Top Story Spotlight COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD Bridgewater College track standout Summer Wallace is in the record books CHRIS LASSITER For The News Virginian Jun 16, 2026 Jun 16, 2026 Updated Jun 17, 2026 0 × Week in Virginia Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Summer Wallace has her eyes on the record books, her passport and her future.kAm%96 qC:586H2E6C r@==686 EC24< DE2?5@FE[ H9@ AC6G:@FD=J 4@>A6E65 7@C 96C 525 2E #:G6C9625D w:89 $49@@=[ 925 BF:E6 E96 DF446DD7F= ;F?:@C 42>A2:8? H:E9 E96 t28=6D 5FC:?8 E96 a_ad\a_ae D62D@?]k^Am Baseball Grace Christian senior shortstop Ethan Wright found his sweet spot CHRIS LASSITER, For The News Virginian kAm(:E9 2== E96 2E9=6E:4 DF446DD D96’D 2EE2:?65 — (2==246 ?@H :D E96 C64@C5 9@=56C 7@C E96 H@>6?’D c__ >6E6CD 2E qC:586H2E6C — H92E D96’D 5@:?8 2H2J 7C@> EC24< >2J 36 6G6? >@C6 :>AC6DD:G6]k^Amk9bm~? E96 C:89E EC24< k^9bm kAm(2==246 H@? 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Baseball Grace Christian senior shortstop Ethan Wright found his sweet spot CHRIS LASSITER, For The News Virginian
