YSU track athletes seek NCAA qualifying spots

YSU track athletes seek NCAA qualifying spots

Greensboro, N.C.

Youngstown State senior thrower John Seaver finished 13th in the shot put on Friday night at the NCAA East Preliminary Round. Seaver was one spot from qualifying for the NCAA Championships.

It was also a good night for sprinter Ciara Jarrett who advanced to today’s quarterfinals in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.10 seconds. Jarrett had the 18th best time out of the 24 qualifiers. Jarrett will run tonight trying to move into the top 12 to advance to the NCAA Championships.

Seaver placed 13th with a toss of 17.84 meters, but was among the top 12 qualifiers until the second-to-last throw. Purdue’s Coy Blair threw 18.10 meters tying Liberty’s Ryan Smith for 11th place. Seaver had throws of 16.60 meters, 16.67 meters, 17.33 meters, 17.16 meters and a foul to go along with his mark of 17.84 meters.

Mill Creek courses closed on June 5

Both the North and South courses at Mill Creek Golf Course will be closed all day June 5. The course is hosting the annual YOUNG 2013 Regional Chamber golf outing.

For more information, call Mill Creek Golf Course at 330-740-7112.

Correction

Canfield center fielder Kayley Keller made a throw to home plate to retire a Hubbard base runner in a Division II district semifinal on Wednesday.

The throw was credited incorrectly to a different player in a story in Thursday’s edition of The Vindicator.

Nurse at game helps revive collapsed girl

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

A pediatric nurse said Friday she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game. Sam Sapenaro, 26, was working her second job as a member of Kauffman Stadium’s K-Crew on Thursday night when a nearby fan yelled for help. Sapenaro said she rushed over and found the girl unresponsive and with no pulse.

Sapenaro said she began performing CPR with help from a man who was with the girl. The man also turned out to be a nurse. The girl was resuscitated, but stadium medical personnel had to revive her a second time after her pulse faded again.

“We were on her in the first 15-20 seconds of her going down,” she said. “Timing is everything when something like this happens.”

A spokeswoman for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., said she could not provide a name or condition for the girl, citing privacy laws.

After paramedics arrived, Sapenaro helped move the girl to an open area and spoke on the phone with the girl’s mother to explain what happened and get a medical history. She also tried to calm down people who attended the game with her.

Sapenaro returned to work on the K-Crew after the girl was taken to the hospital.

Former NBA scorer Flynn Robinson dies

LOS ANGELES

Flynn Robinson, the former NBA guard who played on the Los Angeles Lakers’ 1971-72 championship team, has died after a two-year fight with cancer. He was 72.

Flynn’s wife, Nancy Pitts-Robinson, told the Lakers he died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles.

Called “Mr. Instant Point” by late Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn, the 6-foot-1 Robinson averaged 9.9 points and 2.2 assists in 64 games in 1971-72, helping the Lakers win an NBA-record 33 consecutive games and the franchise’s first title in Los Angeles.

Robinson had his best season in 1969-70 with Milwaukee, averaging 21.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in 81 games and appearing in his lone All-Star game. In seven NBA seasons with Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, the Lakers and Baltimore, the former University of Wyoming star averaged 14.5 points and 3.1 assists. He finished his career in the ABA with the San Diego Conquistadors in 1973-74.