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Track & field

AKRON — Harold Jones won the 800m run and Youngstown State’s women’s 4x400m relay came from behind to win the final race of the night at the Akron Quad Friday.

Jones led the entire length and won by nearly two seconds with his time of 1:55.10. The junior also ran a personal-best time of 4:26.83 in the mile to place fourth.

The lone victory on the women’s side came in the 4x400m relay as Emily Wollet and Breanne Romeo made up about five meters in the final two legs to edge Akron by more than two seconds.

Yandeh Joh added a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.22.

In the field, Danielle Curry moved into second place on YSU’s all-time list in the shot put with a fourth-place mark of 44-21⁄2. Alexis Hall placed third in the weight throw (50-5 1/4) while Curry was fifth (49-3 1/2). Alisha Anthony was fourth in the long jump (18-4 1/4), and Robyn Ray placed fourth in the triple jump (35-10).

On the men’s side, Scott Streiner placed fifth in the 200m (22.71) while Nick Clowes was fifth in the 60m hurdles (9.42).

Bryin Ehrhardt placed third in the high jump (6-4) and Martin Vieth was fifth (6-2). Jerrill Hall finished fifth in the long jump (21-0 3/4), and John Pallini was fifth in the shot put (47-11 3/4). Dom DeFilippo added a fourth-place effort in the weight throw (51-0 3/4).

AREA

Salem hall of fame

SALEM — The Salem Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2008 until January 31.

Nominations, which must be postmarked by Jan. 31, can be sent to the Salem Athletic Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 662, Salem 44460.

Basketball tournaments

COPLEY — Draws for all Northeast Ohio high school basketball sectional-district tournaments will held at Copley High School.

Girls teams will be held Jan. 20 at 2 p.m.

Boy teams will draw Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.

NATION

Sugar Swirl wins
Gulfstream handicap

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Sugar Swirl beat Rgirldoesn’tbluff by 21⁄2 lengths Sunday in the $100,000 First Lady Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

Ridden by Javier Castellano, Sugar Swirl ran 6 furlongs on a sloppy track in 1:10 and paid $4.20, $2,80 and $2.10. Rgirldoesn’tbluff returned $3.80 and $3.20, and Bereba paid $4.80 to show.

Brazilian Basto takes
Disney marathon

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brazil’s Adriano Bastos raced to his fourth straight victory in the Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday, easily winning in 2 hours, 20 minutes, 56 seconds.

John Garton of Voorhees, N.J., was second in 2:35:02, and Lance Jones of Saranac, Mich., finished third in 2:37:57.

Table tennis

PHILADELPHIA — The sedate atmosphere at Friday morning’s 2008 U.S Table Tennis Olympic and National Team trials inside Drexel’s Daskalakis Center resembled something you’d find at a weekend Biddy Basketball game.

Not many spectators beyond officials and relatives. Not much noise beyond the click of ball on table. And not much passion beyond the competitors.

CD Chivas Guadalajara
tops Deportivo Cali

ORLANDO, Fla. — Omar Bravo and Sergio Santana scored in the first half and CD Chivas Guadalajara beat Deportivo Cali 2-1 in a friendly at the Citrus Bowl on Sunday.

Freddy Montero converted in the 26th minute for Deportivo’s lone goal.

Chivas, one of the premier teams in the Mexican Soccer League, scored both of its goals in artistic fashion.

WORLD

Federer says he’s
100 percent

MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer is putting his name on his apparel just as he hopes to put his stamp on the Australian Open with a third straight title.

Given his penchant for perfection and fashion, it seemed symbolic Sunday when Federer pulled a hat trick of sorts.

On the eve of the tournament, the world’s top-ranked player wore a black ball cap emblazoned with a stylized version of his initials during his first public appearance at Melbourne Park.

Federer, who figured in the last 10 Grand Slam finals and won eight of them, comes into the season’s first major without a competitive match in two months after withdrawing from his regular tuneup event at Kooyong because of a stomach virus.

IAAF expected to rule
on amputee sprinter

MONTE CARLO, Monaco — The IAAF was expected to announce today whether double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is eligible to race in the Beijing Olympics.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has twice postponed the ruling, which is widely expected to go against Pistorius.

Vindicator staff/wire reports