The Course at Sewanee made Golf Magazine's top-three list for its inaugural Golfers' Choice Awards, specifically as a hidden gem or under-the-radar delight in the Golf Gold series taking responses from "Gold Insiders" who travel a lot to play. The awards are based on 5,649 surveys received from Dec. 18 to Feb. 6. The nine-hole Sewanee course previously received a Renovation of the Year award for its recent redo by Gil Hanse, the course architect also responsible for the 2016 Olympics layout in Brazil. Listed with the mountaintop venue are Furry Greek Golf Course in British Columbia and Presidio Golf Course in San Francisco. "This nine-holer adjacent to the University of the South has been completely renovated by Gil Hanse and is a true testament to his genius," wrote John Capers III, president of the Golf Collectors Society, as quoted in a university release Saturday. "Alternate tees allow you to play the same holes. The routing is hemmed in by thousand-foot drops, creating vistas that go for miles in the picturesque Tennessee mountains. Two challenging par-5s are balanced by two par-3s that use the vistas as distractions to land on the tough greens. The fairways slant in different directions, demanding fades and draws for perfect placement."
Running
* Stewart Ellington of Knoxville won the inaugural Jasper Highlands 5k race Saturday morning in the John "Thunder" Thornton residential development in Marion County. Ellington, 40, won in 16 minutes, 48 seconds, and women's winner Emily Bell of Signal Mountain was second in 18:28 with Mark Malecky third in 19:09. Geary Fults was the men's masters winner and sixth overall in 21:56, and grand masters winner John Crawley and senior grand masters winner Bobby Smith were 12th and 14th overall in 23:55 and 24:14. Susan Cobb, Tamra Smith and Cathy Gracey were the female masters, grand masters and senior grand masters honorees and made the top 30 overall.
Volleyball
* Dalton State College lost 3-1 to Indiana University Kokomo and 3-0 to IU Southeast in the Lindsey Wilson volleyball tournament Saturday in Columbia, Ky. Michala Askew had 39 assists and 15 digs against Kokomo (25-22, 19-25, 25-20, 25-17) and 19 assists and 11 digs against Southeast (25-22, 25-11, 25-17) for the Roadrunners (1-3). Kianna Delaney had 13 kills, Anna Metzler had 12 kills and nine digs and Marta Guntin had nine kills and 12 digs in the first loss; Wendy Perez had 10 kills in the evening match.
Soccer
* Tennessee Wesleyan edged Florida Memorial 2-1 in overtime in men's soccer Saturday at Hardeeville, S.C. TWC is 2-0; FMU is 3-1.
* Scoring its first goal in the closing seconds of the first half of its home opener, the Campbellsville University women's soccer team went on to a 5-0 defeat of Bryan College on Saturday. The Tigers (3-0) outshot the Lady Lions (0-1) 38-2 and had a 21-2 dominance in corner kicks. Morgana Hardt da Silva made 17 saves in defeat.
Football
* UTC football coach Russ Huesman will be the guest speaker for the first Chattanooga Quarterback Club meeting of the 2015-16 year. It will be held at noon Monday at the Stadium Club in Finley Stadium, and the public is invited. Attendance costs $10 with a hot meal, $4 without. Huesman's Mocs open their season this coming Saturday evening at Finley against Jacksonville State in a matchup of two top-10 FCS teams.