WORLD CHAMP . . . Former Stanford All-America Regina Jacobs has accomplished something no other American female distance runner has--capturing a gold medal at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships. Jacobs, who now lives and trains in Oakland, put her name in the U.S. record books by winning the women's 1,500 meters Sunday in Barcelona, Spain. Jacobs, 31, won in four minutes, 12.61 seconds. Jacobs, who has a career best of 4:00.46 outdoors, said she was ready to run as fast as 4:05 to win. She promised to share the gold medal with her training partner, Floyd, her pet poodle.
ALMOST A TITLE . . . Palo Alto High graduate Dave Weaver is making a habit of helping the Vikings to successful seasons. As a senior on Paly's 1993 basketball team, Weaver was a main figure in helping the Vikings capture the state Division III championship. This season, as a member of the West Valley Vikings' basketball team, Weaver played an important role as West Valley reached the state championship game before falling to Ventura, 80-61, Saturday at UC Irvine. Weaver scored 16 points in the title game, which left his latest Vikings team at 32-3. In a 101-81 semifinal win over Hartnell, Weaver came off the bench for 10 points. He tallied 19 points in a 103-90 quarterfinal win over Riverside.
LACROSSE EXHIBITION . . . The Palo Alto Tomahawks, a local high school lacrosse club, will play an exhibition game Thursday against Boy's Latin of Baltimore, one of the top 10 high school lacrosse teams in the nation. Game time is 3:30 p.m. at Terman Field. Boy's Latin was in the area last week to compete in the ninth annual Golden Gate Invitational at Mountain View High. Three members of the Tomahawks--Geoff Ashton, Chris Dreisbach and Frank Lemes--played in the tournament as members of the Northern California All-Stars. The trio will be on the field Thursday, competing for coach Mike Vogel's Tomahawks against Boy's Latin.
SOFTBALL CLINIC . . . The Stanford softball team will present another in its series of pitching clinics on Saturday at Ford Center, from 9-11 a.m. Interested pitchers must supply their own catcher and softball. Tennis shoes will be worn in the gym. Cost is $10. The clinic is open to pitchers of all ages. Additional clinics will be held April 22, May 20 and June 10--all outdoors. Information: 725-0736.
MARCH MADNESS . . . Palo Alto High Sports Boosters will be hosting an alumni game and auction party Saturday, in order to raise funds to resurface the Paly tennis courts. The alumni basketball game will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Paly gym, followed by the auction at the Cubberley High cafeteria from 7-9 p.m.
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