EUGENE, Ore. – Junior Kampton Kam earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, finishing tied for eighth in the men’s high jump.

Kam cleared the bar set at 2.15m (7′ 0.5″) on first attempt, securing an eighth place finish in high jump. The points for eighth were split as a result of the three-way tie with Kam scoring 0.33 points for the men’s team. Penn men finished 72nd. 

Ryan Matulonis earned Second Team All-America honors on Thursday finishing 15th in the 400m hurdles semi-finals with a time of 50.75. Alex Sadikov placed 21st clocking in a time of 52.50. 

Senior Dylan Throop ended his career at Penn finishing 17th in the 10,000m finals recording a time of 29:24.03. 

NCAA Outdoor Championships

Eugene, Ore. 

June 11 – 13

Penn Men – Results

High Jump

T8. Kampton Kam – 2.15m (7′ 0.5″) *First Team All-American 

400m Hurdles Semifinals

15. Ryan Matulonis – 50.75  *Second Team All-American 

21. Alex Sadikov – 52.50 *Honorable Mention

10,000m

17. Dylan Throop – 29:24.03 *Honorable Mention

The Aquatic Sports Association of Malta, in collaboration with Bank of Valletta, announced a new dynamic format for the BOV Waterpolo competitions to mark the 100th anniversary of the local governing body.

This was announced by Karl Izzo, the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta president, in the presence of Ernest Agius, Chief Operations Officer at Bank of Valletta, ASA vice-president Andrew Paris and general secretary General George Farrugia during a press conference in the presence of club representatives.

“The revamp of the competitions is aimed to enhance competitiveness, increase fan engagement, and elevate the standard of the game across all participating clubs,” said the ASA president.

“The new format will also see the top performing clubs of the previous season benefitting from direct participation in the BOV Premier League with the top-placed clubs in the BOV First Division League having the opportunity to play for promotion to the BOV Premier League,” Izzo explained.

The top four-placed clubs from last season, champions Sliema, San Ġiljan, Neptunes and Sirens will automatically participate in the BOV Premier League.

The bottom two clubs of the top division, Valletta and Birzebbuga, will play a round robin with the top two placed teams in last year’s First Division League last year, namely champions Marsaxlokk and Exiles.

The two top-placed clubs in this round robin will then proceed to take part in the BOV Premier League.

Ta‘ Xbiex, Otters, Marsascala and Barracudas will play directly in the BOV First Division League.

The teams in each division will compete in a double round-robin format, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs scheduled between August 26 and 30.

Each club will have one foreign player on their books, and a number world renowned players have been engaged by local clubs.

The traditional Santa Marija week in August will be an intensive week for local waterpolo where the knockout competitions for both divisions will be played with the finals being held on August 14.

The BOV Championship will be played under the new competition rules with a smaller 25-metre pitch and a shorter possession and second attack time.

This will likely lead to faster transitions between attack and defence, making counter-attacks more frequent, favouring aggressive offensive strategies and discouraging prolonged build-up.

The BOV Women’s League will be played concurrently throughout the summer where the three competing teams, Sirens, Sliema and San Giljan will compete for the BOV ASA Centenary Cup.

The ASA is celebrating their 100th anniversary just one year after BOV celebrated its 50th – and the two organisations hold a longstanding and influential place in Maltese culture, according to BOV COO Ernest Agius.

“Bank of Valletta is proud to have been a main sponsor of the ASA since 2008, a partnership that has seen the successful development of the game as evident in the level of play both at domestic level and on the international playing field, where just this week we have just seen Malta qualify for the European Championships for the sixth consecutive time,” Agius said.

PLAYING ON SATURDAY

Birżebbuġa vs Exiles            17.30

San Ġiljan vs Sirens             18.45

Sliema vs Neptunes            20.00

Two years ago just before the inaugural season of sanctioned boys volleyball, then Maple Mountain assistant coach and current head coach Napoleon Galang got a call he didn’t think much of. To Galang, it seemed just like a curious mother just inquiring about a team for her son.

Little did Galang know that call came from BYU women’s basketball alumni Alisha Thortnton and would lead to the best player in the state in Trey Thornton, and two consecutive state championships.

“They would laugh if I said it, but his mom had called me before the school year was about to begin,” Galang said. “She said, ‘My son Trey is moving in and he’s a really great player. What clubs are around and what’s the high school schedule look like?’”

“I got to talk to his mom before I met Trey,” Galang continued. “As a coach, you kind of take some things with a grain of salt because you know every parent’s going to say their kid is the best player. But once he started playing, I knew that he knew how to play.”

In nearly every measurable aspect Thornton just screams ‘elite volleyball player’. The 6-foot-7 BYU signee finished second in the state in kills with 422 and did so with a .431 hitting percentage, which is also the second best in the state.

But what pushes Thornton past just a good high school player and into legit D1 player territory is his versatility.

Thornton is an equally impactful defensively as he is offensively. He tallied 43 blocks on the year and also proved himself as a strong backline player with 169 digs.

Thornton’s ability to impact the game from any spot on the court named him the recipient of Deseret News’ 2025 Mr. Volleyball. This is Thornton’s second time earning Mr. Volleyball honors.

Thornton will join BYU’s mens volleyball team later this year and plans to serve a mission for the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after a year with the Cougars.

“(Playing for BYU has) been a dream since the beginning,” Thornton said. “I knew how much work it took and growing up my coaches really instilled a drive in me that kind of allowed me to keep that as my priority in life.

“You have to make sacrifices to get where you want to be. I think just keeping my priorities in line, obviously family and God is first, but volleyball came above some things like social life. I had to give up a few dances and a few parties, but it paid off in the end.”

It hasn’t been an easy journey by any stretch for Thornton. Originally from Alabama, Thornton had to play on girls teams, then play for a boys team three hours away in order to play organized volleyball.

While it was inconvenient, it helped Thornton find a small, tight-knit community which helped him develop his volleyball talent. The stars aligned perfectly for Thornton as the first season of sanctioned high school boys volleyball came right after he moved to Utah.

Before the move, Thornton wasn’t sure if he’d ever get to play high school volleyball. But now, Thornton has two state championships and two Mr. Volleyball awards.

“My club in Alabama, which was the Girls Club, they still follow me really closely,” Thornton said. “The girls I played with growing up, we still talk pretty much every day, and the coaches reach out all the time.

“If you asked me three years ago, ‘Are you ever going to play high school volleyball?’ I would have said there’s no way I’m going to play high school volleyball, let alone win two state championships.”

When June 15, 2024 rolled around, Division 1 schools were allowed to contact students entering their junior year. Thornton had a strong tournament appearance in early June which got the eyes of colleges on him.

Quite a few schools showed interest in Thornton and he did some campus visits despite his dream to play for BYU. Even during those visits, he knew no school could pry him away from the Cougars. In the end, he stuck with his gut and decided to follow in his mothers footsteps to Provo.

“I was honestly surprised, I didn’t think that I was going to be a very big recruit,” Thornton said. “I talked to other recruits and most said, ‘I had two or three schools interested,’ while I had around 10. I was just really blessed.”

Boys volleyball is still a young sport in Utah, but Thornton leaves a significant legacy at Maple Mountain after helping build a hardworking, winning culture.

“I think his work ethic and his play has been the biggest influence over these kids that haven’t played volleyball before and even those who have been playing volleyball for several years now,” Galang said. “He has shown in his work ethic, his practicing and his gameplay just how fun volleyball can be for boys this age. I think he genuinely has inspired a lot of our players in our program to say, ‘Hey, I want to be like Trey.’”

The conclusion of the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships is on the horizon, as Saturday’s lineup will close out a week filled with record-breaking talent and crown the final round of national collegiate champions. 

Wednesday and Thursday debuted the student-athletes that qualified for the championships back in May at the East and West Regionals and revealed the men’s and women’s final field winners. Friday began the first round of track finals, beginning with the men, while Saturday hosts the women’s track finals. 

Hosted at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, all eyes will be on runners such as JaMeesia Ford, who matched the sixth-fastest time in NCAA history in the 100m dash with a 10.87, and Michaela Rose, who ran a record-breaking 1:58.95 in the 800m, to see if they can stay poised enough to bring home a national title. 

Here’s Saturday’s full lineup of events for the last day of the NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday Schedule

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

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

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UNIVERSITY PARK — After missing on two prior attempts, the Manheim Central boys volleyball team is bringing PIAA Class 2A gold back to 400 E. Adele Drive.

The Barons blitzed District 10 champion Meadville 3-1 — by scores of 21-25, 25-23, 25-16 and 27-25 — on Saturday at Penn State’s Rec Hall. The District Three kings also avenged a 3-1 setback to the Bulldogs from the 2024 title tilt to raise their first state trophy.

Landon Mattiace powered Central (24-1) through the thick of a back-and-forth match. The senior eclipsed double-digit kills while Dylan Musser teed up a fountain of teammates, and Blake Neiles was the defensive linchpin.

Mattiace served match point for the Barons. Reagan Miller delivered the clincher.

Meadville (19-1) was seeking its fourth crown.

• This story will be updated.