Lochte qualifies at US nationals; Vollmer retires
Ryan Lochte qualified for the C final in the 200meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships in Stanford, California.
The 12- time Olympic medalist grabbed the seventh of eight spots during Friday's preliminaries in 53.25 seconds.
Lochte failed to qualify for the 200 freestyle final Thursday, finishing 37th overall in prelims. He's competing this week for the fi rst ti me since the recent end of a 14-month suspension for receiving an i nfusion of vi t amin B-12 above the allowable limit.
Dana Vollmer, a seventime Olympic medalist, swam the final race of her career in the 100 fly prel i ms. She finished 32nd overall in 59.94 and failed to advance to the final.
Former Wisconsin football player found not guilty of rape
A jury deliberated for just 30 minutes on Friday before it acquitted former University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Ceph us on charges alleging that he sexu-ally assaulted two female students.
Cephus, 21, was suspended from the football team last August and was expelled from the university earlier this year for violating its non-academic misconduct code. It wasn't immediately clear how t he verdict would affect his status with the school and team.
He was charged with second-and thirddegree sexual assault for the alleged attack on
the women, who were 18 years old when they say Cephus sexually assaulted them at his apartment last year. They testified earlier this week that they were too drunk to consent to sex.
Meyer texts: Alabama offered Smith job after `17 season
F o r m e r O h i o S t a t e c o a c h U r b a n M e y e r encouraged Zach Smith to stay with the Buckeyes in January 2018 after the t h e n - a s s i s t a n t c o a c h was pursued by Alabama, according to texts messages from Meyer to Smith.
On Friday, Ohio State released thousands of pages of heavily redacted texts and email that were part of an external investigation conducted last August into Meyer's handling of Smith and what he knew about allegations of domestic violence made by Smith's ex-wife, Courtney Smith. Meyer was suspended for the first three games of last season by Ohio State after the investigation. After the season he retired at 54, citing health concerns. He is now working as an analyst with Fox Sports.
In two texts dated January 2018, one to Ohio State's president, Meyer writes Smith was offered an assistant coaching job by Alabama. In a text exchange with Smith dated Jan. 18, 2018, Meyer writes: “I have personally invested far too much in u to get u in position to take next step.”