time of 19:43.2. Jenn Wenhold finished 71st with a time of 20:00.4 and Marielle Glanz placed 88th with a time of 20:15.7 to round out the top five.
The cross country teams will continue their season when they travel to University Park, Pa. on Oct. 18 for the Penn State National Open.
LOCAL
Morrow advances
HINCKLEY -- Tim Morrow of Boardman shot a 73 to tie for first place in the Division I district golf tournament held at Pine Hills Golf Course here.
Morrow went on to par the second playoff hole to finish in first place and advance to the Division I state tournament next weekend in Columbus.
NATION
Rush Limbaugh admitspainkiller addiction
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh announced during his radio show Friday that he is addicted to painkillers and is checking into a rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me."
Limbaugh gave up his job as an ESPN sports analyst Oct. 1, three days after saying on the sports network's "Sunday NFL Countdown" that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.
The reports of possible drug abuse surfaced at about the same time, first in the National Enquirer. The tabloid had interviewed Wilma Cline, who said she became Limbaugh's drug connection after working as his maid. She said Limbaugh had abused OxyContin and other painkillers.
Suns settle suitover discriminastion
PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns settled a sex discrimination lawsuit by agreeing to pay $82,500 and hire women for its halftime entertainment shows.
The settlement was announced Friday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"To specifically exclude one sex from a position seems rather shocking in this day and age," said Mary Jo O'Neill, EEOC regional attorney.
Suns lawyer Tom O'Malley declined to comment on the case.
The EEOC suit contended that in 1999-00, the Suns and Sports Magic Team Inc. adopted gender-restrictive hiring policies for the Zoo Crew. The crew provides entertainment during Suns games, including trampoline dunks with the team's gorilla mascot.
The suit contended that slots on the crew were limited to "males with athletic ability and talent."
Yanks-Red Sox gameearns high ratings
The long-standing rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees has sent playoff ratings soaring.
Thursday night's Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Fox Sports drew an 8.7 national rating and 14 share, up 40 percent over last year's Game 2 telecast of the NLCS series between San Francisco and St. Louis. That game produced a 6.2 rating and 10 share.
The Yankees-Red Sox game drew 13.2 million viewers, an increase of 47 percent over the nine million who watched the Cardinals and Giants last year.
Vindicator staff/wire reports