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Chandler Finishes On Top Of The USA South; Southern Virginia Men’s Cross Country Places Second At The Championship
BREVARD, N.C. - Against stiff competition, the Southern Virginia University men's cross country put their stamp on this year's USA South men's cross country championship. Kovyk Chandler, a rookie sensation and the Knights' top runner throughout the season emerged victorious to claim his first collegiate win and the USA South individual championship.
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ACC star said no to Gamecocks in portal. Why she's still a big Dawn Staley fan
Kymora Johnson had a tough phone call to make. Dawn Staley beat her to it. It was mid-April, and Johnson had just made a big decision: She was removing her name from the transfer portal and returning to Virginia for her senior season. She’d already told new UVA women’s basketball coach Aaron Roussell the news in person. Now she needed to tell Staley, who’d been recruiting Johnson to join the South Carolina Gamecocks instead. As Johnson left the team facility in Charlottesville that day, she called Staley from her car. Staley didn’t pick up. Turns out she was trying to call Virginia’s star point guard at the exact same time, so neither call went through. That coincidence alone felt like “God’s timing,” Johnson said. Once they connected, the conversation got even more memorable. “I think you should stay at Virginia,” Staley told Johnson. Wait, what? Johnson did a double take. She’d visited Columbia, hung out with Staley and met potential teammates. The Gamecocks recruited her hard, but they finished second. Given all their time and effort, shouldn’t she be the bearer of bad news? Instead, Staley was telling her over the phone that it was OK, that she also sensed