Sports briefs

Judge won't move trial in Adenhart death

SANTA ANA, Calif. — An Orange County judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a driver accused of killing Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart and two of his friends, rejecting the argument that the man can't get a fair trial in the county where Adenhart played baseball.

"I'm confident a fair jury can be selected to hear this matter," Orange County Superior Court JudgeRichard Toohey said Friday.

An attorney for defendant Andrew Thomas Gallo had requested that the trial be moved outside Orange County given the publicity surrounding the ballplayer's death.

Gallo is charged with three counts of murder, driving under the influence, hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license. According to prosecutors, Gallo ran a red light and crashed into a car driven by Courtney Stewart at a Fullerton intersection. Police said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent — more than twice the legal limit — when he was tested two hours later. Adenhart, 22; Stewart, 22; and Henry Pearson, 25, were killed in the accident. Another friend, Jon Wilhite, was severely injured.

UVU hires Stroshine as strength coach

OREM — Utah Valley University athletic director Mike Jacobsen has announced the hirings of Dave Stroshine as the strength and conditioning coach and Mark Tschaggeny as the director of compliance.

Stroshine, who graduated from Mountain View High School in 1994, holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and technical sales from Weber State University, and he is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Tschaggeny earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from BYU in 2005 and a JD from BYU's J. Reuben Clark School of Law in 2009.

U.S. sprinters get back their relay medals

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Seven U.S. sprinters have won back the Olympic relay medals that were stripped from them because teammate Marion Jones was doping at the time.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday ruled in favor of the women, who appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The court said that rules in 2000 did not allow teams to be affected by one member's doping.