UW-SP's Boelk competes in backstroke at Olympic trials University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point swimmer Randy Boelk finished 74th among 88 swimmers in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis. Boelk finished with a time of 59.99 seconds. He had a split of 28.63 over the first 50 meters and swam 31.36 over the final 50 meters. Boelk, who was the lone NCAA Division 3 swimmer to qualify for the event, placed third at the national championships last March to earn All-American honors. The top 16 swimmers in last Thursday's preliminaries qualified for the semifinals and the top eight swimmers from the semifinals moved on to last Friday's finals. Lenny Krayzelburg, the world record-holder in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstrokes, won the event in 53.84 seconds. Neil Walker was second in 54.85. Boelk, an Embarrass, Minn. native, will be a senior for the Pointers this fall. He already has earned first-team All-American recognition in 19 different events and has won conference championships in 16 different events over the past three seasons. * * * SULLIVAN UPDATE: Kevin Sullivan continues to tear up pitching in the Class A South Atlantic League. Sullivan, a 1996 Pacelli High graduate, is hitting .409 with nine hits in 22 at-bats for the Piedmont Boll Weevils, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. In the last week, Sullivan collected four hits in eight at-bats, scoring two runs. He also doubled and drove in two runs. While playing catcher, he was 2-for-4 at the plate Tuesday night in a 4-3 loss at the Hickory Crawdads. Sullivan now has four doubles and has scored seven runs in six games for the Boll Weevils. * * * SIMONSON UPDATE: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Pacelli High grad Chris Simonson returned to the mound last week for the Beloit Snappers. Simonson appeared in relief twice for Beloit, a Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, allowing three earned runs in three innings. The three runs came on a 3-run homer in a 9-3 loss to Clinton Sunday. Simonson has a 4-3 record with a 5.75 earned run average for the Snappers. He has appeared in 11 games with six starts, striking out 33 in 40-2/3 innings. He has allowed just eight walks.