Texas A&M returned for the 17th time to the iconic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, for the annual NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships from June 11-14.

Heading into the final competition of the season, both the men’s and women’s teams were ranked No. 2 by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association Poll. Combined, the teams competed with 22 athletes across 24 events at the championships and walked away with three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

In a thrilling final men’s 4x400m relay to close out the men’s side of the competition, senior Hossam Hatib, senior Cutler Zamzow, senior Kimar Farquharson and anchor runner redshirt senior Auhmad Robinson sealed the deal for the Aggies with a season-best 3:00.73 mark for the silver medal. The men tallied up 41 points to tie for the NCAA Outdoor Championship with University of Southern California, the win they’ve been searching for since tying for the championship with the University of Florida twelve years ago.

The women’s final rankings also came down to the women’s 4x400m relay, behind seniors Kennedy Wade, Camryn Dickson, Jasmine Montgomery and Jaydan Wood who snatched the final five points for A&M with a season-best 3:27.11 time and a fourth place finish. The team earned first team All-America honors, and helped the entire women’s team to a 43-point total and a third overall final rank in the national championship.

The first Aggie to earn points for the men was junior Alexsandr Solovev, the nation’s top collegiate pole vaulter. Solovev struck gold in the men’s pole vault final, clearing a school record and personal-best 5.78 meters on his third and final attempt at the staggering height. With a new collegiate-leading mark, Solovev added 10 points to the team tally and a first team All-America honor to his resume. 

Senior Sam Whitmarsh completed his collegiate career on a high, earning the second gold for the Aggies in the men’s 800m final. Whitmarsh finished in 1:45.86 seconds, earning his second first team All-America honor of his career.

Junior Winny Bii was crowned with her gold medal in the women’s triple jump, leaping 13.96 meters to earn first team All-America honors. Bii had a very consistent season, earning silver at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, fourth at NCAA Indoor Championships, and gold at the SEC Indoor Championships to cap her junior season.

The 400m hurdle duo of seniors Ja’Qualon Scott and Bryce McCray earned 11 valuable points in their event final. Scott crossed the finish line in a personal-best 48.29 seconds, earning a silver medal and a first team All-America honors. McCray finished sixth overall with a personal-best 49.52 mark, earning three points for the team and first team All-America honors.

Junior Jaiya Covington finished in the national runner-up spot in the women’s 100m hurdles, grabbing a silver medal with a 12.93 mark and a first team All-America honor.

The bronze medal count was added to by the women’s 4x100m relay team consisting of sophomore Jasmine Harmon, Dickson, senior Bria Bullard and Montgomery. The team ended their season on a high with a season-best 42.89 mark and first team All-America honors.

Freshman Sofia Yakushina — the current NCAA No. 1 in women’s heptathlon — landed on the national podium with a bronze medal to complete her freshman season. Yakushina started strong in the 100m hurdles, placing fourth overall in 13.53 seconds. She finished eighth overall with a 1.69-meter jump in high jump, 19th overall with an 11.46-meter throw in shot put and fourth overall with a 24.02 mark in the 200m to finish the first day of competition ranked eighth overall with 3,492 points. 

Yakushina fought back on the final day winning her first event, leaping a personal-best 6.47 meters for 997 points in the long jump. She finished ninth overall in both the javelin throw and 800m with a throw of 40.38 meters and a time of 2:14.93 seconds to secure her podium finish. The freshman walked away from her first NCAA Outdoor National Championship with some new hardware, a first team All-America honor and a 6,058 point performance.

The final first team All-America honor for the men’s team was awarded to Robinson, who finished seventh overall in the men’s 400m final in 46.07 seconds. 

A school record was broken again over the week by freshman Debora Cherono in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. The newly minted first team All-American ended her first collegiate season with a personal-best 9:32.10 in the final, taking down her previous school record from the semifinals a mere two days before.

The last women’s first team All-America honor was awarded to Montgomery in the 200m final, finishing in fifth overall in 22.61 seconds..

As the sun set on Hayward Field, it marked the end of the 2024-25 NCAA D1 Track and Field season, and a remarkable result for Texas A&M. Cross country will hit the ground running in the fall and track and field will return in January 2026.

EUGENE – The Texas A&M women’s track & field team secured a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships Saturday evening at Hayward Field. An individual national champion and runner-up finisher highlighted the individual performances.
 
Winny Bii headlined an action-packed day, capturing A&M’s first NCAA title in the women’s triple jump. The junior hit the ground running, leaping 13.96m/45-9.75 on her first attempt to capture the lead. Bii’s opener held throughout the entire competition, landing her at the top of the podium for the championship crown.
 
The women’s 4x100m relay quartet of Jasmine Harmon, Camryn Dickson, Bria Bullard and Jasmine Montgomery set the tone on the final day of the season and put the team on the scoreboard, taking third in the event with a season-best time of 42.89.
 
Debora Cherono held the momentum for the Maroon & White, as the standout steeplechase freshman broke her own school record for the fifth time this season with a time of 9:32.10 to place fifth in the event, dropping her semifinal time by a staggering 10 seconds.
 
Jaiya Covington continued to separate herself as one of the nation’s premier short hurdlers, as the Aggie junior ran out of lane seven in a stacked event and crossed the line in 12.93. This was Covington’s first NCAA outdoor individual final and delivered eight points to the total.
 

Yakushina capped off her historic rookie campaign, as she finished third in the women’s heptathlon with 6,058 points. The freshman added on to her day one total (3,492 points) starting in the long jump where she won the event with a personal-best leap of 6.47m/21-2.75 which jumped her to No. 4 in the A&M record books. She followed that up with ninth in the javelin (40.38m/132-6), leaving only the 800m on deck. Yakushina concluded her seven-event competition placing ninth in the 800m in 2:14.93 to ensure her third-place overall finish.
 
Montgomery added her second First Team All-America honor of the evening in the 200m, as the junior clocked a time of 22.61 which was good for fifth in the final.
 

Concluding the championships for the Maroon & White was the 4x400m team consisting of Latasha Smith, Dickson, Montgomery and Jaydan Wood. The group ran a season-best time of 3:27.11 to capture fourth in the event and secure the final five points for the women’s team to place third in the championships with 43 points.
 

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Zagreb, Croatia – June 15 – The USA Men’s Junior National Team lost to Hungary 13-12 today at the U20 World Championships. Ryder Dodd and Jonathan Carcarey led the team in scoring with three goals each while Charles Mills went for nine saves in the cage. Team USA returns to action tomorrow as they conclude group play with a meeting against Montenegro at 11:30am et/8:30am pt. All matches are scheduled to stream live on the World Aquatics YouTube. Live statistics will be available for every match from MicroPlus Timing Services.

Hungary opened the scoring in this one but Carcarey tied the game moments later on a man-advantage. Ryan Ohl gave Team USA its first lead before Hungary leveled the score with 1:31 to play. Landon Akerstrom had a response on the ensuing possession, giving the United States a 3-2 lead after one. The Hungarians opened the second quarter scoring nearly three minutes in but that was all they could manage in the period. Team USA rallied for three goals in the final 2:33 of the half courtesy of Dodd (2) and Carcarey to hit the halftime break up 6-3.

Hungary flipped this match on its head in the third, outscoring Team USA 6-2. They opened the period with three straight scores to tie the game before William Schneider put the Americans back in front midway through the frame. Hungary retook the lead with back-to-back goals and then Dodd knotted things with 1:11 to go but the European side beat the buzzer when they scored on a counter attack to head into the fourth up 9-8. Things would stay within a single goal for the entire fourth quarter as the two sides traded scores. Carcarey, Benjamin Liechty, Schneider, and Bode Brinkema dented the twine for the United States leaving the score all square at 12-12 with 2:45 remaining. From there, each team had attempts sent away and possessions lost to turnovers before Hungary called timeout with 0:13 to play. On its final possession, Hungary earned an exclusion with 0:04 left and sent the game-winner into the back of the net with just 0:01 on the clock to come away with the 13-12 win.

Team USA went 6/12 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while Hungary went 3/9 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties. 

Scoring – Stats

USA 12 (3, 3, 2, 4) R. Dodd 3, J. Carcarey 3, W. Schneider 2, R. Ohl 1, B. Brinkema 1, B. Liechty 1, L. Akerstrom 1

HUN 13 (2, 1, 6, 4) C. Lugosi 3, O. Leinweber 2, B. Balogh 2, M. Zeman 2, A. Toth 1, A. Peocz 1, V. Varga 1, Z. Porge 1

Saves – USA – C. Mills 9 – HUN – G. Szabo 8

6×5 – USA – 6/12 – HUN – 3/9

Penalties – USA – 0/1 – HUN – 2/2

 

It has been another strong year for the USC women’s track team. Having won the Big Ten Championship and sending multiple athletes to Eugene for the NCAA Championships, the Trojans were always going to be in a prime position to make a lot of noise on the national stage.

USC earned a second-place finish during the NCAA Championships with 47 points. Georgia won the outdoor title for the 2025 outdoor season.

In order to do so well in the final standings, a team needs to have incredible athletes that have big-time performances. Among the Trojans to do so was Samirah Moody. The senior won the 100m race in a tight photo finish that saw her edge out the Trojan victory over the South Carolina, LSU, and Florida participants. Dajaz DeFrand and Brianna Selby also qualified for the final heat and finished in seventh and eighth, respectively.

The 4x100m relay team that consisted of Moody, DeFrand, Madison Whyte, and Jassani Carter earned first place and had a season-best performance, beating South Carolina, Texas A&M, and TCU’s squads.

Whyte came in second during the 200m race. DeFrand followed closely behind with a third-place finish. The 4x400m relay team, which consisted of Yemi John, Carter, Cenci, and Whyte, also ran a season-best time. They finished behind Georgia and Arkansas.

Earlier record-setting feat from USC freshman

On the field side of things, Ashley Erasmus further set the USC school record in the shot put. Her fifth-place finish in the event on Thursday provided the team’s first points of the week and capped off an excellent freshman year for her.     

For Director Quincy Watts, this is a Trojan squad that has done exceedingly well throughout the year and is poised to continue to maintain this momentum. Considering that there are not too many seniors on this team, USC will have to like their chances to get even better as a team next year.