Rogers Grad Fry Second At Trials

Rogers High School graduate Jessica Fry, a freshman at the University of Alabama, placed second at the U.S. Junior Women’s World Cross Country Trials on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.

By running the 2.4 miles in 14 minutes, 11 seconds, Fry qualified to represent the United States at the World Junior Cross Country meet in Durham, England, on March 25.

Spokane’s Kim Jones placed 10th in the 15-kilometer Gasparilla Distance Classic at Tampa, Fla.

Jones clocked a 51:35 in the race won by Kenya’s Delilah Asiago in a time of 48:38. The men’s race was won by Josphat Machuka of Kenya, last year’s Bloomsday winner.

Idaho freshman Christopher Kwaramba, from Zimbabwe, highlighted a busy day at the McDonald’s Open track meet in the Kibbie Dome by breaking his own UI record in the triple jump with a 51-3 1/2 leap.

It bettered by nearly 2 feet his previous mark of 49-4 3/4.

Idaho’s Jill Wimer set a school shot put mark with a 44-11 toss, while sprinter Felix Kamangiria, also a freshman from Zimbabwe, won the 55-meter and 200-meter dashes.

Junior hockey

Darin Talotti scored a pair of goals and assisted another to give the Spokane Braves (13-26) a 4-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League win over Revelstoke (5-37).

College baseball

Washington State dropped a pair of non-conference baseball games at Stockton, Calif., losing to Sacramento State 6-0, and Pacific 17-4.

WSU managed just seven hits in the two games, while Cougar pitching allowed 26 hits, 23 runs, 17 walks and five hit batters.

College swimming

Led by Carly Bush’s victory in the 100 freestyle and a record-setting performance by the 400-meter freestyle relay team, Whitworth College captured its first NCIC women’s swim championship Saturday at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.

The Pirates women scored 447 points to edge PLU (399), Linfield (359) and Willamette (359).

The Whitworth men placed third (410.50), behind Linfield (493.50) and PLU (450).

Whitworth’s winning freestyle relay team established a meet record with a 3:40.43 clocking.

In addition to the championship, Whitworth captured another honor as coach Tom Dodd was named women’s Coach of the Year.