Vault Gymnastics

UCLA had three of the top six competitors in the vault competition Sunday at the NCAA women's gymnastics event finals at Pauley Pavilion. Junior Olivia Courtney, who was the very first of 23 competitors on the vault, scored 9.9167 points, good for third...

After coming so close in 2012, the Florida Gators gymnastics team did not let an early stumble keep it from the school's first NCAA title. The top-seeded Gators overcame a poor opening rotation on the balance beam with nearly flawless performances on...

Saran Alexander goes nonstop. The 7-year-old first-grader at Christian Home & Bible School in Mount Dora goes to ACE gymnastics in Longwood four days a week. During his visits, he practices for four hours on the floor, pommel, rings, vault, parallel...

Danusia Francis, a charismatic freshman on the UCLA gymnastics team, had a little trick up her sleeve Sunday for the balance beam event final in the NCAA championships at Pauley Pavilion. Francis did something you probably shouldn't try at home —...

It was Pauley Pavilion. Yet hearing shouts of "Roll Tide Roll," of seeing a section of fans wearing Florida orange and doing the Gator "chomp," needing to plug one's ears to avoid the hollers of "Boomer Sooner," made it seem as if a series of football...

Baseball: Old Dominion scored four ninth-inning runs, the last two on Josh Eldridge’s bases-loaded hit, to beat William and Mary 6-5 in a series opener in Norfolk. With some dogs around Bud Metheny Complex, the Monarchs prevailed on "Bark in...

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball leader Norfolk State (15-17, 8-0) swept visiting Maryland Eastern Shore Saturday, winning 4-3 in 10 innings and then 8-5 in seven innings. In Game 1, Haley Ward singled home Morgan Boyd with the winning run with...

Laurel Park Bullet Catcher follows more traditional path, reaches winners' circle Bullet Catcher, who made local and national headlines Jan. 11 after escaping from the Laurel Park backside and taking a 1.6-mile journey on nearby roads, won his first...

Friday, March 15, 2013 PREP BASEBALL Goretti 10, St. John’s 6 FREDERICK, Md. — Jackson Roth had three hits, including a solo home run in the second, to lead St. Maria Goretti to its first win of the season over St. John’s Catholic...

Hampton University’s Benita Taylor will compete in the women’s 800-meter run at the NCAA indoor track and field championships this week in Fayetteville, Ark. Taylor, a senior from Philadelphia, is the only woman from an historically black...

Harford Gymnastics, along with 2,600 other athletes from across the country, competed at the Pink Invitational in Philadelphia, Pa.., Feb. 22 to 24 to support Unite for Her and breast cancer awareness. Harford's Level 7 team shined, taking first place...