Event: BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
Host: Boston University
Date: Saturday, Dec. 6, 2024
Location: Boston University Track and Tennis Center (Boston, Mass.)
Live Results: PortlandPilots.com
Live Video: PortlandPilots.com
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS & PILOTS’ ENTRIES
• Women’s Mile: 9 a.m (PT) | Rose Perotin
• Men’s 3000m: 11:40 a.m (PT) | Mark Milner
• Men’s 5000m: 4:15 p.m (PT) | Jonas Price
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots are set to compete at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, hosted by Boston University in Boston. They will be represented in three events.
• Live results and video streaming are available on PortlandPilots.com.
 

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ROCK HILL, S.C. — Winthrop Track & Field Head Coach Raffael Craig has unveiled the Eagles 2025-26 indoor and outdoor schedule on Friday, outlining a slate that begins in early December and runs through the end of May. 

“I’m proud of the work they have all put in,” said Craig. “This first meet will be a good opportunity to see where we are at heading into the holiday season.” 

The Eagles open the indoor season on Dec. 7 at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-Off in Winston-Salem, N.C. Winthrop continues at the Gamecock Opener on Jan. 10 in Columbia, S.C., followed by three meets in Tryon, the Tryon International Classic (Jan. 16-17), the Tryon College Banked Invitational – East Coast Elite (Jan. 30), and the Tryon Mid-Winter Collegiate Invite (Feb. 13-14). 

The Big South Conference Indoor Championship is scheduled for Feb. 27-28 in Tryon. 

Outdoor competition begins with the Big South vs. Southern Conference Challenge on Mar. 20-21 in Asheville, N.C. Winthrop will also compete at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 26-27) and the VertKlasse Meeting (Apr. 2-3) in High Point, N.C. 

The program will host the annual Winthrop Invitational on Apr. 17-18 at the Irwin Belk Complex. The regular season concludes at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open on Apr. 25 in Hickory, N.C. 

The Big South Conference Outdoor Championship is set for May 11-13 in High Point, N.C. Qualifiers will advance to the NCAA Championships East First Round, held on May 27-30 in Lexington, Ky. 

ALLENDALE, Mich. — Despite having just four student-athletes in action, the Western Michigan track and field team was able to post some strong results at the GVSU Holiday Open earlier today. 

Laurine Elisa Marimon stole the show, earning the sixth best triple jump mark in program history. She finished the meet with a top leap of 12.07 meters. The meet was her first in the Brown and Gold. 

Sierra Sommers also impressed in her college debut, competing in both the shot put and weight throw. She opened the meet with a weight throw mark of 12.87 meters. She followed that up with a throw of 14.14 meters in the shot put. That was good enough to win the event and just missed a top-10 mark in program history. 

Mickaliliah Vassell made her WMU debut by racing in both the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles. She crossed the finish line in a time of 7.89 in the 60m and earned a time of 9.19 in the 60m hurdles. 

To conclude the meet, Shannon Gillahan was great in her season debut. She was able to produce a time of 11:07.28 in the 3000-meter run. 

UP NEXT

The Broncos will be off until the start of the new year. WMU will be back in action at the Wolverine Invite on Jan. 10. 

 

HONOLULU – The Hawai’i track and field team announced its schedule for the 2026 indoor season Friday, starting with a trio of meets in Seattle and ending with the MPSF and NCAA Championships in March.
 
UH begins the season at the UW Preview, Jan. 16-17 in Seattle before returning to the Pacific Northwest for the UW Invite, Jan. 30-31. The Rainbow Wahine then have a split-squad weekend, Feb. 13-14, sending athletes to both the Husky Classic in Seattle and the Battle Born Classic in Reno, Nev.
 
Hawai’i then begins postseason action with the MPSF Championships, Mar. 1-2 before sending any qualifiers to the NCAA Championships, Mar. 13-14 in Fayettevile, Ark.
 
The Rainbow Wahine are coming off of a fourth-place finish at last year’s MPSF Championships, and return a pair of individual conference champions from a year ago in Lilian Turban (high jump) and Tara Wyllie (triple jump).
 
The ‘Bows also welcome back last season’s pentathlon bronze medalist Catherine Touchette, who also sits in third all-time at UH in the event. Lucy Milliner also returns for her sophomore season after setting the school indoor mile record and moving into second in school history in the indoor 800m.
 

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – The Wright State volleyball team fell to Purdue in three sets on Thursday night inside Holloway Gymnasium in the opening round of the NCAA Championship. The postseason loss ends Wright State’s season at 21-11 with the Raiders’ fifth trip to the NCAA Championship in the last seven seasons.
 
Wright State dropped the opening set 25-13 before a pair of tight sets, falling 25-21 in set two and 25-19 in the final set to wrap up the season.
 
Mya Ayro finished with 11 kills to lead Wright State, who also got double-digit kills from Reilly Zegunis with 10. Taylor Bransfield added four kills and a block in her final collegiate match, with three kills from Katie Sowko and two from senior Elena Dubuc. Lauren Yacobucci passed out 27 of Wright State’s 28 assists, while defensively Ella Gaona notched nine digs, Sowko collected eight digs and Taygan Corstange added six digs.
 
Wright State grabbed five overall honors on Nov. 20 when the 2025 Horizon League Volleyball Awards were announced, led by first team recognition from Lauren Yacobucci and Reilly Zegunis. Mya Ayro and Katie Sowko each earned second team honors and Elena Dubuc was a Sportsmanship Award finalist. This marked the second-straight first team honors for Yacobucci and Zegunis, while Sowko adds the second team recognition to her All-Freshman nod from a season ago. Dubuc has been a Sportsmanship Award finalist the last two seasons.
 
 
 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The Valley City State Vikings men’s and women’s Track and Field teams will open then 2025-2026 indoor season on Saturday, December 6^th at the Mike Thorson Invite in at the University of Mary Fieldhouse in Bismarck.

Coming into the season, the Vikings have 18 men and nine women returning.

Leading the way on the men’s side is four-time All-Conference selection Cameron Champagnie. In 2024-2025, he won conference titles in the triple jump and in the long jump. Zeke Barnick took second in the high jump last season to earn All-Conference status. Jordan Mount won the conference title in the 400-meter, and he was third in the 200-meter. Tayshaun Robinson was second in the 60-meter hurdles to earn All-Conference.

For the women, Emma Muggli was third in the long jump to earn All-Conference honors for the third time in her career and first time in the long jump.

The Vikings have eight indoor meets scheduled leading up to then Frontier Conference indoor championships in Brookings, South Dakota February 14^th and 15^th.

The outdoor season will begin March 21^st also in Bismarck at the Marauders Outdoor Opener at the University of Mary.