THE SIDELINES : Long Jumper Suspended for Drugs

Racquel Andrews, a long jumper at Prairie View A&M; University, has been suspended from competition for two years after testing positive for a banned substance, The Athletics Congress announced today.

Andrews tested positive at the U.S. intermediate track and field championships at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Tex., in June, TAC said. The banned substance was not identified by TAC, the governing body for track and field in the United States.

Andrews, of Houston, did not request a hearing after being notified of the positive test. Her suspension is retroactive to July 21.

She is the second athlete from that meet to be suspended. Mary Beaumont, a 5,000-meter runner from Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Neb., served a three-month suspension.