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GRAND FORKS — A pair of Grand Forks natives will compete at this week’s NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., from Wednesday to Saturday.

Grand Forks Central graduate Jak Urlacher will compete in the pole vault for the University of Minnesota.

Grand Forks Red River graduate Shelby Frank will compete in the discus and hammer throw for Texas Tech. She transferred to Texas Tech after spending the start of her career with the Gophers.

Urlacher will compete in the pole vault at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday. Specific events can be streamed on ESPN3.

Urlacher finished second at the Big Ten Outdoor meet and ranks 12th in the NCAA West Region.

Frank heads to the national meet ranked second in the NCAA West Region in both the discus and the hammer.

A year ago, Frank finished seventh in the hammer throw and fourth in the discus.

Frank is a five-time All-American.

The women’s hammer throw will take place Thursday at 3:30 p.m., while the women’s discus is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

• Cranston East defeated North Kingstown 3-2 to win the Rhode Island Division I boys volleyball state championship.
• This is Cranston East’s first boys volleyball state title in program history.
• Cranston East lost three times to North Kingstown during the regular season but prevailed in the championship match.

PROVIDENCE — Cranston East would have scheduled North Kingstown every week if it could.

Tournaments for both Senior players and those at U20 and U18 level will be staged across a seven-day period at the end of June and start of July on Belvedere (South) Beach. 

The Senior competition for men and women – under the banner NEVZA Beach England – will run first, from Friday 27th June until Sunday 29th June. 

There will then be a transitional day on Monday 30th June, before the Youth sections – NEVZA Youth Beach Championships – will be staged from Tuesday 1st July to Thursday 3rd July. 

Countries who will compete include hosts England, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, with no charge for admission to watch the action from 12:30 on Friday 27th June. 

Event organiser Rob Payne, Volleyball England’s Strategic Manager for An Ace Service is urging local people to come along and enjoy a fun and fast-paced version of the sport, which is quickly growing in popularity in the UK. 

“Having players of contrasting ages involved across the full week will add an extra dimension to the tournament and will help to showcase beach volleyball at its best to the people of Yorkshire and beyond,” he said. 

“With both the Senior and Youth events being free to attend, we’d love to see people come down and watch some live beach volleyball, whether they’ve never seen the sport before or are keen followers of it.” 

The expansion of the event in 2025 follows a successful staging of the NEVZA Youth Beach Championships 2024, where all matches were live streamed on the Volleyball England YouTube Channel.  

It will once again be hosted in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, whose input helped ensure the first edition of the event ran smoothly. 

Councillor Nick Coultish, portfolio holder for culture, leisure and tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council said: “We are thrilled to welcome such a high profile, international event to East Yorkshire to showcase some of Europe’s elite junior volleyball players 

“Bringing this event to Bridlington will hopefully help to inspire a new generation of players and supporters, both in the local area and beyond, as well as providing a huge tourism boost to our local businesses.” 

Host club Skyball Beach Volleyball Club are looking forward to welcoming a raft of international players to the East Coast. 

 Co-founder Pete Makowski, who is also a Lead Coach at The Gorse Academies Trust, said: “This event is amazing for the beach volleyball community in our area. 

“It provides extraordinary opportunities for Leeds Gorse and Skyball Beach Volleyball Development Centre athletes to represent England on home sands at Bridlington.”

Find out more about the tournaments by clicking here.

The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 2025 take place at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene from Wednesday, June 11, through Saturday, June 14.

Featuring the best college track and field student-athletes attending university in the United States, the championships are a chance for these athletes to make their marks.

Action will be broadcast and streamed in the U.S. on the ESPN network.

Discover the full schedule of events and the top three results from every single final below.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women’s volleyball announced its 2025 schedule comprised of seven non-conference contests and its annual 14-match Ivy League slate.  With nine contests set to be played inside the Malkin Athletic Center, the Crimson will look to make its return to the Ivy League Tournament as it returns to action in less than two months. 

Harvard’s season will begin on the road as the Crimson heads to the Sunshine State to compete at the UNF Invitational.  The Crimson’s season and the tournament will kick off as Harvard faces the host North Florida Ospreys on Friday, September 5.

Harvard will compete on its home court for the first time on Friday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m. ET as Washington State travels to Cambridge.  The Crimson will then host Seton Hall to close out the weekend on Sunday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET. 

The Crimson’s final non-conference contests will take place just down the road as it meets with a trio of New England teams in Chestnut Hill, Mass. including the host Boston College (Sept. 18), Bryant (Sept. 19), and Stonehill (Sept. 20). 

Following its non-conference season, the Crimson will begin its quest for an Ivy League Championship against Dartmouth on Sunday, September 28 at 4:00 p.m. ET in Hanover, NH.  During the first half of conference play Harvard will host Penn (Oct. 10) and Princeton (Oct. 11).

A majority of the Crimson’s home action will come in the second portion of Ivy action as Harvard will then host the Big Green (Oct. 25), Columbia (Oct. 31), Cornell (Nov. 1), Yale (Nov. 7), and Brown (Nov. 8) in five straight matches. 

With the addition of five first-years and the leadership of its co-captains Brynne Faltinsky and Yvette Easton, the Crimson will look to return to the Ivy League tournament for the first time since 2023.  The postseason playoffs will be held on the campus of the top seed and will be held on November 21 and 22.