Vandals Shot Putter Takes 2Nd

Joachim Olsen was Idaho’s only competitor at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Event Center on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Ark., but his performance Friday didn’t go unnoticed.

Olsen finished second and earned All-America honors in the men’s shot put with a toss of 64 feet, 8-3/4 inches. Jannus Robberts of Southern Methodist University won the event with a 65-5-1/4 mark.

Ian Waltz was the only placer among the four Washington State athletes competing Friday.

Waltz, a Post Falls native, finished fifth in the men’s shot put and earned his sixth All-America honor. Waltz tossed the shot 62-5-3/4.

Also for the Cougars, Arend Watkins finished eighth in the men’s 60-meter high hurdles preliminary race and didn’t advance. He had the fourth-best time this season heading into the meet.

Becky Potter placed 15th in the women’s 20-pound weight throw.

Alishia Booterbaugh failed to qualify for the women’s 800-meter finals. She placed seventh in her heat, 14th overall.

WSU’s Whitney Evans competes in the women’s high jump and Demetrius Murray competes in the men’s triple jump.

“It was not an especially great day for the Cougs,” said WSU coach Rick Sloan. “But we’ll see if we can come home with a couple more All-Americans after (today).”

Clemson’s Shawn Crawford won the men’s 200 in an American collegiate-record 20.26 seconds, beating Florida’s John Capel, who had the same time.

The finish was so close that the winner and runner-up had to be separated by thousandths of a second. Under that method, Crawford was timed at 20.252 and Capel, last year’s NCAA outdoor champion, at 20.257.

High school basketball

Lake City’s Daryl Wilder scored a team-high 16 points to lead the West All-Stars to a 100-77 victory over the East All-Stars at the Athletic Pavilion in Mullan.

Wilder was named the game’s most valuable player. Andy Rice scored 13 and Jay Zmuda added 12 points for the West.

The East’s Darren Lee led all scorers with 20.

The West took control of the game by outscoring the East 25-12 in the second quarter.

Baseball

Cheyenne Rushton tossed a one-hitter to lead Salt Lake Community College to a 7-0 victory over North Idaho in a Region 18 game in Salt Lake City.

The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was rained out so the two schools will play a tripleheader today.

Rob Crain collected the lone hit for NIC (3-6, 0-1). Salt Lake improves to 10-6, 1-0.

The non-conference baseball game between the Washington State Cougars and the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Ore., was suspended after three innings of play with the Cougars leading 1-0. The game will continue today at 11 a.m. with the Cougars batting in the fourth inning. WSU and OSU will also play a nine-inning game that was normally scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the conclusion of the suspended game.