• Rincon suspended • UH Coed Sailing team qualifies for Dinghy Nationals Rincon suspended NEW YORK — Minnesota Twins pitcher Juan Rincon was suspended for 10 days Monday, making him the fifth player disciplined under Major League Baseball’s new policy
• Rincon suspended
• UH Coed Sailing team qualifies for Dinghy Nationals
Rincon suspended
NEW YORK — Minnesota Twins pitcher Juan Rincon was suspended for 10 days Monday, making him the fifth player disciplined under Major League Baseball’s new policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
Rincon’s agent, Ed Setlik, said a grievance was planned. But unlike other penalties, suspensions under this policy take effect immediately and are not delayed pending a hearing.
Rincon was a key contributor to the Twins’ AL Central-winning team last season. He went 11-6 with two saves and a 2.63 ERA in 77 games. This year, the right-handed reliever was 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 appearances.
Rincon has a $440,000 salary this year. The suspension will cost him $24,044.
The penalty also will hurt Rincon’s chances to earn bonuses of $10,000 for appearing in 68 games, $20,000 for 73 games and $30,000 for 78 games.
UH Coed Sailing team qualifies for Dinghy Nationals
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The University of Hawai‘i coed team capped a successful weekend in California by finishing in a tie for first at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association Dinghy Championships hosted, Apr. 30 to May 3 by USC.
By finishing as a top two qualifier, the coed team returns for the fifth straight year to the Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s Dinghy National Championships where they will defend their 2004 title.
Hawai‘i tied USC at the top of the standings with a point total of 112. The two teamms were dominant over the weekend with the nearest competitor, third place Stanford, finishing 38 points off the pace.
A total of 40 races, 20 each in A and B Divisions, took place in excellent conditions.
Sailing for Hawai‘i were All-Americans Jennifer Warnock and Bryan Lake who were tops in the A division with 47 points. Junior Scott DeCurtis, freshhman Rebecca Mabardy, junior Matthew Stine, sophomore Cassandra Harris, and sophomore Shandy Buckley sailed in the B division.
A week after failing to qualify for the women’s nationals for the first time in eight years, Hawai‘i turned everything around this week with the coed team qualifying for both the Dinghy and Team Race National Championships.
The coed team had earlier qualified for the Team Race Nationals by finishing second in the PCYRIA Championships on Apr. 29.
The ICSA Team Race National Championships will be held in Austin, Texas from June 5 to 7, with the Coed Dinghy National Championships held June 8 to 10.
The University of Hawai‘i coed team is currently ranked 20th in the nation by “Sailing World.”
