Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-05)

Ashlynn, a sophomore center at Cameron High, scored 29 points and grabbed 31 boards in a

74–43 victory against River View in the Class A quarterfinals, breaking the state tournament

single-game rebound record. Four days later she had a team-high 27 points and 19 rebounds

in a 53–50 defeat of Gilmer County to lead the Dragons to their first state title.

ASHLYNN VAN TASSELL Sport: Basketball Hometown: Cameron, W.Va.

Nur, a sophomore distance runner at Northern Arizona, won

the NCAA men’s indoor 5,000-meter championship in a

meet-record time of 13:19.01. A day later he also took the title in

the 3,000 meters (7:59.88) to complete the 3K/5K double.

ABDIHAMID NUR Sport: Track and Field Hometown: Phoenix

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AT 19, Aaron Jarvis

admits it’s “a little

early” to compete at

Augusta National. All

the same, in January

he automatically

qualified for both

the Masters and

the British Open by

shooting seven under

par to win the 2022

Latin America Amateur

Championship.

Jarvis came into

the tournament in the

Dominican Republic

ranked 1,669th and

watched as four

players tried to tie him

on the 18th hole after

he finished in the lead.

They all missed.

Jarvis stood with

his dad, brother and

some UNLV teammates

and couldn’t help but

think about the major

tournament bids that

would come with the

victory. History crept in,

too: No golfer from the

Cayman Islands had

ever before competed

at the Masters.

“Coming from a

small island, there’s

not much golf here,”

he says. “It means a lot

to have my country

and people supporting

me.” —Claire Kuwana

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