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2025-26 Big West Championships Sites, Dates and Formats Revealed for All 21 Conference-Sponsored Sports

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The Big West Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships – Oct. 31, 2025 


Championships Central >>> 


Location: Queen Kapi’olani Regional Park | Honolulu 


Championship Format: Eight men’s teams (8K race) / Ten women’s teams (6K race)  


Defending Champions: Cal Poly (men) / Cal Poly (women)  


Notable: Cal Poly swept the men’s and women’s championships for the third straight season. The Championships are set to be contested on O’ahu for the first time since 2016 and the third time in history. 

Schedule 



Saturday, Oct. 31 


Men’s 8K 

Women’s 6K  

(awards ceremony to follow after the conclusion of the women’s race) 


The Big West Women’s Soccer Championship – November 2, 6 & 9, 2025  


Championship Central >>> 


First Round Location: Hosted by higher seeds at campus sites  


Semifinals and Final Location: Hosted by regular-season champion  


Championship Format: Top six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye)   


Defending Champion: UC Santa Barbara  


Notable: No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara earned its third Big West crown after outlasting No. 5 seed Cal State Bakersfield 8-7 in penalty kicks.  

Schedule 



First Round – Sunday, Nov. 2 

Game 1 | No. 5 seed at No. 4 seed 

Game 2 | No. 6 seed at No. 3 seed 

 

Semifinals – Thursday, Nov. 6 

Game 3 | Game 1 winner at No. 1 seed 

Game 4 | Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 seed 

 

Final – Sunday, Nov. 9 

Championship Match 


The Big West Men’s Soccer Championship – November 5, 8 & 14, 2025  


Championship Central >>>  


Location: Hosted by higher seeds at campus sites   


Championship Format: Top six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye)   


Defending Champion: UC Davis 


Notable: 2024’s trophy-hoisting campaign for No. 4 seed UC Davis was their first ever, downing second-seeded UC Santa Barbara for the title. Both the Aggies and Gauchos earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament brackets for their efforts on the season. 

Schedule 



First Round – Wednesday, Nov. 5 

Game 1 | No. 5 seed at No. 4 seed 

Game 2 | No. 6 seed at No. 3 seed 

 

Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 8 

Game 3 | Game 1 winner at No. 1 seed 

Game 4 | Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 seed 

 

Final – Friday, Nov. 14 

Championship Match (highest seed hosts) 


– schedule subject to change, based on final seedings – 




The Big West Men’s Water Polo Championship – November 21-23, 2025 


Championship Central >>>  


Location: Anteater Aquatics Complex | Irvine, Calif.  


Championship Format: Six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye)   


Defending Champion: Long Beach State 


Notable: Fifth-seeded Long Beach State outlasted No. 3 seed UC San Diego, 10-8, for their third Big West title and a first since 1975.  

Schedule 



Quarterfinals – Friday, Nov. 21 

Game 1 | No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 

Game 2 | No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 

 

Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 22 

Game 3 | No. 1 seed vs. Game 1 winner 

Game 4 | No. 2 seed vs. Game 2 winner 

 

Final – Sunday, Nov. 23 

Game 5 | Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner 


– schedule subject to change, based on final seedings – 


The Hawaiian Islands presents the 2025 Outrigger Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship – November 26, 28 & 29, 2025 


Championship Central >>>  


Location: Walter Pyramid | Long Beach, Calif.  


Championship Format: Top six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye)   


Defending Champion: Hawai`i  


Notable: Hawai`i claimed their 31st straight post-season appearance in 2024 after defeating top-seeded Cal Poly in the championship finale.  

Schedule 



First Round – Wednesday, Nov. 26 

Game 1 | No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 

Game 2 | No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 

 

Semifinals – Friday, Nov. 28 

Game 3 | No. 1 seed vs. Game 2 winner 

Game 4 | No. 2 seed vs. Game 1 winner 

 

Final – Saturday, Nov. 29 

Game 5 | Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner 


– schedule subject to change, based on final seedings – 


The Big West Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships – February 11-14, 2026  


Championships Central >>>  


Location: CRWC Natatorium | Houston, Texas 

 

Championship Format: Six men’s teams / seven women’s teams   

 

Defending Champions: UC Santa Barbara took home the men’s and women’s team titles in the sport’s first year back since 2010.  

 

Notable: Three affiliate members are set to make their Big West debut, splashing down in Houston. GCU (men), San Diego (women) and Seattle U (men & women) are set to join the fray from the CRWC. 

Schedule 



Day 1 – Wednesday, Feb. 11 


Day 2 – Thursday, Feb. 12 


Day 3 – Friday, Feb. 13 


Day 4 – Saturday, Feb. 14 


The 2026 Big West Basketball Championships presented by Credit Union 1 – March 11-14, 2026 


Championship Central: Men | Women

Location: Lee’s Family Forum | Henderson, Nev.  

 

Championship Format: Top eight men’s and women’s teams competing (3-4 seeds receive a bye to the quarterfinals, 1-2 seeds receive a bye to the semifinals)  

 

Defending Champions: UC San Diego (men) / UC San Diego (women)  

 

Notable: The Tritons took home both the men’s and women’s titles in their first year of Division I eligibility.  UCSD became the first school ever with both genders earning qualification into the NCAA Tournament in their first possible season. 

Schedule 



First Round – Wednesday, March 11 

Game 1 (women) | No. 5 seed vs. No. 8 seed 

Game 2 (women) | No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed 

Game 3 (men) | No. 5 seed vs. No. 8 seed 

Game 4 (men) | No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed 

 

Second Round – Thursday, March 12 

Game 5 (women) | No. 4 seed vs. Game 1 winner 

Game 6 (women) | No. 3 seed vs. Game 2 winner 

Game 7 (men) | No. 4 seed vs. Game 4 winner 

Game 8 (men) | No. 3 seed vs. Game 3 winner 

 

Semifinals – Friday, March 13 

Game 9 (women) | No. 1 seed vs. Game 5 winner 

Game 10 (women) | No. 2 seed vs. Game 6 winner 

Game 11 (men) | No. 1 seed vs. Game 7 winner 

Game 12 (men) | No. 2 seed vs. Game 8 winner 

 

Final – Saturday, March 14 

Game 13 | Women’s Championship 

Game 14 | Men’s Championship 




The Big West Women’s Water Polo Championship – April 10-12, 2026  


Championships Central >>>

Location: Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center | Long Beach, Calif.  

 

Championship Format: Eight team, single-elimination bracket  

 

Defending Champion: Hawai`i  

 

Notable: Hawai`i claimed consecutive conference crowns and its sixth overall Big West title after edging No. 2 Long Beach State in a defensive struggle, 8-6. Shining on the national stage, the Rainbow Wahine would go on to advance to the National Collegiate Championship semifinals for a second-straight season.  

Schedule 



Quarterfinals – Friday, April, 10 

Game 1 | No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed 

Game 2 | No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 

Game 3 | No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed 

Game 4 | No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 

 

Semifinals – Saturday, April 11 

Game 5 | Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 

Game 6 | Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner 

 

Final – Sunday, April 12 

Game 7 | Championship 


– schedule subject to change, based on final seedings – 


The Big West Women’s Golf Championship – April 19-21, 2026 


Championship Central >>>

Location: Ka’anapali Golf Course | Maui, Hawai’i 

 

Championship Format: Nine teams competing in 54 holes of stroke play  

 

Defending Champion: Cal State Fullerton 

 

Notable: Led by individual medalist Kaitlyn Zermeno Smith, the Titans claimed their first-ever Big West Championship trophy and then became the first 10th-seeded team in the NCAA’s six-region era to advance to the NCAA Championships.  

Schedule 



Round 1 – Sunday, April 19 


Round 2 – Monday, April 20 


Round 3 – Tuesday, April 21 


The Big West Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships – April 21-25, 2026 


Championship Central: Men | Women

Location: Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, Calif.  

 

Championship Formats: Seven men’s teams competing / 10 women’s teams competing  

 

Defending Champions: UC Irvine (men) / UC Santa Barbara (women)  

 

Notable: The UC Irvine men won their sixth overall Big West title and third in the last four year. UC Santa Barbara used a comeback effort to claim their 11th overall title and their third in the last five seasons. Both men’s finalists were joined by the UCSB women in the NCAA Championship brackets in 2025. 



Schedule 



Tuesday, April 21 – women’s first round  


WOMEN – No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed 


WOMEN – No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed 




Wednesday, April 22 – women’s quarterfinals/men’s first round 


WOMEN – No. 1 seed vs. No. 8/9 winner 


WOMEN – No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 


WOMEN – No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 


WOMEN – No. 2 seed vs. No. 7/10 winner MEN – No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed 




Thursday, April 23 – women’s semifinals/men’s second round 

WOMEN – No. 1/8/9 winner vs. No. 4/5 winner 

WOMEN – No. 2/7/10 winner vs. No. 3/6 winner  

MEN – No. 1 seed vs. No. 5 seed 

MEN – No. 3 seed vs. No. 6/7 winner 




Friday, April 24 – women’s championship/men’s semifinals 

WOMEN – Championship Match 


MEN – No. 1 seed vs. No. 4/5 winner 


MEN – No. 2 seed vs. No. 3/6/7 winner 




Saturday, April 25  


MEN – Championship Match 




– Subject to change –


The Big West Beach Volleyball Championship – April 23-24, 2026 


Championship Central >>>

Location: Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex | San Luis Obispo, Calif. 

 

Championship Format: Seven teams competing in modified pool play before a six-team single-elimination bracket  

 

Defending Champion: Long Beach State 

 

Notable: The top two seeds from each pool met in the Championship match, where Long Beach State secured a 3-1 victory over Cal Poly. Both programs advanced to the National Collegiate Championship, with the Mustangs making a run to the Semifinals. 

Schedule 



Pool Play – Thursday, April 23 

Bracket Play – Friday, April 24 




The Hawaiian Islands presents the 2026 Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship – April 23-25, 2026  


Championship Central >>>

Location: Bren Events Center | Irvine, Calif. 

 

Championship Format: Six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye)   

 

Defending Champion: Hawai’i  

 

Notable: The Big West has had a team in each of the last seven National Collegiate Championship finales, with Long Beach State hoisting the program’s fourth trophy in 2025. A national powerhouse in men’s volleyball, The Big West has been home to the last Five National Players of the Year. 

Schedule 



First Round – Thursday, April 23 

Match 1 | No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 

Match 2 | No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 

 

Semifinals – Friday, April 24 

Match 3 | No. 1 seed vs. Match 1 winner 

Match 4 | No. 2 seed vs. Match 2 winner 

 

Final – Saturday, April 25 

Match 5 | Championship Match 


– schedule subject to change, based on final seedings – 


The Big West Men’s Golf Championship – May 3-5, 2026  


Championship Central >>>

Location: La Quinta Country Club | La Quinta, Calif.  

 

Championship Format: Ten teams competing in 54 holes of stroke play  

 

Defending Champion: Long Beach State  

 

Notable: Long Beach State won their third-straight Big West men’s title and fourth in the last six years. 2025’s title run came in record-breaking wire-to-wire fashion. 

Schedule 



Round 1 – Sunday, May 3 

Round 2 – Monday, May 4 

Round 3 – Tuesday, May 5 


The Big West Softball Championship – May 6-9, 2026  


Championship Central >>>

Location: Anderson Family Field | Fullerton, Calif.  

 

Championship Format: Top six teams competing (top two teams receive a first-round bye) in double-elimination format  

 

Defending Champion: UC Santa Barbara    

 

Notable: After dropping its first game of the inaugural championship, UC Santa Barbara secured a win in six straight elimination games to capture the first-ever Big West Softball Championship crown. The Gauchos would continue to make history by dramatically clinching their first pair of NCAA Championship victories while advancing to the Los Angeles Regional Final.  

Schedule 



Day 1 – Wednesday, May 6 


Game 1 | No 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 


Game 2 | No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 


Game 3 | Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser (elimination game) 




Day 2 – Thursday, May 7 


Game 4 | No. 1 seed vs. Game 1 winner 


Game 5 | No. 2 seed vs. Game 2 winner 


Game 6 | Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser (elimination game) 




Day 3 – Friday, May 8 


Game 7 | Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner 


Game 8 | Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 winner (elimination game) 


Game 9 | Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 winner (elimination game) 




Day 4 – Saturday, May 9 


Game 10 | Championship Game 


If-necessary game to follow 


The Big West Men’s & Women’s Track & Field Championships – May 14-16, 2026 


Championships Central >>>

Location: Jack Rose Track | Long Beach, Calif.  

 

Championship Format: 10 men’s teams / 11 women’s teams competing  

 

Defending Champions: Cal Poly (men) / UC Irvine (women)  

 

Notable: The Cal Poly men went back-to-back for the crown and UC Irvine’s women edged out the Mustangs by a slim 1.5 point margin to capture the program’s first-ever title. New in 2026, The Big West Championships are set to be contested on three consecutive days of competition rather than split between two weekends. 

Schedule 



Day 1 – Thursday, April 14 


Day 2 – Friday, April 15 


Day 3 – Saturday, April 16 

 


The Big West Baseball Championship – May 20-24, 2026  


Championship Central >>>

Location: Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark | Irvine, Calif.  

 

Championship Format: Top five teams competing. Seed Nos. 4 and 5 play a single-elimination game before meeting the No. 1 seed in the four-team, double-elimination bracket.  

 

Defending Champions: Cal Poly 

 

Notable: After forcing the if-necessary game, No. 2 seed Cal Poly secured a 6-4 triumph over top-seeded and 20th-ranked UC Irvine to claim the title. Both the Mustangs and Anteaters earned bids to the national postseason and both advanced to the regional final before bowing out.  

Schedule 



Day 1 – Wednesday, May 20 


Game 1 | No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed (elimination game) 




Day 2 – Thursday, May 21 


Game 2 | No. 1 seed vs. Game 1 winner 


Game 3 | No 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed 




Day 3 – Friday, May 22 


Game 4 | Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner 


Game 5 | Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser (elimination game) 




Day 4 – Saturday, May 23 


Game 6 | Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 winner (elimination game) 


Game 7 | Championship Game 




Day 5 – Sunday, May 24 


If-necessary game 




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Samuel, Kosgei Named to Bowerman Preseason Watch List – New Mexico Lobos

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New Mexico’s Habtom Samuel and Pamela Kosgei will begin the 2026 indoor season among the frontrunners for The Bowerman – annually awarded to the top athlete in collegiate track and field – after both were named to the award’s preseason watch list released on Wednesday.

It’s the first time in UNM history in which both a male and female Lobo athlete open the season on the Bowerman Watch List.

Both athletes are no stranger to the award – Kosgei concluded the 2025 track season as a finalist after sweeping the 5,000m and 10,000m titles outdoors and posting Top-5 all-time collegiate performances in three different events, while Samuel made the watch list multiple times in the last two seasons and made the cut as a semifinalist in 2024. Kosgei was the first Mountain West athlete — man or woman — to be named a finalist.

Samuel and Kosgei both rank among the best in the nation in the indoor 5,000m after strong season-opening marks in Boston in December. Samuel leads the nation with a 13:05.21 clocking, while Kosgei ranks third in the nation with a 15:05.41 time – the duo finished second and third in the event at 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships last March.

Both will be looking to reach the top of the podium for the first time indoors after winning national titles outdoors. Samuel is coming off his first NCAA cross country title after leading the UNM men to a national runner-up team finish in November.

New Mexico gets the spring semester of competition started with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational Jan. 23-24 at the ABQ Convention Center, with both Samuel and Kosgei expected to compete in the mile. All UNM home meets will be available to stream via FloTrack, with meet day updates, behind-the-scenes content and more at @UNMLoboXCTF on IG and X.

ABOUT THE BOWERMAN
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009 and is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female athlete in NCAA and NAIA track & field.

Members of The Bowerman Advisory Board produce award watch lists by voting on their current top-10 “who’s who” among collegiate track & field athletes. The “watch list” represents the group’s consensus top 10 for that update. Those “receiving votes” are listed on at least one member’s top 10 but did not garner enough votes to be listed in the consensus top 10. There are a total of eight watch lists during the season.

BOWERMAN RELEASE AND SELECTION SCHEDULE

  • January (first week): Initial meetings of The Bowerman Watch Committees, The Bowerman Men’s and Women’s Preseason Watch Lists published
  • February (first week): First regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • March (post-indoor conference championships): Second regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • March (post-NCAA Indoor Championships): Third regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • April (third full week): Fourth regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • May (first week): Fifth regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • May (post-outdoor conference championships): Sixth regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • June (post-NCAA DI first rounds): Seventh regular-season release of Watch Lists
  • June (post-NCAA DI Outdoor Championship finals): Release of award semifinalists
  • June: Meeting of Bowerman Advisory Board to select three male and three female finalists
  • June: The Bowerman Men’s and Women’s Finalists announced
  • June: The Bowerman ballots delivered to The Bowerman Voters
  • July: The Bowerman voting closes
  • December: The Bowerman winners announced



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Air Force Track & Field Announces 2026 Coaching Staff

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USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – Ryan Cole, Air Force’s director of track & field and cross country, announced several additions to the 2026 coaching staff this morning (Jan. 8), with the hiring of assistant coach Dan Stoll and the return of several familiar faces to the Falcons’ program.
 
Stoll, who will oversee the Falcons’ sprint, hurdle and relay squads, joins the Academy program following a successful athletic and coaching career at the NCAA DIII level. A three-time All-American and 11-time all-conference athlete at Heidelberg University, Stoll coached six All-Americans and 33 all-conference performers during stops at North Park University (assistant coach, 2023-25) and North Central College (graduate assistant, 2022-23).
 
In addition to Stoll, Air Force’s 2026 staff will include two Academy graduates and one former assistant coach. 1Lt Michelle Roca, a 2022 USAFA graduate and the program record-holder in the 400-meter hurdles, will assist with the Falcons’ hurdle squad, while serving at nearby Schriever SFB. 1Lt AJ Kedge (Class of 2023) will continue to serve as the program’s recruiting coordinator and assist with the distance squad. Currently stationed at Hanscom AFB, Kedge will be returning to USAFA this spring. Scott Irving, who oversaw the Falcons’ throwing program for 14 years (1999-2013) and was the coach behind Air Force’s two NCAA titles in the javelin, will rejoin the staff to assist the squad’s current lineup of javelin throwers.
 
The remainder of the Falcons’ track and field staff includes Cole (men’s middle distance, distance), head coach Scott Steffan (jumps, combined events), assistant coach Laura Bowerman (women’s middle distance, distance), and assistant coach Kyle Lillie (rotational throws), while former cross country coach Mark Stanforth will continue to assist with the distance program.
 

 



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Former Maryland AD Dick Dull Passes Away

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Back in athletics 

Dull’s professional fortunes turned around in 1995 when he became athletic director at the University of Nebraska Kearney, a Division II school. In 1998 he took the same position at Moravian College, a Division III school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He returned to Division I sports when he became athletic director at Cal State Northridge in May 1999.

Dull worked at Northridge until 2007, when he moved back east to take the athletic director’s job at Belmont Abbey College, a Division III school near Charlotte, North Carolina. He held the job through the summer of 2008. 

Dull never returned to College Park to attend a Maryland basketball game after he resigned as athletic director But he did see the team play in the NCAA Elite Eight at Stanford University in 2001. Then-Maryland Athletic Director Debbie Yow gave Dull tickets to the game. He said he enjoyed seeing old friends, such as broadcaster Johnny Holliday and former Sports Information Director Jack Zane. “You reach a point where you hold resentment and you hurt yourself,” he explained. “I’m a stronger person now because of it. I look at the horizon, and say ‘It can’t get any worse than that.’ ”

Dull tried to return to Maryland as an athletics administrator in 2008 when he interviewed for the position of executive director of the M Club. Nelligan, the long-time women’s gymnastics coach, served on the search committee. “Everybody loved his presentation,” says Nelligan. “And I thought he would have been a very strong candidate to unite that part of the department. But I also felt that he would always have to answer questions about Lenny. His legacy will always be tied to that.”

Dull was not selected. After giving his presentation, Dull stopped by Nelligan’s office and the two old friends talked for about an hour. Dull wanted to know how Nelligan was doing personally and asked for updates on mutual friends. A short time later, Dull sent a letter to Nelligan, thanking him for a tour of Comcast Center and making sure his buddy was OK with the fact that he didn’t get the job. “He’s had to live with this Bias thing for a long time,” Nelligan says. “He does deserve to live with some closure.”

In late 2009, during a phone conversation I had with Dull, he asked when I would write his book, saying that his story has never been told. In  2010, when I decided to write my book about the legacy of Bias–the first person I called was Dull.

When he said he would cooperate I felt invigorated about the project. He had not talked at length about how the death of Bias had impacted him. I trusted his perspective and wisdom and felt he would talk with intelligent, measured introspection about how the Bias death affected his life, and provide insight into how the athletic department dealt with the tragedy. “It’s about time the real story was told,” he told me.

But after we had several discussions on how to proceed, Dull surprised me with an email in May 2010, saying he would not participate, that he needed to continue to put “this saga behind [me].” I was disappointed, but I understood his decision. I knew from brief discussions I had with Dull during the late 1980s and into the 1990s how difficult the transition was for him after Bias died. Dull and I did have a lengthy, but incomplete discussion about the Bias death in 2003 for my first book about Maryland athletics, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, and those comments are used in the book and in this story.

In August 2010, Dull accepted a position as a project manager in the athletic department at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, about 45 minutes from College Park. He helped raise funds for new athletic facilities at the school. The man who hired him, Hood athletic director Gib Romaine, was the defensive coordinator for Ross at Maryland and was later a fundraiser there. 

In April 2011, Dull attended a reunion of former Maryland athletic department employees, some of whom had worked with him in the 1980s, at a Ledo Restaurant in College Park. It marked the first time I had seen Dull in about a quarter of a century. Typically, he mingled mostly in the background, quietly chatting with friends. And typically, he offered comfort when I asked him if he was okay with me moving forward with the book. He encouraged me to complete the project. We talked little else about it, preferring to focus instead on positive memories we both shared from our days at Maryland. 

Costello also attended that reunion. This week he recalled fond memories of Dull. “I’m a very type “A’ person, but Dick was always very calm,” he said. As an example, Costello told of how the two approached a conflict differently during a track team practice when Costello was head coach. “We had signs all over the track saying it was closed during our practice,” said Costello. “A guy was jogging in lane 1 and I told him the track was closed. He kept going. I’m getting a little pissed. I said, listen buddy, it’s your last lap. Dick walked up to me and said, ‘calm down, it looks like he’s not going to be running much longer.” Soon after the runner left the track. 

Dull enjoyed photography, often traveling long distances to attend Formula 1 auto races, documenting the trip with his camera. For a time Dull traveled alone annually to Reykjavik, Iceland. He told me once that the city was his favorite place to visit. 

Costello recalled he never once saw Dull wear a pair of jeans. “Even when we went fishing, he’d wear Izod shirts,” he said, with a laugh. Dull worked as a proctor when he lived with other athletes in Ritchie Coliseum. And Costello recalled the time Dull turned him in to coach Kehoe for violating a team rule. “He wasn’t rowdy at all,” said Costello. “And he coached the way he lived. Very technical and smooth.”

The job at Hood College was Dull’s last. Shortly before his wife Sally passed away in 2016, Dull moved back to Charlotte to live near his stepson, Erik, and his family.



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Four Big 12 Track and Field Athletes Named to The Bowerman Preseason Watch List

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BYU’s Jane Hedengren and James Corrigan, Oklahoma State’s Brian Musau and Texas Tech’s Jonathan Seremes were named to The Bowerman preseason watch list by the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), ahead of the start of the indoor track and field season.

BYU’s Hedengren became the first freshman named to the men’s or women’s preseason watch list since LSU’s Mondo Duplantis in 2019. The Provo native debuts on the list after running 14:44.79 in the indoor 5,000m, breaking the women’s indoor collegiate record of 14:52.57 set by Alabama’s Doris Lemngole in 2024. Hedengren is the fourth BYU women to make the list.

Corrigan, a semifinalist last season, returns after winning the NCAA outdoor 3,000m steeplechase title. He also earned 2025 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

Musau, a semifinalist from last year, returns to The Bowerman Watch list after winning the NCAA indoor 3,000m and 5,000m titles and the NCAA outdoor 5,000m title. He was also named the 2025 Outdoor USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year.

Texas Tech’s Seremes debuts on The Bowerman Watch list after winning the NCAA indoor triple jump title. He capped his season by representing France at the World Athletics Championships. Seremes becomes the eighth Red Raider man named to the list.

TCU’s Indya Mayberry received votes on the women’s side.

 





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Six Gators Featured on MLV Rosters for the 2026 Season

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Major League Volleyball (MLV) kicks off its 2026 regular season on Thursday, Jan. 8 with six former Gators on a roster across the nine teams.

Carli Snyder and Rhamat Alhassan, both of whom appeared in Florida’s 2017 national championship match, reunite on the Grand Rapids Rise. Former Gator teammates Anna Dixon and Elli McKissock join the Atlanta Vibe, while Marlie Monserez, who led the Vibe’s offense for the past two seasons, signed with the San Diego Mojo for the 2026 season. After making her professional debut with Indy Ignite last season, Isabel Martin will join the Dallas Pulse in its inaugural campaign.

Dixon, McKissock and the Atlanta Vibe host both of their opening-weekend matches, welcoming the Columbus Fury on Thursday before facing Snyder and Alhassan on Sunday, Jan. 10. Snyder and Alhassan will first return to their college state for the Rise’s 2026 debut against the Orlando Valkyries on Friday, Jan. 9.

Monserez makes her Mojo debut on Thursday in Omaha against the Supernovas before returning to her home state on Sunday, Jan. 11 to face the Orlando Valkyries.

Martin faces her former team on Saturday, Jan. 10 in the Pulse’s first-ever match.

MLV’s 2026 schedule can be found here.

Major League Volleyball, entering its third season, is the longest-running formal professional volleyball league for women in the United States. Designed to elevate the sport through world class competition, commercial innovation, and cultural relevance, MLV brings together elite athletes, visionary leadership and global ambition. With alignment to USA Volleyball and a commitment to Olympic development, MLV serves as the premier pathway from professional play to the world stage. For more information, visit ProVolleyball.com.

 

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