Savannah Camacho 3rd at JO's

Omaha , Neb.

Savannah Camacho of Paso Robles took third in the youth girls 800-meter run finals in a personal-best 2 minutes, 15.54 seconds at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Burke High.

Camacho, who competed for San Luis Distance Club, was also fourth in the 1,500 in 4:45.2 Sunday.

Also at the venue, Arroyo Grande’s Talley Hill finished third in the bantam girls 1,500 in 5:22.71. Arroyo Grande’s John Nichols and Los Osos’ Neal Clark took 17th and 25th, respectively, in the midget boys 3,000 in 11:04.24 and 11:34.19.

Prague, Czech Republic

Neil Tardiff of Avila Beach and Mike Sullivan of San Luis Obispo have qualified for the U. S. dragon boat team, which will compete at the 2009 International Dragon Boat Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.

Tardiff and Sullivan punched their tickets by taking first as team members in the 200-, 500-and 1,000-meter races at the U. S. Dragon Boat Federation team trials from July 25 to Monday at Marine Stadium in Long Beach.

Buf falo, N. Y.

After 60 days away from Bassmaster Elite tournament fishing, Arroyo Grande’s Jared Lintner jumped back into competition with one of his best starts this season.

Lintner brought a 16-pound, 15-ounce five-fish limit to the scales on Thursday, opening day at Lake Erie and the Niagara tributaries. His effort put him in a tie for 30th place with former Californian Gary Klein.

It was the second best start Lintner has had in his third year on the Elite pro tour. In event No. 3 at Falcon Lake in Texas, he opened with a 26-11 bag and followed up with 25-1 and 19-2 limits for a 71-8 total weight. It was only good for a 47th place finish as prodigious limits were weighed all four days. A record 132 pounds won it and the 12th place angler had 108 pounds for 20 fish.

This is the next to last event on the 2008 schedule. His best opening-round performance was a tie for 17th at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes back in March, while his best finish was a tie for 22nd place at Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia in May.

The 104-man field will be pared to 50 after today’s fishing. Making the cut guarantees at least a $10,000 check. Thus far he has earned $61,250.

Santa Clarita

Twelve-year-old swimmer Zachary Stevens of Arroyo Grande broke a 19-year-old age-group breaststroke record at the Southern California Junior Olympics on Thursday in Santa Clarita.

Following up his recent Southern California record in the 100 breaststroke last week, Stevens finished the 50 in 32.25 seconds, coming in just shy of the national record of 31.86