Arizona's Margo Geer captured a league title in the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday night at the Pac-12 women's swimming championships in Federal Way, Wash.
Geer had a time of 47.59 seconds to edge Stanford's Maddy Schaeffer (47.85), and the Wildcats finished fourth in the three-day meet with 1,128.5 points behind winner Stanford (1,439.5), USC (1,418.5) and California (1,333.5). UA's 400-yard free relay team placed second to Cal by .05 seconds.
Tucson's Caitlin Leverenz of Cal won the 200 breast stroke in 2:07.25.
• In track and field, UA's Jen Bergman (5,000 meters, 15:55.60), Shapri Romero (400 meters, 53.26) and Nicci Corbin (mile, 4:39.47) all posted personal-best marks over the weekend. Bergman's time in Seattle ranks No. 12 in the nation and qualified her for the NCAA Championships.
• The Pima College baseball team swept a doubleheader against Eastern Arizona on Saturday, 5-0 and 6-5. Keith Zuniga (Nogales) threw a complete-game four hitter in the first game, and Jesus Arvizu (Palo Verde) had the winning hit in the eighth inning for the Aztecs (9-10-1, 6-4 league).
• The Pima softball team (15-9, 10-8) dropped a doubleheader to Eastern, 3-1 and 11-1 (five innings).
Tennis
Djokovic takes Dubai title
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Novak Djokovic rallied from a break down in the first set to win his fourth Dubai Championships title in five years, downing third-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday.
The top-ranked Djokovic extended his unbeaten streak this year to 13 matches, which included his third straight Australian Open title.
• Edouard Roger-Vasselin upset top-seeded John Isner of the U.S. 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Delray Beach (Fla.) International Tennis Championships.
Isner couldn't find his form despite Roger-Vasselin playing in his first career ATP World Tour semifinal. Qualifier Ernests Gulbis upset No. 2 seed Tommy Haas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2) in the other semifinal.
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1 at the Malaysian Open to reach her first WTA singles final in two years against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.
MISCELLANEOUS
Peyton Manning honored again
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Peyton Manning won his seventh NFL 101 Award on Saturday night as AFC offensive player of the year. He came back from a neck injury to throw for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns and lead Denver to a 13-3 mark.
Other honorees included: Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson for NFC offensive player of the year; Houston defensive end J.J. Watt for AFC defensive player of the year; San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith for NFC defensive player of the year; Chuck Pagano and Bruce Arians of the Colts were co-winners for AFC coach of the year; and Pete Carroll of the Seahawks for NFC coach of the year.
• The Dallas Cowboys signed center Phil Costa to a $2.7 million, two-year contract, pulling off a deal to save salary cap space.
• In Milan, Joshua Farris, Jason Brown and Shotaro Omori's 1-2-3 finish Saturday for the United States was the first sweep in the men's event by any country at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Russia swept the women's event. The U.S. men's previous best showing came in 1987, when Rudy Galindo won the title and Todd Eldredge was second.
• In Albuquerque, Jenn Suhr set a women's pole vault indoor record by clearing 16 feet 5 1/2 inches at the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships.
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