Athletics

US athletics championships

DES MOINES, Iowa - Principal results on Friday at the US Athletics Championships, selection meeting for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow on August 10-18:

Men

100m's Final (1.1m/sec)

1. Tyson Gay 9.75, 2. Justin Gatlin 9.89, 3. Charles Silmon 9.98 (9.972), 4. Michael Rodgers 9.98 (9.974), 5. Rakieem Salaam 10.01, 6. Dentarius Locke 10.05, 7. Isiah Young 10.12, Trell Kimmons DNF

Pole Vault

Final: 1. Brad Walker 5.65m, 2. Jeremy Scott 5.65m, 3. Jack Whitt 5.60m, 4. Jeffrey Coover 5.60m, 5. Dustin DeLeo 5.60m, 6. Andrew Irwin 5.55m

Hammer

Final: 1. AG Kruger 75.52m, 2. Chris Cralle 74.55m, 3. Andrew Loftin 73.63m

Discus

Final: 1. Lance Brooks 62.29m, 2. Russ Winger 62.03m, 3. James Plummer 61.96m

Women

100m's final (1.8m/sec)

1. English Gardner 10.85, 2. Octavious Freeman 10.87, 3. Alexandria Anderson 10.91, 4. Jeneba Tarmoh 10.93, 5. Barbara Pierre 10.94, 6. Aurieyall Scott 11.00, 7. Muna Lee 11.00, 8. Charonda Williams 11.09

Heptathlon

Final standings

1. Sharon Day 6,550 pts, 2. Bettie Wade 6,018, 3. Erica Bougard 5,990, 4. Ryann Krais 5,957, 5. Heather Miller 5,945, 6. Chelsea Carrier-Ead 5,940

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS)

CHICAGO CUBS 3 Houston 1

CLEVELAND 5 Minnesota 1

NY YANKEES 6 Tampa Bay 2

WASHINGTON 2 Colorado 1

NY Mets 4 PHILADELPHIA 3

TORONTO 7 Baltimore 6

Boston 10 DETROIT 6

Chicago White Sox 9 KANSAS CITY 1

MILWAUKEE 2 Atlanta 0

Texas 6 ST. LOUIS 4

ARIZONA 11 Cincinnati 5

Pittsburgh 5 LA ANGELS 2

Oakland 6 SEATTLE 3

SAN DIEGO 5 LA Dodgers 2

Miami 6 SAN FRANCISCO 3

Golf

LPGA Northwest Arkansas Championship

ROGERS, Arkansas - Leading scores on Friday after the first round (par-71, USA unless noted):

65 - Mika Miyazato (JPN)

66 - Ryu So-Yeon (KOR), Angela Stafford

67 - Mina Harigae, Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Christel Boeljon (NED), Sarah Kemp (AUS), Chie Arimura (JPN), Danielle Kang, Stacy Lewis, Azahara Munoz (ESP), Beatriz Recari (ESP), Lisa McCloskey

68 - Momoko Ueda (JPN), Jennifer Johnson, Paula Creamer, Nicole Castrale, Natalie Gulbis, Tseng Ya-Ni (TPE), Morgan Pressel, Shin Jiyai (KOR), Oh Ji-Young (KOR)

69 - Karen Stupples (ENG), Lorie Kane (CAN), Park In-Bee (KOR), Nicole Jeray, Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (CAN), Brooke Pancake, Jennifer Song, Stacy Prammanasudh, Lydia Ko (AUS), Christina Kim, Carlota Giganda (ESP), Maria Hjorth (SWE), Moriya Jutanugarn (THA)

PGA Travelers Championship

CROMWELL, Connecticut - Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the $6.1 million event (par-70, USA unless noted):

130 - Bubba Watson 63-67

132 - Patrick Reed 66-66, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 66-66

133 - Tag Ridings 68-65, Nick O'Hern (AUS) 67-66, Tommy Gainey 66-67, Hunter Mahan 62-71

134 - Charley Hoffman 61-73, Keegan Bradley 69-65, Webb Simpson 65-69, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 67-67

135 - Ricky Barnes 67-68, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 65-70, William McGirt 67-68, J.J. Henry 68-67, Justin Rose (ENG) 67-68, Zach Johnson 65-70, Chris Stroud 66-69, John Rollins 67-68, John Huh 66-69, Jerry Kelly 67-68, Camilo Villegas (COL) 65-70, Kevin Stadler 65-70

136 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 69-67, Marc Leishman (AUS) 66-70, Jim Herman 69-67, George McNeill 69-67, Brendan Steele 68-68, John Merrick 65-71, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR) 68-68, Russell Knox (IRL) 69-67

BMW International Open

MUNICH, Germany - Leading second round scores at the Munchen Eichenried Course in Munich on Friday (par 72, GBR & IRL unless stated):

132 - Ernie Els (RSA) 63 69

133 - Matthew Baldwin 64 69, Alexander Levy (FRA) 65 68

134 - Danny Willett 69 65, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 66 68

135 - Alexander Noren (SWE) 64 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 68 67, Tommy Fleetwood 66 69, Marcel Siem (GER) 67 68, Martin Kaymer (GER) 64 71

136 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 64 72, Peter Uihlein (USA) 70 66, Matthew Nixon 65 71, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 66 70, Peter Lawrie 67 69, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 70 66, Gary Stal (FRA) 68 68

137 - Mark Tullo (CHI) 68 69, Ross Fisher 68 69, Shiv Kapur (IND) 69 68, Joost Luiten (NED) 69 68, Brandon Stone (RSA) 66 71, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 68 69, Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 68 69, Dustin Johnson (USA) 66 71, Callum Macaulay 69 68, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 68 69, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 67 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 69

138 - Martin Wiegele (AUT) 69 69, Oscar Floren (SWE) 68 70, James Morrison 68 70, Scott Jamieson 68 70, Seve Benson 71 67, Oliver Fisher 69 69, Tjaart Van Der Walt (RSA) 70 68, Brett Rumford (AUS) 70 68, Shane Lowry 69 69, Bernd Ritthammer (GER) 68 70, Peter Fowler (AUS) 67 71, David Higgins 67 71

Tennis

Eastbourne ATP-WTA

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's semifinals

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x7) 6-4, 6-3

Women's semifinals

Jamie Hampton (USA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) 6-7 (8/10) 7-5, 6-3; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2, 6-0

's-Hertogenbosch ATP/WTA

Resultson Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's semifinals

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-3, 6-3

Women's semifinals

Simona Halep (ROM) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x3) 6-3, 6-2; Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x4) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 6-3, 6-1

China Daily

(China Daily 06/23/2013 page7)