CATCHING UP
Former Davis High School standout Rebecca Hammond broke the Swarthmore (Pa.) College 800-meter run record when she finished the race in 2 minutes, 13.44 seconds this month. Hammond provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, which begin today at Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, Ohio.
Earlier in May, Hammond anchored Swarthmore's 4x800 relay team to a victory in the Centennial Conference Championship Meet, and placed second in the 1,500 in 4:42.20.
Hammond, a sophomore, is faring well academically, too. She made the conference's academic honor roll, which requires a minimum 3.40 grade-point average.
While at Davis, Hammond placed third in the 800 (2:16.87) at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet and won the event in the D-I section final (2:17.85). She was fourth in the Masters as a junior (2:17.68) and second in the D-I final (2:17.82).
• San Diego State's Hayley Miles, a former Center High softball standout, was named the Mountain West Conference's Freshman of the Year, the school announced. She batted .512 to lead the Aztecs (34-21) in MWC play. Miles started all 55 games as a utility player, and batted .344 overall with 29 RBIs. Miles helped send the Aztecs to the NCAA Tournament's Tempe Regional with a game-winning homer
against Long Beach State, but the Aztecs later lost to No. 1 Arizona State 6-1.
Miles joined teammate and former Pioneer High star pitcher Bailey Micetich (20-12, 1.85 ERA) and UNLV outfielder Paige Emerson (Rocklin High) on the all-conference team. Micetich earned the MWC's Freshman of the Year honor in 2009.
At Center, Miles was second-team All-Metro last spring (.468, 31 RBIs, eight home runs).
– Jeff Caraska
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