Sports briefs for June 13, 2005

Monday, June 13, 2005 | 10:37 a.m.

Spence earns All-America twice

Christine Spence ran and leapt to her third and fourth All-America honors in her career Saturday night as a member of the UNLV track and field team at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Sacramento.

The top eight finishers in each event at the championships earned All-America recognition.

Spence finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles for the second consecutive year and sixth in the high jump to become the first UNLV track and field athlete to earn the All-America designation four times in individual events.

Federer takes title

Roger Federer beat Marat Safin 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the third year in a row in Halle, Germany. He won his 20th consecutive ATP final and 29th consecutive match on grass courts.

Amateur leads seniors

Amateur Frank DeRemer, a 50-year-old postmaster from Lacey, Wash., averaged 262.2 to lead first-round qualifying in the ABC Senior Masters at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

DeRemer totaled 1,311 pins in his five games to lead by 24 pins over PBA national and senior tour titlist Bob Handley.

The tournament continues through Thursday.

Armstrong gets fourth

At Sallanches, France, Lance Armstrong finished fourth overall in the Dauphine Libere, a Tour de France tuneup won Sunday by Spain's Inigo Landaluze for his first professional victory. Armstrong, preparing for a bid at a seventh consecutive Tour de France title next month, was third in the final stage of a race. -- Sun wire services