The Spartan 5K started at 8:30 a.m. on South Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Malia Ellington of Cornelius crosses the finish line first in Saturday's Spartan 5K in Davidson. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Fourteen-year-old high school freshman Malia Ellington of Cornelius went out with a pack of runners and then pulled away to win the Town Day Spartan 5K road race on the Davidson greenway and streets Saturday. Her time of 19 minutes flat beat the field of 212 runners, including the top men in the race.

Martin Harrison, 50, of Davidson was 16 seconds back in second place as the top male finisher. Bobby Aswell, 49, of Cornelius was third in 19:26.

“I took it out a little fast. I started out with a few people in the top pack,” Ellington said afterward. In mid-race, she was able to pull away from most of the pack, and eventually opened an insurmountable lead.

Ellington, a freshman at Community School of Davidson, has been running since she was in fifth grade, and now competes for CSD, which will be eligible for state competition next year. “I just really like to run,” she said. Read the full story

Davidson College Sports Information
Ann Fucigna tallied four goals and three assists to set the Davidson single-season points record and lead the Wildcats to a 19-9 victory over Longwood in the quarterfinals of the National Lacrosse Conference Tournament Friday afternoon at Richardson Stadium.

The fourth-seeded Wildcats (8-9) face top-seeded High Point Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in semifinal action at Richardson Stadium. Read the full story

Joel Justus is the Patriots' new men's basketball coach. (Davidson Day School photo)

Davidson Day School on Friday introduced Joel Justus as its new basketball coach and dean of student life. Justus was hired after a national search to replace former coach Ron Johnson.

Justus has been basketball coach and assistant director of admissions a Woodberry Forest School, a boarding school in central Virginia,. In four years there, he led the Tigers to a Virginia Prep League regular season title in 2010 and two appearances in the conference championship game. Read the full story

Mooresville American Legion junior and senior baseball teams will hold tryouts on Sunday, May 6, at Lake Norman High School field in Mooresville.
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Anthony Famiglietti leaps the water barrier in Saturday's Charlotte Invitational Steeplechase. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

CHARLOTTE – Anthony Famiglietti, the Davidson-based elite runner training for this summer’s Olympic trials, won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Saturday’s Charlotte Invitational. His time of 8:38.15 was the fourth-fastest in the U.S. this year. Read the full story

Henry Sisson

Davidson College pitcher Henry Sisson has been attracting national attention this week for a no-hitter he threw last Friday, April 13, to lead the Wildcats over Wofford, 1-0.

On Thursday, the freshman left hander received two more national accolades for his feat, which was the sixth no-hitter in Davidson baseball history. He was named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame National All-Star Lineup and also named as the CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Pitcher of the Week. Read the full story

Bobby Aswell of Cornelius was the top fisher in the Pawz Too Run 10K in Davidson Saturday, edging Mooresville’s Jeremy Alsop by four seconds. Courtney Ellenbarger of Cornelius was the top woman in the race. Read the full story

Austin Kieffer paddling on Lake Norman (Bill Giduz/Davidson College)

Two Davidson College students are among the competitors this weekend at the2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Canoe Slalom, at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.

Davidson College says senior Austin Kieffer and sophomore Caroline Queen are so serious that they took the semester to train for the trials. Read the full story

Buzzkill 2012 flier. Click to download the full-sized flier.

Davidson College’s men’s and women’s basketball team are organizing the fourth annual BUZZKILL weekend for April 28-29 to raise money to help prevent the spread of malaria in Africa. The weekend of events will a 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament, an evening party at Summit Coffee’s Freckled Dog Pub and a silent auction beginning at the Davidson Farmer’s Market.

Wildcat basketball alumni also will be in town for the event, including Bryant Barr, a former Davidson basketball payer who started BUZZKILL in 2008. Read the full story