Sports briefs: Tam’s McInnis sets school record at State Meet

Tam High runner Brianna McInnis qualified for the 1,600 finals on Friday then raced to an eighth-place finish on Saturday at the track and field State Meet in Clovis.

McInnis was the only one of six Marin athletes to make it to the final day of competition and finished the race in 4 minutes, 49.89 seconds. McInnis’ time ranks second all-time in county history behind Redwood’s Gillian Wagner, who ran a 4:46.22 in 2018.

Tam’s school record in the event has been set three different times this year, including twice by McInnis, who held the record briefly before teammate Emma Dunmire set a new one last weekend (4:51.73).

McInnis set her previous best time of 4:51.88 last week at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions. Dunmire finished 15th in Friday’s prelims and did not advance to Saturday’s final.

Marin also had two runners in the girls 800 field — Branson School’s Adeline Johnson and Tam’s Emma Gardner. Johnson placed 15th in the prelims (2:14.95) and Gardner finished in 17th (2:16.34).

Tam’s Jamie Nel placed 15th in the boys 300 high hurdles with a time of 39.95. Tam’s Drake Miller did not advance to Saturday’s high jump final.

College baseball

Former Tam standout Bennett Flynn was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference all-league first team as a pitcher for Davidson College.

Flynn tossed 38.1 innings for the Wildcats this season, going 3-1 with a 1.41 earned-run average. Flynn struck out 58 hitters against just 17 walks and allowed batters to hit .150 against him this season.

“Bennett has been a security blanket for us this season,” Davidson coach Rucker Taylor said in a press release. “We have used him in a few different ways, and he consistently produces. He’s continued to develop and has been instrumental in our success.”

Davidson went 41-13 this season, including a 20-4 conference record. The wildcats won their first game in the A10 championships before dropping back-to-back games against Virginia Commonwealth and Richmond on Friday to end their season.

College softball

Former Drake standout Sona Halajian earned first-team All-Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a two-way starter for Cal this season.

Halajian led the Bears with 43 RBIs and tied for the team lead with 13 home runs. She batting .312 on the season. As a pitcher, Halajian went 18-10 with 14 complete games and 119 strikeouts for a 3.87 ERA over 172 innings.

The Bears featured two other Marin players — former San Marin standout Alexis Bishop and former Marin Catholic standout Annabel Teperson. Bishop hit .271 with 32 hits, 23 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 46 starts. Teperson pitched 69.2 innings with a team-best 3.52 ERA. Teperson had 37 strikeouts against 16 walks.

Basketball

Former Drake standout Jesse Hunt scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds for AEK Larnaca in the Cyprus ‘A’ league championship final — which ended in a 90-88 overtime loss in Game 5 to Keravnos on Friday.