EUGENE, Ore.—Tristyn Flores picked up a pair of U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America honors, while Ryan Gregory opened competition in the decathlon Wednesday at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
 
Flores ran the 100 meters first, finishing 14th with a time of 10.19 seconds to earn second-team All-America honors. He returned a little over an hour later for the 200 meters, where he placed 18th in the semifinals in 20.68 seconds, earning honorable mention All-America recognition.
 
Gregory started the decathlon with his second-fastest 100 meters of the season, clocking 10.76 seconds to finish sixth. In the long jump, he recorded a mark of 22 feet, 5 3/4 inches to place 15th.
 
In the shot put, Gregory improved with each attempt, topping out at 37 feet, 9 1/2 inches on his third try to tie for 21st with Connecticut’s Joshua Mooney. His high jump of 6 feet, 6 inches — his second-best of the season — earned him 11th place in the event.
 
He capped the day with a season-best 400 meters, finishing ninth in 48.87 seconds. After five events, Gregory sits in 14th place overall with 3,920 points.
 
Here is Gregory’s Decathlon breakdown                                                                                                           

Event	Mark	Place	Points
100m	10.76	6th	915
Long Jump	22-5 1/4	15th	776
Shot Put	37-9 1/2	21st, T	577
High Jump	6-6	11th	785
400m	48.87	9th	867

Gregory concludes the decathlon on Thursday beginning with the 110m hurdles at 9:45 a.m. ESPN+ streams each of the decathlon events. ESPN coverage begins at 4 p.m.
 

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Diana Cheritoch is Oregon’s best scoring chance Thursday when the women’s portion of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships begins at Hayward Field.

The freshman is the Ducks’ record holder in the 10,000 meters and the Big Ten champion. She’ll be on the track for her final just before 7 p.m.

Also in a final for Oregon is pole vaulter Emily Fitzsimmons. She’ll be competing against collegiate record-holder Amanda Moll, one of the most accomplished athletes overall in the meet.

Who is competing for Oregon on Thursday

• Shaniya Hall, Lily Jones, Brazil Neal, Amirah Shaheed – 4×100 relay semifinal, 4:05 p.m.
• Silan Ayyildiz – 1,500 semifinal, 4:21 p.m.
• Mia Barnett – 1,500 semifinal, 4:21 p.m.
• Klaudia Kazimierska – 1,500 semifinal, 4:21 p.m.
• Emily Fitzsimmons – pole vault final, 4:35 p.m.
• Aaliyah McCormick – 100 hurdles semifinal, 5:08 p.m.
• Diana Cherotich – 10,000 final, 6:56 p.m.

NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships meet schedule

Where: Hayward Field

When: June 11-14

• Thursday, June 12 (women): First events
  • Decathlon: 110 hurdle, 9:45 a.m.
  • Field events: Hammer final, 1:30 p.m.
  • Track events: 4×100 relay semifinals, 4:05 p.m.
• Friday, June 13 (men): First events
  • Heptathlon: 110 hurdles, 11:45 a.m.
  • Field events: Discus final, 2:15 p.m.
  • Track events: 4×100 relay final, 5:02 p.m.
• Saturday, June 14 (women): First events
  • Heptathlon: Long jump, 3:30 p.m.
  • Field events: Discus final, 12:30 p.m.
  • Track events: 4×100 relay final, 6:02 p.m.

Complete four-day schedule

How to watch Oregon at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet

• TV:
  • Friday, June 13: 5 p.m., ESPN2
  • Saturday, June 14: 6 p.m., ESPN2
• Stream: ESPN+

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @chansen_RG

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State volleyball head coach Julie Darty Dennis announced a new addition to her coaching staff this week, introducing TCU alum Taylor Raiola as the new director of volleyball operations. 

“Taylor is an exciting addition to our program,” Darty Dennis said of Raiola. “She has high-level experience as a player, organizational experience in volleyball along with football, and has infectious energy that is going to help us continue to elevate our operations. I’m so excited to have her join our family and bring new ideas to the staff.”

Raiola went to TCU after a standout high school career in Scottsdale, Ariz., graduating from Scottsdale Christian Academy. She comes from a sporting family, with her mother, Yvonne, a water polo player and her father, Dominic, an All-American offensive lineman at Nebraska. Her uncle, Donovan, is currently the offensive line coach for the Huskers.

In high school, Raiola earned four varsity letters and helped lead the team to three consecutive state championships from 2017-19. She received four All-Region honors and was named to the Region 9 All-High School team as a senior. 

Raiola spent four seasons as an outside hitter with the Horned Frogs. She appeared in 80 games with 41 starts, collecting 373 kills and 410 digs. As a freshman, she became the first player in program history to record a double-double since 2005. She led the team in double-doubles as a sophomore.

Raiola and the Horned Frogs made two NCAA Tournament appearances during her time in Fort Worth. 

Raiola begins her coaching career after spending a year as a graduate manager with Nebraska, working with recruiting for the football team, where her brother, Dylan, is currently the starting quarterback.

The Congratulations Tour for the two-time state and ­national champion Gulf Breeze High beach volleyball team ­continued on Thursday as they were recognized before the ­Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ game with the Columbus Clingstones. The team was introduced on the field before what was ­supposed to be the 6:05 p.m. start of the Wahoo game, but rain pushed the start time […]

Some of the best beach volleyball players in the sport will descend upon South Florida to compete this weekend. But they won’t be playing anywhere near the beach.

In fact, they will be playing inside a converted film studio.

This one-of-a-kind setup will be the scene inside Medley’s Wayfair Arena this weekend as the Association of Volleyball Professionals returns to South Florida for Week 3 of the 2025 season. The two-day event near Miami begins Friday.

“An indoor stadium — under the lights and out of the sun — makes it feel more like you’re a professional athlete,” said Taylor Sander, a two-time Olympian with the US men’s indoor volleyball team, before he switched to beach volleyball. “Almost feels like you’re playing in the NBA.”

For years, the venue was used as a production house for movies and television. That was until December, when Unrivaled — the startup 3-on-3 women’s basketball league — acquired the property, sold the naming rights and transformed it into a state-of-the-art, 850-person capacity arena.

By the league’s inaugural tipoff in January, the arena was outfitted with massive video boards, a JumboTron hanging overhead, practice courts, recovery areas, a full content studio and lighting.

So how might this LED-lit, 850-person capacity basketball arena get turned into a site suitable for beach volleyball?

The answer is actually quite simple: hauling in over 300 tons of sand.

After trucking in enough sand to completely cover the hardwood basketball court at least 18 inches deep, the floor will be pounded down to create a safe playing surface, while a net and referee stands will be erected to create a regulation-size beach volleyball court.

Coupled with all of the bells and whistles already inside Wayfair, it makes for a unique, immersive setting that you won’t find anywhere else in the sport.

“The AVP has been doing this now for a while, so they’ve got it down to a science,” Sander said. “They do a great job of giving us a great place to put on a show and make it nice for the fans.”

Sander, who competes for the AVP’s Miami Mayhem, also said that an indoor venue creates a louder, more raucous environment than a traditional outdoor setting.

“It just feels more loud,” Sander added. “You can actually hear the fans.”

The AVP’s executive chairman is Heath Freeman, president of Alden Global Capital, an investment firm that owns the Sun Sentinel.

An indoor venue has other differences, too.

“The biggest difference is the weather,” said Taylor Crabb, a 14-time AVP winner. “Outdoors we have the wind, sun, rain, whatever the weather is. Indoors is very controlled.”

Moving indoors, as Crabb explained, takes the natural elements — which normally would have a considerable effect on a match’s outcome — completely out of the equation.

Sure, it is nice being able to escape the South Florida heat radiating off the sand. However, the most notable of changes, players said, is the elimination of a “good” and “bad” side of the court created by the wind.

“The good side is when the wind is in your face, coming at you, because you can hit the ball harder into the wind and it will drop faster,” Crabb explained. “The bad side is the wind at your back. The wind will take the ball further, and maybe out of bounds.”

The event begins at 6 p.m. Friday when the Palm Beach Passion take on the New York Nitro.

• Photo Roster of 2025 Spring All-Big Ten Honorees

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference announced its 2025 Spring Academic All-Big Ten honorees on Wednesday (June 11), with 229 University of Michigan student-athletes garnering the recognition.

Criteria for making the Academic All-Big Ten team include being in at least their second academic year at their institution and maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

The breakdown of Michigan student-athletes on the list is 13 from baseball, six from men’s golf, four from women’s golf, 30 from men’s lacrosse, 29 from women’s lacrosse, 30 from rowing, 14 from softball, seven from men’s tennis, six from women’s tennis, 36 from men’s track and field, 39 from women’s track and field and 15 from water polo.

Michigan had six student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs in Aiden Felty (men’s track and field), Owen MacKenzie (men’s track and field), John McNeil (men’s track and field), Leah Hill (women’s track and field), Brooke Johnston (women’s track and field) and Aasia Laurencin (women’s track and field).

The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the fall and winter seasons, and the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic year. Student-athletes eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award must be letterwinners in at least their second year in residence at their institution. Qualifying student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school.

Baseball (13)

Kurt Barr, Jr., Sport Management

AJ Garcia, So., Sport Management

Ricky Kidd, Sr., Sport Management

Jonathan Kim, Jr., Sport Management

Brock Leitgeb, So., Sport Management

Joe Longo, Sr., Communications & Media

Noah Miller, So., Sport Management

Cooper Mullens, So., Business Administration

Wyatt Novara, So., Sport Management

Keegan O’Hearn, So., Sport Management

Joonsung Park, So., Sport Management

Alfredo Velazquez, So., Movement Science

Mitch Voit, Jr., Economics

Men’s Golf (6)

Jason Gordon, So., Sport Management

Ben Hoagland, 5th/Sr., Political Science

Yuqi Liu, Sr., Economics

Jack O’Donnell, 5th/Sr., Business Administration

Caden Pinckes, So./Fr., Sport Management

Hunter Thomson, Sr., Sport Management

Women’s Golf (4)

Mara Janess, Jr./So., Sport Management

Lauren Sung, Jr., Business Administration

Sydney Sung, Jr., Business Administration

Grace Wang, So., Business Administration

Men’s Lacrosse (30)

Max Bonner, So., Business Administration

Rowan Clay, So., Sport Management

Ryan Cohen, Sr., Sport Management

Lucas Delgado, Sr., Communication & Media

Josh Ford, Jr., Business Administration

Michael Frechette, Sr., Sport Management

Chris Gaine, Jr., Economics

Alex Gatto, So., Business Administration

Cameron Goodloe, Sr., Business Administration

Matt Han, So., Business Administration

Emmett Houlihan, Jr., Business Administration

Jack Jenkins, So., Business Administration

Kevin Kearns, So., Sport Management

Nick Lauderback, Sr., Sport Management

Bo Lockwood, Jr., Sport Management

Thomas Lowman, Sr., Business Administration

Ryan Lyngklip, Jr., Business Administration

Jack Marlow, So., Communication & Media

John Morgan, Sr., Sport Management

Aidan Mulholland, Sr., Sport Management

Will O’Connor, Jr., Sociology

Jimmy Pisani, Jr., Business Administration

Brandon Plemmons, Sr., Communication & Media

Crandall Quinn, So., Business Administration

CJ Reilly, So., Political Science

Nick Roode, So., Sport Management

Hunter Taylor, Jr., Business Administration

Kees van Wees, Sr., Economics

Jack Welcsh, Sr., Sport Management

Mason Whitney, Jr., Business Administration

Women’s Lacrosse (29)

Emma Bradbury, So., Cognitive Science

Grace Callahan, Jr., Psychology

Rowan Clancy, So., Economics

Taylor Cullen, Jr., Business Administration

Lucy Davis, So., Business Administration

Isabel DiNanno, So., Communication and Media

Kaylee Dyer, Sr., Sport Management

Jane Fetterolf, Sr., Sport Management

Emileigh Goodloe, So., Biology, Health, & Society

Jordyn Harrison, Sr., Sport Management

Allie Hartman, So., Aerospace Engineering

Kassidy Isaacson, Jr., Sport Management

Laila Kostorowski, So., International Studies

Kennedy Meier, So., Business Administration

Katharine Merrifield, Sr., Business Administration

Megan Minturn, Jr., Psychology

Claire Nelson, Jr., Sport Management

Stella Nolan, So., International Studies

Calli Norris, Jr., General Studies

Erin O’Grady, Sr., Sport Management

Emerson Pattillo, So., Sport Management

Haley Polk, Sr., Communication and Media

Maya Rutherford, Sr., Computer Science

Maya Santa-Maria, Sr., Communication and Media

Julia Schwabe, Sr., Movement Science

Peyton Shreves, Jr., Psychology

Jill Smith, Sr., Sport Management

Ceci Stein, Jr., Business Administration

Rylee Tinney, Jr., Communication and Media

Rowing (30)

Ally Blomquist, Jr., Sport Management

Zara Bongiorno, So., Business Administration

Jenna Chaffin, Jr., Ecology, Evolution, & Biodiversity

Autumn Crowe, So., Movement Science

Abigail Dent, Sr., Economics

Katie Easton, Sr., Public Health

Gabrielle Graves, Sr., Economics

Lillie Gregory, Jr., Materials Science & Engineering

Gretel Ham, So., Political Science

Grace Hammis, Jr., English

Grace Harte, Jr., Business Administration

Megan Higley, So., Movement Science

Sara Houben, Jr., International Studies & Environment

Emma Kerkau, Jr., Movement Science

Gracie Landefeld, Sr., Industrial & Oper Engineering

Madeleine Lauriault, Jr., Political Science BA & Economics

Halle Loveday, Sr., Computer Science

Maddy Matos, Jr., Biology, Health, & Society

Leah Miller, Jr., Biology, Health, & Society

Anna Muench, Sr., Psychology

Amy Newton, So., LSA Undeclared

Jana Peachey, Jr., Psychology

Isabela Pimentel, Jr., Business Administration

Logan Roeder, Sr., Psychology

Carla Russell, Sr., Applied Exercise Science

Madeson Scott, So., Biology, Health, & Society

Rumaysa Siddiqi, So., Business Administration

Sophie Snyder, So., Sport Management

Leia Till, Gr., Movement Science

Margaret Vander Woude, Gr., Biomedical Engineering

Softball (14)

Emerson Aiken, Sr., Biology, Health, & Society

Ryleigh Carricaburu, Gr., Master of Management

Ava Costales, So., Biology

Lexi Dellamonica, So., Communication & Media

Lauren Derkowski, Sr., Industrial & Operations Engineering

Maddie Erickson, Jr., Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience

Avery Fantucci, Jr., Business Administration

Indiana Langford, Jr., Biology, Health, & Society

Ella McVey, Sr., Communication & Media

Madi Ramey, Jr., General Studies

Kaylee America Rodriguez, Sr., Sport Management

Ellie Sieler, Sr., Communication & Media

Ella Stephenson, So., Movement Science

Lilly Vallimont, Jr., Applied Exercise Science

Men’s Tennis (7)

Alex Cairo, So., Business Administration

Will Cooksey, Sr., English

Patorn Hanchaikul, Sr., Industrial & Operations Engineering

Mert Oral, Jr., Biomedical Engineering

Nicholas Steiglehner, Jr., Business Administration

Bjorn Swenson, Jr., Sport Management

Gavin Young, Sr., Economics

Women’s Tennis (6)

Ava Bruno, So., LSA Undeclared

Piper Charney, So., Business Administration

Julia Fliegner, Sr., Business Administration

Lily Jones, Jr., Communication & Media

Reese Miller, So., Business Administration

Bayley Sheinin, Jr., Sport Management

Men’s Track & Field (36)

Peter Baracco, Jr., Economics

Will Barhite, Sr., Applied Exercise Science

Xander Black, Sr., Business Administration

Miles Brown, Sr., Movement Science

Nolan Clark, So., LSA Undeclared

Aiden Felty, Sr., Sport Management

Lawrence Gilliam, Sr., Business Administration

Ian Hill, Jr., Biology, Health, & Society

Kepler Huntress, So., Mathematics

Caleb Jarema, Jr., Business Administration

Henry Johnson, Sr., Applied Exercise Science

Jack Juds, Sr., Business Administration

Jack Kelke, Jr., General Studies

Liam Kinney, So., Data Science

Jacob Koerner, Sr., Applied Exercise Science

Jakob Kunzer, Gr., Accounting

Camden Law, So., Business Administration

Nathan Lopez, So., Business Administration

Owen MacKenzie, Gr., Biomedical Engineering

Heath McAllister, So., Mechanical Engineering

Trent McFarland, So., LSA Undeclared

Kyler McNatt, Jr., Aerospace Engineering

John McNeil, Gr., International and Regional Studies

Jozef Meyers, Gr., Architecture

John O’Reilly, So., Business Administration

Akili Parekh, So., Mathematics

Corey Royster, So., LSA Undeclared

Amit Rutman, So., Business Administration

Cole Sheldon, Jr., Environment

Jaden Simmons, So., LSA Undeclared

Jack Spamer, Sr., Electrical Engineering

Jake Steslicki, Jr., Economics

Luke Stowasser, Jr., Sport Management

Aiden Sullivan, So., Business Administration

Jake Wall, Jr., Sport Management

Eli Winter, Gr., Economics

Women’s Track & Field (39)

Riley Ammenhauser, Sr., Sport Management

Maya Anderson, So., Sport Management

BreeAna Bates, Sr., Sport Management

Abby Bonnema, Jr., Pharmaceutical Sciences

Haley Deighan, Jr., Psychology

Natalie Desarbo, Sr., Environment

Trinity Franklin, Jr., Psychology

Sidney Green, So., Political Science

Amare Harlan, So., LSA Undeclared

Samantha Hastie, Sr., Data Science

Adele Havlick, So., Environment

Mary Caroline Heinen, Gr., Management

Trinity Henderson, Jr., Business Administration

Leah Hill, Jr., Organizational Studies

Kennedy Johnson, Sr., Sport Management

Brooke Johnston, So., LSA Undeclared

CC Jones, So., LSA Undeclared

Catrin Koselka, Sr., History and Political Science

Aasia Laurencin, Gr., Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, & Substance Abuse

Alyna Lewis, Jr., History

Mara Longenecker, Jr., Movement Science

Lisa Luecke, Jr., International Studies and Spanish

Yasmine Mansi, Sr., Business Administration

Mia Manson, Gr., Management

Clare McNamara, Gr., Business Analytics

Gabbie Michael, Sr., Molec, Cell & Dev Biology

Gabriella Newman, Jr., History BA and Political Science

Chiamaka Odenigbo, Gr., Mechanical Engineering

Lauren Pansegrau, Jr., Biology

Lucy Petee, Gr., Cognitive Science and Communication and Media

Noelani Phillips, Gr., Movement Science

Hannah Pricco, So., LSA Undeclared

Meredith Soule, Jr., Art and Design

Savannah Sutherland, Sr., Biology, Health, & Society

Elizabeth Tapper, So., Biomolecular Science

Rylee Tolson, Jr., Anthropology

Ainsley Workman, Jr., Neuroscience and History

Emma Yungeberg, Jr., Communication and Media

Jadyn Zdanavage, So., Economics

Water Polo (15)

Riley Chapple, Jr., Communication and Media

Katie Delaney, So., Biochemistry

Claire Eusey, Jr., Cognitive Science

Emma Gustafsson, So., Communication and Media

Brooke Ingram, Jr., Sport Management

Issy Jackson, Jr., Sport Management

Kaia Levenfeld, So., Movement Science

Emilia Mladjan, So., Electrical Engineering

Ashley O’Neill, Sr., Neuroscience

Sophia Panossian, So., Applied Exercise Science

Maiken Pardon, Sr., Mechanical Engineering

Maddy Scarth, So., French; Political Science

Jillian Schlom, So., Economics

Jordan Schneider, So., Economics

Kasey Umlauf, Gr., Human Genetics