Redman second at world rowing
Jamie Redman of Spokane (Lewis and Clark HS) won a silver medal at the world rowing championships on Saturday as part of the United States’ women’s fours in Poznan, Poland.
Redman’s group finished in 6 minutes, 36.01 seconds. The Netherlands was first in 6:31.34.
Cross country
Whitworth University heads into the 2009 cross country season with high expectations and high ratings.
The Pirates, who hope to build on the success of 2008, return the top five runners from both the men’s and women’s teams.
That experience, combined with the quality depth added by new runners, led to high preseason regional and national rankings.
The Whitworth men are ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division III West Region and 22nd in the nation, according the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The Pirates are defending Northwest Conference and NCAA West Region champions.
Whitworth’s women are ranked second in the West and 25th in the nation. The Pirates finished tied for second in the Northwest Conference and fourth in the regional meet.
Neither team has ever been ranked as high in the NCAA Division III preseason polls.
Basketball
The Washington State University athletics ticket office is accepting orders for three off-site “home” men’s and women’s basketball games.
The games included in the presale are the Tri-Cities doubleheader at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, featuring the Cougar men’s basketball team against Portland State, preceded by the WSU women’s team against San Francisco on Dec. 19, and the Cougar Hardwood Classic, which pits the WSU men’s team against LSU, Dec. 22 at KeyArena in Seattle.
Tickets are available online at www. wsucougars.com. Sales will continue on Monday by phone (800-Go-Cougs) and in person at the ticket office in Pullman.
Baseball
Left-handed pitcher Adam Conley was named the 2009 Top Prospect in the New England Collegiate Baseball League highlighting awards garnered by Washington State student-athletes over the summer.
Pitching for the Keene (N.H.) Swamp Bats, Conley was also named Rookie of the Year, Top Pitcher and all-league first team in the NECBL. He recorded 37 strikeouts while allowing 14 hits, 11 walks and one unearned run in 341/3 innings. He was 2-0 with a save in eight games, including four starts.
Southpaw Rusty Shellhorn was a first-team selection and the Pitcher of the Year in the Prospect League while playing for the North Coast Knights in Lorain, Ohio. He led the league with eight wins and 89 strikeouts and was fourth with a 1.45 earned run average.
In the West Coast League, outfielder Kyle Johnson was named first-team all-league, right-handed pitcher Seth Harvey earned second-team honors, and catcher Kyle Buchanan, left-handed pitcher Spencer Jackson, infielder Tommy Richards and left-handed pitcher Paris Shewey received honorable mention.
Johnson led the Wenatchee AppleSox to a league title by batting .340 with 25 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. Shewey was 3-1 with four saves and 39 strikeouts in 30 innings for Wenatchee. Harvey notched 11 saves and fanned 32 in 271/3 innings for the Bellingham Bells. Richards batted .289 with 10 extra-base hits and 19 RBIs. Buchanan hit .261 with two home runs and 13 RBIs. Jackson was 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA for the Bend Elks.
Triathlon
Roger Thompson 37, of Spokane won the Apple Capital Triathlon in the Wenatchee area last Sunday. He finished the Olympic-distance course in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 48 seconds, more than 12 minutes ahead of any other individual.