Feb 23, 2018 4 min read

Waynesburg women

win PAC indoor track

The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team defended its title at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Indoor Championships held Thursday at Youngstown State University.

Waynesburg scored 127 points to edge Westminster by four points. Washington & Jefferson was in fourth place.

Geneva won the men’s team title with W&J finishing in second place and Waynesburg fifth.

The lone individual champion for the Waynesburg women was Addy Knetzer. One day after finishing the season with the Yellow Jackets’ basketball team, Knetzer won the shot put with a throw of 41-1¾.

The Yellow Jackets’ Julie Gerber won the 3,000 meters with a PAC-record time of 10:33.66, and the 5,000 meters (19:18.78). Angie Marchetti won the mile run in 5:17.65.

Marchetti, Katie Thompson, Taylor Clarkson and Becca Volz combined to win the distance medley relay.

W&J’s Krista Sudar won the weigh throw with a toss of 43-7.

First-year Waynesburg head coach Michelle Cross was named PAC Coach of the Year.

In the men’s competition, W&J’s Harley Moyer won the mile (4:20.98), the 3,000 meters (8:46.73) and the 5,000 (15:31.15). Moyer was named the overall PAC Indoor Track MVP for earning the most team points out of all competitors, including the women.

Waynesburg’s Mitch Kendra won the pole vault for the second time in four years, clearing 14-1¼.

Busch wins pole

at Atlanta

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. was the hot topic even as Kyle Busch won the pole Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Busch will start in front Sunday in the second race of the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup season after edging Ryan Newman in a close battle.

Busch overcame handling problems in the first two rounds of qualifying to win the pole with a lap of 184.652 mph in the third round. Busch won his 28th career pole, and his first at Atlanta.

Busch beat Newman’s 184.419 mph.

Wallace will start 19th, in the middle of the 36-car field. Much of the talk Friday remained on his second-place finish in last week’s Daytona 500 .

Wallace was the first black driver in the Daytona 500 field since 1969 . The second-place finish was the highest for a black driver and any rookie.

“It was just crazy, awesome,” Wallace said Friday.

On Sunday, he’ll be the first black Cup racer in an Atlanta race since Bill Lester finished 38th in 2006.

Kevin Harvick qualified third, followed by Daniel Suarez. Defending champion Brad Keselowski qualified fifth. Austin Dillon, coming off the win at Daytona, will start 25th.

Defending NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex will start 35th after his car did not pass inspection. As a penalty, car chief Blake Harris was suspended for the weekend and a 30-minute practice hold will be enforced Saturday.

Woods 4 shots off lead at midpoint

Tiger Woods is four shots behind going into the weekend at a windy Honda Classic where just about everyone has a chance.

Luke List had a 4-under 66 in the morning and Jamie Lovemark had a 69 in the afternoon. That was enough for the two players who have never won on the PGA Tour to share the lead at 3-under 137.

It’s the highest score to lead the Honda Classic through 36 holes since it moved to PGA National in 2007.

Woods was two shots off the lead until putting his tee shot into the water on the par-3 15th for double bogey. He had a 71 and was at 1-over 141 and just outside the top 10.