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© St. Petersburg Times, published March 31, 2001

Mutiny acquires Colorado's Kartes

The Mutiny traded a 2002 second-round Major League Soccer pick and 2003 third-round SuperDraft pick to Colorado Friday for forward Gus Kartes.

The 19-year-old Tarpon Springs native, who trained with the team as a guest player throughout the preseason, was claimed by Colorado one week ago in a weighted lottery after his clearance from the Greek federation.

"This was a no-brainer on our part," Mutiny president and general manager Bill Manning said. "For the first time in team history, we have a local product who has gone through the FYSA system.

"Gus' return will help create excitement among our fans, especially those in the Greek community. Best of all, Gus in going to make us a better team."

In Plant City, Mamadou Diallo scored two first-half goals and assisted on the first goal of the second half as the Mutiny closed its preseason with a 4-0 victory over the Plant City All-Stars at Otis Andrews Field. Diallo, who had two goals on penalty kicks in other preseason matches, got his first two goals from the field in the 17th and 45th minutes. His first score was from Carlos Valderrama and his second came from Steve Ralston. Also, Kartes scored on a Diallo assist and Ali Curtis scored from Kevin Anderson.

SWIMMING: Michael Phelps became the youngest American to set a world record, winning the 200-meter butterfly in 1 minute, 54.92 seconds at the USA Championships in Austin, Texas. Phelps, a 15-year-old sophomore at North Towson High School in Baltimore, broke the record of 1:55.18 set by Olympic gold medalist Tom Malchow.

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Blair Varnes struck out a career-high 13 and Ryan Barthelemy had five RBI as host Florida State beat Wake Forest 12-3. ... Jon Smith extended his unbeaten streak to six games, pitching eight strong innings in Cal State-Fullerton's 8-2 win against host Miami. ... Peter Nystrom's two-run double in the 10th inning broke a 6-6 tie and gave visiting Florida a 9-6 victory against Vanderbilt. The Commodores tied it at 6 in the sixth when Chris Broadus drove in Kyle FluBacker with a groundout. ... Memphis' Josh Payne drove in three runs, including two in the top of the ninth of an 8-5 win against South Florida. ... Third baseman Billy Kickham, a senior from Gaither, was 2-for-4 with four RBI to lead host Jacksonville past Campbell 18-3. ... Justin Hancock had two doubles and a home run as host Florida Southern beat Saint Leo 7-5.

COLLEGES: FIU's Michelle Simpson and Rollins' Jennifer Beames shot par 72 to tie for first after the first day of the Florida Women's Collegiate Golf Championships in Miami Lakes. Florida (301) led the team competition, followed by Miami (303). Rollins and FSU (304) were tied for third. USF was seventh at 310.

BOXING: A week after calling promoter Bob Arum "one of the biggest Jews to come out of Harvard" in a story in the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion, Oscar De La Hoya apologized. "I made certain remarks regarding my former promoter, Bob Arum, that I sincerely regret," he said. "I did not mean to insult Bob Arum and his family or any ethnic or religious group in any way. I humbly apologize to anyone the remarks may have offended." ... Paulie Ayala unanimously outpointed challenger Hugo Dianzo to retain his World Boxing Association bantamweight crown in Fort Worth, Texas.

OUTDOORS: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council recommended a three-year moratorium on new charter-boat permits, giving U.S. officials time to work up a permanent rule on the number of such vessels allowed. The moratorium passed on a 10-7 vote during the council's meeting in Mobile, Ala.

CYCLING: The sport's governing body said it will introduce new anti-doping measures to do away with EPO, a drug taken by riders to increase endurance levels. The International Cycling Union will become the second sports federation to use tests to detect the banned hormone Erythropoietin, or EPO, after skiing's International Biathlon Union introduced them two weeks ago. Similar tests first were used at the Sydney Olympics. ... Michael Boogerd won the Tour of Catalonia as Marco Zanotti took the final stage. Lance Armstrong finished eighth in the overall standings.

HORSES: Surfside, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2000 and the daughter of Seattle Slew, was retired at Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Ky. ... Wellington's Molly Ashe rode Folle De Lui to victory in the Jumper Classic at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Tampa. Laura Chapot, aboard Sundance Kid, finished second.

GREYHOUNDS: Round 3 of Derby Lane's $100,000 Distance Classic continues tonight with early favorites competing from rail posts. Last year's Derby winner, Boot Scootin Gal, is the favorite in Race 6 and Wonderland Derby winner Grey's Free Bird wears the red blanket in Race 10.

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