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Bobcats Qualify 21 for NCAA West First Rounds in Texas
Story Links BOZEMAN, Mont. — The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships First Round competitions on Thursday afternoon. An incredible 21 Montana State track and field athletes […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships First Round competitions on Thursday afternoon.
An incredible 21 Montana State track and field athletes will participate in the NCAA West First Rounds on May 28-31 at E.B. Cushing Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The 21 qualifying Bobcats and 19 total entries are the second-most in program history since the current regional format was adopted in the early 2000s. The school record of 23 Bobcat participants was set last season, with the previous best before 2024 set in 2022 (17 qualifiers).
Montana State will have seven men compete across Wednesday, May 28, and Friday, May 30, while the 14 women will compete in events on Thursday, May 29, and Saturday, May 31.
A full meet schedule can be viewed here.
Qualifiers for the NCAA West First Rounds:
The top 12 finishers in each event at the NCAA West First Rounds advance to the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, held on June 11-14 at Hayward Field.
Athletes who ranked among the top 48 in their respective events earned a berth into the NCAA West First Rounds. In addition, the best 24 relays times advanced to the NCAA preliminaries. Athletes with the top-12 marks and the best 12 relay teams at both the East and West First Rounds sites qualify for the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Last season, a school-record 23 members of the Montana State track and field team qualified for the NCAA West First Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Three men’s steeplechase runners went on to advance to the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, with Levi Taylor, Rob McManus, and Owen Smith all representing ‘Steeple U’ at the biggest stage in collegiate track and field.
Montana State’s three participants in the 24-athlete field last year in Eugene marked the most of any school and was also the second consecutive year the Bobcats have sent three to the national meet in the steeplechase.
Montana State and Eastern Kentucky are the only two schools in the country who have sent multiple qualifiers to the NCAA Championships in each of the last three years.
Though three-time steeplechase All-American Levi Taylor graduated after last season, Rob McManus and Owen Smith are back to try to return to Eugene.
McManus, who finished 13th in the steeplechase at outdoor nationals in 2024 and 16th in 2023, also finished 15th at indoor nationals this past March in the mile.
The three-time All-American is one of just five Bobcat men to ever earn three All-American honors (Levi Taylor, Duncan Hamilton, Lyle Weese, Shannon Butler).
McManus is seeded No. 4 for the West Region and ranks No. 6 nationally in the steeplechase this year.
He’ll be joined in next Friday’s national quarterfinal by 2024 Honorable Mention All-American Owen Smith (seeded No. 23) and four-time NCAA Division III All-American Will Kelly (seeded No. 30).
Harvey Cramb, a sophomore from Brisbane, Australia, who placed 11th in the mile at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, is ranked No. 8 in the West Region in the 1,500 meters heading into College Station. The Big Sky champion in the event also set the school record in the 800 meters this season.
Sam Ells, a junior from Kalispell, Montana, will join Cramb in the pursuit of a berth to Eugene in the 1,500 meters while ranked No. 13 in the West Region in the event. Ells placed fifth in the 1,500 and sixth in the 5,000 at last week’s Big Sky Championships in Sacramento.
Colby Wilson, a graduate student from Olympia, Washington, qualified for the 2025 NCAA indoor championships in Virginia Beach in March after also qualifying for the 2022 NCAA outdoor championships and 2023 NCAA indoor championships. Wilson heads to College Station ranked No. 22 in the West Region.
Sydney Brewster, a sophomore from Sandy, Oregon, makes her second straight NCAA West First Rounds appearance after a season in which she broke the school and conference record in the shot put multiple times. Brewster is seeded 13th in the West Region.
Emma Brensdal, a sophomore from Plentywood, Montana, will join Brewster in the shot put next week in College Station. The Treasure State native broke the school record in the discus this year as well as recorded the second-best throw in Montana State history in the shot put. Brensdal is seeded 29th in the West Region.
Clara Fox, a sophomore from Bozeman, Montana, is one of three women’s sophomore throwers to qualify for regionals, and returns to the NCAA West First Rounds for the second straight year in the javelin. Fox is seeded 37th in the West Region.
Elijah Jackman, a junior from Tigard, Oregon, advances to the NCAA West First Rounds for the second straight year in the hammer throw. At the Big Sky Championships last week in Sacramento, Jackman placed second in the hammer, second in the discus, and seventh in the shot put to score 18 points for the Bobcats—tied for the team lead with Harvey Cramb. Jackman is seeded No. 36 in the West Region in the hammer.
Kyla Christopher-Moody, a graduate student from Royal Oak, Michigan, advances to the NCAA West First Rounds for the second straight year in the 5,000 meters. Christopher-Moody has set four school records in 2025 (indoor mile, indoor 3,000 meters, outdoor 1,500 meters, outdoor 5,000 meters) and has earned three All-Conference honors this season with podium finishes in the indoor 3,000 meters, indoor 5,000 meters, and outdoor 10,000 meters. Christopher-Moody is seeded 26th in the West Region in the 5,000 meters.
Grace Gilbreth, a senior from Bozeman, Montana, qualifies for College Station in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Gilbreth, the only Montana State woman ever to finish the steeplechase in under ten minutes, placed 25th at the NCAA West First Rounds last year in Fayetteville, and finished fourth in the event last week at the Big Sky Championships in Sacramento. The school record-holder is seeded 12th in the West Region.
Millie Hubbell, a junior from Littleton, Colorado, qualifies for NCAA Regionals in the 100 meter hurdles. Hubbell is making her first NCAA West First Rounds appearance following a spectacular season in which she finished second in the 60 meter hurdles at the Big Sky indoor championships and second in the 100 meter hurdles at the Big Sky outdoor championships. The junior is seeded 29th in the West Region.
Giulia Gandolfi, a junior from Faenza, Italy, qualifies both in the 400 meter hurdles and as part of the Bobcats’ 4×400 meter relay team. Gandolfi ran the third leg on the school-record relay team that enters College Station as the ninth-fastest squad in the field, and also currently holds the fifth-fastest 400 meter hurdle race in school history. Gandolfi is seeded No. 40 in the West Region in the 400 meter hurdles.
Peyton Garrison, a junior from New Castle, Colorado, qualifies in both the 200 meters and as part of the Bobcats’ 4×400 meter relay team. Garrison ran the second leg on the school-record relay team that enters College Station as the ninth-fastest squad in the field, and also holds the school record in the 200 meters. The junior earned a silver medal in the 4×100 meter relay last week at the Big Sky Championships and a bronze medal in the 200 meters. Garrison is seeded No. 45 in the West Region in the 200 meters.
Caroline Hawkes, Olivia Lewis, and Jadyn VanDyken will all travel to College Station as part of the qualifying 4×400 meter relay team. The squad is ranked ninth in the West Region thanks to their school-record time of 3:33.66 run at the Mt. SAC Relays in April. The top-12 relays from the 24 competing next week advance to Eugene.
Hailey Coey, a junior from Billings, Montana, qualifies for the NCAA West First Rounds in the long jump for the first time in her career after a breakthrough season. Coey broke her own school record in the long jump multiple times and is currently ranked second all-time in Big Sky Conference history in the event. The 2025 Big Sky indoor champion finished second at the outdoor conference meet last week and enters College Station seeded ninth in the West Region.
Tatum Richards, a sophomore from Emmett, Idaho, qualifies for the NCAA West First Rounds in the pole vault for the first time in her career. The 2025 Big Sky champion is currently tied for No. 2 all-time in Montana State history in the event (13-09.00) and will be one of a school-record three pole vaulters to compete at the regional stage next week. Richards is seeded 41st in the West Region.
Megan Bell, a freshman from Ann Arbor, Michigan, qualifies for the NCAA West First Rounds in the pole vault in her debut collegiate season. Bell recorded the top clearance in the Big Sky Conference during the regular season (13-08.25) and placed fourth at the Big Sky Championships last week in Sacramento. Bell is seeded 48th in the West Region.
The NCAA First Rounds will be streamed on ESPN+. A full meet schedule can be viewed here.
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Secret royal swimming pools – including Princess Kate and Prince William’s heatwave haven
The UK is currently bracing for the first heatwave of the year, with temperatures already beginning to soar. Understandably, the heat makes many of us want to plunge into the nearest body of water accessible – but for those of us who can’t just rock up to the nearest river, lake, or beach, it’s a […]

The UK is currently bracing for the first heatwave of the year, with temperatures already beginning to soar.
Understandably, the heat makes many of us want to plunge into the nearest body of water accessible – but for those of us who can’t just rock up to the nearest river, lake, or beach, it’s a little more complicated.
While the British royal family also don’t have that luxury, many of them have got their own heatwave havens a little closer to home, in the form of private swimmings pools.
From an indoor pool at Buckingham Palace to a breathtaking outdoor pool in Montecito, find out all the details about the private royal swimming pools you probably didn’t even know existed, and will soon wish you had to yourself…
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Local Surfers Aggressively Crashed a German Surf Contest in France
Local surfers gave university competitors at the German contest a course in localism. Photo: Screenshot French freesurfers ignored lifeguards’ commands and paddled out into the middle of Germany’s official university surfing championships in Seignosse, France. A video posted by German surfer Maya Sauer shows one of the freesurfers dropping into her wave and forcefully pushing […]


Local surfers gave university competitors at the German contest a course in localism. Photo: Screenshot

French freesurfers ignored lifeguards’ commands and paddled out into the middle of Germany’s official university surfing championships in Seignosse, France. A video posted by German surfer Maya Sauer shows one of the freesurfers dropping into her wave and forcefully pushing her down.
According to Sauer, the local municipality fully sanctioned and permitted the event. Even so, disgruntled locals paddled out to interrupt it.
“The event was fully approved by the city and paid for,” Sauer wrote on Instagram. “All the necessary licenses were in place for that stretch of beach, flags were up, and lifeguards on scene.”
“But still, a big group of freesurfers deliberately paddled out in the contest area,” she added. “They dropped in on us on purpose, yelled at us, insulted us, and got physically aggressive. The lifeguards tried getting everyone out of the water, but they didn’t listen at all.”
Sauer explained that the French surfer pictured in the video refused to apologize after they approached him, while also acknowledging that it can be difficult to watch your local surf spot undergo drastic change.
“The guy from the video who pushed me off the wave seemed to be proud of what he had done, showing no remorse after being confronted,” she said. “And let’s not forget: the contest had official permission for that stretch of beach, and the freesurfers had no right to be in the water during contest hours. On every other day, they’re the locals and may control the lineup, but not then.”
“I totally understand that it’s frustrating when your home spot feels more crowded every year. I’ve been coming to Hossegor for 11 years now, and I’ve seen how the vibe in the water has changed,” she added. “There’s a lot of tension, and learning to deal with that can be tricky. But there’s a line. And violence, especially against women, should never, ever be part of surfing. It breaks my heart to see things heading in this direction. Surfing is supposed to bring people together. We’re all out there because we love the same thing. I hope we don’t lose sight of that.”
Sauer received a flood of support in the comment section of her Instagram post. German Olympic surfer Tim Elter chimed in and said, “I was about to write a book. But I chose not to. We love you, Maya.”
The event website says (via Google Translate) that the festivities include “surfing, a surf flea market, beach volleyball and spikeball tournaments, live concerts, and parties in a bungalow village right behind the dunes.”
The German university surfing championships, which run from June 14 to 21, are open to students of any state-recognized university in Germany. This year marks the 20th edition of the event.
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With a heat wave June 21-22 here’s where to swim in, around Green Bay
The greater Green Bay area is expecting a heat wave. Temperatures will peak in the mid-90s June 21 and 22, and in the low 90s on June 23, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. The heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with […]

The greater Green Bay area is expecting a heat wave.
Temperatures will peak in the mid-90s June 21 and 22, and in the low 90s on June 23, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. The heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature — will be between 95 and 105 degrees June 21 and June 22, the NWS said.
Those looking to cool off with a weekend swim day in or around Green Bay have several options, both chlorinated and non-chlorinated.
Here’s our list of pools, splash pads, ponds and lake beaches, along with their weekend hours where applicable.
Here’s where to find pools in Green Bay, De Pere
Colburn Pool, 1025 S. Fisk St. in Green Bay, has open swim from noon to 6 p.m. on weekends. It offers concessions, diving board, lap swim area and water basketball.
Joannes Aquatic Center, 1430 W. Walnut St. in Green Bay, has open swim from noon to 6 p.m. on weekends. It offers zero-depth entry, a diving board, two slides, a tot sand play area, volleyball and concessions.
Resch Aquatic Center, 1058 Reed St. in Green Bay, has open swim from noon to 6 p.m. on weekends. Swimmers can enjoy a climbing wall, drop slide, diving board and a whirl cove area. Other amenities include zero-depth entry, concessions and a sand play area.
The VFW Aquatic Facility, 730 Grant St. in De Pere, is open from 1 to 6 p.m. on weekends and offers a tot play area with zero-depth entry and a lily pad water walkway, basketball hoops, diving boards, a drop slide, rock climbing wall, two body slides and concessions.
The Legion Pool, 1212 Charles St. in De Pere is also open 1 to 6 p.m. on weekends and has a large main pool with diving boards, as well as a zero-depth entry toddler pool. Concessions also are available.
Here’s where to find splash pads in Green Bay
Green Bay’s splash pads are free for the public to use and are located at the following parks from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
The city’s wading pools, open noon to 6 p.m. on weekends, are located at:
For more information, visit wi-greenbay.civicplus.com.
Here’s where to find man-made beaches in Ashwaubenon, Howard, Seymour
Ashwaubomay Lake, in Ashwaubomay Park at 2881 S. Broadway in Ashwaubenon, is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. The lake offers a sand beach, diving boards, tube and toddler slides, floating rafts, water basketball, playgrounds on the sand and water and beach volleyball court. For more information, visit ashwaubenon.gov.
Duck Creek Quarry beach in Howard is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Swimming is free for Howard residents, who must pick up a wristband at the Public Works Department, 1336 Cornell Road. Office hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 to 10 a.m. Friday.
Seymour Lake Park, 1200 Lake Road, Seymour, has a beach where you can play in the sand or go swimming. There is no fee to swim and it is at your own risk, as there are no lifeguards on duty. There’s also a public restroom available.
Here’s where to swim in Lake Michigan, bay of Green Bay, other naturally occurring waters
Crescent Beach, 1025 Lake St. in Algoma, is open from dawn to 11 p.m., and visitors can swim, play volleyball or launch a kayak from the beach. A changing station is located on the northern end of the boardwalk.
Oconto City Park, 5182 Oconto County N, is a 24-acre park on the shore of the bay of Green Bay. It offers restrooms, two pavilions, playground equipment, horseshoe pits, two sand volleyball courts and fire pits.
Oconto Falls East Side Beach, 631 N. Main St. in Oconto Falls, does not offer lifeguards but does offer access to the large Oconto Falls pond. Bathrooms are available, but non-resident parking is $5 per day or a season pass is available at City Hall for $25. You can also access the pond from Oconto Falls West Side Beach, 307-399 N. Flatley Ave., which has pavilions and picnic areas.
Shawano Lake County Park, W5791 Lake Drive in Shawano, is a 30-acre site that has 800 feet of shoreline and a campground. Visitors have access to a playground, public beach and camp store. There also are restrooms and showers available.
And let’s not forget that not far away, Door County has more than a dozen beaches spread across the peninsula. To find one you’d like to visit, visit the county’s website: doorcounty.com.
Larry Gallup contributed to this report.
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Princeton University
PRINCETON, N.J. – Brad Hunt was named Assistant Coach of the Year in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Awards, the organization announced Friday. It is Hunt’s second time earning the title this year after winning the honor during the indoor season. Hunt, in his ninth year […]

It is Hunt’s second time earning the title this year after winning the honor during the indoor season.
Hunt, in his ninth year as assistant coach at Princeton, mentored Mena Scatchard through an outstanding outdoor season that saw the senior break program records in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m.
At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Scatchard earned All-America honors after placing ninth in the 1500m final.
Scatchard won Ivy League titles in the 1500m and the 4×800 at Outdoor Heps, before moving on to set a new personal best and program record in the 1500m at NCAA East Regionals.
That Tiger 4×800 squad of Stella Vieth, Hannah Riggins, Olivia Martin and Scatchard set a new Heps record as they clocked in at 8:27.31 to win the gold.
Hunt’s athletes also boasted the top-two times in the 800m in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with Scatchard’s 2:00.81 and Riggins’ 2:02.95.
In addition to serving as an assistant coach for the track program, Hunt is also the head coach of the Tigers’ cross country team. Winning the cross country championship in the fall, Hunt laid the groundwork for Princeton achieve a historic third Ivy League Triple Crown when they won the Outdoor Heps title in the spring.
With Hunt’s athletes combining for 55 points, and the Tigers scoring in 19 of 22 events, Princeton clinched the Outdoor Ivy title with a score of 202.5 – the most points ever scored by a women’s team and the first time a team has broke the 200-point threshold.
Hunt and the Tigers now look back on an outstanding outdoor season that saw Princeton win six individual Ivy championships, set a new 4x800m Ivy Championship record, qualify 16 for regionals and have three athletes earn All-American honors at NCAAs.
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Marshall closes freshman season with 11th-place finish at 2025 USATF U20 Championships
Story Links EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State freshman thrower Olivia Marshall wrapped up her debut season as a Sycamore Friday, placing 11th in the shot put at the USATF U20 Championships. Marshall recorded a top throw of 13.61m (44-8) in Friday’s competition, which also closed the 2024-25 season for […]

EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State freshman thrower Olivia Marshall wrapped up her debut season as a Sycamore Friday, placing 11th in the shot put at the USATF U20 Championships.
Marshall recorded a top throw of 13.61m (44-8) in Friday’s competition, which also closed the 2024-25 season for Indiana State. The Sycamores had four freshmen – Marshall, Gnister Grant Peyton Smith and Emma Yoder – earn spots at the U20 Championships.
The 2024-25 season was a strong one for Marshall, as she placed in the top 10 in the MVC in four of the five events she competed in between the indoor and outdoor conference championships. She finished in a scoring position for the Blue and White in the shot put at the indoor championships, and placed in the top 10 in both the shot put and hammer throw at the outdoor championships.
With the 2024-25 season coming to a close Friday, the future for Sycamore Track and Field remains extremely bright. More than 80 percent of the Sycamores’ scoring from their MVC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship came from freshmen and sophomores, while nearly 60 percent of the Sycamores’ 200-plus points in the MVC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship came from underclassmen. Indiana State also had six program records, including one MVC record, and 45 program top-10 marks set during the 2025 outdoor season.
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For the latest information on the Sycamore Track & Field and Cross Country teams, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook and Twitter. Fans can also receive updates on Sycamore Athletics by downloading the March On App from the both the App Store and the Google Play Store.
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San Diego High’s Jasir Fontenot leads All-CIF boys track and field team
2025 All-CIF San Diego Section boys track and field team Track Athlete of the Year: Jasir Fontenot, San Diego A freshman, Fontenot took the track world by storm. He posted the third-fastest mark all-time and a California record in the 100 hurdles, running a time of 13.31 seconds in the state meet Prelims. He won […]

2025 All-CIF San Diego Section boys track and field team
Track Athlete of the Year: Jasir Fontenot, San Diego
A freshman, Fontenot took the track world by storm. He posted the third-fastest mark all-time and a California record in the 100 hurdles, running a time of 13.31 seconds in the state meet Prelims. He won the state meet with a 13.21, but the mark was wind-aided. He won the CIF San Diego Section championship with a wind-aided 13.40. He also won at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays after placing second at the Arcadia Invitational.
Field Athlete of the Year: ZeShaun Daley, El Camino
A senior, Daley placed sixth in the state in the triple jump with a season best 47 feet, 10 ½ inches. He was the San Diego Section champion, jumping 47-9 1/4 at the section championships and placing fourth in the long jump with a mark of 22-10 1/4.
Coach of the Year: Danny Perez, Mission Bay
First team
Event: Name, School, Year
100: Elliot Getz, Mission Bay, Sr.
200: Laurence Burston, Helix, Sr.
400: Davis Slaughter, Mt. Carmel, Sr.
800: Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek, Jr.
1,600: Cameron Yarbrough, Del Norte, Jr.
3,200: Liam Beighley, Mission Hills, Sr.
100 hurdles: Jasir Fontenot, San Diego, Fr.
300 hurdles: Jayden Bailey, Mission Bay, Sr.
4×100 relay: Harlem Harris (Sr.), Spencer Gray (Sr.), Jeremy Robinson (Fr.) and Laurence Burston (Sr.), Helix
4X400 relay: Abdul Gray (Fr.), Harrison Caufield (Sr.), Bryce Barrus (Sr.) and David Slaughter (Sr.), Mt. Carmel
4×800 relay: Thijs van Eldik Thieme (Sr.), Benjamin Stephens (Jr.), Brandon Sun (Jr.) and Nathan Bamford (Jr.), Scripps Ranch
Long jump: Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei Catholic, Jr.
Triple jump: ZeShaun Daley, El Camino, Sr.
High jump: Alijah Cheeks, Mission Bay, So.
Discus: Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside, Jr.
Shot put: Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside, Jr.
Pole vault: Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito Academy, Jr.
NOTE: Team based on results from CIF San Diego Section championships.
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