Day 1 of the 2025 NCAA Track and Field National Championships is complete as the first day featured the men’s meet at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Jun 11. 

The first day featured men’s prelims in all track events and finals in field events, as well as parts of the decathlon.

See which schools and athletes are performing well, and see which big names missed qualifying on day one and who qualified for the men’s finals on Friday. 

Men’s NCAA Track And Field Championship Team Leaderboard

After the completion of six events, Minnesota leads the way. 35 teams have scored points after the first day of competition and will look to add to their totals with the finals of most running events on Friday. 

Here’s the leaderboard so far: 

1. Minnesota – 23
2. New Mexico – 18
3. Florida – 18
4. Ole Miss – 12
5. Kansas – 11.5
6. Texas A&M – 10
7. Wisconsin – 10
8. Miami (Fla.) – 10
9. Oklahoma State – 8
10. North Carolina – 8
11. Arkansas State – 6
12. Arkansas – 6
13. Iowa – 6
14. Missouri – 6
15. Nebraska – 6
16. Texas Tech – 6
17. Georgia – 6
18. South Carolina – 6
19. Virginia Tech – 5
20. Air Force – 5
21. Iowa State – 5
22. Oregon – 5
23. Duke – 4.5
24. BYU – 4
25. Cal Poly – 4
26. Tarleton State – 4
27. Washington State – 4
28. Northern Arizona – 3
29. NC State – 3
30. Wyoming – 2
31. Furman – 2
32. Princeton – 2
33. Illinois – 1.5
34. Rutgers – 1.5
35. UMass Lowell – 1
36. Cincinnati – 1

Throw Winners

Kostas Zaltos and Angelos Mantzouranis went 1-2 for the Golden Gophers in the hammer throw, giving the Big 10 the team lead after day one. 

Devoux Deysel took first place in the Javelin throw with a best score of 81.75m to win a title for Miami (Fl.) 

Jason Swarens added to the Big 10’s dominance for the day, taking first place in the shot put for the Wisconsin Badgers. His best throw reached 21.23m. 

Jump Winners

Aleksandr Solovev prevailed in the pole vault, jumping 5.78m, a personal best, to claim a national title for the Texas A&M Aggies. 

In the long jump, Malcom Clemens of Florida jumped 8.04m to claim his national title.

Distance Finals

The finals of the 10,000M resulted in a close finish between two teammates, as New Mexico’s Ishmael Kipkurui and Habtom Samuel went for the 1-2 finish, pushing the Mountain West into second place after the first day. 

Track Qualifiers

Here are all of the athletes and relay teams that qualified for the finals. They will all run again on Friday in the finals. The final events of the decathlon will also take place on Friday. 

4x400m Relay Men’s Qualifiers

1. Arkansas – 3:02.53 – Q
2. USC – 3:02.76 – Q
3. Texas A&M – 3:03.09 – Q
4. Iowa – 3:03.14 – Q
5. Penn State – 3:03.39 – Q
6. Alabama – 3:03.58 – Q
7. South Florida – 3:03.54 – q
8. Florida – 3:03.69 – q
9. BYU – 3:03.83 – q

Decathlon Standings After Day 1

1. Peyton Bair (Miss State) – 4479 pts
2. Brad Thomas (UC Santa Barbara) – 4192 pts
3. Ben Barton (BYU) – 4190 pts
4. Colby Eddowes (Arkansas State) – 4112 pts
5. Marcus Weaver (Arkansas) – 4090 pts
6. Grant Levesque (Houston) – 4068 pts
7. Jaden Roskelley (BYU) – 4062 pts
8. Tayton Klein (Kansas) – 4051 pts
9. Kenneth Byrd (Louisville) – 4033 pts
10. Paul Kallenberg (Louisville) – 4023 pts

200m Men’s Qualifiers

1. Makanakaishe Charamba (Auburn) – 19.94 – Q
2. Jordan Anthony (Arkansas) – 20.01 – Q
3. Garrett Kaalund (USC) – 20.01 – Q
4. T’Mars McCallum (Tennessee) – 20.03 – Q
5. Xavier Butler (Texas) – 20.12 – Q
6. Carli Makarawu (Kentucky) – 20.14 – Q
7. Max Thomas (USC) – 20.02 – q
8. Cameron Miller (Purdue) – 20.17 – q
9. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (South Florida) – 20.26 – q

400m Hurdles Qualifiers

1. Nathaniel Ezekiel (Baylor) – 47.86 – Q
2. Saad Hinti (Tennessee) – 49.07 – Q
3. Kody Blackwood (Texas) – 49.09 – Q
4. Ja’Qualon Scott (Texas A&M) – 49.18 – Q
5. Oskar Edlund (Texas Tech) – 49.66 – Q
6. Johnny Brackins (USC) – 50.14 – Q
7. Bryce McCray (Texas A&M) – 49.56 – q
8. Bryce Tucker (Rutgers) – 50.14 – q
9. Jarrett Gentles (Coppin State) – 50.18 – q

800m Men’s Qualifiers

1. Tyrice Taylor (Arkansas) – 1:45.23 – Q
2. Koitatoi Kidali (Oregon) – 1:45.31 – Q
3. Christian Jackson (Virginia Tech) – 1:47.09 – Q
4. Rivaldo Marshall (Arkansas) – 1:47.14 – Q
5. Aidan McCarthy (Cal Poly) – 1:47.25 – Q
6. Sam Whitmarsh (Texas A&M) – 1:47.29 – Q
7. Samuel Navarro (Miss State) – 1:45.32 – q
8. Matthew Erickson (Oregon) – 1:45.89 – q
9. Samuel Rodman (Princeton) – 1:46.27 – q

400m Men’s Qualifiers

1. Samuel Ogazi (Alabama) – 44.77 – Q
2. Gabriel Moronta (South Florida) – 45.10 – Q
3. William Jones (USC) – 45.12 – Q
4. DeSean Boyce (Texas Tech) – 45.15 – Q
5. Joseph Taylor (Duke) – 45.34 – Q
6. Jayden Davis (Arizona State) – 45.44 – Q
7. Auhmad Robinson (Texas A&M) – 45.35 – q
8. Gabriel Clement II (UCLA) – 45.35 – q
9. Jordan Pierre (Arkansas-Pine Bluff) – 45.44 – q

100m Men’s Qualifiers

1. Kanyinsola Ajayi (Auburn) – 9.92 – Q
2. Jelani Watkins (LSU) – 10.02 – Q
3. Jaiden Reid (LSU) – 10.02 – Q
4. T’Mars McCallum (Tennessee) – 10.03 – Q
5. Israel Okon (Auburn) – 10.07 – Q
6. Max Thomas (USC) – 10.09 – Q
7. Davonte Howell (Tennessee) – 10.05 – q
8. Jordan Anthony (Arkansas) – 10.06 – q
9. Eddie Nketia (USC) – 10.10 – q

110m Hurdles Men’s Qualifiers

1. Ja’Kobe Tharp (Auburn) – 13.15 – Q
2. Kendrick Smallwood (Texas) – 13.26 – Q
3. Demario Prince (Baylor) – 13.27 – Q
4. Jahiem Stern (LSU) – 13.29 – Q
5. Zachary Extine (Arizona) – 13.32 – Q
6. John Adesola (Houston) – 13.43 – Q
7. Jamar Marshall Jr. (Houston) – 13.37 – q
8. Darius Brown (DePaul) – 13.40 – q
9. Jayden Smith (Davidson) – 13.40 – q

3000m Steeplechase Men’s Qualifiers

1. Joash Ruto (Iowa State) – 8:22.94 – Q
2. Carson Williams (Furman) – 8:24.33 – Q
3. Collins Kiprop Kipngok (Kentucky) – 8:24.94 – Q
4. James Corrigan (BYU) – 8:24.97 – Q
5. Silas Kiptanui (Tulane) – 8:25.51 – Q
6. Kristian Imroth (Eastern Kentucky) – 8:30.65 – Q
7. Mathew Kosgei (New Mexico) – 8:31.14 – Q
8. Geoffrey Kirwa (Louisville) – 8:31.42 – Q
9. Rob McManus (Montana State) – 8:34.54 – Q
10. Victor Kibiego (Texas A&M) – 8:35.98 – Q
11. CJ Singleton (Notre Dame) – 8:28.03 – q
12. Benjamin Balazs (Oregon) – 8:29.87 – q

1500m Men’s Qualifiers

1. Adam Spencer (Wisconsin) – 3:41.67 – Q

2. Simeon Birnbaum (Oregon) – 3:41.77 – Q
3. Harrison Witt (Princeton) – 3:41.98 – Q
4. Ethan Strand (North Carolina) – 3:42.09 – Q
5. Damian Hackett (Cornell) – 3:42.17 – Q
6. Martin Segurola (Indiana) – 3:42.26 – q
7. Ferenc Kovacs (Harvard) – 3:42.31 – q
8. Jack Crull (Bradley) – 3:51.96 – Q
9. Trent McFarland (Michigan) – 3:52.17 – Q
10. Nathan Green (Washington) – 3:52.19 – Q
11. Brendan Herger (Michigan) – 3:52.36 – Q
12. Gary Martin (Virginia) – 3:52.37 – Q

4x100m Relay Men’s Qualifiers

1. Auburn – 37.97 – Q
2. South Florida – 38.12 – Q
3. LSU – 38.14 – Q
4. Minnesota – 38.16 – Q
5. Tennessee – 38.47 – Q
6. Arkansas – 38.51 – q
7. Kentucky – 38.60 – q
8. Texas – 38.70 – q
9. USC – 38.71 – Q

Where To Watch NCAA Track And Field Championships 2025

All Times Eastern

Wednesday, June 11

• Men’s Day 1: 7:00 PM | ESPN

Thursday, June 12

• Women’s Day 1: 7:00 PM | ESPN

Friday, June 13

• Men’s Day 2: 8:00 PM | ESPN2

Saturday, June 14

• Women’s Day 2: 9:00 PM | ESPN2

NCAA Track And Field Championships 2025 Schedule

All times Eastern.

Thursday, June 12

Track Events

• 7:00 PM – 4x100m Relay, Semifinal, Women
• 7:21 PM – 1500m, Semifinal, Women
• 7:38 PM – 3000m Steeplechase, Semifinal, Women
• 8:08 PM – 100m Hurdles, Semifinal, Women
• 8:25 PM – 100m, Semifinal, Women
• 8:41 PM – 400m, Semifinal, Women
• 8:58 PM – 800m, Semifinal, Women
• 9:14 PM – 400m Hurdles, Semifinal, Women
• 9:29 PM – 200m, Semifinal, Women
• 9:56 PM – 10,000m, Final, Women
• 10:36 PM – 4x400m Relay, Semifinal, Women

Field Events

• 3:30 PM – Hammer Throw, Final, Women
• 7:35 PM – Pole Vault, Final, Women
• 8:15 PM – Javelin, Final, Women
• 8:40 PM – Long Jump, Final, Women
• 9:10 PM – Shot Put, Final, Women

Combined Events

• 12:45 PM – 110M Hurdles, Decathlon, Men
• 1:35 PM – Discus, Decathlon, Men
• 2:45 PM – Pole Vault, Decathlon, Men
• 5:15 PM – Javelin, Decathlon, Men
• 9:43 PM – 1500M, Decathlon, Men

Friday, June 13

Track Events 

• 8:02 PM – 4x100m Relay, Final, Men
• 8:12 PM – 1500m, Final, Men
• 8:24 PM – 3000m Steeplechase, Final, Men
• 8:42 PM – 110m Hurdles, Final, Men
• 8:52 PM – 100m, Final, Men
• 9:02 PM – 400m, Final, Men
• 9:14 PM – 800m, Final, Men
• 9:27 PM – 400m Hurdles, Final, Men
• 9:37 PM – 200m, Final, Men
• 9:55 PM – 5000m, Final, Men
• 10:21 PM – 4x400m Relay, Final, Men

Field Events

• 5:15 PM – Discus, Final, Men
• 7:30 PM – High Jump, Final, Men
• 8:10 PM – Triple Jump, Final Men

Combined Events

• 2:45 PM – 100 Hurdles, Heptathlon, Women
• 3:45 PM – High Jump, Heptathlon, Women
• 5:45 PM – Shot Put, Heptathlon, Women
• 9:43 PM – 200M, Heptathlon, Women

Saturday, June 14

Track Events

• 9:02 PM – 4x100m Relay, Final, Women
• 9:11 PM – 1500m, Final, Women
• 9:24 PM – 3000m Steeplechase, Final, Women
• 9:42 PM – 100m Hurdles, Final, Women
• 9:52 PM – 100m, Final, Women
• 10:02 PM – 400m, Final, Women
• 10:14 PM – 800m, Final, Women
• 10:27 PM – 400m Hurdles, Final, Women
• 10:37 PM – 200m, Final, Women
• 10:55 PM – 5000m, Final, Women
• 11:21 PM – 4x400m Relay, Final, Women

Field Events

• 3:30 PM – Discus, Final, Women
• 8:30 PM – High Jump, Final, Women
• 9:10 PM – Triple Jump, Final, Women

Combined Events

• 6:30 PM – Long Jump, Heptathlon, Women
• 7:45 PM – Javelin, Heptathlon, Women
• 10:43 – 800M, Heptathlon, Women

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FloTrack Is The Streaming Home For Many Track And Field Meets Each Year

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FloTrack Archived Footage

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NCAA Track And Field Championships Start Lists

Here’s the men’s and women’s start lists for all track and field events. 

The Hopkins boys volleyball team qualified for the state tournament in this first season of the sport as a fully sanctioned Minnesota State High School League tournament.

The Royals, the seventh seed for the tournament, lost in three sets to second seed Eastview in the quarterfinals Tuesday.

The Lightning won 25-17, 25-12, 25-19 to move into the semifinals.

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PROVO — BYU’s rising star and Team USA Olympian will get another chance at a missed opportunity in Friday’s 3,000-meter men’s steeplechase final.

Of course, to get there James Corrigan had to make it through Wednesday’s semifinals on the opening day of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Check, and check.

Corrigan strolled into the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing fourth in his heat and No. 4 overall with a qualifying time of 8:24.97.

The junior Browerton Award finalist and returning U.S. Olympian in the event opened his stride to stay well within in the top-five automatic qualifiers from each of two heats while Iowa State freshman Joash Ruto won the semifinal heats with a personal-best time of 8:22.94.

“Today was definitely a quicker one,” Corrigan said. “I was glad, if anything, to just be able to get through safe.”

Corrigan said he “left with a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth” after finishing ninth at last year’s NCAA championships for second-team All-American honors. He obviously made up for most disappointments with a third-place finish at last year’s USATF Olympic Team Trials that helped set him up for a spot on Team USA at the Paris Summer Games.

But it left Corrigan with one of his main goals: a chance to “put it together when it really matters” in collegiate competition.

“We planned it so we can peak at the right time,” Corrigan said in the post-race mixed zone. “The race you really care about is the NCAA finals, which I’m running in two days. I think I’ve hit my strides where it really matters.”

Weber State steeplechaser Peter Visser finished 17th in the event in 8:40.84.

In another qualifier, BYU’s 4×400-meter relay team of Eli Hazlett. Josh Taylor, Jonah Heimuli and Trey Jackson squeezed into Friday’s finals with a ninth-place time of 3:03.83. The Big 12 runners-up with the fifth-fastest time in program history took off down the stretch, securing qualification on time by .17 seconds over conference rival Arizona State.

Arkansas cleared the top time of the semifinals in 3:02.53, followed by USC (3:02.76) and Texas A&M (3:03.09).

“These guys set me up well,” said Jackson, who anchored BYU to its first 4×400-meter finals appearance in 10 years. “I just thought about them coming down the home stretch, how much they’ve put into the season, and I thought, I want to be able to do it again.”

Utah Valley’s 4×100-meter relay team of Gavin Stafford, Cameron Franklin, Kade Thompson and Gabe Remy clocked a season-best time of 38.90 — just .19 seconds behind USC for the final qualifying spot for Friday’s finals.

It was the first-ever 4×100-meter relay team to compete at the national meet in school history for the Wolverines, who earned second-team All-American honors with the 10th-place finish. Their 38.90 was the second-fastest among non-power conference relay teams in the semifinals, trailing only South Florida’s 38.12 that finished second only to Auburn (37.97).

In one of six men’s finals on the day — and the only one on the track — BYU’s Creed Thompson finished eighth in the 10,000 meters in 29:11.44. Teammate Joey Nokes was 14th in 29:19.76, both behind New Mexico freshman Ishmael Kipkurui, the collegiate record holder who finished first in 29:07.70.

Thompson, who holds the No. 2 mark in the 5,000 meter and No. 6 in the 10K in BYU history, earned first-team All-American honors for the first time in his collegiate outdoor career. Nokes, a senior from Riverton, added second-team All-American honors for the second time in his career after finishing 10th in the indoor 5K last y ear.

BYU senior Danny Bryant finished sixth in the shot put, hurling the stone 19.71 meters (64 feet, 8 inches) for first-team All-America honors, a mark that improved on his 13th-rated throw after the NCAA West regionals.

“I had a big breakout season last year, and I’m very happy to have another first-team All-American under my belt,” said Bryant, who departs BYU with the No. 3 mark in program history in the outdoor shot put in 20.02 meters (65-8.25). “That’s a really good way to finish my collegiate career. I’m really happy with it.”

Utah State’s Logan Hammer cleared a mark of 5.33 meters (17-5 3/4) to tie for 13th in the pole vault. The junior from Nampa, Idaho owns the Aggies’ program and Mountain West records in the event, and collected his third career All-American honors — the first for the program since Dillon Maggard and Clay Lambourne compiled their ninth and fifth, respectively, in 2018.

Records began falling early Wednesday when Mississippi State’s Peyton Bair, who served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona and Mexico, broke his own national record with a time of 10.25 seconds in the 100-meter portion of the decathlon.

The junior from Kimberly, Idaho, is going for a season multi-event sweep after winning the indoor championship in the winter, and leads all decathletes with 4,479 points after the first day.

Bair punctuated the first day of competition with a career-best time of 46.00 in the 400 meter — a time that would rank as the fifth-fastest time in world athletics.

BYU’s Ben Barton finished second in the 400-meter portion in 46.59, helping the Big 12 champion and Indoor school record-holder in the heptathlon to 4,190 points and third place.

BYU sophomore Jaden Roskelley was seventh in the decathlon with 4,062 points, paced by a fifth-place finish in the high jump with a leap of 2.04 meters (6 feet, 8 1/4 inches).

The NCAA women’s outdoor track and field championships begin Thursday, followed by Friday’s men’s finale and Saturday’s women’s championships in Eugene.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK ― Gian Gomez sometimes finds himself looking at all those banners and hardware from years past of St. Joseph volleyball success. He, too, wants to be a part of that tradition.

“When I was a freshman, I always saw those trophies from a while ago, like 2008 ― the 43-1 team, I really wanted to be like one of those teams,” the now-senior said. “This year we had a great team, and we performed.”

Gomez and his mates cemented themselves as part of the green and white volleyball legacy with a 25-16, 25-18 win over Randolph Wednesday, June 11, to three-peat as NJSIAA Group 2 champions.

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The Falcons (27-5) returned a bulk of last year’s squad but also had key underclassmen step in. After an 0-3 start, things started jelling and St. Joseph lost just twice the rest of the way.

A team might have one big guy with tons of kills. The Falcons, though, feature the two-headed monster up front in Gomez (292 kills, 102 digs) and junior Dominic Nycz (302 kills, 145 digs) along with freshman Saizo Takenaga (115 kills, 81 digs). Senior Sam Contursi (398 assists) has been a steadying presence with other key pieces stepping up.

The result has been three straight titles to go along with state championships in 2002, 2006 and 2008. Wednesday, St. Joseph used a balanced effort to methodically lead in both games at host South Brunswick High School.

Talk about spreading it out ― Nycz had nine kills and Gomez had eight, with Takenaga, Tyler Huseth and Carter Tarpley each chipping in four apiece. Jayden Dela Plaza had a team-high 10 digs and Contursi and Sean Martinez had a dozen assists apiece.

Rams coach Erik Novack noted his middle players had to move quickly to make reads and the Falcons had clean sets, while the big guys kept them guessing.

“For them, they can do much more,” Novack said. “They become more dynamic and they can utilize it more, and they did. They were able to make us spread out and we couldn’t focus in on one guy.”

The Falcons’ Contursi added, “Everybody on the court belongs there. Everybody has worked really hard all year to earn their spot on the court and I think it showed in this game.”

Players credited veteran head coach Miguel Cabrita for his leadership and creating the right mindset. In turn, he said he was happy to see Gomez and Nycz leading the way early in the season and the younger guys developing, which all led to Wednesday’s trophy presentation. Sophomore Matt Yacykewych and juniors Ben Peter and Santino Oliveti have also seen time.

“They played such a great team game today which was really nice to see,” Cabrita said. “Everything from the defense to ball control to the passing aspect of the game. It was amazing to watch them do that.”

While St. Joseph has long been a volleyball power ― the Falcons made every Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final from 1999 to 2016 ― Randolph has only had a program for five years. The Rams (25-5) captured the North 2 Group 2 title and are on the rise.

The program will graduate just Kevin Tinio (607 assists). Stars back include juniors Benjamin Barninger (254 kills, 67 blocks, 130 digs), Aedan Perez (248 digs) and Cole Cantada (93 kills, 206 digs).

“I’m proud of how far the guys have come in five years,” Novack said. “The fact that we won the state sectional, made it to the groups, I’m like just really grateful, I’m really proud of the young men that they are. They have a ton to be proud of. Obviously, it stinks to lose this way, but they did give everything and that’s all I really strive for. I told them to remember the feeling of going there. That will motivate the guys next year.”

This year, though, was St. Joseph’s time, and the players have certainly etched their mark in the program’s record books of the Metuchen school.

“It’s honestly a great feeling,” Nycz said. “We’re more of like a family than a team. We have a lot of chemistry together so it’s a great feeling to be able to play on the court with these guys and just make these memories that will last forever.”

LOS ANGELES – Redshirt sophomore Payton Brennan of UCLA Baseball has been selected the Student-Athlete of the Week for competitions held between June 3-9.
 
The Bruin outfielder scored three runs during the Los Angeles Super Regional last weekend, including a fourth-inning score that put UCLA up over UT San Antonio in Saturday’s win over the Roadrunners. The center fielder paced the Bruins in Sunday’s blank of UTSA; he had three hits and two RBI while scoring two runs of his own in the 7-0 win. Brennan batted .444 during UCLA’s 2-0 weekend, helping the Bruins advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., next week. He’s hitting a team-best .514 (18-35) at the plate in nine postseason appearances; Brennan has 14 RBI and 10 runs over UCLA’s last nine games.
 
UCLA will be making its sixth appearance all-time at the CWS and fourth under head coach John Savage.
 
Brennan secures his first-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award.
 
Previous Winners
Aug. 21 – Bridgette Marin-Valencia, W. Soccer; Aug. 28 – Lilly Reale, W. Soccer; Sept. 4 – Cheridyn Leverette, W. Volleyball; Sept. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Sept. 18 – Bode Brinkema, M. Water Polo; Sept. 25 – Sofia Cook, W. Soccer; Oct. 2 – Pablo Ereño, M. Golf; Oct. 9 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Oct. 16 – Jose Contell, M. Soccer; Oct. 23 – Ethan Garbers, Football; Oct. 30 – Grayce Olson, W. Volleyball; Nov. 6 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Nov. 13 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Nov. 20 –  Maggie Boyd/Sally Perez, Beach Volleyball; Nov. 27 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Dec. 4 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Dec. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Dec. 18 – Tyler Bilodeau, M. Basketball; Dec. 24 – Kiki Rice, W. Basketball; Jan. 1 – Eric Dailey Jr., M. Basketball; Jan. 8 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 15 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Jan. 22 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 29 – Aday Mara, M. Basketball; Feb. 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Feb. 12 – Taylor Tinsley, Softball; Feb. 19 – Mulivai Levu – Baseball; Feb. 26 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; March 12 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 19 – Jordan Woolery, Softball; March 26 – Chae Campbell, Gymnastics; April 2 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; April 9 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 16 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 23 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; April 30 – Omar Morales, M. Golf; May 7 – Jeremy Zammit, M. Track & Field; May 14 – Spencer Johnson, M. Tennis; May 21 – Jordan Woolery, Softball; May 28 – Jordan Woolery, Softball; June 4 – Roman Martin, Baseball
 

LOS ANGELES — USC Athletics continued its unprecedented academic momentum in Spring 2025, achieving a department-record cumulative GPA of 3.240 and a semester GPA of 3.278. 

Trojan student-athletes established several new academic high marks across the department during the semester, including a record-setting 440 Trojans posting a term GPA above 3.0. Additionally, 163 student-athletes earned Dean’s List honors with a GPA of 3.50 or better in at least 12 graded units, while 61 student-athletes – including 15 from women’s rowing alone – achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA. These milestones highlight the exceptional dedication of Trojan student-athletes to excellence in the classroom.

“I’m incredibly proud of the academic achievements of our student-athletes this semester,” said Charles Griffin Cale Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen. “USC is the PLACE TO BE for student-athletes who want to reach their fullest potential in all they do, and these new academic records are a reflection of our student-athletes’ hard work and competitive spirit, the support of our faculty, coaches, and staff, and the outstanding work of our Student-Athlete Academic Services team. Together, we are preparing Trojans to thrive at USC and return to impact their communities.”

In total, 19 programs posted a team GPA above 3.0 this spring. All 12 women’s teams achieved GPAs above 3.0, and 7 of 9 men’s teams reached that benchmark as well. Women’s Swimming & Diving led all women’s teams with a term GPA of 3.667, while Men’s Swimming & Diving led all men’s teams with a term GPA of 3.414. Men’s Basketball, meanwhile, posted a 3.296 term GPA, the team’s highest ever, and recorded the largest GPA improvement(+0.694) of any USC team from Spring 2024 to Spring 2025.

Six programs – Men’s Basketball, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Men’s Water Polo, Women’s Rowing, Women’s Swimming & Diving, and Women’s Volleyball –  set new semester GPA records, while six others also set new cumulative GPA records, including Men’s Basketball, Football, Men’s Water Polo, Women’s Rowing, Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Water Polo

These achievements build upon a year of historic academic success for USC Athletics. In November 2024, the department set a record Graduation Success Rate of 94 percent, with 13 teams recording perfect scores and programs like Baseball (93%) and Football (82%) achieving all-time best marks. In June 2024, USC also recorded its highest-ever Academic Progress Rate (991), with 15 programs tying or setting new records.

USC’s academic success comes during a time of historic athletic achievement, as the Trojans look poised to match or set the department’s best-ever finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup. In total, USC has claimed one national championship, three Big Ten titles, and one MPSF championship heading into this weekend’s national outdoor track and field championships.