TRACK AND FIELD
Defending Olympic champion Grant Holloway qualified for the final of the 110-meter hurdles at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, but chose to skip the final after finishing runner-up in his semifinal heat.
The Grassfield High graduate could skip the final because he was given a bye to the World Championships due to his previous achievements.
USATF allows for a certain number of athletes to be given byes based on their past performance.
Holloway was fifth overall among the semifinalists at 13.18 seconds. Cordell Tinch won the heat in 13.11.
Ja’kobe Tharp, whose semifinal time was 13.30, won the final in 13.01, while Tinch was the runner-up in 13.03.
**Madison Whyte of Newport News, a former Heritage High star who competes for Southern California, finished seventh in the women’s 200 meters. She ran a time of 22.56 seconds in a final that had seven runners.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won in 21.84. Whyte earlier ran a 22.55.
**Earlier in the meet, in the women’s 800 meters, Suffolk native Michaela Rose of LSU struggled on the second lap and missed the final, placing sixth in her semifinal at 2:01.32.
**Quincy Wilson, who grew up in Chesapeake, did not qualify for the men’s 400-meter semifinals. He ran a 45.39 time, while the nine qualifiers all were at 44.94 or faster.
**Michael Cherry, a former Oscar Smith High standout, did not qualify for the men’s 400-meter semifinals. He ran 46.86 to finish fifth in his heat.
**Whyte’s USC teammate Brianna Selby, a former Indian River star, did not qualify for the women’s 100-meter final. She advanced to the semifinals but finished seventh in 11.50.
PRO BASKETBALL
AfterShocks win TBT over Watson, Eberlein Drive
Despite 14 points, five rebounds and two steals from 6-foot-10 Portsmouth native Nate Watson for the Eberlein Drive team, Wichita State’s AfterShocks alumni team captured The Basketball Tournament and its $1 million winner-take-all prize with an 82-67 victory before a roaring crowd of 9,029 in Wichita, Kansas. It was the second-largest gathering in TBT history.
Watson, 26, a former Churchland High star, twice was a second-team All-Big East selection for Providence. He plays for the Spanish pro team Zaragoza; during TBT, he averaged 10.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in six games.
Marcus Keene, 30, a longtime overseas pro who starred for Youngstown State and Central Michigan, scored 22 points for the AfterShocks, whose team includes four former WSU players and a coach (Zach Bush) who used to compete for the Shockers. One of those ex-Shockers, Nike Sibande, had 14 points and six rebounds in the final of the 61-team bracket.
Anthony Clemmons added 13 points for Eberlein Drive, one of the few organizations that annually fields a TBT team.
NFL
Ex-ODU tight end released by Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders released rookie tight end Pat Conroy from Old Dominion. He signed in May as an undrafted free agent after earning third-team All-Sun Belt honors in his only season with the Monarchs. He originally played for Merrimack.
SWIMMING
UVA present, past athletes impress at Worlds
Virginia swimming athletes and alumni won 13 medals at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, held July 26 through Sunday in Singapore.
The Cavaliers tallied 13 medals (seven gold, five silver, one bronze), helping to lead the United States to the top of the medal table.
Alumna Gretchen Walsh won individual golds in the 50-meter butterfly (24.83 seconds) and 100 fly (54.73), the first long-course world titles of her career. She also earned relay gold in the 4×100 medley relay.
Kate Douglass took gold in the 200 breaststroke, mixed 4×100 free relay and 4×100 medley relay. She earned silver in the 100 breaststroke and 4×100 free relay.
Claire Curzan earned gold in the 4×100 medley relay and bronze in the 200 backstroke. Anna Moesch won silver in 4×100 and 4×200 free relays, and Alex Walsh was the silver medalist in the 200 individual medley.
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