05/03/2003

By RICK KRETZSCHMAR / Special Contributorto The Dallas Morning News

ADDISON – Kim Briant came back strong for the Greenhill School girls track and field team. She scored points in six events to help her team win its third consecutive Southwest Preparatory Conference title Friday at Greenhill.

Returning after a five-week layoff because of an injured lower back, Briant won the 300-meter hurdles and finished second in the long jump and triple jump and fourth in the pole vault. The senior also ran on Greenhill's 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, which finished first and second.

Briant said she was just part of a team that toughened up against public schools.

"This is individual sports, but this is a team. Everyone was dedicated," Briant said. "This is a lot of Fridays and Saturdays working, and it got us a three-peat."

St. Mark's baseball wins on 7th-inning HR

Casey Conlon's pinch-hit, three-run home run with one out in the top of the seventh gave the St. Mark's baseball team a 5-4 win over Bellaire Episcopal in the title game at St. Mark's. Ryan Sablotny (12-0) pitched 6 2/3 innings for the win, and Nick Cassavechia got the last out for a save.

Briefly ...

Greenhill won the Division I boys tennis title for the first time since 1996, beating Houston Kinkaid, 4-1, for the title. In No. 1 singles, Greenhill's Jason Klein defeated Kel Mabatan, 6-3, 6-4. ...

Hockaday capped an undefeated season by beating Houston St. John's, 5-0, for the Division I girls tennis title. Hockaday (17-0) has no seniors on its team, and the No. 1 singles player is freshman Lauren Caire. ... Hockaday came back to beat Houston St. John's, 11-9, in girls lacrosse.

Scott McDonald contributed to this report.

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