CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M’s Luke Holcombe and Antonella Periotti Omisolo earned Lone Star Conference accolades on Thursday morning as they pair were named recipients of the league’s annual Scholar-Athlete Award.
 
Holcombe, the LSC Academic Outdoor Athlete of the Year, earned multiple LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll awards. Competing in throwing events – shot put, discus and hammer throw – Holcombe is a three-time USTFCCCA All-Region honoree. He placed second in the hammer throw and third in shot put at the 2025 LSC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and qualified for his second Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in shot put with a 17.89 meters toss.
 
Periotti Omisolo claimed the NCAA Women’s Elite 90 Award at the DII Women’s Golf Championships in Henderson, Nevada. The Elite 90 award honors the exceptional achievements of student-athletes. The prestigious accolade is given to those who have not only excelled at a national championship level in their sport but have also achieved the highest academic standards among their peers. The Elite 90 is proudly awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 90 championships.
 

EUGENE, Ore. – Duquesne’s Louie Liberatore earned a bronze medal in the men’s javelin on Thursday to headline three Dukes competing at the USA Track & Field U20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Liberatore recorded a mark of 61.84 meters (202 feet, 10 inches) on his sixth and final attempt to secure third place. It was the second-longest throw of his collegiate career and marked his third consecutive meet with a throw over 200 feet. The rising sophomore recently became the first Duke to qualify for and compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the men’s javelin.

Duquesne’s Rose Kuchera (triple jump) is scheduled to compete at 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday, while Colm Matheney is participating in the two-day decathlon, which began Thursday and concludes Friday.

This story will be updated with results.

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TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) launched of the fifteenth wave of Operation True Promise III on Thursday afternoon, marking a new phase in their ongoing military campaign. 

This latest escalation involves coordinated missile and drone attacks targeting military sites and facilities associated with the military industry in Haifa and Tel Aviv in the occupied territories.

According to official sources, the latest phase of this operation included over 100 combat and martyrdom (suicide) drones focusing primarily on anti-missile defense systems in both cities. The IRGC emphasizes that these actions are part of a broader strategy to intensify missile strikes against military and industrial targets, aiming to exert maximum impact.

The situation remains tense as the Zionist regime continues to target Iranian cities, threatening the civilian lives in provinces across Iran.

The Health Ministry in Iran has reported that at least 224 people have lost their lives in the brutal strikes by the Zionist regime.

ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia junior sprinter Aaliyah Butler has been named the winner of the Honda Sport Award for Track & Field, as revealed by The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) Thursday.
 
Butler joins Kendell Williams (2017) as the only two Bulldogs to ever receive this honor.  Butler gives the Southeastern Conference four straight winners and six winners out of the last eight years.
 
Since Georgia standout Dasha Vidmanova has already been awarded the Honda Sport Award for Women’s Tennis for the 2024-25 academic year, this gives the Bulldogs’ four instances of having two winners from different sports in a year (Karra Lynn Joyce, swimming; Courtney Kupets, gymnastics – 2006-07; Kim Arnold, gymnastics; Marissa Catlin, tennis – 1997-98; Cindy Schreyer, golf; Lisa Spain, tennis – 1983-84).
 
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 49 years, recognizing the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.”  The recipient of the sport award is now a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2025 Honda Cup, which will be presented during the live broadcast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on June 30, at 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
 
Butler was chosen by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.  Each NCAA member institution has a vote. 
 
“I am so honored to receive this award and have my name mentioned with winners of the past, including the great Bulldog Kendell Williams,” Butler said.  “This helps show me the hard work and dedication that I’ve put in is paying off. I want to thank all involved for making me this year’s honoree, and I cannot wait to share this experience with the award winners from the other sports.”
 

Butler, hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., delivered a standout 2025 season, headlined by her individual national title in the 400-meter dash at last week’s NCAA Outdoor Championships.  Her winning time of 49.26 not only set a new school record, but also marked the fifth-fastest performance in collegiate history.  Butler also anchored Georgia’s 4x400m relay to victory, securing the program’s first-ever national title in the event and helping propel the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
 
Throughout the season, the junior dominated the SEC, sweeping both the indoor and outdoor 400m titles.  Her consistent excellence earned her four NCAA First Team All-America honors in 2025 alone, bringing her career total to 11 All-America accolades.  A fixture on the Bowerman Watch List with seven appearances, she also excelled academically as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
A 2024 Olympic gold medalist as part of Team USA’s 4x400m relay squad, Butler continues to affirm her place among the elite in collegiate and international track and field.
 

“What an outstanding accomplishment for such a well-deserving young woman,” Georgia Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert said.  “Aaliyah is a unique talent.  She has superior talent and teams that with an elite work ethic.  Aaliyah doesn’t say much, but her actions on the track, in the classroom and in the rest of her life reflect what sort of student-athlete and person she is becoming during this journey in Athens.  She and I, along with the rest of the University of Georgia family, understand what an immense honor this is, and are super appreciative of the recognition.”
 
The CWSA, now in its 49th year, celebrates the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for their excellence in athletics, leadership, academics, and community service.  Since its partnership began in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to the universities of award winners and nominees, supporting the growth and success of women’s athletics programs.
 
About Honda Corporate Social Responsibility and the Honda USA Foundation 
For more than 65 years in the U.S., Honda has been committed to making positive contributions to the communities where its associates live and work.  The company’s mission is to create products and services that help people fulfill their life’s potential, while conducting business in a sustainable manner and fostering an inclusive workplace.  Advancing its corporate social responsibility, Honda and the Honda USA Foundation support this direction through giving focused on education, the environment, mobility, traffic safety, and community.  
 
Learn more at http://csr.honda.com/.  
 

EUGENE, Ore. – For the third consecutive year, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros track & field program will be represented at the USA Track & Field U20 Championships, this year by freshman Jizzale Davis. 
 
Davis will compete Friday in the women’s 200-meter dash. The first round is set for 6:08 p.m. (CT) and Davis will run in the second of three heats. The top three finishers in each heat plus the next three best times will advance to the final, scheduled for 7:45 p.m. (CT). 
 
Earning this opportunity adds to the successful freshman season Davis put together for the Vaqueros. She racked up three medals at conference championship meets and made the finals in both the 200 and 100-meter dashes at the indoor and outdoor championships. 
 
Davis ran her U20-qualifying time of 23.53 – which is a personal record and the No. 2 time in the UTRGV outdoor record books – as she captured the silver medal at the Southland Conference (SLC) Outdoor Championships in May. She also took fourth in the 100 and with the 4×100-meter relay at the event. The conference meet capped a stellar debut season which saw her open the outdoor campaign with a personal record in the 100 and earn two meet wins at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight in April, taking the victory in the 200 and with the 4×100 relay. 
 
Davis already sits atop the indoor record books in two events – she is tied for the top indoor 200 race in program history and set the program record in the 4×400-meter relay with teammates Aliyah Castillo, Zoë Adams and Trinity Kirk. Davis immediately showed her potential just two months into her career as she captured two bronze medals at the SLC Indoor Championships in the 200 and 4×400-meter relay while also taking eighth in the 60-meter dash.

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