Paz wins three events for YSU swimmers

Paz wins three events for YSU swimmers

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Youngstown State senior Laura Paz won three events and junior Ashley Dow won twice in a dual swim meet against Cleveland State on Friday.

Cleveland State won the meet by a score of 169.5 to 130.5.

Paz won the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.70), the 100 fly (57.92) and the 200 IM (2:16.16).

She also helped the 400-yard medley relay squad to a first-place finish (4:00.45).

Paz, Dow, Hannah Reynolds and Jana Janson captured the medley relay.

Dow posted a first-place time of 59.44 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke and a top time of 2:06.31 in the 200 back event.

YSU volleyball team defeats Green Bay

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Youngstown State senior volleyball player Jenna Cavanaugh had nine kills and was part of seven of the Penguins’ 13.5 blocks in a 3-1 victory at Green Bay on Friday.

YSU won 17-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-19.

The Penguins won for the eighth time in 10 matches and improved to 4-2 in Horizon League play.

They now sit alone in third place, two games behind today’s opponent, Milwaukee.

Youngstown State beat Green Bay for the first time since 2008.

Alexis Egler registered a team-high 10 kills, and Erika West tied for match-high honors with 14 digs.

Mannozzi wins 40k national championship

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Boardman native Michael Mannozzi won the USA Track and Field National Championship 40k (24.8 miles) race walk in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

This is his second national title this fall, and third in his career, having already won the 30k championship in Valley Cottage, New York and the 1-mile event at New York’s Armory in 2012.

Mannozzi won the event with a time of 3 hours, 28 minutes, 49 seconds, the fastest winning time in the past six years.

As a result of his win, USA Track and Field has named Mannozzi athlete of the week.

Wambach: Marriage not about politics

SAN ANTONIO

For Abby Wambach, marrying her professional teammate and partner Sarah Huffman was purely a statement of love, not politics.

Yet the star of the U.S. women’s national soccer team understands that she has become perhaps the highest-profile athlete in the national debate over same-sex marriage and a role model for advocates.

Wambach and Huffman play for the Western New York Flash in the National Women’s Soccer League. The couple had a wedding ceremony in Hawaii on Oct. 5. Wambach says they didn’t know Hawaii state lawmakers will meet later this month to debate a bill allowing gay marriage in that state.

Mister Pippit takes Belmont’s feature

NEW YORK

Mister Pippit beat Best Actor by three-quarters of a length Friday in the $87,000 allowance feature on the turf at Belmont Park.

Rallying into a contention with a five-wide move turning for home, Mister Pippit dug in for his sixth win in 17 starts. Javier Castellano was aboard as the 5-year-old gelding trained by Chad Brown ran 11/8 miles in 1:47.85 on the firm course.

Mister Pippit, coupled with Formulaforsuccess as the 1-2 favorites, paid $3.10, $2.40 and $2.10. Best Actor returned $8.40 and $5.10.

Gulsary captures feature at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif.

Gulsary won the $54,000 feature by a half-length at Santa Anita Race Track.

Ridden by Gary Stevens, the Ireland-bred filly ran a mile on the turf in 1:34.78 and paid $5.60, $3.40 and $3 as the 9-5 favorite in the field of six fillies and mares.

Lady Asano returned $5 and $3.80, while Life Is a Stone was another 21/4 lengths back in third and paid $4 to show.

Vindicator staff/wire reports