Local athletes set records

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Sculion gets record

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Aiman Scullion broke Kent State’s men’s indoor 3,000-meter run record Saturday at the Eastern Michigan Classic, timing in at 8 minutes, 18.36 seconds to place second in the event. The sophomore broke Ofer Barniv’s mark of 8:18.46 set in the 2005.

Scullion is a graduate of Salem High School.

State swimming

CANTON — Several area high school swimmers received at-large berths into the state championship meet to be held this weekend.

In the boy’s 100 backstroke, Tom Boniface of Cardinal Mooney will enter as the 23rd seed and Ryan King of Canfield will be the 19th seed.

In the 200 IM, Gavin Trebilock of Canfield is seeded 23rd. The Boardman 200 freestyle relay team of Conner O’Halloran, Jared Ebie, Tommy Slagle and Mike Barringer will be the 16th seed.

In the girl’s meet, Jordon Moxley of Maplewood will compete in the 100 breastroke as the 24th seed.

The Boardman 200 freestyle relay squad will be the 24th seed. Members are Kayla Aldan, Megan Palmer, Kamiren Beisz and Ashley Aldan.

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Prep bowling

The Hubbard, Fitch, Boardman, Niles, Liberty, Lakeview, Warren Harding and LaBrae boys bowling teams have qualified for district competition.

Hubbard compiled 4400 points in Sunday’s sectional.

Also qualifying are the top eight bowlers from teams eliminated: Girard’s Clayton Cupan and Patrick DeBlasio, Chaney’s Rich Mauro and Kyle Staton, Mooney’s George Kubas, Struthers’ Bob Zanni, Ursuline’s Chris Konecal and Champion’s Jeff Dozier.

District competition will be Saturday at 9 a.m. at Freeway Lanes in Wickliffe

Seven girls teams advanced: McDonald, Warren Harding, Fitch, Chaney, Canfield, Struthers and Hubbard.

Also qualifying were Niles Trisha Bernard, Champion’s Megan Mazarek, Boardman’s Ciarra Moran, Ursuline’s Ashley Wilfong, Lakeview’s Amanda Foreman and Liberty’s Leanna DePizzo and Becca House.

District competition will be Sunday at 9 a.m. at Freeway Lanes in Wickliffe.

Swim mark falls

GROVE CITY, Pa. — Bethany College freshman swimmer Kenny Drombosky, a graduate of Boardman High, set a school record in the 50 freestyle.

Competing in the Presidents’ Athletic Conf. meet, Drombosky swam the 50 in 21.98 seconds. The school mark was 22.4, set in 1967.

NATION

Golf in review

• Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES — Phil Mickelson held on long enough for Jeff Quinney to self-destruct on the back nine Sunday at Riviera, closing with a 1-under 70 to win the Northern Trust Open and complete an impressive collection of trophies in California and Arizona.

A year ago, Lefty was poised to win in L.A. until he bogeyed the 18th hole and lost in a playoff against Charles Howell III. This time, he was steady down the stretch as Quinney faltered, and won by two shots for his 33rd career victory, 16 of those on the West Coast.

“It’s pretty cool,” Mickelson said. “I’ve wanted to win this tournament for a long time.”

Quinney holed four straight putts outside 10 feet around the turn and briefly held the lead. But his streak of 214 holes without a three-putt ended on the 13th to fall out of the lead.

• The ACE Group Classic

NAPLES, Fla. — Scott Hoch made it back-to-back wins on the Champions Tour.

Hoch made an 8-foot birdie putt on the last hole of regulation to get in a four-way playoff, then made another 8-footer on the first playoff hole to win The ACE Group Classic.

Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite and Brad Bryant had already made their pars before Hoch.

“I just said, ’Look, let’s end it here. I don’t want to play anymore, anything else can happen,”’ Hoch said. “Nick Price had the same putt, but longer (in regulation). He hit a good putt, but it dove on him.”

Phelps, Hoff roll to
pair of swim victories

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Katie Hoff set her second American record in as many days Sunday when she and six-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps each cruised to a pair of victories at the Missouri Grand Prix.

Both easily won their respective 200-meter freestyle and 400 individual medley races on the second day of the meet. Hoff set an American record in the 200, finishing in 1 minute, 56.08 seconds to defeat five-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin for the second time in two days. Coughlin set the previous mark. On Saturday, Hoff broke the oldest American record on the books in the 400 freestyle.

Eight Belles dominates

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Eight Belles easily won the $50,000 Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Sunday, bursting ahead in the stretch to beat Oh Lovely by 131⁄2 lengths. Eight Belles, ridden by Terry Thompson, finished the 1-mile race in 1:39.17. Eight Belles paid $3.60, $3.20 and $2.80.

Vindicator staff/wire reports