OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Missy Franklin has advanced to the semifinals of the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
The 17-year-old from Colorado had the third-fastest qualifying time in Wednesday morning’s preliminaries at 1 minute, 58.62 seconds. Allison Schmitt and Dana Vollmer, both already on the U.S. team for the London Games, were first and second.
Schmitt led the way in 1:58.02 and Vollmer touched in 1:58.34. Also moving on to the evening semifinals was Elizabeth Beisel, who was 13th.
Katie Hoff is looking doubtful to make her third straight Olympics after finishing 20th. Her time of 2:00.58 was 0.32 seconds off the 16th and last spot for the semis. She failed to advance out of the 400 free prelims a day earlier. Her only remaining event is the 800 free.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Roush Fenway Racing has made its choice between two young drivers in need of additional seat time.
The team has picked Ricky Stenhouse Jr. over Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne to replace Matt Kenseth in the Sprint Cup Series next season. Kenseth is leaving at the end of the season.
Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark says Stenhouse was selected because he’ll have three full seasons in the Nationwide Series when he makes the move.
Bayne has not run a full season since 2010. He is currently running a limited Cup schedule for The Wood Brothers, the team he took to Victory Lane in last year’s Daytona 500. He’s been slowed by sponsorship problems since.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah and Michigan will play a home-and-home series in football beginning with a game in Ann Arbor in 2014.
The first game of the series is scheduled for Sept. 20, 2014, in Michigan Stadium. Utah will host Michigan in Rice-Eccles Stadium on Sept. 3, 2015, the season-opener for both.
The 2015 game will mark the second time the two teams have opened their season against each other. Utah opened its undefeated 2008 season with a 25-23 victory over the Wolverines.
The overall series is tied 1-1.
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