26 Students Representing 12 States Selected For 3rd Annual L.A. Times Sports Journalism Workshop Honoring Jim Murray INGLEWOOD, Calif. (May 8, 2005) - Twenty-six of the nation's top journalism students will participate in the third annual Los Angeles Times Sports Journalism Workshop, to be held Thursday through Saturday at Times Mirror Square and Hollywood Park. The workshop, honoring Jim Murray, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of The Times, culminates with the 16th running of the $350,000 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap on Saturday. Thirteen horses have been nominated to the Grade III event over 1 1/2 miles on the Lakeside Turf Course. Sports editor Bill Dwyre and other members of his staff selected the workshop participants, who will compete for paid freelance opportunities with The Times. Twenty schools from 12 states are represented. The Los Angeles Times Sports Journalism Workshop roster follows: Mario Aguirre Pasadena City College Michael Becker Syracuse University Julian Benbow Virginia Commonwealth University Amanda Branam University of Arizona Michael Bruntz University of Nebraska-Lincoln Artie Casas California State University Fullerton Stephanie Couey Columbia College Chicago Jeffrey Dransfeldt Ventura Community College Daniel Farrand Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jonathan Horowitz USC Robert Johnson University of Kentucky Adam Krohn Georgia State University Stephanie Lohn University of Oregon Kevin Merfeld USC Josh Moss Ohio University Nathan Murillo Ventura Community College Stephen Murphy Loyola Marymount University Ian Pickus University of Albany Derek Poore University of Kentucky Diana Ritter Columbia College Chicago Clarence Smith Hawaii Pacific University Brian Smith University of Oregon Terrence Theetge Ohio University Daniel Watson Cal Poly State University Emily Werchadlo Northeastern University Kevin Yanik John Carroll University