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Salem man qualifies for senior Olympics

Salem native Randy Strader has qualified for the United States Senior Olympics for the ninth time.

He did so after recording four top four finishes at the Indiana State Senior Olympics on May 20-21. He won the horseshoes, placed second in the shot put and discus and third in the Javelin.

Strader will compete in the Senior Olympics in June 2017 in Birmingham, Ala.

Four YSU athletes finish NCAA prelims

Jacksonville, Fla.

Youngstown State track and field athletes Chad Zallow, Jaynee Corbett, Ryan Booth and Arnaldo Morales competed at the NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary on Saturday.

Morales was 25th in the high jump clearing a height of 2.08. After eclipsing 2.05 on his first attempt he cleared 2.08 on his second try. The next height was 2.13 but he was not able to advance. Corbett had a strong showing with a 28th-place finish on Saturday in the shot put.

Corbett, who was making her first prelim appearance, had a best throw of 15.17 on her second attempt which put her in 28th place. She opened with a toss of 14.91 and fouled on her last throw.

Booth finished 31st in the shot put with a mark of 17.24. Booth’s best mark came on his second throw. On his first toss, he had a 17.12 and on his third shot had a throw of 16.81.

On Friday, Zallow finished 38th in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.42 seconds in his first NCAA outdoor preliminary outing.

Pelicans’ guard fatally shot in Dallas break-in

DALLAS

Police say New Orleans Pelicans guard Bryce Dejean-Jones was fatally shot after breaking down the door to a Dallas apartment.

Sr. Cpl. DeMarquis Black said in a statement that officers were called early Saturday morning and found the 23-year-old player collapsed in an outdoor passageway. He was taken to a hospital where he died.

Black says a person living at the apartment was sleeping when he heard his door kicked open. The man retrieved a handgun and fired when Dejean-Jones began kicking the bedroom door.

Dejean-Jones was a Los Angeles native and it wasn’t immediately clear why he was in Dallas.

Injured Nadal backs out of French Open

PARIS

For a decade, Rafael Nadal ruled Roland Garros the way no other man has dominated any Grand Slam site.

On Friday, his powerful left wrist wrapped in a blue brace, Nadal delivered the surprising news he was withdrawing before his third-round match at the French Open because of an injury that would prevent him from delivering the whiplike, spin-heavy forehand that carried him to a record nine championships and a 72-2 record on the tournament’s red clay.

His announcement, at what he called “one of the toughest press conferences in my career,” overshadowed everything else going on around the grounds on Day 6 of the French Open, from the straight-set victories by defending champion Stan Wawrinka and No. 2-seeded Andy Murray, to the out-of-nowhere 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-0 upset of two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova by 108th-ranked Shelby Rogers, a 23-year-old American.

Hamlin wins Xfinity race in Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C.

Denny Hamlin passed Kyle Larson and Joey Logano in overtime to win the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Larson appeared to have victory in his sights, but a caution came out with two laps to go when Erik Jones’ tire went down, forcing a two-lap overtime situation.

Hamlin, who was penalized earlier for an uncontrolled tire, says “we chose to play the tire game and it worked out.”

Larson and Logano, who were running 1-2, elected to stay on the track while Hamlin pitted for four tires.

Staff/wire report