TRACK & FIELD: BRACY WINS PAN AM GOLDMarvin Bracy, a rising senior at Boone (Orlando, Fla.), won the 100-meter dash in a blazing 10.09 seconds (2.4 meter wind) to capture the gold medal during the Pan Am Junior Championships in Miramar, Fla. The Florida State University recruit now prepares for his final football campaign after passing up his junior year.
Another rising senior, Trinity Wilson of St. Mary's (Berkeley, Calif.), won the 100 hurdles in 13.17 seconds. Rising senior Avione Allgood of Legacy (North Las Vegas) won the javelin with a toss of 174 feet, 1 inch, while rising junior Devin Field of Lancaster (Texas) claimed the long jump with a leap of 24-10½.
Most of the USA champions soon will be freshmen in college.
Iowa recruit Kayla Beattie won a pair of golds by capturing the 5,000 in 16:48.44 and the 3,000 in 9:30.63. Other college-bound champs included Morgann LeLeux (pole vault), Omar Kaddurah (1.500), Immanuel Hutchinson (800) and Shelby Ashe (hammer).
GOLF: BAUCHOU WINS 8-HOLE PLAYOFFRising freshman Zachary Bauchou of Forest, Va., outlasted rising senior Chad Cox of Charlotte, N.C., in a record eight-hole playoff to win the Cleveland HealthCare Foundation Junior golf tournament in Shelby, N.C. Both golfers shot eight-under-par scores of 208 after 54 holes.
* The East defeated the West, 32-18, to win the 22nd AJGA Wyndham Cup in Wilmington, N.C. Each team consisted of 10 boys and 10 girls. Michael NeSmith of North Augusta, S.C., won all four of his matches, while Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., had three wins and a tie.
TENNIS: JACK SOCK TURNS PROAfter compiling a spectacular 80-0 record with four state titles during his career at
Blue Valley North (Overland Park, Kan.), Jack Sock is turning professional. The 6-1 standout hopes to quickly improve on his No. 549 world ranking.
* Top-seeded Gabrielle Andrews of Pomona, Calif., defeated unseeded Denise Starr of Brooklyn, N.Y., 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, to win the USTA Girls 18 National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn. Though just 14 years old, she now has won four national singles titles. Starr, age 16, upset three top-10 players to reach the title round.
* The Kempin family of Sandy, Utah, has a tennis dynasty. Three sons are the top-ranked players in the state in their age groups: Brendon (15), Ryan (13) and Conner (12).
POTPOURRI* Nkosi Moody of Country Club Hills, Ill., won the Junior Nationals Freestyle and Greco-Roman titles at 98 pounds in Fargo, N.D., making him only the third wrestler ever to win three major junior titles in the same year. Earlier this year he won the Junior National Folkstyle title in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
* Rising senior Alexandra Raisman of
Needham (Mass.) won the senior all-around gymnastics title with 57.250 points during the CoverGirl Classic in Chicago. Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif., captured the junior all-around crown with a score of 58.850.
* After winning his first state title in 44 years last fall,
Lakeville North (Minn.) volleyball coach Milan Mader has retired with 806 victories. The 72-year-old coach also led North to 10 state gymnastics titles before retiring from that post the previous year.
* Colorado's No. 1 attackman,
Rock Canyon (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) rising junior
Wilkins Dismuke, has committed to Johns Hopkins for lacrosse, according to the Denver Post. As a sophomore, he led the state with 61 goals and 104 points.
* Rising sophomore
Kylee Perez has made a commitment to UCLA for softball, according to the Oakland Tribune. As an
Alhambra (Martinez, Calif.) freshman, she batted a prolific .628 with nine homers, 29 runs batted in, 41 runs and 35 stolen bases from the leadoff position.
