The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the NCAA office of inclusion will partner for a second consecutive year as part of the Para-College Inclusion Project and Paralympians Made Here initiatives at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships taking placeWednesday through Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. 

As part of the Para-College Inclusion Project, two national collegiate wheelchair 100-meter races will be held during the  track championships to provide collegiate adaptive student-athletes with more visibility and support. The men’s 100-meter wheelchair finals will be held at 4:50 p.m. Pacific time Friday, while the women’s 100-meter wheelchair finals will be held at 5:50 p.m. Pacific time Saturday. 

Though the NCAA does not sponsor Paralympic sports, the Para-College Inclusion Project was created in 2021 to engage schools that offer adaptive sports to collectively increase Paralympic sport understanding, awareness and connection across the collegiate landscape. In addition to para track and field, the project has featured wheelchair sport exhibitions, demonstrations and national collegiate finals at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Fours, the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships and the National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships. 

The NCAA and USOPC have also collaborated on the Paralympians Made Here campaign, which was created to support Paralympic sports and build national awareness for opportunities within the college sports landscape. Like the Olympic movement in the United States, the Paralympic movement has strong collegiate ties across the nation. More than 70 U.S. Paralympians competed in an NCAA championship sport before taking the world stage at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. A total of 11 collegiate athletes representing NCAA schools won 18 medals at the Paris Games in para athletics (track and field) — eight gold, six silver and four bronze. U.S. collegiate Paralympians also tallied robust numbers in other dashboard categories in Paris.

The next Paralympic Games will be held this winter, March 6-15 in Milan, while the next summer Paralympic Games will be held in 2028 in Los Angeles.

Allison Lang has always loved playing sports. She took up swimming, football, skiing, and snowboarding as a child, but it was sitting volleyball that truly gave her a sense of belonging and a community that welcomed her.

Nearly a decade after finding the sport, she made history with her teammates—whom she calls her friends—at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Lang helped Canada win their first Paralympic sitting volleyball medal, as well as the country’s first team sport medal since London 2012.

“It feels amazing to say that we accomplished that, especially alongside so many of my friends,” Lang said during a TikTok live on @Paralympics.

“It feels like a sisterhood I never had growing up because I never had role models or knew people that were living with disability in such a positive light.”

 

Business on court and good friends off the court

At the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Canada defeated Tokyo 2020 medallists Brazil in straight sets in the women’s bronze medal match at the North Paris Arena. After securing the match point, players and team staff rushed to the net, embracing in celebration.

The USA won their third straight gold medal in the women’s tournament after beating China 3–1. Heather Nicole Erickson was named Most Valuable Player of the Games, while Kaleo Kanahele Maclay was selected Best Setter.

Standing on her first Paralympic podium, Lang had a surge of emotions, and memories of her hard work and dedication flashed before her.

“It was a play by play of all the work, the hours, the effort and the training that we’ve all put in,” Lang said. “Seeing the video back of them putting the medal on me, it was that sigh of relief.”

 

For Maclay, it was also a dream come true, winning her third straight gold medal in front of her family, including her two sons.

“For them to be there, seeing that moment and getting to experience it was like, we did it, I can breathe,” Maclay shared during the same TikTok live, adding that she thinks “it’s for her kids to see the sacrifice but to also see what it’s all for.”

Maclay also reflected on how special it was to compete against sitting volleyball players from around the world on the biggest stage.

“In elite sports, it’s such a specific experience that allows, the ability to have people who understand disability and are on the same page as you in life, experiencing this very unique thing alongside you is so special,” she said.

“We are competitors but also, we can be friends. We can try to push the movement together, ultimately leaving the sport better than I found it.”

 

 

Finding a community

Lang and Maclay discovered a sense of empowerment from being surrounded by athletes with similar experiences—a feeling that deeply influenced them at a young age and helped them truly “own the space” they were in.

Lang found out about Para sports when she was invited to play sitting volleyball at a charity event at the age of 16.

“I finally met women with disabilities that were great role models for me and made me feel a lot more secure (about) living with a disability,” said Lang, who was born missing half her leg.

“For so long I thought my disability was the obstacle that held me back but in fact it has given me more opportunity in life.”

 

Full-time content creator, model, motivational speaker, and a Paralympic medallist, Lang looks to be the same call for the coming generations.

“If you would have asked 13-year-old Ally if she ever thought that would be a possibility, I would have said no because I was so insecure,” Lang said. “It’s really special to give that message to kids and I wish I had heard that when I was younger.”

For Maclay, her two sons Duke and Kai are her greatest legacy—bringing them along on her journey, including at Paris 2024, and helping them grow up with a broader, more inclusive view of the world.

“Duke has grown up watching sitting volleyball, so when he saw standing volleyball, he said, ‘What is that?’ And I just love that for him,” Maclay said with a smile.

Lang and Maclay want to grow and strengthen this community, whether it is by hosting talks to inspire the youth, advocating for women in sports, or engaging in the “recruiting phase” by calling out young female athletes during a TikTok live session with @Paralympics in May.

“My team along with Team USA, we try to showcase sitting volleyball in such a positive light and are hoping to find more athletes in Canada. So, if anyone is watching, yes, we are recruiting right now,” Lang said.

 

Gearing up for LA28

This year, both Lang and Maclay have already started gearing up for the next Paralympic Games, now just three years away.

Sitting volleyball will be one of the 23 sports featured on the LA28 Paralympic Games programme. Eight of the world’s best teams will compete for gold in the women’s tournament at the Arena in Long Beach, California, as part of the Games taking place from 15–27 August 2028.

“We’re getting amped up and already training for LA28, like I’m sure Kaleo’s team is,” Lang said.

With four gold medals on the line and the energy of a home crowd behind them, the pressure is real for Maclay and Team USA.

When asked about the weight of chasing a fourth consecutive gold medal, Maclay smiled and quoted tennis legend Billie Jean King:

“Pressure is a privilege.”

 

 

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• A handful of Iowa athletes are set to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which are held from June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
• Iowa star Kalen Walker set a personal best and program record 9.94 100-meter dash time in late May.

IOWA CITY — There was some delayed gratification for Kalen Walker in his record-setting 100-meter time at the NCAA West First Round meet in May.

Walker scorched a sub-10-second time for the first time in his career, breaking his own Iowa program record in the 100 meters. But upon seeing his time, Walker withheld some exuberance.

He was waiting to see the wind measurement. If the wind exceeded an average velocity of +2.0 m/s, the time would not be considered legal for World, American or NCAA records.

But that wasn’t an issue. The wind was recorded at +1.1 m/s, making Walker’s time of 9.94 seconds wind legal and allowing the emotional flood gates to open.

“Then I got really excited and a lot of emotions,” Walker said. “It was really overwhelming.”

He won his heat and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, held from June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon. Walker is one of a handful of Hawkeyes set to compete on college track and field’s national stage.

More: How small-town Iowan Kalen Walker went from unknown to Big Ten 100-meter champion

A product of small-town Eddyville, Iowa, population of around 1,000, Walker has rocketed to relevancy over the last few years. He didn’t have any Division I or II offers in high school, started his college career at Indian Hills Community College and transferred to Iowa as a preferred walk-on. But Walker (now on scholarship) is within shouting distance of the 100-meter crown.

“I really like my chances,” Walker said. “I feel like every time I’ve lined up with people, I feel like I am more comfortable and I execute better than anybody else. I think that I have just as good of a chance as anybody to win the whole thing.”

It was only less than one month ago that Walker delivered back in Eugene. Walker won the Big Ten title in the 100, narrowly beating Southern California’s Eddie Nketia. Walker only got better at the NCAA West First Round, posting a program and personal best 9.94 time, which set him up for another trip to Hayward Field.

“It’s excitement for sure,” Walker said of his emotions, “but I mean, I feel like I haven’t really done anything yet. Like, yeah, that’s a good time, but I didn’t win anything. It was a (quarterfinal).”

Another Hawkeye who punched a ticket to Eugene is Mike Stein.

He enters the javelin event in vastly different (and better) health than he did last year. Stein suffered a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder at the Big Ten Championships last season but gutted it out in NCAA competitions and U.S. Olympic trials. Remarkably, Stein still managed to place 7th at the NCAA Championships.

“It was all heart, really,” Stein said. “I was just trying to put as much intensity into the throw as I could to kind of override my torn labrum.”

Stein got a PRP injection over the summer and rehabbed his shoulder. Rather than trying to push through unfavorable physical conditions like he did this time last year, Stein is optimistic he hasn’t peaked yet this season.

“I still feel like I haven’t had my best throw of the year yet,” Stein said. “I still have a little bit in the tank. I’ve had a lot of good meets, but I feel like I’ve yet to really put it together with a super high-speed throw. I got close at it on one of my throws in Big Tens.”

Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, who qualified in the women’s 800 meters, is staring down the final stretch of her Iowa career. Bookin-Nosbisch is set to attend the University of Miami (Fla.) School of Law, starting later this year.

The Ottumwa, Iowa, product built some momentum in the NCAA West First Round, breaking her own outdoor 800-meter school record with a time of 2:01.70.

“Obviously, it’s a blessing that I’m even getting the chance to run at this meet,” Bookin-Nosbisch said. “And just getting to close my career out in such a positive way is awesome. So definitely going to try and stay positive and pretty calm. Because, kind of like I said before, no matter what happens, when I take a look back at my career as a whole, I’m really proud of how far I’ve come. And I know that my whole career doesn’t depend on this single race. 

“Obviously, I want to go out there and do the best that I can. I have confidence that I can execute a race that I’m proud of.”

Iowa men’s qualifiers for NCAA track and field championships

• Kalen Walker (100 meters)
• Mike Stein (Javelin)
• Sean Smith (Hammer Throw)
• Ryan Johnson (Hammer Throw)
• Abraham Vogelsang (Decathlon)
• Tyrese Miller, Josh Pugh, Terrick Johnson, Zidane Brown (4×400 relay)

Iowa women’s qualifiers for NCAA track and field championships

• Pauline Bikembo (Heptathlon)
• Damaris Mutunga (400 meters)
• Maria Arboleda (High Jump)
• Lizzy Korczak (Javelin)
• Alli-Bookin Nosbisch (800 meters)
• Daniela Wamokpego (Triple Jump)
• Lia Love, Holly Duax, Alexandria Edison, Alivia Williams (4×100 relay)
• Damaris Mutunga, Chioma Nwachukwu, Olicia Lucas, Alivia Williams (4×400 relay)

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s track & field junior and three-time reigning NCAA shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan has been named the SEC Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Monday morning.
 
This is the second consecutive indoor-outdoor sweep of the SEC awards for Robinson-O’Hagan, who is one of only three athletes nationally this season to have made all eight watch lists for The Bowerman – track & field’s version of the Heisman Trophy. With today’s fourth career win, Robinson-O’Hagan passes four-time Olympian and Rebel legend Brittney Reese for the most SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards in Ole Miss history.
 
Last weekend, Robinson-O’Hagan punched his third consecutive outdoor national double ticket in the shot and hammer to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships with stellar performances in both events at NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville. In the hammer, Robinson-O’Hagan took down the East Regional record on his top qualifying blast of 74.51m/244-5 in the first round. Prior, no athlete in the history of the East Regional (which began in 2010) had even eclipsed 243 feet. Robinson-O’Hagan carried that momentum into the shot put, where his stadium record and season-best heave of 20.85m/68-5 immediately secured his return trip to Eugene.   
 
At the SEC Outdoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed his third straight men’s hammer title with a school-record throw of 75.72m/248-05, which registered as the second-best mark in SEC meet history and fourth overall in conference history. He also ranks 21st in collegiate history – sixth among American born collegians. Robinson-O’Hagan followed up his hammer performance by defending his SEC shot put title, giving him nine career conference titles and 104 total SEC points. He is now one of just three in SEC history outdoors to sweep the shot put and hammer twice and the only athlete ever to sweep both indoor and outdoor shot/weight and shot/hammer events once, let alone in back-to-back seasons.
 
He enters the national meet seeded fourth in the hammer (75.72m/248-05) and second in the shot put (20.85m/68-5), and he reigns as the only thrower in the world to surpass both 69 feet in the shot and 248 feet in the hammer this season (when including indoor shot put mark).
 
Nearly three months ago at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan secured his third consecutive national title in the shot put (20.49m/67-02.75), while also taking fifth in a stacked weight throw competition (24.09m/79-00.75). Those finishes each earned All-America status and contributed 14 NCAA points to the Rebel men’s 20-point total and tie for 10th-place overall, which was the second-best indoor finish in Ole Miss men’s history.
 
Robinson-O’Hagan was also named SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and won a share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy after his second consecutive sweep of the weight and shot titles. His 20 points helped propel the Rebel men to a tie for third place at the conference meet – tied for the best in Ole Miss men’s history indoors.
 
A native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Robinson-O’Hagan is one of only 10 athletes in Division I history to win at least three national shot put crowns in a row across the indoor and outdoor seasons, only the second three-peat by an SEC athlete alongside South Carolina’s Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, ’98 outdoor, ’99 indoor). Another win in Eugene this week would make him one of only five in Division I history to pull off the four-peat.
 
Robinson-O’Hagan has not lost to a fellow collegian in the shot put since April of 2024, and indoors specifically that streak stretches back to January of 2024. His career-best throw of 21.11m/69-03.25 from earlier this indoor season ranks him 21st in collegiate history indoors, as well as second-best in SEC history. His SEC-winning weight throw blast of 24.35m/79-10.75 ranks 13th in collegiate history – pushing his combined career-bests to 45.46m, which trails only North Dakota State’s Payton Otterdahl from 2019 (45.92m).
 
As a sophomore in 2024, Robinson-O’Hagan became the youngest to sweep the NCAA men’s shot put titles indoors and outdoors since 1989, as well as the fourth-youngest to do so all-time. Overall last season, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed those two NCAA titles, four First-Team All-America awards, 26 NCAA points, four SEC titles and 40 points en route to sweeping the USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year and SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year awards indoors and outdoors. He also claimed both the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy indoors and the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy outdoors after scoring 20 points at each conference meet.
 
In less than three full seasons with the Rebels, Robinson-O’Hagan has laid waste to the Ole Miss record book, claiming top marks in the weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) and shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) indoors, and the hammer (75.72m/248-5) and shot put (20.98m/68-10) outdoors. In addition to his 104 career SEC points and nine SEC titles, Robinson-O’Hagan owns three total national titles, 10 All-America awards and 47 NCAA points scored.
 

Robinson-O’Hagan also made a name for himself at last summer’s U.S. Olympic Trials as the youngest finalist in both the men’s shot put and hammer. He placed eighth in the shot put with an Ole Miss outdoor school record of 20.98m/68-10 and demolished his own record in the hammer by five feet at 74.54m/244-7. Track & Field News ranked him seventh in the hammer and eighth in the shot put.
 
Ole Miss is currently preparing for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field from June 11-14.
 

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table (SBART) hosted its annual Evening with the Athletes award ceremony on Monday, honoring a host of UC Santa Barbara student-athletes and coaches for their athletic achievements in the 2024-25 academic year. Gaucho Softball Head Coach Jo Evans was named the College Division Coach of the Year, with 15 Gauchos being named College Division Athletes of the Year in their respective sports. Men’s basketball’s Cole Anderson was also recognized as UC Santa Barbara’s Scholar Athlete of the Year.
 
SBART hosts the Evening with the Athletes award ceremony at the end of each school year to honor student-athletes from local high schools and colleges with special recognition awards and scholarships. Three of UC Santa Barbara’s honorees this year are repeat winners, with women’s swimming’s Samantha Banos, women’s tennis’ Amelia Honer and women’s outdoor track & field’s Kennedy Johnson all back-to-back Athlete of the Year honors in their sports.
 
Honer is one of four Gaucho honorees who also took home Big West Player of the Year honors this season, joined by men’s swimming’s Kyle Brill, softball’s Malaya Johnson and men’s soccer’s Alexis Ledoux. Women’s soccer’s Devin Greer and women’s volleyball’s Eva Travis both collected Big West Freshman of the Year honors in their respective sports alongside Monday’s SBART Athlete of the Year nods. Banos, Brill and Kennedy Johnson all add their SBART awards to individual Big West Championships this season, as does men’s track & field’s Brad Thomas. Banos and Brill also helped the Gaucho Men’s and Women’s Swimming teams take Big West team titles as well, with Greer, Honer, Malaya Johnson and Coach Evans also leading their teams to Big West Championships in 2024-25.
 
Earlier this spring, Anderson was announced as UC Santa Barbara’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, an honor SBART bestows annually to one student-athlete from each local high school and college, traditionally a senior, recognizing them for both athletic and academic excellence. You can read more about that honor by clicking here.  
 
The full list of UC Santa Barbara’s SBART Athletes of the Year is below.