The Chattanooga Track Club staged its inaugural Locomotion 12 & 6 on Saturday at Camp Jordan Park, with runners trying to finish as many miles as they could in 12 or six hours, and 55-year-old East Ridge resident Sal Coll led the way with 66 miles from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
He completed his 33rd lap on the two-mile loop at 11:38:35. Tommy Nichols, 61, of Rock Spring, Ga., finished 32 laps, or 64 miles, and 69-year-old Richard Westbrook of Jonesboro, Ga., was next with 56 miles in 11:45:47. Lynda Webber of Chattanooga also finished 56, in 11:46:17. Cheryl Bryll of Pleasant Shade, Tenn., led the six-hour group with 34 miles in 5:49:35. Dee Reynolds of Lebanon, Tenn., and Bill Baker of Smyrna, Tenn., completed 32 miles in 5:49:35 and 5:51:14.
Baseball
– Lee University completed a sweep of its Gulf South Conference series with visiting West Alabama, ranked third in NCAA Division II, by winning Sunday’s game 5-2. Trenton Hill, who had big hitting performances in both victories Saturday, labored to the pitching win this time, striking out five and allowing only an unearned run and four hits but walking five batters and hitting three others in 6 2/3 innings. Hill (4-2) contributed at the plate again, too, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs. Ty Broady and Tyler Pane added two hits apiece for the Flames (20-13, 10-9), who dropped West Alabama to 26-8, 15-6 in the GSC.
– After winning 4-2 and losing 8-0 Saturday, Cleveland State won 10-8 Sunday in the finale of its TCCAA series at perennial power Walters State. On Sunday, the Cougars (21-12) had home runs from four players: Billy Brand, Christian Burnett, Sean McDermott and Hagen Wilkey. McDermott finished 3-for-6 with two RBIs, Burnett also had a double, and Brand was 2-for-5 with a walk and two RBIs. Jordan Ransom added two hits, Colton Morgan (3-3) was the winning pitcher and Matt Roueche worked the final 1 2/3 innings for the save. In Saturday’s Cleveland State win, Drew Korzybski pitched a two-hitter, allowing no earned runs, while Devin Gardner homered and doubled and Austin Phillips and Wilkey also homered. Gardner was 2-for-3 again in the shutout loss.