USF’s Taylor wins NCAA 10,000 title

USF senior Charlotte Taylor, a former triathlete from Spalding, England, won the 10,000 meters Thursday night at the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.

Taylor, 17th at last year’s NCAA meet, won in 32 minutes, 38.57 seconds, more than four seconds ahead of Alice Wright of New Mexico.

Taylor became the first woman to win a national championship for USF.

Other winners were Arizona State’s Maggie Evans (hammer), Kent State’s Danniel Thomas (shot put), Kentucky’s Olivia Gruver (pole vault), Virginia Tech’s Irena Sediva (javelin) and Georgia’s Kate Hall (long jump).

In the day’s only men’s event, Texas A&M’s Lindon Victor repeated as decathlon champion.

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse blew past the field to win the 200 in 20.01 at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meet in Rome.

Obituary: Former NFL wide receiver James Hardy was found dead in a river in northeast Indiana, authorities said. The cause of death is still being investigated. Mr. Hardy, who was 31, played for the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens. He was reported missing a few weeks ago by relatives.

College basketball:

Head coach Greg McDermott announced he’s staying at Creighton amid a report he was offered the job at Ohio State.

Pittsburgh has released guard Cameron Johnson to play immediately at North Carolina as a graduate transfer, after previously citing an internal policy requiring him to sit out a year if he went to another ACC school.