FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Senior men’s distance runner
Andrew Kent collected second team all-American honors in the 3K to close out the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Championships on Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville, Ark.
Kent clocked in with time of 7:58.34, finishing in 13th-place. Saturday’s race was the second fastest 3K time Kent has earned in his collegiate career.
It is the first time in Kents’ career he has been named an all-American. Kent is the fourth Yellow Jacket to earn second team all-American honors at this year’s indoor championships.
“Andy competed hard today, running the second best time in school history, on one of the biggest stages in our sport, the NCAA Championships,” said head distance coach
Waiting game: 12
Records will always be up to date. Résumé numbers NET and strength of schedule may reflect values from before a team’s latest game, depending on the time of the day. We’ll try to keep those figures updated as much as possible when the NCAA releases its new numbers each morning, but don’t get too hung up. Big value changes are unusual this time of year, even this season. (Current NET and SOS numbers are accurate as of Sunday morning, through Saturday’s games.)
Colgate NET update, before Sunday’s season-defining Patriot League tournament final: No. 9 and holding strong.
Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s
Jose Alvarado was named a finalist Friday for the 2020-21 Lefty Driesell Award, given annually to the top defensive player in Division I basketball. The award is named for the legendary former coach at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State.
The ACC leader in steals by a wide margin and author of some stout defensive efforts against some of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top scorers, the “Brooklyn Burglar” has averaged 3.1 steals per game in conference play this season, 2.9 in all games, and is on course to lead the ACC in steals for the second straight year, something not done since Chris Paul in 2004 and 2005. He also ranks among the ACC’s top 10 in scoring (15.4 ppg), field goal percentage (.512), free throw percentage (No. 1 at .859), assists (4.2) and assist/turnover ratio (1.96).
th annual Linger Longer Invitational at Great Waters course at Reynolds Plantation.
Tech, ranked No. 40 in the nation in the current Golfstat rankings, is seeking its second straight tournament victory of the spring on the heels of a win at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate three weeks ago.
TECH LINEUP – Norton, who has finished in the top 10 of Tech’s last two tournaments, had five birdies on his card in posting his fifth round in the 60s out of his last seven. The senior from Chico, Calif., is tied for fourth place individually, three shots off the individual lead.
Junior
Connor Howe (Ogden, Utah) and freshman
Georgia Tech advanced past No. 16 Virginia (uncontested game)
No. 15 Florida State def. North Carolina: 69-66
Georgia Tech vs. No. 15 Florida State
Date: Saturday, March 13
Watch: ESPN
No. 15 Florida State 69, North Carolina 66
Florida State held off a second-half rally by North Carolina to earn a 69-66 win in the third meeting of the season between the ACC foes. They split the first two games, with each team winning on its home floor.
The Seminoles looked to be in complete control early. Malik Osborne s three-point right before the halftime buzzer extended the lead to 35-24.
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Malik Osborne hit the step-back 3 at the buzzer to end the first half https://t.co/C26VVHiIGo