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Loss of middle school sports will affect thousands of Anchorage students

A crowd of athletes and spectators fill the stands as sprinters compete during a Wendler, Begich and Mirror Lake middle school track meet at The Dome on April 3, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) Verona Williams spotted her daughter’s bright shoes in the distance and rose to her feet in the stands. “Let’s go Analina! […]

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Loss of middle school sports will affect thousands of Anchorage students

A crowd of athletes and spectators fill the stands as sprinters compete during a Wendler, Begich and Mirror Lake middle school track meet at The Dome on April 3, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Verona Williams spotted her daughter’s bright shoes in the distance and rose to her feet in the stands.

“Let’s go Analina! Let’s go baby!” she yelled. “Let’s go, let’s go!”

Her daughter, eighth grader Analina Henderson, cruised toward the finish line. Moments later, Henderson jogged over to the stands, where she received some words of encouragement and a congratulatory hug from her mom before joining her teammates on the Begich Middle School track and field team.

That scene, which took place earlier this month at The Dome in Anchorage, will likely be playing out differently next year. In late February, the Anchorage School Board passed a budget that eliminated middle school sports, part of a $43 million cut that also included hundreds of teaching and staff positions, a gifted program and some high school sports.

While many extracurricular options still exist outside school for kids, the loss of middle school sports will leave a significant void, according to parents, coaches and educators.

The programs are undeniably popular among kids as well. According to the Anchorage School District, there were 5,345 total participants among boys and girls in 10 sports and activities in the 2023-24 school year.

Romig Middle School cross-country skiers gather for a photo at the start of a district-wide event at Kincaid Park in February. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Analina Henderson participates in multiple sports at Begich but is also involved in sports outside of school. Williams said not all families can take on the increased costs that accompany those activities.

“My daughter is in sports outside school as well, but it’s expensive,” she said. “A lot of people can’t afford to do sports outside of school.”

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About 74% of the school’s 800-plus students are “economically disadvantaged” and qualify for free or reduced cost meals under federal poverty guidelines, according to the district’s enrollment data.

Those students can also get an activity fee waiver — meaning they can participate in middle school sports for free.

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Joey Caterinichio is a longtime Anchorage coach and the parent of a middle school student. She said giving students a place to be and something constructive to do when they get out of school is a health issue, and a potential safety one as well.

A Begich Middle School athlete competes in the 100-meter hurdles during a track meet at The Dome. (Marc Lester / ADN)

“They’re not going to go home and getting in trouble or being on video games, they’re going to be participating in something healthy,” Caterinichio said. “We have a large obesity problem especially in Alaska because of our weather, and teaching kids good life skills and healthy exercise will prevent health problems as well.”

The sports programs offer a unique opportunity for children to try out different physical activities, to learn the rules and how to play as a team in a relatively low-stakes environment, according to assistant principal Laura Carter.

“Middle school is really just this, like, open opportunity for anybody to come and play,” Carter said. “We don’t do cuts.”

Once students move on to high school, they’re a lot less likely to try something new, Carter said, adding that that’s especially true for girls.

Begich teacher and track and cross country coach Hannah Souders found running in middle school and said it “guided my future” through college, where she competed at University of Portland.

“It’s just always been a part of my life since I started it in middle school and just fell in love with it and was also able to make a lot of friends there as a pretty shy kid in middle school,” she said.

Coach Hannah Souders organizes Begich Middle School athletes during a track meet. (Marc Lester / ADN)

That has also been the case for seventh grader Jeremiah Lewis, who plays basketball and is on the track team at Wendler Middle School. He also participates in sports through YMCA, but his mom, Talisa Lewis, said playing sports at Wendler has aided Jeremiah’s development.

“It’s been great,” she said. “He’s been a quiet kid, and since being in sports with his friends, he’s happy and social. He’s finding out who he is.”

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Participation in after-school sports can also be a “carrot” for teaching better behavior in the classroom or a motivator for improved success in classes.

Clark Middle School teacher and wrestling coach Rachel Arvelo recalled a particular student who seemed disinterested and was averaging less than 50% on her assignments. The student found out her lackluster performance in the classroom would prevent her from being able to step on the wrestling mat, and her focus on her studies quickly improved.

“When she realized that she wasn’t going to be able to wrestle, within three weeks, she brought all her grades up to passing,” Arvelo said. “She’s motivated to get good grades now because she wants to compete.”

That opportunity to participate in sports also instilled a sense of accountability in the student.

“Having sports there, she was able to now change as a sixth grader and understand that ‘If this is where I want to go in life, I need to work on my grades,’ and that is something that is so powerful,” Arvelo said.

Some middle school students ski in costumes during a district-wide ski event in February. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Souder said sports also teach students how to overcome obstacles and can give a very clear indicator to participants when hard work has paid off.

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“Realizing that you might not be good at it at first, and that with a lot of perseverance and effort, that you might really grow at it I think is an important takeaway too,” she said. “Especially in middle school, where it’s going to get more challenging and you’ve just got to stick with it and you’ll get better and better even when it’s hard.”

The same is true for traits like leadership and working with others that students develop through sports.

Amanda Juliussen’s twin daughter Jake and son Jack are students at Mirror Lake in their first year on the track team.

“I think lots of skills come from sports, not just being physically active too, being part of the team,” she said.

Among the most popular sports at the middle school level are volleyball with 1,111 participants, track and field with 1,067 (531 girls, 536 boys), basketball with 975 (324 girls, 651 boys) and cross country running with 852 (456 girls, 396 boys).

Alaska’s per-student funding formula for public schools hasn’t significantly increased in nearly a decade and has been far outpaced by inflation.

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The Anchorage School District has faced down large budget deficits over the last several years. But it largely avoided major cuts to student programs by patching the budget with pandemic relief funds and spending down its rainy-day savings account. Last year, a one-time funding increase from the Legislature helped the district avoid massive cuts.

“There’s always this sense that, like, maybe things are not for real, and that they’ll change,” Carter said of the budget cuts to sports. “I would say, I don’t know that our students fully have grasped that this might not be an opportunity, and as it’s slated right now, this won’t be an opportunity for them next year.”

Club sports would be an alternative for many students if middle school sports are eliminated. But clubs are just as expensive to form and operate, and are often heavily volunteer-based when it comes to coaching.

Wendler Middle School athletes get stretched out at the start of the meet. (Marc Lester / ADN)

For her other students at Clark who can’t afford to participate in club wrestling but show interest, Arvelo is constantly reaching out and inquiring about scholarships to cover the cost of their $200 club fee, singlets, wrestling shoes and tournament entry fees.

“Everything adds up, and this is just wrestling alone,” Arvelo said. “The kids that are in the low-income communities, we’re giving them another obstacle to figure out.”

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Earlier this month in Juneau, the Alaska Senate Education Committee advanced a school funding bill with a $1,000 increase to the per-student funding formula.

The Anchorage School Board has committed to reversing cuts to sports and other student programs if the state approves the increase.

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However, with the state facing its own budget deficit, many in the Legislature see the proposed education increase as unaffordable. Even if it passes, Gov. Mike Dunleavy could exercise his veto power as he did last year over a former bipartisan education package.

Although financial hurdles are a near certainty, the kids who participate in sports across Anchorage middle schools are generally optimistic they can continue.

At Begich, Jeremiah Lewis said he’s made new friends in sports and enjoys supporting his teammates.

“I like to be active,” he said. “I like the unpredictability of sports. You don’t know what you’re going to get.”

Arvelo’s daughter Esabella Arvelo is a seventh grader at Gruening Middle School in Eagle River. While she wrestles in a club, she plays volleyball at school and said it’s been valuable to her development.

“For me, middle school sports are more than just sports; it’s an opportunity to learn and grow from one another,” Esabella said in a written statement. “I’ve learned how to work and be on a team, how to have trust in each other, to lead, to follow and to work together.”

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River Radamus has unfinished business at the Winter Olympics

Part of leading by example, Radamus’s elevated strength training comes with a purpose.  Recently, Radamus’s status on the world stage has improved, the biggest moment coming in February 2024 on the FIS World Cup circuit. On home soil at Palisades Tahoe in California, Radamus had the best giant slalom run of his international career, clinching […]

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Part of leading by example, Radamus’s elevated strength training comes with a purpose. 

Recently, Radamus’s status on the world stage has improved, the biggest moment coming in February 2024 on the FIS World Cup circuit. On home soil at Palisades Tahoe in California, Radamus had the best giant slalom run of his international career, clinching a podium spot in the giant slalom and finishing the race to the roar of cheering Americans. At the bottom of the slope, Radamus had a major reaction, letting out a few yells, a couple of fist pumps and spiking his ski pole like a touchdown celebration.

In the following 2024-25 World Cup campaign, Radamus characterized his season as full of change, including physical alterations, new coaches and skiing philosophies. Though Radamus did not land on the podium, he earned similar World Cup points from season to season, with the most coming from giant slalom events, followed by the super-G.

During the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Radamus became ill and lost around 10 pounds before the events. Still managing to ski through the physical and mental toll of the illness, he got sick again after worlds, losing a total of 30 pounds toward the end of the season.

“If you judge performance on that and judge yourself as falling short because of something that’s outside of your control, that takes a toll monumentally and keeps you from reaching high athletic performance,” Radamus said. “I think I take pride in the effort I gave.”

Between skiing in all the events from downhill to slalom and the two illnesses, Radamus’s body suffered a physical toll. Now, he has time to regain the weight; his current goal is to gain 20 pounds of muscle mass, which will help increase his base strength, a key factor in the change Radamus aims to make in his skiing philosophy. 

During the two spring camps the U.S. team had at Mammoth and Copper, Radamus emphasized a new method of approaching turns with a stronger base, letting his natural finesse do the rest of the work through the turns. He has been known as a skier with natural flow, usually letting the skis do the work by throwing them toward the fall line. Now, slowly is introducing this method to be stronger and more commanding during turns to increase speed and control from the start.

With this new methodology to his skiing applied, along with his rigorous physical transformation, Radamus is doing everything he can to be in a position to reach the Olympic podium in 2026. He hopes that the process of achieving personal and team goals will make the results fall into place. Like many U.S. skiers before him, Radamus believes in his abilities as a big-event skier to win, which he’s proven in his youth, the 2022 Winter Games and on the World Cup stage.

So while Radamus may not have a life at the moment, he uses his intense fear of failure as a motivator to keep him focused every day. Before training, Radamus had some time after the season to run youth ski camps organized by his ARCO foundation, which works to make the competitive sport more accessible to youth. Now, he’s back to the lab to accomplish his goals, and he is enjoying the process.

“I’ve really come into this summer thinking I cannot forgive myself if I don’t do everything I possibly can to put myself in the best position,” Radamus said. “It’s my absolute responsibility to myself to seek that out and see if I can accomplish it. I feel great about where I am.”



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ESPN Tops Digital and Social Rankings in June

– Advertisement – ESPN once again flexed its dominance across digital and social platforms in June, reaching a staggering 193.6 million unique fans, according to the latest data from Comscore. The network’s total digital reach equated to 69.1% of all U.S. adults—nearly 7 out of every 10—cementing ESPN as the top-performing sports media brand across […]

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ESPN once again flexed its dominance across digital and social platforms in June, reaching a staggering 193.6 million unique fans, according to the latest data from Comscore. The network’s total digital reach equated to 69.1% of all U.S. adults—nearly 7 out of every 10—cementing ESPN as the top-performing sports media brand across digital for the month.

The total audience figure includes fans reached through ESPN Digital, YouTube, and social platforms. The continued surge in digital traffic marks another milestone in the network’s push to expand beyond traditional television and into the ever-evolving world of mobile and social content consumption.

In the mobile space, the ESPN app attracted 25.7 million unique fans in June, outpacing its closest competitor more than sevenfold and eclipsing the combined total of the next nine non-ESPN sports apps. ESPN Fantasy also performed strongly with 2.6 million unique fans, earning the No. 1 spot among all fantasy sports apps, up 8% year-over-year.

Social engagement was another major highlight, with ESPN Social notching 555 million fan interactions across platforms like Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok. That figure averages out to 18.5 million engagements per day, extending ESPN’s streak to 48 consecutive months as the top sports brand in social media interactions.

The continued strength in digital and social performance is a testament to ESPN’s evolving content strategy, which emphasizes real-time engagement, mobile-first experiences, and multi-platform storytelling.

As the network prepares for the upcoming NFL and college football seasons, its robust digital footprint puts it in a strong position to dominate fan engagement across every screen. Whether through breaking news, fantasy tools, or viral content, ESPN’s numbers show it remains the go-to source for sports fans in the digital era.

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Four Crimson Set for 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships

Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard track & field will once again feature heavily in a high profile competition, as four former and current Crimson will travel to Eugene, Oregon for the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships. Action begins on Thursday, July 31st and concludes on Sunday, Aug. 3. Hayward […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard track & field will once again feature heavily in a high profile competition, as four former and current Crimson will travel to Eugene, Oregon for the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships. Action begins on Thursday, July 31st and concludes on Sunday, Aug. 3. Hayward Field will host all the action as Harvard fans can watch live on NBC and Peacock.

One of the most decorated female athletes in United States track & field history, Gabby Thomas ’19 will compete in a pair of events at the USATF Outdoor Championships. Thomas begins her weekend with the first round of the 100m on Thursday, July 31 at 7:07 p.m. eastern standard time. The women’s 100m semifinal begins at 7:20 p.m. EST on Friday, Aug. 1 while the final starts at 10:27 p.m. EST later that evening. The 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist in the women’s 200m, Thomas will also run the 200m at the USATF Outdoor Championships. The women’s 200m semifinal will run on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 3:32 p.m. EST as the final starts later that day at 5:13 p.m. EST.

Thomas cemented her legacy last summer, winning three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A native of Northampton, Massachusetts, Thomas took home gold in the women’s 200m at the Stade de France with France, following it up with golds in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. Thomas is only the second American in Olympic to win gold in the 200m, 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay at the same Olympic Games.

Two Crimson All-Americans will run the women’s 800m at the USATF Outdoor Championships, as junior Sophia Gorriaran and Victoria Bossong ’25 will represent Harvard in the event. The women’s 800m first round starts at 6:37 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 31, with the semifinal starting at 7:01 p.m. EST on Friday, Aug. 1. The women’s 800m final is scheduled for 4:18 p.m. EST on Sunday, Aug. 3.

Both Bossong and Gorriaran shined in the 800m at the collegiate level last season. The Ivy League record holder in the women’s 800m with a time of 1:59.48, Bossong finished in second in the 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning All-America First Team honors in the process. A native of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, Bossong finished in ninth in the women’s 800m to take All-America Second Team honors to conclude her collegiate career.

A four-time All-American in the 800m across both indoor and outdoor competition, Gorriaran made strides in her second campaign with the Crimson. Gorriaran ran a personal-best 2:00.46 in the 800m at the NCAA East First Round and took home an Ivy League title in the 800m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships.

Two-time NCAA men’s cross country champion Graham Blanks ’25 is poised to run in a pair of distance events. Blanks starts his time at Hayward Field with the men’s 10,000m at 11:08 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 31st, followed by the men’s 5000m on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 4:52 p.m. EST.

A household name in American distance running, Blanks orchestrated a one-of-a-kind collegiate career, becoming the first student-athlete in Ivy League history to win a NCAA national title in men’s cross country and the 13th student-athlete in NCAA history to win consecutive NCAA men’s cross country national titles. Before he turned pro with New Balance, Blanks become the second student-athlete in NCAA history to run sub-13 minutes in the men’s 5000m, meeting the World Championships standard with a time of 12:59.89.

CRIMSON SCHEDULE:

Thursday, July 31st

3:37 p.m. PST / 6:37 p.m. EST – Women’s 800m First Round (Victoria Bossong and Sophia Gorriaran)

4:07 p.m. PST / 7:07 p.m. EST – Women’s 100m First Round (Gabby Thomas)

8:08 p.m. PST / 11:08 p.m. EST – Men’s 10,000m Final (Graham Blanks)

Friday, August 1st

4:01 p.m. PST / 7:01 p.m. EST – Women’s 800m Semifinal (Victoria Bossong and Sophia Gorriaran)

4:20 p.m. PST / 7:20 p.m. EST – Women’s 100m Semifinal (Gabby Thomas)

7:27 p.m. PST / 10:27 p.m. PST – Women’s 100m Final (Gabby Thomas)

Sunday, August 3rd

 12:32 p.m. PST / 3:32 p.m. EST – Women’s 200m Semifinal (Gabby Thomas)

1:18 p.m. PST / 4:18 p.m. EST – Women’s 800m Final (Victoria Bossong and Sophia Gorriaran)

1:52 p.m. PST / 4:52 p.m. EST – Men’s 5000m Final (Graham Blanks)

2:13 p.m. PST / 5:13 p.m. EST – Women’s 200m Final (Gabby Thomas)

For complete coverage of Harvard Track & Field, follow us on Twitter (@HarvardTFXC) and Instagram (@harvardtfxc).

 





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Prison for ex-volleyball coach at Twin Cities high school who sexually assaulted player

A former volleyball coach at St. Paul Como Park Senior High School has received a seven-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting one of his players. Keng Cha, 31, of St. Paul was sentenced Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the encounters […]

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A former volleyball coach at St. Paul Como Park Senior High School has received a seven-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting one of his players.

Keng Cha, 31, of St. Paul was sentenced Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the encounters while he coached at Como Park.

With credit for time in jail after his arrest, Cha, is expected to serve about 4¾ years in prison and the balance of his term on supervised release.

Police went to the high school and met with a 15-year-old girl who said she and Cha, her B-squad volleyball coach, had sex four times from October 2022 to September 2023 at various locations including in the school’s back parking lot.

She said the intercourse occurred in his vehicle either behind the school or one time in October 2022 when he picked her up at her house and drove to a spot near a lake.

As officers were speaking to the girl in the school office area, Cha was with the athletic director in the school being fired and at the same time texting her, “Why haven’t you been coming to games?” and “Did you say anything to anyone about us?” Officers found Cha and arrested him.

Cha told police his relationship with the girl progressed to him sexually assaulting her anywhere from two to four times including in December 2022 in Battle Creek Park in St. Paul and the last time in his car near her house.



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Notre Dame Athletics Launches Yearlong Celebration of Women's Sports

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – In recognition of 50 years of women’s varsity athletics at the University of Notre Dame, the University announced on July 30, 2025 that it will launch the “Cheer Her Name” initiative to celebrate all the individuals who have and continue to contribute to the remarkable success of our women’s programs. Throughout the […]

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Notre Dame Athletics Launches Yearlong Celebration of Women's Sports

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – In recognition of 50 years of women’s varsity athletics at the University of Notre Dame, the University announced on July 30, 2025 that it will launch the “Cheer Her Name” initiative to celebrate all the individuals who have and continue to contribute to the remarkable success of our women’s programs.

Throughout the course of the 2025-26 academic year, Notre Dame Athletics plans to shine a spotlight on the history and accomplishments of its women’s varsity sports programs and to engage with key stakeholders through special campus events, connecting student-athletes, alumni and fans.

“We are excited to launch this yearlong celebration of our women’s athletic programs at the University,” said University vice president and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua. “I am looking forward to meeting and celebrating many of our past student-athletes from the past five decades over the next year and hope that this provides increased growth and exposure to our women’s programs at Notre Dame.”

The highlighted celebration of the year will take place on campus during the weekend of September 19-21 when Notre Dame Football hosts Purdue. An invitation was extended to all female former student-athletes and others who have supported Notre Dame women’s sports, to return to campus to be recognized and celebrated. A full calendar of weekend events includes the opportunity to attend several social and athletic events, including a Friday night reception followed by the Notre Dame Volleyball match vs. Michigan. An enhanced focus on the past and present accomplishments of Notre Dame Women’s Athletics will continue throughout the year.

Notre Dame currently has 13 women’s athletic programs. After the establishment of tennis in 1976, Notre Dame has added fencing, field hockey, basketball, volleyball, swimming and diving, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, and rowing through the years.  In addition to numerous individual national titles, Fighting Irish women’s teams have won 16 national championships in fencing, soccer, and basketball. In the fall of 2022, the Notre Dame Monogram Club presented more than 250 honorary monograms to both the founders of the Women’s Athletic Association and the women who competed for Notre Dame during the first five years of coeducation between 1972-77.

If you are interested in contributing to the future success of Notre Dame’s athletics, including our women’s varsity athletic programs, please click here to learn more.

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Four Jayhawks to Compete at USATF Outdoor Championships

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field will be represented by four Jayhawks at the 2025 Toyota USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from July 31 to August 3.   Among the Jayhawks competing at the USATF Championships are Bryce Hoppel (men’s 800 meters), Honour Finley (women’s 800 meters), […]

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field will be represented by four Jayhawks at the 2025 Toyota USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from July 31 to August 3.
 
Among the Jayhawks competing at the USATF Championships are Bryce Hoppel (men’s 800 meters), Honour Finley (women’s 800 meters), Ashton Barkdull (men’s pole vault) and Mason Meinershagen (women’s pole vault).
 
Essence Henderson and Rachel Dincoff train with Kansas Associate Head Coach – Throws Doug Reynolds and will compete in the women’s discus.
 
Fans can watch all of the action on NBC live and on demand or on USATF.tv.
 
Hoppel is a three-time USA Outdoor Champion in the 800 meters, winning the event in three consecutive years, beginning in 2022. Hoppel became the first American since Nicholas Symmonds (2010-12) to win three-straight USATF titles in the 800 meters. Hoppel went on to finish fourth at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, with a personal best 1:41.67 in the 800 meters, setting the American record. Hoppel is coached by Kansas assistant head coach of cross country/assistant coach distance and middle distance, Michael Whittlesey. Hoppel will compete in the first round of the men’s 800 meters on Thursday, July 31 with finals slated for Sunday, August 3.
 

In the women’s 800 meters, the Jayhawks will be represented by Finley, who serves as an assistant coach – distance for Kansas track & field and cross country and was an accomplished middle (?) distance runner for the Jayhawks from 2018-22. Finley was a six-time All-American while at KU, including winning the 2018 Big 12 Indoor Championships in the women’s 4×400 meter relay. Finley trains with Kansas track & field head coach Stanley Redwine.
 
Finley went on to compete for Team USA at the 2023 Pan-American Games in Santiago, Chile. Finley will open up competition in the women’s 800 meters on Thursday, July 31 with finals scheduled for Sunday, August 3.
 
Kansas will be represented by two current Jayhawks in the men’s and women’s pole vault, as Barkdull recently finished as the runner-up in the men’s pole vault at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, while Meinershagen returns to Eugene after competing in the 2024 Olympic Trials. Both Barkdull and Meinershagen are coached by associate head coach/general manager – vertical jumps, Tom Hays.
 
Barkdull will compete in the men’s pole vault finals on Saturday, August 2 at 2:50 p.m., while Meinershagen competes on Sunday, August 3 at 2 p.m.
 

For a full listing of Jayhawks competing at the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships, see below. Follow Kansas track & field on social media for live updates.
 
Schedule of Events (All Times Central)
 
Thursday, July 31
4:55 p.m. – Bryce Hoppel, Men’s 800 Meters First Round
5:21 p.m. – Honour Finley, Women’s 800 Meters First Round
 
Friday, August 1
6:42 p.m. – Bryce Hoppel, Men’s 800 Meters Semifinals*
7:04 p.m. – Honour Finley, Women’s 800 Meters Semifinals*
 
Saturday, August 2
2:50 p.m. – Ashton Barkdull, Men’s Pole Vault Final
 
Sunday, August 3
2 p.m. – Mason Meinershagen, Women’s Pole Vault Final
3:18 p.m. – Honour Finley, Women’s 800 Meters Final*
3:26 p.m. – Bryce Hoppel, Men’s 800 Meters Final*
 
*Must qualify



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