Vanderbilt Track and Field competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships from May 15-17 in Lexington, Kentucky. The Commodores placed last at the event, earning 12 total points. Still, multiple athletes recorded season-best finishes during the week.

Day 1

Vanderbilt began the event with a few top finishes and personal bests. Devyn Parham and Marta Sivina, Vanderbilt’s two heptathlon athletes, sat in fourth and sixth place through four events, respectively. The pair set personal records in the 100-meter hurdles, while they both cleared 1.62 meters in the high jump, a season-best mark for Parham. The duo also set personal records in the 200-meters, as Parham registered a time of 24.35 seconds while Sivina crossed the finish line in 25.05 seconds. Parham and Sivina competed in the final three events of the heptathlon on Day 2. 

In the track events, Eva Gautreaux placed 12th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:07.50. Allyria McBride earned her spot in the competitive 400-meter hurdles finals as she finished second in her heat with a season-best time of 56.17 seconds. A standout performance from Gigi Clifford in the 10,000 meters earned the Commodores another top-15 overall finish.

Day 2

The Commodores recorded a pair of scoring performances, a finals qualification and three program all-time top-10 marks to round out Day 2. Vanderbilt’s first points of the week were earned by heptathletes Sivina and Parham. Both totaled personal best scores, with Sivina placing fourth with 5,452 points and Parham placing seventh with 5,287 points. Sivina notched a personal best both in the long jump (5.73 meters) and the 800 meters (2:15.82) 

Taylor McKinnon registered a personal-record time of 13.50 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to move to fourth in the program’s all-time performers list. 

Julia Rosenburg also advanced to the 1,500 meters final as she finished second in her heat with a time of 4:19.80. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Ellie Wolski set a personal-best time of 10:32.72, good for third best in program history. 

Day 3

The Commodores’ 4×100-meter relay team got the day started as they clocked a season-best time of 45.20 seconds to move into the No. 3 spot on the program’s all-time top-10 list. McBride placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles which gave the Commodores another four points. 

Vanderbilt capped off the week with an eighth-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay.

“As this conference and the NCAA keep evolving, we, at Vanderbilt, are evolving,” director of cross country and track and field Althea Thomas said. “It was very special to see our seniors, those who we’ve had here for four years and those who have transferred in and believed in the product we have been putting out. It was a really good meet and a really good showing in reference to how we’re showing up.”

Qualifiers for the NCAA East First Round will be announced next week, and the event will take place May 29 and 31 in Jacksonville, Florida. 

COLORADO SPRINGS – Texas A&M volleyball’s Ifenna Cos-Okpalla was named to the USA Volleyball U23 North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation Pan American Cup training roster the organization announced Monday.
 
Cos-Okpalla’s call up to the U23 national team marks her second-straight year earning the nod from Team USA, after being named to the collegiate national team last year. She joins a group of 18 which will gather for a training block at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, Calif., from July 18-25. From this pool, 12 athletes will be chosen to represent the United States in Mexico.
 
“I’m proud of the work that Ifenna has put in on and off the court,” head coach Jamie Morrison said. “This invitation is a testament to that hard work and is well deserved. I can’t wait to see her playing for her country.”
 

Cos-Okpalla had a dominant junior season for the Aggies, showing elite production both offensively and defensively. The middle blocker stuffed 161 swings in 2024, averaging 1.46 blocks a set which ranks second and third, respectively, in the Maroon & White’s history books. On the offensive side of the net, the Flower Mound, Texas, native crushed 228 kills which is more than her previous two seasons combined. Cos-Okpalla’s efficiency also jumped off the charts, as she hit at .374 percent across the year which ranked seventh on A&M’s all-time list.
 
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Marquette graduate Mia Scanlon has been named to the all-freshman Florida Atlantic beach volleyball team.

The 5-foot-9 Scanlon is 5-7 this season, including a season-best 4-5 record on court three, in addition to going 1-0 at the No. 1 position. This season, Scanlon earned a ranked win against No. 16 Stetson.

The Sandy Owls won their second Conference USA title to earn a berth in the NCAA

Ranked No. 13 in the nation, Florida Atlantic beach volleyball’s season came to a close recently when the Sandy Owls fell 3-0 to No. 4 Loyola Marymount University in the opening round of the NCAA Championship.

The Sandy Owls were making the program’s third all-time appearance in the NCAA Championship. FAU ends its campaign 21-15 overall.

 

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Seven Vikings will represent North Park University Track & Field at the 2025 Outdoor Championships this week. The Vikings will compete at the SPIRE Institute’s Outdoor Track & Field facility in Geneva, Ohio.

Jereme Ombogo is the lone representative for the Viking men, qualifying for the 200m. His PR time of 20.95 in Augustana’a Midwest Twilight Qualifier places him as the seventh-ranked runner in the Division III event.

Thea Ring will be the only Viking to compete in an individual event, looking to match the highs of her winter championships Pentathlon finish in this spring’s Heptathlon. Ring enjoyed a PR total of 4825 to handily win the CCIW Outdoor Championship back on may 3. She’s ranked 10th in the country in the event.

North Park also saw its Women’s 4x100m Relay Team qualify to compete on the national stage with a time of 46.49 at the Wheaton Invitational on April 12. Mariana Costa Riana Hayes, Meja Lindberg, and Ring are expected to race while Julia Klein and Kimoria Oliver will serve as the alternates.

The Paly Boys Volleyball team had a season nothing short of successful, ending the season with a 23-12 record.

The Vikings won every single one of their league games as well, going 15-0, and placing first in the SCVAL-Foothill league.

They started off the season very strong, winning 5 of their first 6 games before tournament play.

“We started off very strong, and spirits were very high to start the season,” standout sophomore Tiam Maurstad said.

The one struggle for the Vikings over the course of the season was the tournaments, where they went 6-10 in tournaments on the year.

“Tournaments were a struggle for us the entire season, I think we could’ve gone into these games with better energy,” Maurstad said.

On a more positive note, after a their skid in tournaments, the Vikings went on an 8 game winning streak to end the regular season.

“We had a good chance at winning CCS because we ended our regular season on a strong note,” sophomore Mathis Lynn said.

However, the season came to an abrupt end, with the Vikings being defeated by Mountain View in the first round of CCS playoffs.

“Hopefully we can come back next year and come back to make a further run in playoffs,” Maurstad said.