Henderson Wins Twice for UCLA at Regional Meet

Monique Henderson may have an Olympic gold medal, but she still wants an NCAA track title.

The UCLA senior came a step closer to her goal on Saturday when she easily outran the competition in the 200- and 400-meter events at the NCAA West Regional at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene.

Henderson will run in both events at the NCAA championships June 8-11 in Sacramento. The Bruin women are the defending national team champions, but Henderson, surprisingly, hasn’t won a national individual title.

Henderson ran her season-best in the 400 meters well ahead of the rest of the field in 50.78 seconds. She ran the 200 in 22.72 -- just before the cloudy skies crackled with thunder. Severe weather delayed events later in the afternoon.

The top five finishers in each individual event and the top three in the relay receive automatic berths to Sacramento. Top-eight finishers will be considered for at-large bids.

USC’s Wes Felix won the men’s 200 meters in 20.58. Fellow Trojan Virginia Powell, one of the top hurdlers in the country, won the 100-meter hurdles in 12.81. She won the 60-meter hurdles at this year’s NCAA indoor championships.

In the men’s 800 meters, Washington sophomore Ryan Brown beat UCLA senior Jon Rankin in a very close race. Brown’s winning time was 1:48.191, while Rankin was timed at 1:48.195.

USC’s Jesse Williams cleared 7 feet 4 1/2 inches to win the high jump.

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Old Dominion’s Izak van der Merwe pulled off his third upset in four days to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA men’s tennis championships with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over UCLA sophomore Benjamin Kohlloeffel.... Baylor freshman Zuzana Zemenova rallied to beat Northwestern freshman Audra Cohen, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, in the final of the NCAA women’s tennis championship at Athens, Ga.

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Johns Hopkins advanced to the NCAA men’s lacrosse national title game for the second time in three years, rallying to beat Virginia, 9-8, at Philadelphia.

Hopkins’ Jake Byrne scored with 1.4 seconds left in regulation to tie the score at 8-8, and Benson Erwin scored the winner with 50.7 seconds left in overtime.

Top-seeded Johns Hopkins will face second-seeded Duke, an 18-9 winner over No. 3 Maryland, in Monday’s title game.

World Soccer

Celtic won its 33rd Scottish Cup on Saturday, beating Dundee United, 1-0, and giving departing Coach Martin O’Neill a final trophy.

Celtic scored in the 11th minute when Alan Thompson’s free kick went in off Dundee United defender Garry Kenneth.

Bayern Munich completed its fifth double when Hasan Salihamidzic came off the bench to score the deciding goal in a 2-1 win over Schalke in the German Cup final.

Bayern, which has won 18 Bundesliga titles, claimed its 12th cup title.

AC Milan Coach Carlo Ancelotti said that “false reports” about his team celebrating a 3-0 halftime lead during the Champions League final against Liverpool hurt more the eventual defeat.

Ancelotti and captain Paolo Maldini denied a story in Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport that halftime celebrations by Milan players inspired Liverpool to rally to 3-3 and win Wednesday’s match on penalty kicks.

Swimming

Seven meet records fell during the second day of competition at the Speed Grand Challenge swim meet in Irvine.

U.S. Olympian Natalie Coughlin dominated the 100-meter butterfly and won in a meet-record 58.92 seconds, almost two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Alena Popchanka.

USC junior Ous Mellouli set a meet record in the 400 individual medley (4:21.19).