Ken Griffey Sr., who spent the last...

Ken Griffey Sr., who spent the last four seasons in the Seattle organization, was hired as the Colorado Rockies’ batting coach.

Swimming

Jessica Foschi, a national-class swimmer on probation for flunking a steroid test, won the preliminary heats of two freestyle events in the New York state public high school championships at Buffalo. Foschi, a 15-year-old sophomore at Friends Academy on Long Island, broke her own state record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4 minutes 46.97 seconds.