In Brief
KC grad Slagle wins 10K raceKarns City graduate Matt Slagle ran a time of 37 minutes, 5 seconds for Westminster College at the Race 4 Fish 10K in Sanibel, Fla., to place first out of 380 runners.Freeport native Morgan Camerlo was 21st for the Westminster women.
Olympic sprinter’s daughter shot, killedLEXINGTON, Ky. — The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot in the neck, authorities and the athlete’s agent said, and police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting.Trinity Gay died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, the coroner’s office for Fayette County said in a statement. The athlete’s agent, Mark Wetmore, confirmed in a text message to The Associated Press that Gay’s daughter had died.Police on Sunday evening announced that Dvonta Middlebrooks, 21, was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A statement said investigators determined that Middlebrooks was in the parking lot and fired multiple shots at the time of the incident.Another man questioned by police has not been charged.
UCLA hoop champ Slaughter dead at 74LOS ANGELES — Fred Slaughter, who helped UCLA win its first NCAA basketball championship as a senior under coach John Wooden in 1964, has died. He was 74.The school announced Saturday that Slaughter died Oct. 6 at his home in Santa Monica. No cause of death was given.He was the Bruins’ starting center from 1962-64. They were 30-0 in 1963-64, the school’s first undefeated season that culminated in the first of Wooden’s record 10 NCAA titles. Slaughter averaged 7.9 points and 8.1 rebounds that season.
Williams injured, out of WTA FinalsST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Serena Williams will miss the season-ending WTA Finals for the second year in a row, citing a right shoulder injury.The WTA announced Williams’ withdrawal from the tournament a week before play begins next Sunday in Singapore, releasing a video from the 22-time Grand Slam singles champion.Williams says she is “really, really bummed” to skip the event.