Sports shorts: Wildcat women capture relay at Stanford Invitational

Arizona's quartet of sophomore Shapri Romero, senior Echos Blevins, sophomore Tamara Pridgett and junior Georganne Moline won in a time of 3 minutes 35.60 seconds.

"I'm really excited about how the women's 4x400-meter relay team ran today," UA coach Fred Harvey said in a news release. "They kept Tamara Pridgett at the third leg and they ran 3:35.60 and crushed Stanford, which is always a good thing in my mind. We still have a lot more in the tank in that relay."

• The UA gymnastics team ended its season with a fourth-place finish Saturday at the NCAA gymnastics regional in Seattle. The Wildcats had 195.075 points. Alabama (197.025) and LSU (196.075) advanced from the regional.

• The UA men's golf team shot an 11-over 295 Saturday to finish 11th at the ASU/Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe. The Wildcats finish the 54-hole event with an 30-over 882 in the 17-team event. California (17-under 835) topped the field. Arizona was led by sophomore Erik Oja, who tied for 16th place at 2-under 211.

• The Arizona women's tennis team lost 5-2 to No. 1 UCLA Saturday in Los Angeles.

• The UA men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to top-ranked USC at Robson Tennis Center on Saturday.

• The UA club rugby team defeated Arizona State 34-7 win Saturday afternoon at Murphey Stadium.

Rowing

Race disrupted by protester

MORTLAKE, England - The Boat Race, one of England's most historic sporting events, was brought to a standstill Saturday when a protester jumped into the River Thames and narrowly avoided being struck by the oars of the Oxford and Cambridge crews.

An intruder protesting against elitism and privilege brought both boats to a standstill just over halfway through the 4 2/3-mile race when he swam into the middle of the river. When the contest restarted after a 31-minute delay, Oxford's German rower, Dr. Hanno Wienhausen, lost half of his oar after the crews clashed, leaving Cambridge an almost unchallenged path to a 4 1/2-length win.

To add to the drama, Oxford bow man Dr. Alexander Woods was taken to a hospital after collapsing post-race. Paramedics said Woods was in a stable condition but would be kept overnight for monitoring. The reason for his collapse remains unknown.

Miscellaneous

Messi reaches 60 goals in season

BARCELONA, Spain - Lionel Messi scored twice to become the first player since 1973 with 60 goals in a season for a club in a major European league, leading Barcelona to a 4-1 win at Zaragoza on Saturday.

• Kei Kamara scored on a diving header late in the first half as host Sporting Kansas City beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Saturday to improve to 5-0 and become the first club to begin a season with five regulation wins since Los Angeles opened 12-0 in 1996, the inaugural year of the MLS.

• The Pima College baseball team split a doubleheader with visiting Central Arizona on Saturday. The Aztecs took the first game 4-1 before CAC won 4-2 in 10 innings.

• The host Pima College softball team bounced back from a 7-4 loss in the first game to salvage a split with a 5-2 win in its doubleheader against South Mountain on Saturday.

• Monique Lamoureux-Kolls scored three goals and twin sister Jocelyne Lamoureux had two in the three-time defending champion United States' 9-2 victory over Canada on Saturday in the Women's World Hockey Championships in Burlington, Vt.

• Former NFL star Warren Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and alimony, according to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in South Florida.

Includes material from news releases