Auburn Baseball Golf Tournament
The Auburn High School baseball team is hosting its annual Golf Tournament at Auburn Hills Golf Club on Saturday April 21. There will be a shotgun start beginning at 9 a.m. The tournament is $70 per person. Golfers may also purchase mulligans and enter a raffle for many great prizes. This includes 18-holes of golf, cart and lunch. For more information, call 250-8291.
5K in Radford April 21
Star City 5k is along the New River at Bisset Park in Radford on April 21. All of the Race proceeds will benefit the Bradley Free Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia. The Bradley Free Clinic provides free dental, medical, pharmaceutical and preventive health care services to individuals in need in the surrounding area. Children under the age of 6 run for free. Checks can be made out to “RU Pre-Dental Club”. For more information email: HYPERLINK “mailto:sstowers@radford.edu” sstowers@radford.edu.
ACC Performer of the Week
Lisa Gunnarsson of Virginia Tech’s track and field team has been named ACC Women’s Field Performer of the Week, as announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon.
The freshman broke the outdoor school record in the pole vault at the Texas Relays last weekend, vaulting a height of 4.60 meters (15 feet, 1 inch) to place second. The honor marks her second ACC Performer of the Week selection this year, as she earned the nod on Jan. 30 during the indoor season.
Gunnarsson’s mark reset the Mike A. Myers Stadium’s collegiate athlete record on the women’s side and tied the seventh-best jump in collegiate history. The mark also is No. 1 in the country.
Gunnarsson, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, broke the national junior record for Sweden, too. Tech’s record for the outdoor season was previously held by Martina Schultze set in 2013.
Hokies fall a spot
Following two weeks of action during the outdoor season, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its Top 25 rankings on Monday afternoon, with the Virginia Tech men coming in at No. 13 and the women at No. 18.
The men fell one spot while the women moved up two from the previous poll, released on March 20 for the preseason. Tech owns the highest-rated team on both sides out of the ACC.
Tech is the one of only two schools ( HYPERLINK “http://www.seminoles.com/” Florida State) from the HYPERLINK “http://www.theacc.com/” ACC to have both of its units ranked inside the Top 25. The men are one of three schools from the conference, with Virginia at No. 23 and Florida State at No. 25, and the women are one of two teams ranked, with Florida State at No. 19.
Golf for Vets
The Vittles for Vets Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, May 5 at the Pete Dye Virginia Tech golf course in Fairlawn. All proceeds benefit the Vittles for Vets food card charity.
Play on the most beautiful golf course on the East coast, enjoy a silent auction, Volvo Patriotic trucks will be on display, food, patriotic displays. Cost is $100 per golfer and sponsorship is $250 per hole.
For information or to register, call (401) 447-5912.
