European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april stars and stripes Page 43 swimmer Phelps claims fifth Gold medal in worlds the associated press Melbourne Australia Michael Phelps set another world record in the Pool Friday night this time he needed help from his american teammates including Ryan Lochte who set two world records in the world championships overshadowed by bigger names on the mens team and a frequent runner up Lochte emerged in his own right with a stunning Victory in the 200meter backstroke snapping teammate Aaron Peirsoll seven year win Ning Streak Lochte came Back later and joined Phelps Klete Keller and Peter Vanderkaay for a world record Victory in the 800 freestyle relay making Phelps 5for5 this week with four world records in As Many Days the quartet touched first in 7 minutes seconds lowering the time of set by austra Lia at the 2001 world Champion ships in Fukuoka Japan it was locates second world record of the night to go with his new Standard in the 200 Back stroke the United states owns a Lead ing 23 medals through six Days including 13 golds Australia has 15 medals and six golds fridays records made it 12 during the meet with 10 set by the Ameri cans sports briefs in the backstroke Lochte notched a world record and a Gold medal Over Peirsol the worlds dominant backstroke who haunt lost a 200 internationally since the 2000 Sydney olym pics Kosuke Kitajima of Japan re gained the 200 breaststroke world title he lost two years ago in Montreal he did so without Rac ing rival and world record Holder Brendan Hansen who withdrew from the preliminaries because of a virus Kitajima the current olympic and 2003 world Champion won in seconds ahead of aussie Brenton Rickard Leisel Jones of Australia easily completed a sweep of the Wom ens breaststroke events winning the 200 by seconds Libby Lenton of Australia Defeated a loaded Field in the Wom ens too freestyle winning in the second fastest time in history Purdue or stabbed in Chest West Lafayette ind Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon was hospitalized in critical condition Friday hours after being stabbed in the Chest Lymon arrived at a Hospital about with a Stab wound to the upper Chest and told medi Cal workers he was attacked at a nightclub near the Campus said John Walker Deputy chief of West Lafayette police depart ment Lymon 20 of fort Wayne was listed in critical but stable Condi Tion at St Elizabeth medical Cen Ter in Lafayette Hospital spokes Man Matthew Gates said police officers were called to the parking lot of Nicks night club about to a report of a fight in Progress Walker said officers found about 30 people gathered in the lot but they dispersed without incident Lymon played in 13 games including 12 starts for the boiler makers last season As a Sopho More he ranked fourth on team with 33 receptions for 580 Yards and three touchdowns and led Purdue with a Yard per catch average Twenty year Low for Blacks in majors last season new York Only per cent of major league players last season were Black the lowest percentage in at least two decades As recently As percent of big leagues were Black according to Richard Lapchick director of the University of Cen trial Florida Institute for diversity and ethics in sports nine percent were Black in both 2004 and 2005 and the cur rent figure is the lowest since at least the mid1980s he said just 3 percent of pitchers were Blacks in 2006 Lapchick said thursday in his annual study the same As the previous year Lapchick gave baseball a for racial diversity the same As last year and a for gender up from a c its Overall Grade improved from to b Lapchick gave baseball a for race and a c for gender for its senior administration hiring when it came to team vice presi dents he gave a b for race and an f for gender he gave a d for Gen eral Williams of the Chicago White sox is the Only Black pm and Omar Minaya of the new York mets is the Only latino pm for the Central offices he gave an for race and an a for gender Bob Dupuy baseballs chief operating officer did not respond to an email seeking comment regents approve raise for Gillispie College station Texas Texas Billy Gillispie has agreed to a new contract that puts him among the highest paid coaches in the big 12 a school spokesman said Friday Texas spokesman Alan Cannon said Gillispie sign the Deal approved by re gents Friday until he returned from the final four in Atlanta next week Gillispie who was courted by Arkansas and has been mentioned As a candidate for the Ken Tucky opening would get a raise to million big 12 Leader Rick Barnes of Texas makes million Kan Sas Bill self who was Gill spies Boss at Tulsa and Illinois makes million the 47yearold Gillispie took the aggie to the Mcaa tournaments round of 16 this year for the first time since 1980 was just three years re moved from finishing 016 in the 12 Brown staying at Albany Albany Albany coach will Brown has agreed to a contract Extension that runs through 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