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April 12, 2025

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot brushed off her Paris-Roubaix victory as mere “training” for the Tour de France Femmes as the Frenchwoman set her sights on winning the summer showpiece “within three years”.

Despite being caught up in a multi-rider crash around 50km from the finish line, former mountain biking sensation Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) staged a stunning attack with 25km to go to secure her first road race victory since 2015.

Speaking after her triumph, the 2014 world champion said she “didn’t expect” such a positive start to her comeback on the road.

“I was confident this team could do something very good, it was a great day for us,” Ferrand-Prevot said.

“For sure, I didn’t expect this, to be honest. Also, I was not planning for Flanders and Roubaix. Because I felt good, I said ‘why not’? I want to try.

“It’s good training to get in position for the first stage of Tour de France. I wanted to take this racing as training. It’s not too bad, I have to say. I’m really enjoying my comeback on the road and I’m really happy.can we

“Tour de France is the main goal of the season. I really want to be 100% for Tour de France. I want to try to win the Tour de France within three years, so I think it’s a good step. We are building something really strong together as a team.”

Ferrand-Prevot targets Tour de France in three years after successful road return at Paris-Roubaix

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‘Ferrand-Prevot is well and truly back’

Ferrand-Prevot’s title-laden cross-country career culminated with an Olympic gold medal in Paris last year, and upon announcing she would return to the road, the 33-year-old referenced the Tour de France as a particular goal.

TNT Sports cycling expert Dani Christmas feels Ferrand-Prevot’s return to the road has exceeded expectations, and said the Frenchwoman stands in good stead to achieve her goal.

“A rider like her is always going to have a lot of respect,” Christmas said on The Breakaway.

“The achievements she’s had in the past years, and of course how successful she’s been on the mountain bike, she’s a very classy bike rider.

“But when you say, ‘I want to come back and win the Tour de France’, I think there were a few people thinking ‘OK, it’s changed quite a bit since you were last racing.

“We take our hat off to her now because that was an incredible performance. It’s not a fluke, we’ve seen it time and time again already this season that she’s been performing at the top level. She is well and truly back.”

Paris-Roubaix winner Ferrand-Prevot caught up in multi-rider crash

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Fellow expert Dani Rowe described the Paris-Roubaix triumph as “huge” for Ferrand-Prevot, and confessed to being somewhat surprised by the “attributes” she displayed on the notorious, cobbled terrain.

“Paris Roubaix is something completely different,” Rowe said. “When she said about trying to win the Tour de France, I thought it was within her capability.

“She’s got a team behind the scenes, same coaches, they know what it requires.

“When it comes to Paris-Roubaix, it requires so much power, just different attributes of riders I thought would be less suited to Ferrand-Prevot. So this victory, for me, is huge.”

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CUNYAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Weekly Award Winners (Dec. 9, 2025)

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December 9, 2025

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CUNYAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Track Athlete of the Week

Reco Griffith, Medgar Evers (So., Barbados, West Indies)

At the Crowell Invitational and Multi hosted by Army West Point, Griffith laid down the top time in the conference in the 60-meter dash in the prelims (7.00 seconds) and placed third in the final with a 7.05-second effort. He also ran a time of 23.11 (22.71 converted) in the 200, also the top time in the CUNYAC, and was part of the Cougars’ 4×400 relay that posted a time of 3:34.09.

CUNYAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Field Athlete of the Week

Chrisnel Nicolas, Medgar Evers (Sr., St. Albans, N.Y.)

Nicolas competed in the heptathlon at the Crowell Invitational and Multi, setting a school record with 3,615 points. He placed second in the high jump (1.76 meters), fourth in the pole vault (3.45 meters) and posted a 10.32 meter toss in the shot put (second in the conference) and a 5.66-meter long jump (third in the conference). Nicolas was ninth overall in a field consisting of primarly Division I athletes.

CUNYAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Rookie of the Week

Mustapha Abubakar, CCNY (Fr., Yonkers, N.Y.)

Abubakar placed fourth in the 200-meter dash at the Youree Spence Garcia Invitational hosted by St. John’s at Ocean Breeze. He ran a time of 22.72, good for second in the conference. Abubakar also ran a time of 7.14 in the 60-meter dash, currently good for third in CUNYAC.

CUNYAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week (Honorable Mention)

Brian Arias, Hunter (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Arias laid down the top time in the conference in the 3,000 meters at the Youree Spence Garcia Invitational Saturday, posting a time of 9:48.98. He placed 11th in a field of 28 runners.

Previous Award Winners

Week	Track Athlete of the Week	Field Athlete of the Week	Rookie of the Week	Honorable Mention
12/9/25	Reco Griffith, Medgar Evers	Chrisnel Nicolas, Medgar Evers	Mustapha Abubakar, CCNY	Brian Arias, Hunter

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Friday, December 12

CCNY, York at Wagner Seahawk Shootout

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Sunday, March 1 – Nike Track and Field Center at The Armory

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Preston Receives AVCA All-Region Honors

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December 9, 2025

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rice’s Taylor Preston received AVCA Southwest Region All-Region Honorable Mention, the organization announced Tuesday morning.

Preston led Rice in kills in 25 of 31 matches this season and surpassed 1,000 career kills, adding two American Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors along the way. She also earned a spot on the American’s first-team all-conference team.

She averaged 4.32 kills and 4.78 points per set while starting every match for the Owls. Preston recorded six double-doubles and twice posted a season-high 27 kills, doing so against Temple and Wichita State.

Nationally, she ranks 36th in kills per set, 41st in total points and points per set, 10th in total attacks and second in attacks per set. Within the American, she is second in kills per set and third in points per set.

This is the Owls’ 19th consecutive season in which a player has been honored by the AVCA. Rice finished the season 21–10, claiming the American regular-season title. The Owls set a program record with a 17-game winning streak and went 15–1 in conference play.

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Nabwe Tabbed as Athlete to Watch by Big Ten

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December 9, 2025

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MINNEAPOLIS – University of Minnesota redshirt junior Anthonett Nabwe has been named the indoor track and field Athlete to Watch by the Big Ten, the conference office announced on Tuesday.

Now a two-time indoor Big Ten champion, Nabwe returns to the college indoor scene where she owns the NCAA No. 21 mark all-time in the weight throw at 24.22m (79-5 1/2) while also holding the second-best indoor shot put mark all-time at Minnesota at 17.23m (56-6 1/2). Last indoor season Nabwe became the first Big Ten weight thrower in nine years to repeat as champion at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and was just the fifth Big Ten women’s weight thrower all-time to defend their conference title.

Safe to say Anthonett Nabwe 🇱🇷 is the #ncaaTF LEADER in the weight throw!

23.74m (77-10 3/4) in her December season opening throw for the two-time @bigten weight throw champion#SkiUMah | #Gophers pic.twitter.com/A3A91n3v95

— Minnesota Cross Country, Track & Field (@GopherCCTF) December 6, 2025

With the NCAA indoor track and field season underway, the Big Ten listed athletes from each member institution as Athletes to Watch for the 2025-26 campaign. The 2025-26 indoor track and field season will culminate at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., from Feb. 26-28, along with the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., from March 13-14.

For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X, Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.

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Virginia Volleyball | Ennist Named AVCA East Coast Region Freshman of the Year

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December 9, 2025

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Virginia outside hitter Reagan Ennist has been named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) East Coast Region Freshman of the Year, the association announced on Tuesday (Dec. 9). Ennist also landed on the All-Region team.

Ennist becomes the third Cavalier to earn AVCA region Freshman of the Year honors and the first since Anna Walsh in 2015. Overall, she is the 23rd UVA volleyball player to garner All-Region team recognition.

The Clifton Park, N. Y., native, proved to be one of the best freshmen in the country, racking up 383 kills and 427 points in 102 sets to lead the Virginia attack. Ennist’s 383 kills were the fifth-most by a Cavalier freshman in program history, while her average of 3.75 kills per set is the second-highest mark by a freshman ever.

On the national stage, Ennist placed seventh among freshmen in kills per set and points per set, while ranking ninth in total kills and 13th in total points.

Ennist exploded on the scene with a record-setting 32-kill match against Syracuse on Oct. 5 en route to the first of her three ACC Freshman of the Week awards. In total, Ennist tallied seven matches with 20 or more kills this season, the most by a Cavalier in the Shannon Wells era.

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Cowan Named Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week

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December 9, 2025

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Sophomore Thomas Cowan of the Boston University track & field team was named the Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week, the League announced Tuesday afternoon.

Cowan crossed the 800m finish line in 1:47.88 at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday, finishing third overall and second among collegians. His mark is the second-fastest at BU and he is just one of two Patriot League runners to record a sub-1:48 time indoors since at least 2004. The time is also the fastest in Division I after the opening weekend of events.

This is Cowan’s first Track Athlete of the Week honor and it marks back-to-back years of the Terriers having a men’s Track Athlete of the Week recipient after the first weekend of competition.

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Emma Grace Named to AVCA All-Region Team

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December 9, 2025

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Emma Grace became the 11th player in program history to be named to the AVCA All-Region Team. Grace was one of 14 players to earn a spot on the Midwest All-Region First Team.

The redshirt senior led Xavier in kills (379) and points (429) this season en route to the program’s first NCAA appearance since 2007. She ranks in the top-10 of the BIG EAST with 3.41 kills, 3.14 digs and 3.86 points per set.

Grace was a unanimous All-BIG EAST Team selection for the first time in her career. She also earned a spot on the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after leading the Musketeers to their second-ever BIG EAST finals match appearance.

The Kentucky native was a four-time BIG EAST weekly honor roll selection this season. She led XU to a 3-0 weekend at the Xavier Invitational to earn Tournament MVP honors. She was also named to the Stacheville Challenge All-Tournament Team for her performance in Xavier’s 3-0 opening weekend at Austin Peay.

The outside hitter posted 19 double-doubles this season to end her career with 44 total. She had 20+ kills in five separate matches this year and hit above .300 on 12 different occasions. She had a career-high 23 kills against Miami (OH) on September 5 and matched it again at Villanova on October 4.

Grace finished her Xavier career ninth all-time in points with 1291. She became the third player in program history to record at least 1000 kills, 1000 digs and 100 aces.

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