SPORTS digest

Haines, Thomas among Sharon winners

Hartford

Chris Haines, Will Thomas III, Brandon Ritchey, Steve Haefke and Matt Rubright were winners on Saturday at Sharon Speedway.

Haines won the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds race.

Thomas took the Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds race.

Ritchey won the Lyden/Red Line Oil RUSH Sportsman Modifieds.

Haefke was first in the HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods.

Rubright won Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks.

Flanagan wins Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon

SAN DIEGO

U.S. Olympian Shalane Flanagan won the women’s half marathon in 1 hour, 7 minutes, 51 seconds at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday, breaking her personal best by 40 seconds.

It was the second-fastest half marathon by an American this year, behind Molly Huddle’s 1:07:41 at the NYC Half in March.

Amy Cragg, who beat Flanagan at the U.S. Olympic Trials marathon in February, finished two minutes behind Flanagan, but still ran a personal-best 1:09:51.

Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego will be their only race prior to the Olympic marathon in August.

At the trials in Los Angeles, they ran together for the first 25 miles before splitting up when Flanagan started having trouble with the heat. Cragg won the race, with Flanagan finishing third.

The two have trained together this year, even going to Rio together in April to run on the Olympic marathon course.

Broncos’ Talib suffers gunshot wound

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

Star cornerback Aqib Talib will miss the Denver Broncos’ trip to the White House on Monday after getting shot at a Dallas nightclub early Sunday morning.

Talib, who was shot in the lower right leg, wasn’t expected to be released from a Dallas hospital until today, team spokesman Patrick Smyth said. So, he “wont’ be able to join the team for its trip to Washington,” where the team will celebrate its Super Bowl 50 title, Smyth said.

Earlier, the Broncos said they had spoken with Talib and “we are glad he is OK and will make a full recovery.”

Although he wasn’t expected to require surgery, it’s not known how much time, if any, Talib might have to miss because of his gunshot wound, which Smyth said was described as minor.

The team’s three-day mandatory minicamp starts Tuesday and there’s a final set of offseason practices next week before the champs scatter until training camp in late July.

Franklin wins; Phelps a scratch

AUSTIN, TEXAS

issy Franklin won the 100-meter backstroke Sunday to close an up-and-down weekend at the Longhorn Elite Invitational, and Michael Phelps skipped the final in his last event.

Franklin had also easily won the 200 backstroke and twice finished second to Allison Schmitt in the Austin, Texas, event. She finished with a time of 1 minute, 0.50 seconds in the 100 on Sunday.

Phelps was a scratch in the 200-meter individual medley final, his fourth event. He was fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 2:05.89.

The 18-time Olympic gold medalist won the 100 freestyle Friday, but was fourth in the 200 free and second in the 100 butterfly.

Top swimmers also were competing in Arena Pro Swim Series events in Indianapolis and Santa Clara, California. The Olympic Trials run from June 26-July 3 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Caitlin Leverenz, the 2012 bronze medalist, came from behind to win the women’s 200 IM in California in 2:11.65.

“I’ve been working on my freestyle so I was definitely charging home in that race,” Leverenz said. “I’m looking to fine-tune some things and get ready to race [at Trials].”

Conor Dwyer and Katie Ledecky won the Arena Pro Swim Series points titles.

Staff/wire report