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Big 12 Track and Field Teams Head to NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship

Story Links All 16 Big 12 teams will be represented at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship held June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon. Student-athletes who advanced to the national championship posted qualifying marks at the East and West Preliminary Rounds last week. Heading into the final meet of […]

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All 16 Big 12 teams will be represented at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship held June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon. Student-athletes who advanced to the national championship posted qualifying marks at the East and West Preliminary Rounds last week.

Heading into the final meet of the 2025 NCAA season, the Baylor women lead the National TRFI at No. 4 followed by Texas Tech at No. 8, BYU at No. 10 and TCU at No. 14. On the men’s side, the Red Raiders come in at No. 14 along with BYU at No. 16, Arizona at No. 19 and Houston at No. 25.

TTU had the fifth-most entries (12) of men’s DI programs, while the Horned Frogs tied for the fourth-most (11) entries and TTU and BYU both earned 10 selections in the women’s competition.

Athletes participating in the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon were also announced alongside the regional qualifiers, but will only compete at the national championship. The league garnered six selections to the national championship, while the women’s field featured two combined event specialists.

Action begins Wednesday, June 11, and will conclude Saturday, June 14. Live results can be found here, while live coverage will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPN+ throughout the week.

2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship – Big 12 Qualifiers

Men’s Decathlon Qualifiers

Ben Barton, BYU

Jaden Roskelley, BYU

Nick Bianco, Colorado

Grant Levesque, Houston

Tayton Klein, Kansas

Emil Uhlin, K-State

 

Women’s Heptathlon Qualifiers

Juliette Laracuente-Huebner, Cincinnati

Annie Molenhouse, Oklahoma State

 

Qualified during East and West Preliminary Rounds

Camila Aguilar-Perez, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jesse Avina, Arizona – Men’s Javelin Throw

Jenica Bosko, Arizona – Women’s Long Jump

Jade Brown, Arizona – Women’s 100 Meters

Isaac Davis, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Zach Extine, Arizona – Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Keilee Hall, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Tapenisa Havea, Arizona – Women’s Shot Put

Youssef Koudssi, Arizona – Men’s Discus Throw

Zach Landa, Arizona – Men’s Shot Put  

Brian Limage, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Diego Marquez, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Brooke Nordman, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

James Onanubosi, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Reinaldo Rodrigues, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay and Long Jump

Antonia Sanchez Nunez, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Ava Simms, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Tyson Tippett, Arizona – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

McKenna Watson, Arizona – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Josiah Anderson, Arizona State – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jayden Davis, Arizona State – Men’s 400 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Malik Franklin, Arizona State – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Ines Lopez, Arizona State – Women’s Discus Throw

Mateo Medina, Arizona State – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Trevin Moyer, Arizona State – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Nicholas Ramey, Arizona State – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Abbas Ali, Baylor – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Mariah Ayers, Baylor – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Alexis Brown, Baylor – Women’s Long Jump and 4×100 Meter Relay

De’montray Callis, Baylor – Men’s 200 Meters

Laurenz Colbert, Baylor – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Janae De Gannes, Baylor – Women’s Long Jump and 4×100 Meter Relay

Nathaniel Ezekiel, Baylor – Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles and 4×400 Meter Relay

Michaela Francois, Baylor – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Jasmine Gryne, Baylor – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Molly Haywood, Baylor – Women’s Pole Vault

Tiriah Kelley, Baylor – Women’s 200 Meters, 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Ruth Kimeli, Baylor – Women’s 10,000 Meters

Aaryona Kinchen, Baylor – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Tenly Kuhn, Baylor – Women’s High Jump

Tyler Honeyman, Baylor – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jack Jackson, Baylor – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Hannah Lowe, Baylor – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Serafima Lucero, Baylor – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Sameena Mathew, Baylor – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Igor Olaru, Baylor – Men’s Hammer Throw

Demario Prince, Baylor – Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Summer Sergeant, Baylor – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Aren Spencer, Baylor – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Calisha Taylor, Baylor – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles and 4×400 Meter Relay

Danny Bryant, BYU – Men’s Shot Put

Tessa Buswell, BYU – Women’s 800 Meters

Riley Chamberlain, BYU – Women’s 1,500 Meters

James Corrigan, BYU – Men’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Luke Grundvig, BYU – Men’s 5,000 Meters

Lexy Halladay-Lowry, BYU – Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Carlee Hansen, BYU – Women’s 1,500 Meters

Eli Hazlett, BYU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jonah Heimuli, BYU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Gretchen Hoekstre, BYU – Women’s Shot Put and Discus Throw

Meghan Hunter, BYU – Women’s 800 Meters

Jenna Hutchins, BYU – Women’s 5,000 Meters

Trey Jackson, BYU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Taylor Lovell, BYU – Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Joey Nokes, BYU – Men’s 10,000 Meters

Sami Oblad, BYU – Women’s 400 Meters

Ty Oustrich, BYU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Josh Taylor, BYU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Creed Thompson, BYU – Men’s 10,000 Meters

Janiah Pulliam, UCF – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Jazmen Newberry, UCF – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Adaobi Tabugbo, UCF – Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles and 4×100 Meter Relay

I’Asia Wilson, UCF – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Kya Epps, Cincinnati – Women’s 200 Meters

Davenae Fagan, Cincinnati – Women’s 400 Meters

Fred Moudani-Likibi, Cincinnati – Men’s Shot Put

Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba, Cincinnati – Women’s Shot Put and Discus Throw

Ryan Rieckmann, Cincinnati – Men’s Javelin Throw

Macaela Walker, Cincinnati – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Orry Willems, Cincinnati – Men’s Hammer Throw

Kole Mathison, Colorado – Men’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

John Adesola, Houston – Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Trey East III, Houston – Men’s 400 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Damarien Jacobs, Houston – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jamar Marshall Jr., Houston – Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Adam Mason, Houston – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Antrea Mita, Houston – Men’s High Jump

Sahfi Reed, Houston – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jaylin Santiago, Houston – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

King Taylor, Houston – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Dugion Blackman, Iowa State – Men’s 800 Meters

Makayla Clark, Iowa State – Women’s 800 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Karynne David, Iowa State – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Cam Jones, Iowa State – Men’s Shot Put

Rachel Joseph, Iowa State – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Rodgers Kiplimo, Iowa State – Men’s 10,000 Meters

Robin Kwemoi Bera, Iowa State – Men’s 5,000 Meters

Becca Heitzig, Iowa State – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Mikey McClain, Iowa State – Men’s 200 Meters

Cameron Moon, Iowa State – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Quinton Orr, Iowa State – Men’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Maelle Porcher, Iowa State – Women’s 5,000 Meters

Joash Ruto, Iowa State – Men’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Brooklyn Sandvig, Iowa State – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Ashton Barkdull, Kansas – Men’s Pole Vault

Bryce Barkdull, Kansas – Men’s Pole Vault

Jacob Cookinham, Kansas – Men’s Shot Put

Ebba Cronholm, Kansas – Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Bryce Foster, Kansas – Men’s Shot Put

Erica Ellis, Kansas – Women’s Pole Vault

Aaliyah Moore, Kansas – Women’s 800 Meters

Dimitrios Pavlidis, Kansas – Men’s Discus Throw

Sofia Sluchaninova, Kansas – Women’s Discus Throw

Jourdin Edwards, K-State – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Sharie Enoe, K-State – Women’s High Jump

Safhia Hinds, K-State – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Tamaiah Koonce, K-State – Women’s Discus Throw

Monique Hardy, K-State – Women’s Hammer Throw

Riley Marx, K-State – Men’s Javelin Throw

Shalom Olotu, K-State – Women’s Long Jump and Triple Jump

Selva Prabhu, K-State – Men’s Triple Jump

Blair Anderson, Oklahoma State – Men’s Long Jump

Isca Chelangat, Oklahoma State – Women’s 800 Meters

Denis Kipngetich, Oklahoma State – Men’s 10,000 Meters

Fouad Messaoudi, Oklahoma State – Men’s 5,000 Meters

Brian Musau, Oklahoma State – Men’s 5,000 Meter Run

Josphine Mwaura, Oklahoma State – Women’s 10,000 Meters

Kaylie Politza, Oklahoma State – Women’s 800 Meters

Alex Stitt, Oklahoma State – Men’s 1,500 Meters

Emma Robbins, Oklahoma State – Women’s Hammer Throw

Maria Bienvenu, TCU – Women’s Javelin Throw

Amelliah Birdow, TCU – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles and 4×400 Meter Relay

Bryce Brazzell, TCU – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Dominic Byles, TCU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Kashie Crockett, TCU – Men’s 200 Meters, 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Kelaiah Daniyan, TCU – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jayden Douglas, TCU – Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles, 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Destin Drummond, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Finn Dunshee, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Coulaj Eans, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Justin Frater, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Lloyd Frilot, TCU – Men’s 800 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Iyana Gray, TCU – Women’s 100 Meters, 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Teanna Harlin, TCU – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Mikayla Hayes, TCU – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Irene Jepkemboi, TCU – Women’s Javelin Throw

Ronnie Kendrick, TCU – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Amari Kiluvia, TCU – Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles

Preston Kuznof, TCU – Men’s Javelin Throw

Indya Mayberry, TCU – Women’s 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Samarra Monrroy, TCU – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Jordan Parker, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay and 4×400 Meter Relay

Sanjay Salmon, TCU – Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Laila Smith, TCU – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

London Tucker, TCU – Women’s 100 Meters and 4×100 Meter Relay

Tia Williams, TCU – Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles and 4×400 Meter Relay

Temitope Adeshina, Texas Tech – Women’s High Jump

Fanny Arendt, Texas Tech – Women’s 800 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Vanessa Balde, Texas Tech – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Zoe Burleson, Texas Tech – Women’s Discus Throw

DeSean Boyce, Texas Tech – Men’s 400 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Ernest Cheruiyot, Texas Tech – Men’s 5,000 Meters and 10,000 Meters

Johnathan Crawford, Texas Tech – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Oskar Edlund, Texas Tech – Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles and 4×400 Meter Relay

Shelby Frank, Texas Tech – Women’s Discus Throw and Hammer Throw

George Garcia, Texas Tech – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Victoria Gorlova, Texas Tech – Women’s Triple Jump

Sean Gribble, Texas Tech – Men’s Pole Vault

Magi Harris, Texas Tech – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Carl Hicks, Texas Tech – Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Mekenze Kelley, Texas Tech – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Titus Kimaru, Texas Tech – Men’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Mario Paul, Texas Tech – Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Oscar Rodriguez, Texas Tech – Men’s Discus Throw

Destiny Smith, Texas Tech – Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles

Malachi Snow, Texas Tech – Men’s 100 Meters

Mercy Umoibang, Texas Tech – Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay

Shaemar Uter, Texas Tech – Men’s 400 Meters and 4×400 Meter Relay

Tamiah Washington, Texas Tech – Women’s Triple Jump

Trey Wilson III, Texas Tech – Men’s Shot Put

Chelsea Amoah, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Rachel Bair, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Mckaylie Caesar, Utah – Women’s 10,000 Meters

Morgan Jensen, Utah – Women’s 10,000 Meters

Bailey Kealamakia, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Emily Martin, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Megan Rose, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Chloe Shewell, Utah – Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay

Joy Naukot, West Virginia – Women’s 10,000 Meters

Sarah Tait, West Virginia – Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

 

 





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Bill Dellinger, Olympic Medalist and Pre’s Mentor, Dies at Age 91

Bill Dellinger, Olympic bronze medalist in the 5,000 meters, mentor to the legendary Steve Prefontaine, and for more than 30 years a winning University of Oregon coach, died on June 27 at age 91. Dellinger was an outsider in the star-studded 5,000-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, but he coped with the rain-soaked […]

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Bill Dellinger, Olympic bronze medalist in the 5,000 meters, mentor to the legendary Steve Prefontaine, and for more than 30 years a winning University of Oregon coach, died on June 27 at age 91.

Dellinger was an outsider in the star-studded 5,000-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, but he coped with the rain-soaked cinder track, the wildly varying pace, and the mass sprint on the final lap to emerge as a surprise bronze medalist, while Bob Schul even more dramatically won gold. Ralph Hill (silver, 1932), Paul Chelimo (silver 2016, bronze 2020), and Grant Fisher (bronze, 2024) are the other Americans to medal at that distance.

In a very different crisis, the terrorist siege and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Dellinger showed the same cool judgment under pressure. As coach to Prefontaine, he took the distraught 21-year-old into his own accommodation, and then drove him out of the city for a day of calm privacy, enabling him to reorient for the fraught 5,000-meter final. Prefontaine narrowly missed a medal, but it was Dellinger who put him in a position to challenge as unforgettably as he did.

Bill (William Cornelius) Dellinger was a lifelong contributor to the sport of running, who needs to be defined by more than his connections to Prefontaine and Bill Bowerman. A committed man of Oregon, he was born in Grants Pass. In ninth grade in Springfield, his running ability caught not only the coach’s eye, but that of future novelist Ken Kesey, who recalled watching him from the school bus, “running to school instead of riding, rain or shine, the very sort of nut you’d expect to win the state cross-country title” (as retold by Kenny Moore in Bowerman and the Men of Oregon).

As a sophomore at the University of Oregon, early in Bowerman’s coaching regime, Dellinger first showed his ability to pull a surprise success under pressure, when he was the unexpected winner of the NCAA 1-mile title in 1954. Bowerman described that as “my greatest and most satisfying experience.” Dellinger went on to be a three-time All-American, won every collegiate cross-country race, placed second and first in the next NCAA track finals, and won the U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000 in an American record, to qualify for the 1956 Olympics.

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Bob Schul (left) and Bill Dellinger display their medals after winning gold and bronze at 5,000 meters in the 1964 Olympics.

That year he also graduated (with a major in education), married his wife, Marol, and lowered the U.S. 5,000 record three times, to 14:16.2. But in Melbourne’s extreme heat he failed to finish the Olympic race. The failure deepened his resolve. He had joined the Air Force, and while posted to a radar station in Washington state, he spent the next year training solo twice a day on a remote Olympic Peninsula beach, counting strides to estimate track distances. That made him one of the first American track runners to persist at a world-class level after leaving college. His rewards included more American records, at 1500 meters (3:41.5), and world records at two and three miles indoors (8:49.9, 13:37.0).

One of his finest moments was a race when he fearlessly challenged the top Soviets in a tense U.S.S.R.-U.S.A. dual meet in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War, marginally losing the race (in the same time as the winner), but winning a standing ovation from the Russian crowd.

His second Olympics, Rome 1960, were another disappointment, but Dellinger was now a teacher and coach at Springfield’s Thurston High School, and came back under the direct guidance of Bowerman. In his third Olympics, in 1964, he got it right. It was Dellinger’s sudden attack with 600 meters to go that ignited the race. He kept fighting as more fancied runners faded. He grabbed third from France’s Michel Jazy in the last strides, in 13:49.8, his outdoors personal record, despite the adverse conditions and disruptive tactics.

He then retired to coach at Lane Community College, until in 1967 he was hired as Bowerman’s assistant at Oregon. He took over as cross-country head coach in 1969, the freshman year of the phenom Prefontaine. Dellinger took most of the responsibility for the development of that passionate and complex young man, and deserves credit for his success. Their relationship and behavior together was often said to be (as Moore writes in Bowerman) “like brothers.”

Dellinger faced his greatest personal challenge when Prefontaine was killed in a car wreck in 1975. Moore comments, “Dellinger was so shaken by Pre’s death that he doubted he could ever grow personally close to an athlete again.” He had succeeded Bowerman as head coach in 1973, vowing to continue his legacy, though always more reserved and thoughtful and less egotistic in style. Tension arose when Dellinger became affiliated with Adidas, designing a shock-absorbing road shoe that was in competition with Bowerman’s Nike waffle shoes. Another problem was Bowerman’s disinclination to give Dellinger credit for Prefontaine’s development. The breach was eventually healed on Dellinger’s initiative. Moore describes him as a man with a strong sense of justice who remembered his indebtedness to his former mentor. Tom Jordan, author of Pre, acknowledged Dellinger’s “always honest remembrances.”

As Oregon’s head track and field coach from 1973 to 1998, Dellinger played a significant part in coaching Olympians Alberto Salazar, Rudy Chapa, Matt Centrowitz Sr., and other major running talents, including some post-collegiates like Olympic marathoner Ron Tabb. He guided Oregon to four NCAA cross-country team championships, with five second places, and four thirds; and to the NCAA track and field outdoor championship in 1984. He guided 108 All-Americans. His straightforward style proved apt for the often rebellious university culture of the 1970s, as well as the administrative and fund-raising aspects of the coach’s duties. He retired in 1998 because of a prostate issue.

Dellinger was distance coach for the USA Olympic team in 1984. In 2001, he was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame and the National Distance Running Hall of Fame. USA Track & Field gave him the Legend Coach Award, and he was inducted into the Collegiate Coaching Hall of Fame. He is honored by the annual inter-collegiate Bill Dellinger Invitational Cross-Country race in Springfield, Oregon. He suffered a stroke in 2000, but resumed some individual coaching. He had surgery for a stomach tumor in 2012.

In the 1997 movie Prefontaine, Dellinger’s character was played by Ed O’Neill, and in Without Limits (also the Prefontaine story, 1998) by Dean Norris. A short documentary, The Magician, was released in 2018. Tinker Hatfield of Nike, who was coached by him, said that Dellinger will in time be regarded not only as Bowerman’s heir, but as his equal.

But his full legacy is wholly his own. As an athlete, Dellinger was a record-breaking leader in America for eight years, and he won an Olympic bronze medal in one of history’s great races. As a coach, his life’s work earned him adulation in his last years whenever he appeared at any Oregon event, and the tributes of a large following of admirers on social media on every birthday.

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Roger Robinson is a highly-regarded writer and historian and author of seven books on running. His recent Running Throughout Time: the Greatest Running Stories Ever Told has been acclaimed as one of the best ever published. Roger was a senior writer for Running Times and is a frequent Runner’s World contributor, admired for his insightful obituaries. A lifetime elite runner, he represented England and New Zealand at the world level, set age-group marathon records in Boston and New York, and now runs top 80-plus times on two knee replacements. He is Emeritus Professor of English at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and is married to women’s running pioneer Kathrine Switzer. 



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U.S. Girls U19 Team to Play for Gold at 2025 Pan American Cup

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 27, 2025) —The U.S. Girls U19 National Team secured its spot in the gold medal match of the 2025 NORCECA Pan American Cup with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-20) win over the Dominican Republic in the first semifinal match on Friday in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The U.S. (4-0) will meet the […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 27, 2025) —The U.S. Girls U19 National Team secured its spot in the gold medal match of the 2025 NORCECA Pan American Cup with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-20) win over the Dominican Republic in the first semifinal match on Friday in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The U.S. (4-0) will meet the winner of the second semifinal between Mexico and host Canada for gold tomorrow, Saturday, June 28 at 1 p.m. PT.

MATCH STATISTICS (PDF)

For the fourth time in as many matches, the U.S. held a double-digit margin in kills (41-26). The U.S. squad had one more block (6-5) and ace (5-4), and two fewer errors.

Each of the match’s top four scorers were U.S. players with Megan Hodges leading the way with 14 points on 12 kills, a block and an ace. Middle blocker Taylor Harrington (six kills, two blocks and match-high three aces) and outside hitter Olivia Henry (nine kills and two blocks) each scored 11 points, with Henry recording a team-high seven successful receptions.

Libero Cala Haffner posted a match-best with 12 digs and finished with six successful receptions. Setter Taimane Ainu’u led the U.S. offense to a .276 hitting percentage. Outside Westley Matavao added nine points on eight kills and an ace and was second on the team with seven digs.

“It was a really fun match tonight,” Matavao said. “Each of us did our jobs and we played as one unit. We had a really good time out there on the court. I’m so excited for the final tomorrow. Go USA!”

A Hodges kill gave the U.S. a 17-14 lead in the first set before the Dominican Republic scored six of the next eight points to take a 20-19 lead. The U.S. rebounded after a timeout to end the set on its own 6-2 run. After a Dominican Republic error, the U.S. took the lead for good on a Harrington ace, Hodges kill and Rautenberg kill.

Hodges ended the set with her fourth kill and sixth point. Harrington added three kills to her ace for four points, and Henry notched four points on three kills and a block.

After falling behind 4-0 to start the second set, the U.S. took control with a 17-3 run to amass a 10-point lead. Harrington scored five points on three kills, a block and an ace in that stretch and for the set, while Montavao contributed five points on four kills and an ace.

The third set went back and forth before the U.S. used a four-point to take the lead for good at 19-16. Henry started the stretch with a kill and a block. Hodges scored on an overpass to extend the lead to five points, 23-18, and scored again for a 24-20 lead. An error ended the match.

Hodges led all players with five kills in the final set. Henry added four points on three kills and a block.

2025 U.S. Girls U19 National Team for the NORCECA Pan American Cup
(Name, Position, Height, Birth Year, Hometown, High School, Region)

1 Taimane Ainu’u (S, 5-11, 2009, Kapolei, Hawaii, Iolani HS, Aloha)
2 Nejari Crooks (OPP, 6-1, 2009, High Point, N.C., Wesleyan Christian Academy, Carolina)
3 Cala Haffner (L, 5-8, 2009, Fort Wayne, Ind., Carroll HS, Hoosier)
4 Taylor Harrington (MB, 6-3, 2009, Arlington, Va., Wakefield HS, Chesapeake)
5 Olivia Henry (OH, 6-5, 2009, Bayside, N.Y., IMG Academy, Florida)
6 Megan Hodges (MB/OPP, 6-5, 2009, Ladera Ranch, Calif., San Juan Hills HS, Southern California)
7 Marissa Jones (S, 6-2, 2009, Atlanta, Ga., Woodward Academy, Southern)
8 Kari Knotts (OH, 6-3, 2010, Marietta, Ga., Hightower Trail MS, Southern)
11 Westley Matavao (OH, 6-0, 2009, Ontario, Calif., Mater Dei HS, Southern California)
13 Shayla Rautenberg (MB, 6-3, 2009, Pleasant Dale, Neb., Milford HS, Great Plains)
14 Ireland Real (OH, 6-4, 2009, San Clemente, Calif., Santa Margarita Catholic HS, Southern California)
18 Kyla Williams (MB, 6-4, 2009, Cleveland, Ohio, Gilmour Academy, Ohio Valley)

Alternates
9 Pulelehua Laikona (L, 5-8, 2009, Gilbert, Ariz., Mesa HS, Arizona)
10 Leilani Lamar (OH, 6-2, 2009, Tampa, Fla., Tampa Preparatory School, Florida)
12 McKenna McIntosh (OH, 6-1, 2009, Stockton, Calif., St. Mary’s HS, Northern California)
15 Josalyn Samuels (S, 6-1, 2009, Harrisburg, S.D., Harrisburg HS, North Country)
16 Marlee Steiner (MB, 6-4, 2009, St. Louis, Mo., Lindbergh HS, Gateway)
17 Caroline Ward (OPP, 6-0, 2009, Lizton, Ind., Tri-West Hendricks HS, Hoosier)
19 Shaye Witherspoon (OH, 6-3, 2009, Wildwood, Mo., Lafayette HS, Gateway)

Coaches
Head Coach: Jamie Morrison (Texas A&M)
Assistant Coach: Michelle Chatman Smith (LOVB)
Assistant Coach: Maggie Eppright (LOVB)
Performance Analyst: Michael Bouril (Mississippi State)
Athletic Trainer: Rebecca Himes (PVF)
Team Lead: Alex Purvey (NTDP)

2025 Girls U19 Pan American Cup Schedule
All times Pacific
All matches will be livestreamed on Volleyball Canada YouTube

June 24:  USA def. Venezuela, 3-0 (25-9, 25-23, 25-21)
June 25: USA def. Mexico, 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-23)
June 26: USA def. Puerto Rico, 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-14, 27-25)
June 27: USA def. Dominican Republic, 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-20)
June 28: 1 p.m. Gold Medal Match, USA vs. Canada/Mexico



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Fairmont Senior track and field athletes showcase skills on national stage | High School Sports

FAIRMONT — The season may have just wrapped at the end of the school year, but track and field athletes at Fairmont Senior High are still putting in work to prepare for next season. Last weekend, several Polar Bear runners competed in various events across the country, including the 2025 Adidas Track Nationals in Greensboro, […]

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FAIRMONT — The season may have just wrapped at the end of the school year, but track and field athletes at Fairmont Senior High are still putting in work to prepare for next season.

Last weekend, several Polar Bear runners competed in various events across the country, including the 2025 Adidas Track Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina, the New Balance National Outdoor Track Meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon.


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Sorry Football, Nebraska is Officially a Volleyball School

Fan fodder is fan fodder. Iowa has bad corn. Penn State was the bridesmaid of the old Big Ten East. Northwestern’s the best team in the Big Ten…academically. Rutgers is proof that expansion isn’t always a good thing. The list goes on, and most of the tongue-in-cheek insults lead to their fair share of chuckles […]

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Fan fodder is fan fodder.

Iowa has bad corn. Penn State was the bridesmaid of the old Big Ten East. Northwestern’s the best team in the Big Ten…academically. Rutgers is proof that expansion isn’t always a good thing. The list goes on, and most of the tongue-in-cheek insults lead to their fair share of chuckles at tailgates ahead of every football game. However, the most common hit on Nebraska is more accurate than the football team might like.

Nebraska is a volleyball school.

It happened slowly, but consistently. 24 years ago, Nebraska took on Miami in the Rose Bowl for a chance at a fourth national championship in eight years and first since 1997. If you told those Husker fans in Pasadena that it would be the last time Nebraska would even sniff a national championship for the next quarter century, they would have laughed you right back to Lincoln. However, what’s happened since that championship game loss has been no laughing matter.

The very next season was a heck of a bandaid rip. After the championship loss to end Nebraska’s 11-2 season, Nebraska followed that up with a 7-7 campaign. The stark contrast was a jolt, but anybody clad in red figured it was likely a one-off and the team would be “back” the next season.

The 2003 season resumed the confident swagger with a 10-3 mark and a 17-3 Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State. Then came the unthinkable in 2004 – a 5-6 season and the first missed bowl game in 35 years, snapping the longest consecutive bowl game appearance streak in the nation. What followed next has been 20 years is hard to look at, but here we go.

YEAR

RECORD

2005

8-4

2006

9-5

2007

5-7

2008

9-4

2009

10-4

2010

10-4

2011

9-4

2012

10-4

2013

9-4

2014

9-4

2015

6-7

2016

9-4

2017

4-8

2018

4-8

2019

5-7

2020

3-5

2021

3-9

2022

4-8

2023

5-7

2024

7-6

Can anyone spot the Pelini years? Me too…me too.

From 2014-2024, Nebraska football went 59-73. Those 73 losses in the past decade sting for a fan base that saw Nebraska lose only 76 games from 1968-2001. Last season, Nebraska sported its first winning record since 2016, when dabbing was still cool (sort of), we were on the iPhone 7 and #FreeHarambe was trending globally. It’s been a minute.

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In total since 2005, Nebraska football went 138-113. Nearly two full decades of .500 football with the “good years” being front-loaded on that stretch. So, what did the volleyball team decide to do during what many would say is the downfall of the Husker football program?

Nebraska Volleyball

The Nebraska volleyball team celebrates a point. / Amarillo Mullen

For starters, the volleyball team appeared in the national championship match in 2005, 2006, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023. In those seven appearances, the Big Red won three titles (2006, 2017 and 2015). This means they either ended the season as the best or second-best volleyball team in the country 35% of the past two decades – not bad.

The records on the non-championship appearance years weren’t exactly horrific either. Since 2005 (remember, NU football went 138-113), Nebraska volleyball’s combined record is 568-92. If Nebraska volleyball having fewer losses over the last 20 years isn’t bad enough, the win percentages shake out to .549% for football and .860% for volleyball. It’s not close.

However, it’s one thing to have success in what still to this day is viewed as a vastly less popular sport than the powerhouse that is college football in America. It’s completely another to go toe-to-toe with revenue and ultimately national attention with what used to be the most dominant football brand in the country back in the 1990s. That’s where things get even more interesting.

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The Huskers celebrated the 400th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium. / Amarillo Mullen

We all know Nebraska leads all of college football with 403 consecutive sellouts and counting. What might not be as well known is that the volleyball team is catching up. They also hold the longest sellout streak in their respective sport with 306 consecutive sellouts. As if that record isn’t sacred enough for the volleyball team to eventually surpass, I bet you can guess who now holds the Memorial Stadium attendance record. Yep – the volleyball team.

“Volleyball Day in Nebraska” couldn’t have been more successful. The weather (in Nebraska no less!) was perfect, the stadium was packed to the brim with a record 92,003 fans and four different Nebraska volleyball teams took center stage. It was historic, took over the ESPN Sportscenter coverage that night and forwarded the entire sport of college volleyball in the national landscape – so much so, that we get to the ultimate turning point of why Nebraska really is a volleyball school.

Nebraska volleyball players celebrate a point at Maryland.

Nebraska volleyball players celebrate a point at Maryland. / Nebraska Athletics

The Husker volleyball team is a traveling show, and the national television cameras are following them. I suppose that can happen when you win 86% of your matches over a 20-year stretch. In 2023, a boiling point statistic came out. The Nebraska football team was in the midst of a 5-7 season, their seventh-straight year of five wins or less. Meanwhile, the Nebraska volleyball team was en route to a 33-2 season that eventually ended with the heartbreaking loss to Texas in the national championship.

On October 21, 2023, the Nebraska football team beat Northwestern 17-9 in front of a national audience via the Big Ten Network. That same day in the same city with the same Big Ten Network cameras on them, the No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team hosted top-ranked Wisconsin and knocked off the Badgers in a five-set thriller, and that wasn’t the only upset of the night.

When the Big Ten Network ratings came out the following day, it was revealed that the Husker volleyball match drew 612,000 viewers across the country, while the Nebraska-Northwestern football game brought in around 560,000.

Could some of that be contributed to the seating capacity discrepancy of the Bob Devaney Sports Center and Memorial Stadium? Absolutely. Could you point to the fact that it was No. 1 vs. No. 2 in volleyball compared to two bottom-feeding teams of the Big Ten battling it out in football? Understandably so.

But for a sport that has perennially been under-represented nationally by the major networks and inherently the media that covers them, that day was a major shift. It’s a shift that eventually led to “Volleyball Day in Nebraska.” It’s a shift that has opened the door for far more than just Nebraska volleyball.

Just eight days after the volleyball team earned better TV ratings than their football counterparts, Fox picked up the Wisconsin-Minnesota match on October 29. It became the most watched volleyball match ever that night, averaging 1.66 million viewers.

Coach Busboom Kelly smiles after a rally on the court.

Coach Dani Busboom-Kelly smiles after a rally on the court during Nebraska’s spring match against Kansas in Ord, Neb. / Amarillo Mullen

First serve of the 2025 Nebraska Volleyball season (Friday, August 22 vs. Pittsburgh in Lincoln) and kickoff of the Nebraska football season (Thursday, August 28 vs. Cincinnati in Kansas City) are officially less than two months away. Both of them have exciting starts to the season, and we already know at least the football game will be nationally televised on ESPN.

How the upcoming seasons go for both teams is anyone’s best guess (Lord knows we’ll make our fair share of predictions here at HuskerMax), but as we work our way into the fall, it’s okay to embrace the fact that Nebraska is a volleyball school. My HuskerMax colleague Dave Feit will back me up.

Nebraska volleyball is a brand..a standard of excellence that transcends the sport. That used to be Nebraska football and can be again, but they’ll need to earn that spotlight, title and reputation back. They can start by heading over to “The Bob” for some pointers.

Nebraska Volleyball 2025 Schedule

Nebraska Football 2025 Schedule

Home games are bolded.

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Garcia Signs With Detroit Pistons

University of Minnesota men’s basketball standout Dawson Garcia has signed with the Detroit Pistons and is scheduled to compete in the NBA 2K26 Summer League.  Garcia, a forward from Savage, Minn., was a three-year standout for the Gophers. In 89 games for the Maroon and Gold, Garcia ranks 10th in career points (1,557) as a Gopher. […]

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University of Minnesota men’s basketball standout Dawson Garcia has signed with the Detroit Pistons and is scheduled to compete in the NBA 2K26 Summer League. 

Garcia, a forward from Savage, Minn., was a three-year standout for the Gophers. In 89 games for the Maroon and Gold, Garcia ranks 10th in career points (1,557) as a Gopher. He also ranked ninth in career scoring average (17.5), 12th in career field goals (546), seventh in free throws made (356) and 10th in free throw attempts (459). During all three of his Gopher seasons from 2022-25, Garcia led the team in points and rebounds, becoming the first Gopher to accomplish this feat since Randy Breuer from 1981-83. The Prior Lake High School product received six postseason All-Big Ten honors in three seasons as a Gopher. He was named a Second Team All-Big Ten selection in both his junior and senior seasons and honorable mention in 2022-23. Garcia was a two-time Preseason All-Big Ten, a multiple-time Basketball Hall of Fame finalist, and a Naismith Trophy Watchlist honoree in his Gopher tenure. He was also a two-time NABC All-District selection.  

Garcia arguably saved his best season for his last. He led the team in scoring and conference action alone, averaging 19.2 points, which placed him fourth in the league. In 31 games played, Garcia had 26 double-digit games this past season, 17 20-point games and three 30-point performances. His 17 20-point games ranked as one of the best in the Big Ten. Of those 20-point games, 11 came against Big Ten opponents. In addition, Garcia scored 614 points in 2024-25, which ranked sixth in school history. 

NBA 2K26 Summer League will be held in Las Vegas that features all 30 NBA teams and takes place July 10-20, 2025 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
 

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Honor Roll: The News-Gazette’s Boys’ Track and Field Athletes of the Year | Sports

Sawyer Woodard of Tuscola joins the exclusive list this year. YEAR ATHLETE SCHOOL 2025 Sawyer Woodard Tuscola 2024 Josiah Hortin Tuscola 2023 Daniel Lacy Centennial 2022 Kemoni McCullough Centennial 2021 CJ Shoaf Mahomet-Seymour 2019 Hunter Hendershot Mahomet-Seymour 2018 Steven Migut Unity 2017 Nicholas Jackson Champaign Central 2016 Jon Davis Oakwood 2015 Jon Davis Oakwood 2014 […]

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Sawyer Woodard of Tuscola joins the exclusive list this year.

YEAR ATHLETE SCHOOL

2025 Sawyer Woodard Tuscola

2024 Josiah Hortin Tuscola

2023 Daniel Lacy Centennial

2022 Kemoni McCullough Centennial

2021 CJ Shoaf Mahomet-Seymour

2019 Hunter Hendershot Mahomet-Seymour

2018 Steven Migut Unity

2017 Nicholas Jackson Champaign Central

2016 Jon Davis Oakwood

2015 Jon Davis Oakwood

2014 Johnny Leverenz Danville

2013 Ryan Pearce Villa Grove

2012 Steve Schroeder Monticello

2011 Brandon Carrel Urbana

2010 Brandon Noe St. Thomas More

2009 Ian Wells Champaign Central

2008 Tyler Carter Tuscola

2007 Aaron Mathis Urbana

2006 Scott Phelps Monticello

2005 Scott Phelps Monticello





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