Bossong qualifies for NCAA Nationals

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Cumberland's Victoria Bossong qualified for the NCAA Division I national track and field championships on Saturday by posting the ninth-fastest time — 2 minutes, 2.05 seconds — in the quarterfinals of the women's 800-meter run at the East Regional in Lexington, Kentucky.
Bossong, a junior at Harvard, will compete in the national championships in Eugene, Oregon, June 5-8.

GOLF: Camden's Cole Anderson shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, Calif., and his Florida State team made a big jump in the rankings, with a cut looming after Sunday's round.

Anderson was 4 over par after two rounds, tied for 34th place, with the second round still in progress. Florida State climbed from 17th place to tied for 7th place. After the third round, the field will be reduced to 15 teams.

BASEBALL

EASTERN LEAGUE: Mickey Gasper and Tyler McDonough both hit home runs and four runs, and the Portland Sea Dogs scored season-highs in runs and hits en route to a 17-12 victory over the Hartford Yard Goats at Hadlock Field.

McDonough was 4 for 6 with three doubles in addition to his first home run of the season, while Gasper was 3 for 4. Both players scored three times.

Matthew Lugo added three hits and three runs, and Nick Decker collected three RBIs with a double and a single. The Sea Dogs finished the game with 18 hits.

Amael Amador of Hartford was 5 for 6 with two home runs and five RBI.

GOLF

PGAs: Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at the age of 30, one day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge.

There were initially no further details about the circumstances of his death.

Murray, who has struggled with alcohol and mental health problems in the past, turned things around this year and won the Sony Open.

He also won the Barbasol Championship in 2017.

• Davis Riley shot 4-under-par 66 at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, four strokes ahead of rising star Scottie Scheffler.

Riley was 14 under par at 196. Scheffler shot 63 and was alone in second place.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Ernie Els makes a birdie on his final hole and finishes at 2 under par and 69 strokes, putting him joint-leader with Greg Chalmers ahead of the final round of the Senior PGA Championship in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Chalmers, the left-handed Australian known for his putting and with a stroke average of 66, is now tied with Els at 10 under par and 203 strokes.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Spaniard Nacho Elvira went into the final round of the Soudal Open in Antwerp, Belgium, with a four-stroke lead and was aiming for his second victory on the European tour.

Elvira played a 67 (four under par) and finished 18 under par. Joe Dean (66) and Ross Fisher (70), Romain Langasque (68) and Niklas Norgaard (67) tied for second place.

MOTOR RACE

FORMULA ONE: Charles Leclerc took pole position for Ferrari at the Monaco Grand Prix, ending Max Verstappen’s record streak of eight pole positions in a row.

Verstappen, who shares the Formula One record with the late Ayrton Senna, will start Sunday's race for Red Bull from sixth place on arguably the most difficult overtaking track in the series.

Leclerc was 0.154 seconds faster than McLaren's Oscar Piastri and 0.248 seconds faster than his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren's Lando Norris qualified fourth, followed by Mercedes driver George Russell.

NASCAR: Chase Elliott defeated Brandon Jones at Charlotte Motor Speedway to take his first Xfinity Series win since 2016.

Elliott became the 12th different Xfinity winner at Charlotte in the last 12 years. He has only competed in four Xfinity races in the last five years.

Justin Allgaier won the first two stages, but his chance to defend his title in Charlotte ended when his No. 7 Chevrolet hit the wall with 25 laps to go.

Sam Mayer was leading the race when Cole Custer and Austin Hill were involved in a crash with 17 laps to go. Elliott pulled away on the restart. Jones was second, Sammy Smith third and Mayer fourth.

FOOTBALL

FA CUP: Manchester United won the FA Cup by beating defending champions Manchester City 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.

Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring in the 30th minute after City defender Josko Gvardiol and goalkeeper Stefan Ortega made mistakes.

Kobbie Mainoo then scored a second goal in the 39th minute, sparking passionate celebrations from coach Erik ten Hag, whose job was under intense scrutiny ahead of the final.

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Barcelona ended its losing streak against Lyon and won its third title in four years with a 2-0 victory in Bilbao, Spain.

World Player of the Year Aitana Bonmatí scored in the second half and former Player of the Year Alexia Putellas added a second deep into injury time.

Barcelona have lost two of their previous finals against the French and all four of their previous games against Lyon, which remains the most successful club in women's football with eight European trophies.

TENNIS

GENEVA OPEN: Casper Ruud won two matches in a row in Switzerland to claim his third Geneva Open title in four years.

Ruud won the final 7-5, 6-3 against Tomas Machac and returned to the court less than three hours after defeating Flavio Cobolli in a third-set tiebreak.

STRASBOURG INTERNATIONAL: Madison Keys defeated Danielle Collins 6-1, 6-2 in an all-American final in France.

Keys, seeded No. 4, did not drop a single set in the tournament, winning her eighth WTA singles title and first of the year.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Napheesa Collier had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx hit 14 3-pointers, handing the New York Liberty their second consecutive loss, 84-67.

ICE HOCKEY

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Switzerland beat Canada 3-2 on penalties and reached the final against the Czech Republic in Prague.

Sven Andrighetto scored the decisive goal in the shootout after regulation time ended 2-2 and neither team was able to score in the ten-minute overtime period.

Canada, a 28-time champion, will play against Sweden for the bronze medal. Hosts Czech Republic defeated Sweden 7-3 to reach the final for the first time since 2010.

RIDE A BIKE

GIRO D'ITALY: Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar once again destroyed his rivals in the mountains, taking his sixth of 20 stage wins and extending his already considerable lead to almost 10 minutes overall.

All that remains for him to confirm his overall triumph is the largely ceremonial ride on Sunday in Rome.

Pogacar finished the 183-kilometer stage from Alpago to Bassano del Grappa 2 minutes and 7 seconds ahead of Valentin Paret-Peintre and Daniel Martinez, extending his overall lead over Martinez to 9:56.

ATHLETICS

WORLD RECORD: Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set a world record in the women's 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, crossing the finish line with a time of 28 minutes and 54.14 seconds.

Chebet surpassed the previous record of 29.01.03, set by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey on June 8, 2021 at the FBK Stadium in the Netherlands.

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