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OU track star Pippi Lotta Enok wins second NCAA heptathlon title
OU women’s track and field star Pippi Lotta Enok closed the NCAA Outdoor Championships with her second heptathlon national championship Saturday at Eugene, Oregon. As a team, the Sooners finished 14th overall, marking the first time in program history the men’s and women’s teams both finished in the top 15 a day after the men […]
OU women’s track and field star Pippi Lotta Enok closed the NCAA Outdoor Championships with her second heptathlon national championship Saturday at Eugene, Oregon.
As a team, the Sooners finished 14th overall, marking the first time in program history the men’s and women’s teams both finished in the top 15 a day after the men finished sixth.
Enok, who entered Saturday in second place, earned a personal best and program record 6,285 points in the heptathlon. She also broke the Estonian national record by five points and moved into the top 10 all-time in NCAA history. It was the seventh-best score ever posted at the NCAA Outdoord Championships and 11th in the world this year.
Enok is one of three OU female athletes to win two outdoor national titles, joining Tia Brooks (shot put) and Brittany Borman (javelin).
The duo of Agur Dwol and Ashley Moore secured third and seventh place, respectively, in the triple jump to earn first-team All-American status. And freshman Leah Jeruto clocked a 9:38.94 in the steeplechase to finish eighth in the event and earn first-team All-American status, becoming the first Sooner in program history to earn the honor in the steeplechase.
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NBA: The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to trade guard Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic in exchange for guards Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony, as well as four unprotected first-round picks and one first-round pick swap. A person with knowledge of the trade confirmed the deal to USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt. The person requested anonymity because he’s not authorized to speak publicly until the trade is official. ESPN first reported the trade on Sunday. Memphis will also receive Orlando’s first-round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, No. 16 overall, plus the Phoenix Suns’ first-round pick in 2026, and the 2028 and 2030 unprotected first-round selections.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Michael Chavis hit for the cycle as the OKC Comets rallied for an 8-7 win at Albuquerque on Saturday. With OKC down one, Chavis doubled in the ninth with two outs to complete his cycle and then scored the tying run on Hunter Feduccia’s single. Steward Berroa later drove in the go-ahead run with a single. Chavis’ cycle is the first for an OKC player since Jorbit Vivas on Sept. 7, 2023, at Sugar Land.
NHL: One game after blowing a big lead in the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers figured out a solution: put on a defensive gem. The Panthers shut down the Edmonton Oilers for much of Game 5, allowing only Connor McDavid’s first goal of the series and Corey Perry’s late goal, to win 5-2 and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Florida can clinch its second consecutive Stanley Cup title with a home victory in Game 6 on Tuesday, June 17. Game 7, if necessary, would be Friday, June 20, in Edmonton.
-Staff reports