SHS girls finish 19th at state swim meet

COLUMBIA – The Sumter High School girls swim team finished 19th out of 37 teams, scoring 63 points, in the 5A state meet on Friday at the University of South Carolina’s Sol Blatt Natatorium.

Eighth-grader Hayden Kirkhart led the way, finishing ninth in the 100-yard backstroke and 14th in the 50 freestyle. She had a personal record in the back in a time of 1 minute, 1:05 seconds and a PR in the free at 25.61 seconds. She scored 21 points.

Freshman Abby Hoshour finished 19th in the 100 butterfly with a PR of 1:01.88, scoring two points. Haley Stewart scored two points by finishing 19th in the 50 free. She set a PR with a time of 26.13.

The 200 free relay team finished 11th, scoring 22 points. The team of Kirkhart, Hoshour, Stewart and Ana Hartman set a PR of 1:45.72.

The 400 free relay team of Tabitha Simonson, Kirkhart, Hoshour and Stewart finished 13th, scoring 16 points. It also set a personal record of 1:00.84.

Wagner leads by 1 at Safeway Open

NAPA, Calif. — Johnson Wagner chipped in for birdie and took a one-shot lead in the Safeway Open by keeping bogeys off his card in the rain at Silverado.

Wagner was at 15-under par through 15 holes when the third round was halted as rain caused puddles to form around the edges of the green. Scott Piercy was just short of the 16th green when he told tour officials he couldn’t play his shot because of the water.

Piercy was in the last group with Wagner and at 14 under. Pattron Kizzire was at 14 under through 16 holes.

Paul Casey was two shots behind and in the final group. Casey hit a tee shot on the par-5 fifth hole that clipped a tree, ricocheted somewhere and was never found, costing him two shots.

Phil Mickelson hit a wild tee shot on the par-5 18th and made bogey for a 69, leaving him six back.

Kyle Busch wins another Xfinity race at Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch won his third straight Xfinity race at Kansas on Saturday, while Chase contenders Elliott Sadler and Daniel Suarez followed him to the line to help their championship hopes.

Busch started from the pole and led 150 laps for his ninth series win this season, though it wasn’t easy all afternoon. He dropped a lap behind the leaders at one point before getting a wave-around.

Fellow Sprint Cup regulars Joey Logano and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five on a damaging day for several drivers beginning the three-race round of eight of their title run.

Justin Allgaier and Darrell Wallace Jr. were involved in a late wreck, though Allgaier’s partially destroyed car was able to finish a lap down in 14th. Wallace wound up 33rd.

Brendon Gaughan also had late trouble and finished 31st.

From staff, wire reports