Rogers Wheels to Fourth Place

Thurlow Rogers of Van Nuys and the Nutra-Fig bicycle racing team finished fourth in the U.S. National Championships in Seattle.

Teammate John Peters claimed a silver medal in the National Criterium final.

Rogers is points leader in the National Fresca Series with 165. Chris Walker of Ventura is in fourth place and John Wordin is 15th.

Track and Field

The Antelope Valley College Board of Trustees has approved a plan to resurface the school’s aging track and infield runways with a rubberized, all-weather surface for the 1996 season.

Due to the worn and unsafe conditions of the 400-meter track, the Marauders have not played host to meets for the past four years.

“In terms of recruiting, I think this will be a big boost to the program,” said Mark Covert, Antelope Valley track and cross-country coach.

“The local [high school athletes] will actually be able to see us compete. We’ll no longer be an invisible team out here.”

Covert said Antelope Valley will play host to four track meets next season, including the Foothill Conference preliminaries and finals.

Amy Van Atta of Buena High, fourth-place finisher in the 1994 Ventura County cross-country championships, will attend Cal Lutheran in the fall.

Van Atta had personal bests of 5 minutes 12.45 seconds in the 1,600 meters and 2:22.33 in the 800 with the Bulldogs.

Football

Valley College football Coach Jim Fenwick will conduct a free clinic for children 8 to 13 years old Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the school.

Valley assistants and players will participate in the clinic, sponsored by the South Valley Panthers youth football club.

Information: 818-986-8632.

Sherdrick Bonner, former Cal State Northridge quarterback, briefly found himself out of a job on Wednesday.

He was waived by the Miami Dolphins and activated from the exempt list later in the day by the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Arizona won the Arena Football championship with Bonner at quarterback last season.

Basketball

Boys 8 to 13 may sign up for the Pro-Tech NBA Basketball Clinic in Burbank on June 19-22. The clinic will be directed by Burbank High Coach Jeff Davis and features Clipper forward Eric Piatkowski and assistant coach Barry Hecker.

Information: 818-725-7988.

Registration for adult leagues at Tarzana Recreation Center is being accepted.

League play is scheduled to begin in July.

Information: 818-343-5946.

Contributing: Fernando Dominguez, Dana Haddad, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers.