IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rulon Gardner’s coach says the 40-year-old heavyweight trained like a madman to get back to the Olympics. But Gardner says his body told him to stop cutting weight just hours before he was set to weigh in for the Olympic Team Trials. Gardner says he reached 269 pounds Friday before he realized he’d been pushing himself too hard to reach the 264.5 pound limit for his weight class. Gardner declined to weigh in, ending his quest to reach the London Olympics. Gardner won the gold medal in Sydney in 2000 and bronze in Athens eight years ago before gaining nearly 200 pounds after retiring from wrestling. U.S. national Greco-Roman coach Steve Fraser says Gardner trained harder than anyone else on the team over the past few months.

Denison Boys Golf tournament on Saturday, April 21, 2012

Team Scores:

1. Kuemper Catholic  313
2. Atlantic  315
3. Carroll  321
4. Storm Lake  327
5. Harlan  329
6. Denison  351
7. Boyer Valley  365
8. Shenandoah  379

Atlantic Scores:

• Evan Schuler  75 (2nd Place)
• Ben Nelson  78 (9th Place)
• Sam Markham  79
• Travis Olsen  83
• Nick Barry  86
• Cole Lowary  89

Coach Ed Den Beste says:  Started off cold and a little wet this morning.  By the time we had 8 holes to go, it was much better.  Evan had a great round with a 4 over 75.  Nice to see him finish well.  He was in a group that had scores of 74, 75, 75.  Ben also had a good day.  Sam played fine but couldn’t get some birdie puts to fall.  Travis finished a little higher than we wanted.  He struggled on one hole but played well the rest.  Nick came back and had a good front nine.  Cole has his struggles but will hopefully score better the next time we play.

Audubon boys varsity golf team beat Missouri Valley by a score of 163-215 on Friday, April 20, at 4:00 p.m. at Audubon Golf and Country Club.  Audubon seniors Michael Bylund and Andrew Irlmeier both shot 38.  The 3rd tiebreaker hole gave the top medal to Michael and runner-up medal to Andrew.  Audubon’s other four varsity players were within two strokes of each other:  Nick Fett (43), Drew Keller (44), Cameron Mennenoh (44), and Andy Hoffmann (45).  Missouri Valley’s Dan Waterhouse shot 47.

Audubon’s JV team shot 192, led by Lucas Smith-Petersen’s 45.  The next three were Brock Deist (48), Chase Petersen (49), and Chris LaFoy (50).

The varsity record is now 5-1.  Audubon plays in the Lake Panorama tournament on Sat., April 21, and travels to Griswold for a dual meet on Mon., April 23.

In girls golf, Audubon beat Missouri Valley 199-204.  Taylor Gardner of Missouri Valley was medalist shooting the low round of 43.  Audubon’s Susie Bylund was runner-up shooting a 45.  Also for the Wheelers, Lexie Thygesen shot 50, Faith Fliflet posted 51 and Rachel Flug 53.

Girls Tennis:  Audubon 8, Harlan 1