from the Palo Alto Weekly and the Palo Alto Online staff
Synchro opens FINA World Championships
The synchronized swimming portion of the 2009 FINA World Championships made a splash Saturday with the team tech preliminaries in Rome, Italy. Team USA finished the day in seventh place with a 93.166, advancing the Americans to the team tech finals on Sunday. (Saturday, 5:34 PM)
Stanford baseball player is an all-star
Stanford baseball player Colin Walsh is not sitting on the beach this summer in his hometown of La Jolla. Walsh is playing baseball in Massachusetts, and, on July 23, will be starting in the Cape Cod League's All-Star Game at Fenway Park in Boston. (Friday, 8:45 PM)
 Venus, Serena will play at Bank of the West on the same day
With a combined 18 Grand Slam singles titles between them, Serena and Venus Williams are two of the most popular tennis players in the world. At the Bank of the West Classic on Tuesday, July 28 tennis fans will have the opportunity to see both of these future Hall of Famers play on the same day. (Thursday, 3:16 PM)
Local golfers qualify for Amateur Match Play
Getting into this year's 106th annual NCGA Amateur Match Play golf championship wasn't easy during Wednesday's qualifying, unless one had a free pass. (Thursday, 8:48 AM)
Soccer showdown at Stanford on Sunday
Club America of Mexico will face Italy's FC Internazionale Milano in a World Football Challenge exhibition tournament match in Stanford Stadium on Sunday at 4 p.m. (Thursday, 9:54 AM)
 Stanford rowers heading for World U-23 Championships
This has been a year unlike any other for the Stanford Rowing program, which made history in 2009 by winning its first-ever team and I Eight national women's titles at the NCAA Championships. In addition, head coach Yasmin Farooq was named Division I National Coach of the Year and assistant Vaclav Kacir was tabbed Division I Assistant Coach of the Year. While those honors ended the collegiate season, Stanford rowers are still keeping busy. (Tuesday, 11:44 AM)
 Stanford volleyball players are keeping busy this summer
Current and former members of the Stanford women's volleyball team have such exotic places as Miami and Mexico on their summer schedule, but it's hardly been a vacation for them as members on USA Volleyball rosters. Incoming freshmen Karissa Cook and Hayley Spelman are both members of the U.S. Junior National Team. (Tuesday, 11:11 AM)
• Qualifying field for Bank of West Classic is top notch (Monday, 10:30 AM)
• Palo Alto Oaks split a doubleheader (Monday, 10:57 AM)
• Palo Alto falls in American Legion tourney (Thursday, 9:08 AM)
• A fuller roster pays off for Palo Alto Post 375 (Wednesday, 9:21 AM)
• Palo Alto, Gunn players set for all-star football showdown (Monday, 12:28 PM)
• Palo Alto 13-year-olds win district title (Monday, 9:45 AM)
• Rea's patience pays off in 14s Babe Ruth crown (Monday, 9:09 AM)
• Golfers look for berths in Amateur Match Play (Tuesday, 4:21 PM)
• Stanford's Kim trails in U.S. Public Links golf (Tuesday, 9:19 AM)
• Stanford players help USA women's softball team to title (Sunday, 9:53 PM)
• Pedersen, Pohlen are USA Basketball Golden Girls (Monday, 9:09 AM)
• Cardinal gymnasts headed to U.S. championships (Sunday, 6:52 AM)
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