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phelps' schedule Today --200-meter butterfly final Tomorrow --200-meter individual medley final Friday --4 x 200-meter freestyle relay final Saturday --100-meter butterfly final Sunday --400-meter individual medley final; 4 x 100-meter medley relay

The Fallston girls team used its depth to capture a third consecutive Harford County swimming championship last night at Magnolia Middle School. The Cougars won five of the meet's 11 events. In addition, Fallston finished in the top three in nine events to compile 294 points, beating out North Harford (249). "The girls just did an awesome job again," said Sheri Huppenthal, who coaches Fallston with Jeff DeHart. "From the kids that placed first to the kids that placed 12th, we needed them all."

On a forest-lined highway ramp, Raleigh Medley takes silent inventory.A banana peel, a Poland Spring water bottle, jumbo Burger King cup, crumpled Reese's Cup wrapper, grease-stained paper sacks, scraps of hand-scribbled notes, broken beer bottles and dozens more bits of trash are scattered along a 30-yard stretch of the ramp to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway near Laurel.Medley is a maintenance engineer with the Maryland State Highway Administration. It hasn't been all that many days since his crews cleaned up this small curve.

On the September morning prosecutors say Darryl J. Medley stabbed his girlfriend to death in her Woodlawn home, he also allegedly turned on the gas stove in an attempt to kill their 4-year-old daughter, who authorities say might have witnessed the killing.Medley is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with first-degree murder in the death Sept. 5 of 31-year-old Rae Antoinette Corpening and with the attempted murder of their daughter.Yesterday, Medley took the witness stand as the only witness in his defense.

After searching for more than a month, Annapolis police found a 16-year-old runaway last week hiding in the home of her boyfriend's family in Edgewater."

Natalie Anne Wilharm left her Annapolis home more than one month ago and since then has not left the mind of a city police detective who is pleading for the public to help bring her home safely.The 16-year-old disappeared New Year's Day from her mother's house in the 1400 block of Cory Lane after leaving a goodbye letter to her parents "to let you know I'm safe."Detective Pete Medley isn't reassured by that letter."Her parents are frantic and we're just trying to bring her home before anything happens," said Medley of the criminal investigative division.

An Upper Marlboro man was charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the stabbing death of a Woodlawn woman whose 4-year-old daughter summoned neighbors for help, Baltimore County police said.Darryl James Medley, 29, was charged in the stabbing death Friday of Rae Antoinette Corpening, 31, in her two-story townhouse in Woodlawn, police said. He was being held without bail last night at the Baltimore County Detention Center.Police said Medley was the father of Corpening's 4-year-old daughter.

There were no team scores kept at yesterday's Baltimore City swimming championships at City College, but by night's end at least two teams had proven themselves more than seaworthy.The Lake Clifton boys and Western girls dominated, with each team winning six of 11 events."We swam very well," said Lake Clifton coach Kim Williams, whose team finished 5-1-1 during the regular season. "A lot of kids had personal bests, and I'm really happy with their performance."Julian Wilkens -- first in the 500 freestyle and 200 freestyle -- and Quinn Gooden -- first in the 100 fly and 200 individual medley -- led the way for Lake Clifton, with teammates Elson Hendricks and Keith Johnson also chipping in with strong performances.

Glenelg pole vaulter Pat Tvarkunas thrives on competition.With little to speak of during this snow-shortened indoor season, Tvarkunas has had to reach deep within himself to find the drive needed to propel him to new heights.At yesterday's Howard County Relays at the Fifth Regiment Armory, the 5-foot-11, 155-pound senior used what he called "internal motivation" to help him clear a county indoor record of 15 feet, 1/2 inch."Right now, I would love to have some guy come in here and [push me]

It faxes. It copies. It scans. It prints. What it needs is a decent name. For now, "multifunction product," abbreviated "MFP," is the norm, but that sounds like a toothpaste ingredient. I prefer "E pluribus unum," which my third-grade teacher assured me means "Out of many, one."E pluribus unum machines have been around for awhile, but only recently have they become affordable. The Medley models from Lexmark International Inc. are the first to include color inkjet printing along with a decent scanner.

On September 24, 2008, MELANIE YVETTE; loving mother of Mekhi Ferguson; dear daughter of Robert Medley. She is also survived by her cousin Saran Watson and devoted friend James Fountain. Friends may visit the family owned March Funeral Home West, Inc., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Wednesday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends on Thursday at St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church, 406 E. 23rd Street, at 10:30 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11 A.M.

BEIJING - Michael Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, has an expression he likes to use when his swimmers are exhausted, their muscles are burning and their painful workouts are not yet complete: Keep putting money in the bank. Sacrifice now, the phrase implies, and you'll be able to make a withdrawal later, when needed during competition. The 23-year-old swimmer from Rodgers Forge has heard it hundreds, perhaps thousands, of times over the years. "I guess I put a lot of money in the bank over the last four years, and we went through pretty much every penny," Phelps said yesterday, just hours after winning his eighth gold medal, wrapping up the most dominating Olympic performance in history.

Olympics Various events 8 p.m. [NBC]: The Michael Phelps show continues tonight as the American swimmer goes for his sixth gold medal in Beijing in the 200-meter individual medley. Women's gymnastics continue with the individual all-around.

A 48-year-old man serving a prison term for a rape six years ago in Baltimore County has been linked to a 1980 rape through DNA testing, county police said yesterday. Edward Leon Medley has been charged with raping a 44-year-old woman Oct. 11, 1980, in the first block of Kittridge Court in Randallstown. An intruder broke into the woman's home about 4 a.m., held a knife to her throat and sexually assaulted her, police said. No suspect was identified until the Police Department's forensic services section connected the 2002 rape of a woman in her home in the Lochearn area to the 1980 case through a DNA match, police said.

OMAHA, Neb. -- Katie Hoff doesn't do cocky. And unlike the way some elite athletes try to come off as humble, it's not an act. "Something I value is humility," she said recently. "I can't stand cocky." You can present her with all the evidence. You can remind her that she's regarded as one of the best female swimmers in the world. You can bring up her six world championship medals. You can read back to her all the praise that coaches and competitors tend to throw her way each meet, and at most she'll smile and greet it with a shrug.

CHICAGO --With his best swimmer poised to go to the Beijing Olympics in four months and a stable of younger athletes in the pipeline for 2012 and beyond, Paul Yetter has an eye for talent and the ability to nurture it. Yesterday, the Anne Arundel County native was honored by the U.S. Olympic Committee as its Developmental Coach of the Year. Yetter, 32, was selected over finalists from ice hockey, taekwondo, diving and women's basketball. The award was first issued in 1996. His resume includes coaching the 2007 USOC Sportswoman of the Year, Towson's Katie Hoff, and guiding the U.S. women's squad at the Pan American Games last summer to 14 gold medals in 16 events.

COLLEGE PARK -- The Fallston boys swimming team rolled to what appeared to be an easy Class 3A-2A-1A state championship yesterday at the Eppley Recreation Center at the University of Maryland last night. The Cougars scored 341.5 team points. Annapolis was second with 209, and Havre de Grace was third with 169. Fallston won the state championship last year in Class 4A-3A. This year's win was a lot harder than it looked. "I think it was actually harder this time because we didn't know coming in how well we're going to do," Fallston boys and girls coach Sheri Huppenthal said.

Fallston swimming co-coach Sheri Huppenthal will never forget the phone call she received from Cougars swimmer Nick Tomechko on the morning of Nov. 26. "Coach Sheri, when you see me this afternoon, I'll be walking," he said. Tomechko had been seriously injured Sept. 10 when he lost control of his car and slammed into a tree. The senior dislocated his left hip and broke his left pelvis, which required three plates and nine screws to repair. After the accident, Tomechko, who last year swam on Fallston's state title-winning 200-yard medley relay team and finished third in the 100 backstroke, made it perfectly clear that he intended to return this season and again swim at a high level.

2 Individual events won by each of the sophomore Lloyd twins, Sarah and Emily, in leading the Severna Park swimming team to the county championship Friday. The Falcons piled up 135 points to 112 by runner-up Broadneck. Sarah established county records in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 11.34 seconds) and 100 butterfly (56.42), and Emily won the 200 and 50 freestyles.

The faces change, but some things stay the same for Loyola. With first-place finishes in four of the 11 events, the Dons captured their 15th consecutive MIAA A Conference swimming championship yesterday with 357 points. McDonogh (248 points) finished second and Calvert Hall (244) was third. "Swimming is a team sport, and that depth is why we win," Dons coach Keith Schertle said. "We feel that ninth-place swimmer is just as important as first or second because all those ninths add up. The Dons won the 200-yard medley relay, 100-yard freestyle (junior Greg Pelton)