Young Williamsburg sensation runs to another age-group world record

TRACK AND FIELDWilliamsburg star sets another recordWilliamsburg middle schooler Gunner Hammett made history again when he became the first 12-year-old in history to break 2 minutes in the 800 meters.Hammett, a seventh-grader at Queens Lake Middle, ran 1 minute, 58.22 seconds at a meet in Philadelphia on Saturday.

He was the only middle-school athlete running against high schoolers.He has now broken nine world age-group records since he was 10.

He was invited to compete at this months New Balance Nationals Indoor meet.COLLEGE FOOTBALLYorktown native to coach Tribe tight endsMike Maloney, who grew up in Yorktown, joined William & Mary coach Mike Londons staff as the tight ends coach.

Jack Armstrong will become the Tribes offensive line coach after guiding the tight ends during the last five seasons and serving as the run game coordinator last fall.Maloney played for VMI on the offensive and defensive line before graduating in 2014.

He has been on staffs at James Madison, Marshall, VMI, Stetson and West Virginia Wesleyan.

He was the offensive line coach at Stetson the past two seasons.BULL RIDINGBrazilian rider wins at Chartway ArenaTwo Brazilians and a Virginia took top honors in the GOVX PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Norfolk event Saturday at Old Dominions Chartway Arena.Joao Lucas Campos of Porto Feliz, Brazil, emerged victorious with 127.5 points in the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event.Opening-round winner Michael Lane of Tazewell, Virginia, the favorite of many fans, finished second with 106.

Afonso Quintino of Sao Luis dos Montes Belos, Brazil, was third with 82.The competitors had four rides apiece, and they needed to stay mounted on the bull for 8 seconds to be awarded a score.

Campos posted a score in three of his four rides, but all of his competitors were bucked off at least twice.COLLEGE SOFTBALLUMass Lowell rallies past NSUAt the Pirate-Spartan Challenge, UMass Lowell (2-10) edged Norfolk State 6-5 by scoring three runs in the seventh inning.NSUs Aniyah Michalak doubled, tripled, scored two runs and drove in two.

The Spartans (6-7) stole a season-high seven bases.South Dakota shuts out HamptonAlso at the Pirate-Spartan Challenge, Hampton fell to 7-10 with a 9-0 loss to South Dakota.

The Coyotes (14-5) scored in every inning except the fourth and fifth, capping the game with a three-run seventh.Kylie Hill, Carmynn Bonner and Camryn Hamilton each had one of the Pirates hits._______WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS/CAMPUS TOURMENS VOLLEYBALLRegent finally lands home match at Norfolk ChristianRegents first-year program played its first home match Friday night in Norfolk Christians gym after being on the road for its first eight matches.

A loud crowd came out to support the Royals, though they lost 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 29-27) to Roanoke.Colby Yawn led the Royals with 12 kills and three blocks, while Aaron Campbell added eight kills and 11 digs.The next day, Regent (4-6) lost 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-19) at Randolph-Macon, which leads the ODAC, despite Yawns seven kills, four assists and three digs and Campbellsnsix kills, three blocks and two aces.Second-year program Virginia Wesleyan (9-5, 2-3), competitive in its first ODAC season, met its match Saturday with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-16) loss to Roanoke (13-7, 4-1).Matthew Sheppard had eight kills and nine digs for VWU, and JaMarhe Wills had nine kills.MENS LACROSSENo.

5 CNU survives double-OT thrillerChristopher Newport (5-0), ranked fifth in Division III, won a 14-13 double-overtime home thriller Saturday over Grove City of Pennsylvania, escaping when Brett Jackson scored in the 66th minute.

Logan Shassian scored his third goal of the day to force overtime.Sundays game at Jennings Family Stadium was far easier, a 17-7 victory over winless Scranton.

Jackson netted four goals that day.TRACK AND FIELDVWU men fifth, women sixth in ODAC meetVirginia Wesleyans men placed fifth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship meet, totaling 58 points.Jordan Fielder won the triple jump at 14.06 meters, and teammate Quincy Dunn was second at 13.96.Dunn also was the long jump runner-up, leaping a personal-best 6.72 meters.

Jasha Brewington was third in the 60-meter hurdles, tying his personal-best time of 8.49.The VWU women were sixth at the ODAC meet.

Kennedy Chapman won the long jump at a personal-best 5.41 meters.MENS TENNISNo.

29 CNU beats latest top-25 foe in string of thrillersChristopher Newport has had a nearly imperceivable, if not unprecedented, stretch.

Ranked 29th in Division III, the Captains have seen their last three matches go to the last possible moment before being decided a 3-3 team score and a third-set tiebreaker on the last court.Gabe Smith lost in the first such match, playing No.

6 singles at No.

27 Washington and Lee.

But the next day, fellow freshman Rainer Christiansen won at No.

6 on that same indoor court in Lexington to upend 15th-ranked Sewanee.

He won the matchs last six points after facing an uphill climb from 5-1 in the tiebreaker, delighting his teammates and father, CNU coach Eric Christiansen.Then, Sunday on the first leg of CNUs California trip, Eddy Porsmyr Hansen saved match points at No.

5 singles before winning his tiebreaker 7-4 at 24th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer.WOMENS TENNISNo.

35 ODU sweeps No.

74 MarylandNo.

35 Old Dominion continued showing its a major problem for Power Four conference teams, sweeping No.

74 Maryland 4-0 Saturday at Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk.Wins of 6-0 and 6-1 by the tandems of Marina Markin/Kira Matushkina and Ulyana Romanova/Victoria Matasova gave ODU a 1-0 lead over the Big Tens Terrapins.

Sofia Johnson, Matushkina and Lidiia Rasskouskaia won at the top three singles spots in straight sets, and that was that.SOFTBALLHokies, Cavaliers continue excellent startsVirginia Tech (15-4), ranked 15th nationally, is on a ridiculous stretch.

On Feb.

26, Emma Lemley pitched a no-hitter in a 9-0 victory over then-24th-ranked Liberty.Then in an 18-2 victory against Villanova on Feb.

28, the Hokies clubbed a program-record eight home runs, including two apiece by Michelle Chatfield, Emma Mazzarone and Bre Peck.Virginia (15-5) also has gotten off to an excellent start.

Seven of those victories have come by the mercy rule, and UVA has won 11 consecutive games.

The Cavaliers have scored at least three runs in 26 innings this season.MENS GYMNASTICSW&M wins in IowaWilliam & Mary posted its second-best score of the season Sunday, winning 310.15 to 295.15 at Simpson in Indianola, Iowa.Evan Wilkins highlighted W&Ms individual performances with a pair of first-place finishes, coming on high bar (13.1) and on rings (13.2).

He shared the top spot on rings with Niko Greenly.

Sam Lee tied for first on vault (14.0), and Luke Tully achieved the meets best all-around total with a career-best 76.2.SAILINGHampton earns first team race victoryCoach Alessandro Ambrosis Hampton team finished first at the Tom Noble Team Race with a 7-0 record in Chesterfield, Maryland.

It marked the first time the program has won a team race.The field consisted of Delaware, Drexel, Kings Point New York Maritime, Penn State, Virginia Tech, and host Washington College of Maryland.Tommaso Ciaglia, Stefano Palamara and Tyler Brown were the Hampton skippers, and Kiara-Lee Wright, Jackson Manley and Chloe Anderson were the crew..

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