Sports in Brief: La Salle woman wins mile run

La Salle's Caitlin Storbeck, an Archbishop Carroll graduate, won the mile run in 4 minutes, 57.41 seconds at the Atlantic Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in Kingston, R.I. Teammate Wendy Hutchinson finished third (2:56.20) in the 1,000 meters.

Preseason favorite Charlotte won the conference title, while the Explorers finished in eighth place.

Liu Xiang beat Dayron Robles in a resumption of their hurdling rivalry and Lerone Clarke upstaged Jamaican sprint rival Asafa Powell at 60 meters at the Birmingham Grand Prix in England.

BOXING: Chaos broke out after Vitali Klitschko unanimously outpointed Dereck Chisora to retain his WBC heavyweight belt Saturday night in Munich when Chisora got into a brawl with former WBA champion David Haye at the post-match news conference.

The World Boxing Council fined Chisora for slapping Klitschko during the weigh-in.

SKIING: Lindsey Vonn clinched her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title after placing third in a race on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course in Russia won by German rival and friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch.

Hannah Kearney of the United States earned her 16th straight World Cup moguls victory in Naeba, Japan, to extend her record winning streak.

Marchel Hirscher took advantage of a mistake by rival Ted Ligety to win a World Cup giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, and overtake the American for first place in the discipline standings.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz hired his son, Brian, away from the New England Patriots to coach the Hawkeyes offensive line.

Kevin Taylor, the son of retired NFL running back Fred Taylor has decided to attend Florida, a potentially significant recruiting boost for the Gators.

SPEEDSKATING: World Cup overall leader Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the women's 500 meters and Zbigniew Brodka of Poland won the men's sprint to take early leads at the World Speedskating Championships in Moscow.

TENNIS: Serena Williams pulled out of next week's Monterrey Open in Mexico City because of an ankle injury.

Top-seeded Roger Federer reached the ABN Amro World Tennis final with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Nikolay Davydenko in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Saturday. Federer will play Juan Martin del Potro for the title Sunday.

U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur reached the Qatar Open final after Marion Bartoli quit during the second set because of an injured leg. Stosur will next face top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, who beat Agnieszka Radwanska. - Associated Press