GREENCASTLE, Indiana — Wabash captured its 11th North Coast Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championship and 20th track and field title overall by winning the 2025 NCAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Saturday afternoon at DePauw University.
 
Wabash scored 172.5 points to outdistance Denison University in second place with 137.5 points. Wittenberg, the pre-championship favorite to win the men’s title, finished in third place with 130.5 points. DePauw finished in fourth place with 110 points, followed by Ohio Wesleyan (83.5 points), Oberlin (69 points), Wooster (52 points), Kenyon (40 points), and Hiram (24 points).
 
The 11 outdoor titles extend the Wabash record for NCAC titles. The Little Giants have won five championships in the past seven years.
 
Head coach Clyde Morgan, associate head coach Tyler McCreary, and assistant coaches Emile Conde, Mitchell Kessler, Dillon Frederickson, and emeritus track and field coach Robert Johnson were named the NCAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Staff of the Year.
 
“We dedicated this meet to former Wabash Dean of Students Tom Bambrey,” Morgan said after the meet. “Tom (who passed away earlier this year) was dedicated to the sport from his time as an athlete, as a dean at his alma mater, and after he retired as director of athletics of the College. We definitely felt his presence throughout the weekend.”
 
Senior Brayden Curnutt earned NCAC Men’s Distance / Mid-Distance Runner of the Year honors. He broke the NCAC championship meet record by winning the 5,000-meter run in 14:40.54, breaking the old mark of 14:45.50 set by former Wabash runner Paul Christian in 2019.
 
Will Neubauer won the 800-meter run by finishing in 1:52.84. Teammates Haiden Diemer-McKinney and David Adesanya added second and fourth-place finishes. Diemer-McKinney earned all-conference honors with his runner-up performance, crossing the finish line in 1:54.82. Adesanya placed fourth overall with a time of 1:56.70.
 
Wabash earned six of the top-eight places in the discus throw, led by Quinn Sholar’s second-place finish with an all-conference mark of 45.83 meters (150 feet, 4 inches). Evan Furuness was named the NCAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, adding a fourth-place finish in the discus with his effort of 42.06 meters (138 feet) to his other meet accomplishments. He won the shot put on Friday and earned all-conference honors with a third-place finish in the hammer throw.
 
Jordan Tate finished fifth in the discus with a top effort of 41.59 meters (136 feet, 5 inches). Jakob Van Pelt added a sixth-place finish with a season-best throw of 41.26 meters (135 feet, 4 inches). Oostman scored a seventh-place finish with his toss of 41.25 meters (`35 feet, 4 inches).
Owen Smith took second place in the 400-meter hurdles, earning all-conference honors with his personal-best time of 54.83.
 
Carter Leininger scored a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash, posting a time of 10.77. Tanner Brooks placed eighth overall in the finals with a time of 11.00. Leininger also earned a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter dash by crossing the line in 21.76.
 
Ryan Papandria placed fourth overall in the javelin throw with a toss of 51.61 meters (169 feet, 4 inches). Jake Oostman scored a sixth-place finish with his throw of 49.92 meters (163 feet, 9 inches).
 
Kannon Chase earned a fourth-place finish in the high jump by clearing a season-best height of 1.90 meters (6 feet, 2.75 inches). Oostman placed sixth in the high jump with his season-best height of 1.85 meters (6 feet, 0.75 inches).
 
Mike Holsclaw produced a leap of 12.65 meters (41 feet, 6 inches) to finish in seventh place in the triple jump.
 
Smith, Leininger, Nate Joven, and Brooks combined to finish fourth in the 4×100-meter relay with a combined season-best time of 42.15. Leininger, Smith, Diemer-McKinney, and Adesanya combined to finish the 4×400-meter relay in 3:24.08 to place seventh overall.
 
 
 

GULF SHORES, Ala. – For the first time in school history, TCU Beach Volleyball (31-5) is headed to the NCAA Finals to compete for the National Championship. After clocking both No. 7-seeded Texas and No. 6-seeded Cal Poly on Saturday, the Horned Frogs will face the No. 4-seeded LMU Lions in the finals on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. CT on ESPN. 

TCU remains the best in Texas after sweeping the Longhorns 3-0 in the quarterfinals. In the all-time series, the Horned Frogs improved to 42-0 against teams from the Lone Star State.  

In the semifinals against the Mustangs, TCU’s AVCA Top Flight honorees propelled the Frogs to the title dual: Daniela Alvarez/Tania Moreno, Anhelina Khmil/Ana Vergara and Allanis Navas/Sofia Izuzquiza.  

It was the first point for the No. 1 duo of Alvarez/Moreno this weekend. The two have yet to drop a dual in the four years they’ve been to Gulf Shores. Khmil and Vergara remain undefeated, notching their 20th win together this season.   

TCU improved to 6-6 all-time in the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship.  

Quick Hits against No. 7-seeded Texas 

• TCU took all the first sets against the Longhorns to take an early lead.  

• Anhelina Khmil and Ana Vergara notched point one at the No. 4 spot: 21-13, 21-12.  

• Sofia Izuzquiza and Allanis Navas notched point two at the No. 3 spot: 21-15, 21-15.  

• To clinch a spot in the semifinals, Hailey Hamlett and Maria Gonzalez notched point three at the No. 2 spot: 21-19, 21-19.  

• With their win over the Longhorns, the Horned Frogs maintained their lead in the all-time series, stretching to 4-0.  

• The sweep over Texas is the 15th for TCU this season.   

Quick Hits against No. 6-seeded Cal Poly  

• The Olympic duo of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno notched the first point for the Frogs at the No. 1 spot: 27-25, 21-12.  

• The pairing is now 15-4 on the season together.   

• The undefeated No. 4 pairing of Khmil/Vergara notched point two: 25-23, 21-18.  

• The two are now 20-0 on the season together.   

• Hamlett/Gonzalez dropped in a three-set battle at the No. 2 spot: 15-21, 21-17, 12-15.   

• The duo moved to 11-3 on the season together.  

• To propell TCU to its first appearance in the final title match, Izuzquiza/Navas notched point three at the No. 3 spot: 21-13, 18-21, 15-13.   

• The freshman and senior duo are now 25-2 together on the season.  

• The win over the Mustangs stretched TCU’s record in the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship to 6-6.   

• The Horned Frogs maintained their lead in the all-time series against Cal Poly, extending to 6-4.  

Up Next  

No. 2-seeded TCU will take on No. 4-seeded LMU. The title match for the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship will be live at 9:30 a.m. CT on ESPN.  

After eight NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship tournaments, the queens of the sand have resided in Southern California. And that might continue this year, but if so, it will be a new local team reigning supreme.

Loyola Marymount will play for its first national championship Sunday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after taking out four-time defending champion USC in the quarterfinals Saturday, followed by a 3-2 upset of top-seeded UCLA in the semifinal.

In doing so, LMU ensured that, for the first time since the tournament began in 2016, the national championship would not feature a team from UCLA or USC. The tournament was not played in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Coached by John Mayer, who is in his 10th season, fourth-seeded LMU (38-6) will take on second-seeded Texas Christian (31-5), which is also playing for its first national crown, at 7:30 a.m. PT Sunday (ESPN). The Horned Frogs advanced to the final with a 3-1 victory over sixth-seeded Cal Poly after blanking rival Texas, seeded seventh, 3-0 in the quarterfinal.

The Lions’ path was far from easy as they won three consecutive points to knock off the Bruins (32-7), who were seeking their third title and first since 2019.

Kenzie Brower and Jessie Smith got UCLA on the board with a 21-17, 21-12 win on court three over Lisa Luini and Abbey Thorup. Maggie Boyd and Sally Perez then defeated Anna Pelloia and Michelle Shaffer 25-23, 21018 on court one to put the Bruins within a point of their sixth national-title appearance.

LMU wouldn’t be denied. Chloe Hooker and Vilhelmiina Prihti took down Peri Brennan and Natalie Myszkowski 22-20, 21-16 on court two, followed by Isabelle Reffel and Magdalena Rabitsch rallying on court four for a 16-21, 21-14, 15-12 triumph over Alexa Fernandez and Kaley Mathews.

That meant all eyes on court five, where LMU’s Giuliana Poletti Corrales and Tanon Rosenthal were locked in a battle with Ensley Alden and Harper Cooper. The Lions opened with a 21-18 win, but the Bruins responded to win 21-19. The third and final set ended 15-12, with Poletti Corrales tapping a winner down the left side to kick off the celebration.

The Lions advanced to the semifinal by ousting USC, in search of its seventh trophy, by a 3-1 count.

LMU opened the quarterfinal by winning the first sets at all five positions against the fifth-seeded Trojans (27-11). Luini and Thorup helped pave the way to victory on court three with a 21-17, 21-18 defeat of Maya Gessner and Mabyn Thomas, followed by Poletti Corrales and Rosenthal putting LMU up 2-0 with a 22-20, 21-16 win over Madison Goellner and Kaileigh Truslow on court five.

USC’s Delaney Karl and Ella Larkin cut the lead in half by knocking off Rabitsch and Reffel by a 15-21, 21-14, 15-9 score on court four. The Trojans’ rally and hopes were dashed soon after when Pelloia and Shaffer posted a 21-13, 14-21, 15-7 top-court win over Zoey Henson and Madison White.

UCLA kicked off the day with a 3-0 dispatching of eighth-seeded Florida State. The team of Brower and Smith earned the first point with a 21-10, 21-12 victory on court three.

Minutes later on court two, Brennan and Myszkowski won 21-15, 21-15 to get the Bruins within one. Boyd and Perez needed three sets on the top court but wrapped it up 21-19, 19-21, 15-11 to propel the Bruins to the semifinals.

Connor Ohl sprinted into history on Friday at Golden West College.

Before he even looked up at the scoreboard for his time after swimming the 50-yard freestyle at Sunset League finals, the Newport Harbor High junior heard the crowd cheering.

“I knew right then that I went 19 [seconds],” Ohl said. “When I looked up, it was just the icing on the cake.”

With his time of 19.79 seconds, he became the second-fastest high school swimmer in the event in Orange County history. The county record is a 19.69 by Olympian Michael Cavic of Tustin, set in 2002.

Los Alamitos won the boys’ Sunset League swimming championship, while Newport Harbor’s girls used their depth to capture their third straight league crown.

Newport Harbor’s Kennedy Fahey, Madison Mack, Emerson Mulvey and Ariana Amoroso, from left, stand side-by-side as they wait for the start of the girls’ 50-yard freestyle during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

There were plenty of fast swims at the six-hour meet. Fountain Valley set five league records, with sophomore Alyssa Ton and junior Peter Vu setting two each in their individual events.

Ohl was electrifying, splashing the water after seeing the time and clasping the hand of senior teammate James Mulvey to his right.

Ohl, Mulvey and Dash D’Ambrosia swept the top three spots in the event for the Sailors.

“One-two-three is just incredible,” said Ohl, who also repeated as the boys’ 100 free champion in 44.86 seconds. “The fact that it’s three water polo guys and not trained swimmers, it’s even more incredible.”

He added that he would be gunning for Cavic’s county-record mark at next week’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 championships.

“I never thought I’d ever be reaching levels like this,” Ohl said. “It’s unbelievable. … First it was breaking the Newport record, then it was breaking 20 [seconds] and now it’s breaking this next record. It’s just this progression of going faster and faster.”

Members of the Newport Harbor girls’ swim team celebrate after winning the Sunset League title on Friday.

(Matt Szabo)

Newport Harbor’s girls had lost by four points to Fountain Valley in a league dual meet, but won going away at league finals for their third straight crown.

Senior Ariana Amoroso finished second in the 50 free and third in the backstroke to pace the Sailors. Amoroso is going to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, which announced in March that it would be cutting its swimming program, though the school’s swimmers are scrambling to raise money to try to save it.

“I’m happy to end on a win senior year,” said Amoroso, adding that it was bittersweet that the CIF finals would likely be her final swim meet. “I’m happy to see improvements in my times after recently switching club teams, too.”

Fountain Valley’s Kaitlyn Nguyen swims the girls’ 200 yard individual medley to first place during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Caitlyn Stayt finished third in the 200 individual medley and fourth in the backstroke for the Sailors girls, who also got a pair of ‘A’ finals appearances by freshman Vivian Muir.

Stayt is one of two seniors who came out for swimming after helping the Sailors make the CIF Southern Section Open Division title match in water polo, along with Harper Price.

“The senior leadership has been amazing,” Newport Harbor coach Kevin Potter said. “They came back and just really stepped up. Harper swam the breaststroke. Last time she swam breaststroke was freshman year at league finals, and this year, we needed a breaststroker. She stepped in and scored huge points for us in that ‘A’ final.”

The versatile Ton won the girls’ 200 freestyle in 1:44.50 and backstroke in 53.68, each time a personal-best. She said she enjoyed the fact that her events were spaced apart, which allowed her to cheer for her teammates.

Newport Harbor’s Aidan Arie reacts to dominating the boys’ 100 yard butterfly during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

“There’s still some things to work on, but I’m really excited heading into CIF,” said Ton, a CIF champion in the 200 freestyle last year.

Her Barons senior teammate, USC-bound Kaitlyn Nguyen, won the 200 IM (1:59.76). Nguyen was second in the breaststroke to Corona del Mar sophomore Sofia Szymanowski (1:00.97), who placed second in the IM.

“I think Sofia’s got a really good chance of winning [CIF] next week [in the breaststroke], and I think Kaitlyn can also win it,” said Fountain Valley coach Nathan Wilcox, who coaches both in club swimming for Irvine Novaquatics. “It’s just going to come down to who wants it more. … I definitely think those girls are both top three next week.”

Corona del Mar’s Micah Grantham breaks the surface on the first lap of the boys’ 200 yard freestyle during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Fountain Valley’s girls’ 200 medley relay, featuring Ton, Nguyen, freshman Audrey Prall and senior Leyna Nguyen, also won in a meet-record time of 1:44.00.

Among other top girls’ swimmers, CdM senior Nikki Lahey became a three-time league champion in both the 50 free (23.42) and 100 free (50.38).

“It’s really focusing on the little details and improving those next week,” said Lahey, bound for San Jose State. “I feel like I’m in a pretty good place with my times right now.”

Edison senior Gaby Kelly became a four-time league champion in the 500 free, winning it in a school record time of 4:52.27. Kelly never lost the race in a league meet during her entire high school career.

“I was really stoked about it,” said Kelly, who placed second in the 200 free. “Especially with all of the new teams coming into the league, I was a little nervous, but I was really stoked with how I went. Being able to have that achievement is really nice.”

Fountain Valley’s Alyssa Ton swims the girl’s 200 yard freestyle during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

On the boys’ side, Fountain Valley’s Vu claimed the 200 individual medley (1:48.77) and breaststroke (54.62).

Newport Harbor senior Aidan Arie blasted to a school-record 48.28 in the butterfly, and also won the 500 free in 4:36.93. He celebrated wildly after winning the butterfly, as he said he earned a Summer Junior Nationals cut.

Add Arie to the list of those incredulous at what Ohl is doing.

“At this point, if he told me he was going 18 [seconds], I’d believe him, the way he’s dropping,” he said. “It’s crazy. It’s not normal.”

Edison’s Holden Lee won the backstroke (49.88) and was third in the butterfly.

Isaac Squires, a talented water polo player, helped Huntington Beach win the medley relay and also was an individual champion in the 200 free, touching in 1:42.91.

“If I can’t beat them in water polo, it’s nice to beat them here in swim,” Squires said. “It’s fun, because it’s competitive, but it also helps because you get faster and you’re always conditioned.”

Isaac Squires of Huntington Beach swims the boys’ 200 yard freestyle to victory during the Sunset League swim finals at Golden West College on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Most of the league’s top swimmers will compete in the Division 1 meet, which will have preliminaries at 9 a.m. Thursday at Mt. San Antonio College and finals at noon on Saturday.

Fountain Valley looks to excel. Ton is seeded first in the girls’ 200 free, while Nguyen and Vu are seeded first in 200 IM for both genders.

Vu is also seeded first in the boys’ breaststroke, and Szymanowski and Nguyen earned the top two seeds in the girls’ breaststroke.

Ohl and Arie are seeded first in the boys’ 50 free and butterfly, respectively, with Ohl seeded second in the 100 free. Lahey earned top-four seeds in each of her sprint freestyle events, and Kelly is seeded third in the girls’ 500 free.

Edison’s Lee is seeded third in the boys’ backstroke.

Wilcox said he’s looking for a top-three finish at CIF for Fountain Valley’s girls, who finished fifth last year.