Parmenter Finishes Fifth in 400 Medley

Jennifer Parmenter finished fifth in the 400-meter individual medley Thursday night at the U.S. Swimming Championships in Fresno.

Parmenter, a senior at Granada Hills High, finished in 4:46.66, four seconds behind Maddy Crippen of Philadelphia.

Carly Geehr, 13, from La Canada Flintridge, placed eighth in the 200 freestyle, timing 2:02.59.

DIVING

Battling a foot injury, Troy Dumais of Ventura finished second behind Mark Ruiz in the one-meter springboard at the U.S. Championships in Atlanta.

Swelling in his foot prevented Dumais, a Buena High graduate and freshman at Texas, from winning his first one-meter event since taking gold in the 1997 world junior championships.

“Sure, I would have liked to win, but it just didn’t work out,” Dumais said. “Mark was really on tonight and given what I was up against I feel pretty good about what I did.”

Justin Dumais, Troy’s older brother, was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

VOLLEYBALL

Cal State Northridge received a men’s letter of intent from J.P. Jandreau, a 6-foot-4 outside hitter from Corona del Sol High in Phoenix.

“He was the best player not signed at [the Junior Olympics],” said Northridge Coach Jeff Campbell.

Campbell compared Jandreau to departing Northridge senior Chad Strickland, who finished third on the school career charts in kills and digs.

“They’re a lot alike,” Campbell said.

Pepperdine’s women are ranked No. 25 in the USA Today/AVCA preseason poll.

The Waves, who finished No. 24 last season with a 23-6 record, are five spots behind West Coast Conference rival Loyola Marymount.

BASEBALL

Mike Amundson, a 1996 graduate of Newbury Park High and a junior at the University of San Diego, pitched a four-hitter in the Beach City Cubs’ 5-0 victory over the San Diego Royals in the championship game of the San Diego Collegiate Baseball League last weekend at Dana Field in Point Loma.

Amundson (6-3) finished the season with a 1.84 earned-run average and 77 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched. The Cubs finished with a 21-10 record.

The last Cal Lu Dawgs Summer Baseball Camp for youngsters 6 to 15 is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Aug. 21 at Cal Lutheran.

The camp will be instructed by the Cal Lutheran coaching staff. Walk-in registration will be accepted the first day of camp. Information: (805) 493-3398.

SOFTBALL

The Panthers Gold 14-and-under team won the Amateur Softball Assn. Junior Olympics national championship last week in Broken Arrow, Okla.

Christina Enea of El Camino Real High batted .450 and drove in six runs, and Lindsey Kontra of Hart batted .400 and was the winning pitcher in three games for the Panthers, who went 7-0 in the tournament.

Elena Ferrero, a freshman at Harvard-Westlake, batted .390, drove in five runs and was the winning pitcher in three games, and Nicole Delfino, a freshman at Hart, batted .300.

Jennifer Parker, who played at Cal State Northridge, was chosen the coach at Valley College.

Parker, 1997 Big West player of the year, is batting .260 with 14 runs batted in for the Tampa Bay FireStix in the Women’s Professional Fastpitch League.

Kodee Murray, coach of the FireStix, resigned her coaching position at Valley after six seasons.

Registration for Northridge Girls ASA Softball League will be taken Saturday and Sunday and Aug. 22-23 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the organization’s facility at 18847 Devonshire St.

Information: (818) 832-9404 or (818) 368-4654.

Tryouts for the Camarillo Commotion 16-and-under travel team will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Camarillo High.

Information: Tom Hartnell, (805) 482-7359.

TENNIS

Bernadette Bayani of Simi Valley defeated Catherine Hawley of Carmel Valley, 7-5, 6-1, and beat Anita Loyola of Tucson, Ariz., 4-6, 6-0, 6-4, in consolation matches in the girls’ 18 division at the USTA national championships at Almaden Valley Athletic Club in San Jose.

Bayani defeated Jamie Larson of Manassas, Va., 6-1, 6-2, and beat Monica Rincon of Lapeer, Miss., 6-0, 7-6 (7-4), in consolation matches Wednesday.

Hawley defeated Erin Boisclair of Agoura Hills, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, in a consolation match but advanced to quarterfinals in doubles with Whitney Laiho by defeating top-seeded Lauren Kalvaria and Gabriela Lastra, 7-6, (7-2), 6-4.

SOCCER

The Valley United Stars’ 13-and-under girls’ team went 6-0 to win the Mission Viejo International tournament last week.

The Stars defeated the Southern California Blues on penalty kicks, 3-2, in the final game after the teams tied, 0-0, in regulation.

Valley United outscored its opponents, 13-4.

EQUESTRIAN

The American Vaulting Assn. Championships are scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank.