Saturday State Sports Briefs: UW tracksters earn All-American status

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DES MOINES, Iowa - Mohammed Ahmed becomes the 26th University of Wisconsin men's track performer to earn All-America honors by finishing seventh in the men’s five-thousand meters at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium, Friday.

Ahmed finished seventh in a time of 13:50.32. UW Jessica Flax finished fourth in the women’s heptathlon with five thousand, 826 points. Dorcas Akinniyi and Deanna Latham gave the Badgers three finishers in the top-10, only the third time in NCAA history that has happened.

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Things are moving much more quickly for the Milwaukee Brewers and their draft picks this year. Last season the Brewers had to wait more than two months to sign their two first-round draft picks. This year it took just four days. Clint Coulter and Victor Roache were signed by yesterday. Coulter is a high school catcher from Washington state and Roache is an outfielder from Georgia Southern University. Coulter will start playing with the Arizona Brewers, while Roache will continue his rehab from a badly broken left wrist.

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MIDWEST LEAGUE BASEBALL

Fort Wayne 5, West Michigan 0

Lake County 14, Dayton 6

Bowling Green 3, Lansing 0

Beloit 7, Burlington 0

Kane County 4, Quad Cities 1

Great Lakes 2, South Bend 0

Peoria 4, Cedar Rapids 2

Wisconsin 7, Clinton 4

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NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

Duluth 9, Rochester 1

Green Bay 4, Madison 1

La Crosse 8, Eau Claire 1

Lakeshore 7, Battle Creek 2

Mankato 3, Thunder Bay 1

St. Cloud 12, Alexandria 9

Willmar 10, Waterloo 4

Wisconsin 3, Wisconsin Rapids 2

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ARENA FOOTBALL

Philadelphia Soul 69, Milwaukee Mustangs 62

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