McCallie School senior swimmer Jake Marcum won the boys’ 200 backstroke Wednesday in the NCSA Junior Nationals at Orlando, Florida. Representing McCallie/GPS Aquatics, the Indiana University signee set a club record with his winning 1:42.80 time that also qualifies him for the Senior Nationals.
Golf
» Finishing Tuesday with a 278, the NCAA Division II Lee University men’s golfers beat mostly Division I teams in winning the 15-team Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate hosted by Tennessee Tech at the Sevierville Golf Club. The Flames shot a 22-under-par 842 for a six-stroke margin over Eastern Kentucky. Lee’s Evan Spence was second individually at 206 (69-69-68), Scott Odell tied for third at 209 (67-75-67) and freshman Dustin DeMersseman was eighth at 212.
» Lee’s Lady Flames finished seventh at 926 out of 12 teams in the women’s Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville. Samford won with an 877, one stroke ahead of Marshall. Lee junior Haverly Harrold was ninth individually at 222.
» Dalton State senior Katie Dalton was the Southern States Athletic Conference women’s golfer of the week after leading the NAIA’s fourth-ranked Lady Roadrunners’ 25-shot victory in the LTU Spring Break Invitational in Opelika, Alabama, with a seven-stroke individual triumph. She shot 145. Teammates Isabel Rijos and Hannah Gasaway finished third and fourth, and Cameron Daniel and Haejin Choe tied for eighth.