Originally published Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 9:48 PM
UW's James Alaka repeats as 200 champ in Pac-12 meet | NW Briefs
The junior from London became the first Husky to win back-to-back conference titles in a sprint event, repeating as 200-meter champion with a lifetime-best 20.45 seconds.
EUGENE, Ore. — Washington's James Alaka became the first Husky to win back-to-back conference titles in a sprint event, repeating as 200-meter champion with a lifetime-best 20.45 seconds on Sunday at the Pac-12 track and field championships.
His time is under the 'A' standard for this summer's London Olympics, the ultimate goal for the junior from London.
Alaka, last year's Pac-12 champion in the 100, also ran a career-best 10.22 seconds in that event but was runner-up behind USC's Aaron Brown (10.18).
Alaka's 200 victory was one of eight top-three finishes for UW on the final day of the meet. The Washington men tied for fifth with 78 points, their best finish in six years. Oregon's men won their sixth consecutive title with 140 points. Washington State (56.5) was eighth.
Oregon's women ran away with their fourth straight title. Washington's women were sixth, tying their best conference finish since 1998. WSU was ninth.
Baseball
• Freshman Andrew Ely hit a tying, two-run, pinch-hit homer in the seventh inning for Washington, but UCLA scored two in the eighth to beat the Huskies 4-2 at Husky Ballpark. The No. 11 Bruins (35-13, 15-9) completed a series sweep of UW (26-11, 11-13).
• Brett Mooneyham pitched seven shutout innings and 11th-ranked Stanford (32-14, 14-10) completed a three-game Pac-12 sweep of Washington State with a 6-1 victory in Stanford, Calif. Kyle Johnson had three hits for the Cougars (24-23, 9-14).
• A day after collecting 17 hits in a win over Ohio State, Seattle University was held to five in a 7-2 loss to the Buckeyes (30-22) in Columbus. Trent Oleszczuk was 2 for 2 with a pair of walks for the Redhawks (22-24).
Softball
Stacey Hagensen tossed a three-hitter as Pacific Lutheran (40-11) beat Claremont Mudd-Scripps 5-1 in Tyler, Texas, to advance to Monday's NCAA Division III regional championship game.
From sports-information reports.










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