Athletics

US Olympic trials

Top results on Friday from the US Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field (top three in most finals qualify for London Olympics provided they have met qualification standards):

Men

400 meters - 1st round: 1. LaShawn Merritt 45.36sec, 2. Josh Mance 45.38, 3. Tony McQuay 45.41, 4. Bryshon Nellum 45.58, 5. Aldrich Bailey 45.59

800 meters - 1st round: 1. Tyler Mulder 1min 46.81sec, 2. Ryan Martin 1:46.92, 3. Nicholas Symmonds 1:46.94, 4. Mark Wieczorek 1:47.05, 5. Brian Gagnon 1:47.10,

10,000m - Final: 1. Galen Rupp 27:25.33, 2. Matt Tegenkamp 27:33.94, 3. Dathan Ritzenhein 27:36.09, 4. Chris Derrick 27:40.23, 5. Aaron Braun 27:41.54,

Long Jump - Qualifying (Top 12 advance to final): 1. Will Claye 7.98m, 2. Ronald Taylor 7.93, 3. Christian Taylor 7.89, 4. Norris Frederick 7.84, 5. George Fields 7.79,

Decathlon - (Leaders after five of 10 events): 1. Ashton Eaton 4,728 points (10.21secs 100m, 8.23m LJ, 14.20m SP, 2.05m HJ, 46.70 400m), 2. Trey Hardee 4,406, 3. Bryan Clay 4,252, 4. Gray Horn 4,084, 5. Ed Broadbent 4,033,

Women

100 meters - 1st round: 1. Tianna Madison 11.10sec, 2. Jeneba Tarmoh 11.16, 3. Alexandria Anderson 11.19, 4. Allyson Felix 11.19, 5. Octavious Freeman 11.20,

400m - 1st round: 1. Francena McCorory 51.11, 2. Dee Dee Trotter 51.64, 3. Sanya Richards-Ross 51.69, 4. Jessica Beard 51.75, 5. Natasha Hastings 51.86,

800m - 1st round: 1. Molly Beckwith 2:00.61, 2. Phoebe Wright 2:00.83, 3. Brenda Martinez 2:01.43, 4. Heather Kampf 2:01.54, 5. Alysia Montano 2:02.61, 10,000m - Final: 1. Amy Hastings 31:58.36, 2. Natosha Rogers 31:59.21, 3. Shalane Flanagan 31:59.69, 4. Lisa Uhl 32:03.46, 5. Alisha Williams 32:08.51,

100m hurdles - 1st round: 1. Kellie Wells 12.68, 2. Christina Manning 12.77, 3. Dawn Harper 12.79, 4. Danielle Carruthers 12.88, =4. Brianna Rollins 12.88,

Discus - Qualifying (top 12 advance to final): 1. Stephanie Brown-Trafton 62.83m, 2. Aretha Thurmond 60.21, 3. Elizabeth Podominick 59.92, 4. Shelbi Vaughan 59.05, 5. Suzy Powell-Roos 57.66.

Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Friday (home team in CAPS):

BALTIMORE 2 Washington 1

PITTSBURGH 4 Detroit 1

Atlanta 4 BOSTON 1

Toronto 12 MIAMI 5

NY METS 6 NY Yankees 4

Minnesota 5 CINCINNATI 4

TEXAS 4 Colorado 1

Cleveland 2 HOUSTON 0

Milwaukee 1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0 (10 innings)

St. Louis 11 KANSAS CITY 4

ARIZONA 6 Chicago Cubs 1

SAN DIEGO 9 Seattle 5

LA ANGELS 8 LA Dodgers 5

San Francisco 5 OAKLAND 4

Golf

BMW International Open

Leading and selected second round scores in the BMW International Open at Gut Larchenhof GC, Cologne, on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

133 - Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 67-66

135 - Chris Wood 65-70, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 64-71, Danny Willett 65-70, Paul McGinley 65-70

136 - Thomas Norret (DEN) 67-69, Shiv Kapur (IND) 66-70

137 - Joost Luiten (NED) 68-69, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 68-69, Matthew Nixon 71-66, Dylan Frittelli (RSA) 69-68, Oscar Floren (SWE) 67-70

138 - Michael Campbell (NZL) 70-68, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 71-67, Andrew Marshall 71-67, Rhys Davies 69-69, Simon Dyson 68-70, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 64-74, Richard Sterne (RSA) 69-69, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 70-68

139 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 69-70, Bernhard Langer (GER) 72-67, Christian Nilsson (SWE) 68-71, Steve Webster 69-70, Marcel Siem (GER) 68-71, David Lynn 69-70, David Drysdale 69-70, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 69-70, Keith Horne (RSA) 66-73

140 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 67-73, Ross Fisher 70-70, Richard McEvoy 69-71, Pelle Edberg (SWE) 66-74, Simon Khan 69-71, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 69-71, Wil Besseling (NED) 71-69, Gary Boyd 71-69, Stephen Gallacher 67-73, Richard Green (AUS) 67-73, Alastair Forsyth 69-71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 71-69

LPGA scores

Leading scores on Friday during the second round of the $1.3 million Manulife Financial LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, seven players yet to finish second round):

133 - Inbee Park (KOR) 69-64

134 - Brittany Lang 69-65, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 66-68, Hee-Kyung Seo (KOR) 66-68

135 - So Yeon Ryu (KOR) 70-65, Chella Choi (KOR) 69-66, Katie Futcher 68-67, Sun Young Yoo (KOR) 68-67, Karin Sjodin (SWE) 67-68, Lexi Thompson 66-69, Sandra Changkija 63-72

136 - Stacy Lewis 72-64, Jodi Ewart (GBR) 68-68, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 64-72

137 - Nicole Hage 72-65, Kris Tamulis 70-67, Paula Creamer 69-68, Mi Jung Jur (KOR) 69-68, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 67-70

138 - Jennifer Song 71-67, Karen Stupples (GBR) 70-68, Jeong Jang (KOR) 70-68, Jennifer Johnson 69-69, Seon Hwa Lee (KOR) 68-70, Amy Yang (KOR) 68-70, Angela Stanford 67-71

Tennis

ATP/WTA Eastbourne

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Men

Quarterfinals

Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-2, 7-6 (4); Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Andreas Seppi (ITA x3) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 7-5, 2-1 retired; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-6 (5), 6-4

Semifinals

Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-3, 3-1 - retired; Andreas Seppi (ITA x3) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-5, 6-1

Women

Semifinals

Tamira Paszek (AUT) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x4) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE), 6-0, 6-3

ATP/WTA s-Hertogenbosch

Friday's results (x denotes seeded player):

Women

Semifinals

Nadia Petrova (RUS x8) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-4, 6-2; Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Kim Clijsters (BEL) walk over - stomach injury

Quarterfinals

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x6) 6-4, 7-6 (5)

Men

Semifinals

David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Beno?t Paire (FRA) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1; Philipp Petzschner (GER) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 7-5, 7-5.

China Daily

(China Daily 06/24/2012 page12)