2012 Sports Feature
First Place - 2012 Sports Feature
Caleb Sun (middle-right) waits backstage with other competitors, beneath a blue light, before the light middleweight bodybuilding division of the Arnold Amateur during the Arnold Sports Festival. "Under the Blue Lights"
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Second Place - 2012 Sports Feature
North Korean women perform in a mass synchronized swimming event in Pyongyang, North Korea. "North Korea Synchronized Swimming"
David Guttenfelder / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 Sports Feature
UCLA centerfielder Beau Amaral leaps onto the outfield wall to return an errant beach ball to a fan at the College World Series. "Beach Ball Baseball"
Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal Star
Honorable Mention - 2012 Sports Feature
A family watches participants in the Marine Corp Mud Run. An event designed to test mental and physical conditioning. Here, participants, slog through a mud hole.
Anne McQuary / WLTX Channel 19
Honorable Mention - 2012 Sports Feature
Nick Mevoli 'walks' up a dive-line while preparing for his target dive of 86 meters at Performance Freediving International's Deja Blue III, an international freediving competition. "Life and Breath 8"
Logan Mock-Bunting / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 Sports Feature
The Missouri Tigers pray in the end zone before their game against Georgia.
Ryan Henriksen / Columbia Daily Tribune