EUGENE, Ore., June 14, 2025 — The University of South Florida men’s track and field team made history at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, held June 11–14 at Hayward Field, by capturing the program’s first-ever national title in the men’s 4×400-meter relay and securing a top-15 finish in the team standings.

The Bulls’ 4x400m relay squad — Devontie Archer, Alexavier Monfries, Corey Ottey and Gabriel Moronta — closed out the final day of competition in emphatic fashion, claiming the national title with a program-record time of 3:00.42. The blistering performance earned the quartet First-Team All-American honors and delivered a historic moment for USF track and field.

Monfries and Moronta powered the win with the two fastest splits of the championship final, clocking 44.11 and 44.23, respectively.

“This is a monumental moment for our program and these young men earned every bit of it,” said USF Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Erik Jenkins. “They ran with heart, poise and purpose on the biggest stage in collegiate track and field. To bring home our first national title and place among the nation’s top teams is a testament to the commitment and character of our entire group.”

USF’s success extended well beyond the relay. The Bulls’ 4x100m relay team — featuring Shomari Pettigrew, Jaleel Croal, Monfries and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu — also earned First-Team All-American honors after placing fourth with a time of 38.73.

In field events, Vincent Ugwoke earned First-Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the discus throw, recording a mark of 60.58 meters (198-9).

Individually, Saminu claimed First-Team All-American honors in the 200m dash with a time of 20.55, and Second-Team All-American honors in the 100m dash after posting a 10.11. The Ghana native now owns three All-American honors at the 2025 championships alone.

Croal earned Second-Team All-American status in the 200m (20.58) and honorable mention in the 100m (10.38) to close out a strong showing on the national stage.

Overall, South Florida totaled 18 points to finish 14th in the final team standings — one of just two non-Power Four programs (alongside New Mexico) to finish in the top 15.

Top-15 Final Team Standings & Points:

Texas A&M – 41, USC – 41, Arkansas – 40, Auburn – 35, New Mexico – 31, Oklahoma – 30.5, Minnesota – 25, Florida – 22, Kentucky – 22, Ole Miss – 22, BYU – 19, Oklahoma State – 19, Oregon – 19, South Florida – 18, Tennessee – 18.

Fans can access final results HERE.

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ABOUT USF TRACK AND FIELD

The USF men’s track and field team captured back-to-back American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships in 2024 and 2025 and also claimed the 2024 AAC Outdoor Championship. This past season, 10 Bulls athletes earned All-America honors, including Shevioe Reid, Shaniya Benjamin, Gabriel Moronta, Nathan Metelus, Terren Peterson, Amenda Saint Louis, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Goodness Iredia, Zahria Allers-Liburd, and Tre’Sean Bouis. Additionally, Romaine Beckford represented USF by winning the 2023 NCAA indoor and outdoor national titles in the men’s high jump.

The Bulls’ achievements extended to individual accolades, with Saminu Abdul-Rasheed earning the 2025 Indoor Most Valuable Performer award and Nikodem Pochopien being named Freshman of the Year. The USF coaching staff also received high honors, earning the AAC Indoor Staff of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025. USF boasts a remarkable track record, with 56 All-America selections and at least one All-American honoree in 10 of the past 12 years. In 2021, eight athletes combined for 11 All-America distinctions. Tampa native Shaniya Benjamin set a program milestone by earning three All-America honors during the 2021 outdoor season, while triple jumper Matthew O’Neal, a 2016 graduate, became USF’s first six-time NCAA All-American. Since 2013, USF has produced two NCAA runner-up finishes: O’Neal in the triple jump (2016) and Courtney Anderson in the high jump (2013). Head coach Erik Jenkins, who took over in July 2019, has played a key role in the program’s success, guiding USF to seven program records and 40 top-10 all-time program marks during the 2021 outdoor season. USF has also hosted major track and field events at its USF Track & Field Stadium, including the 2018 NCAA East Preliminary and the AAC Outdoor Championships in 2021 and 2023.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota concluded its 2025 campaign in Eugene, Ore., at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on Friday night. The men’s team finished seventh overall, its highest finish since 1948 while the women’s team gathered two All-America finishes. 

Prior to Minnesota’s seventh-place team finish in 2025 the best men’s program finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1948 was eighth place back in 1971. Minnesota opened the meet with an NCAA title in the men’s hammer throw. For a recap of Wednesday’s hammer throw title from Kostas Zaltos, click here. 

Minnesota’s men earned two final team points in the men’s 4x100m relay final on Friday. The Maroon and Gold had its quartet of Zion Campbell, Kion Benjamin, Aaron Charles and Devin Augustine finish seventh overall in a time of 38.88 to help the Gophers score two of its final 25 team points in Eugene. Despite an anchor-leg injury forcing Minnesota to pull up with about 20 meters to go the Gophers put forth its best finish in the event in program history, besting its previous best finish in 2023 of 10th overall. 

Minnesota’s best finish on the women’s side at Hayward Field was Ali Weimer in the 10,000m on Thursday night. The junior posted her second 10,000m school record of the season with a 32:42.31, becoming the first Gopher to break the 33-minute barrier in history. Weimer’s 15th-place NCAA finish in the 10,000m is the second-highest in program history, and the best since 2009 (Amy Laskowske). 

Dyandra Gray ended her Minnesota career with her first All-America finish at 22nd overall on Thursday. With her performance at Hayward Field Gray is just the third Gopher woman to earn All-America honors in the 400m hurdles, joining Emma Spagnola (2018) and Abigail Schaaffe (2022). 

Finishes by Individual

1st. Kostas Zaltos, men’s hammer throw, 78.08m (256-2)

2nd. Angelos Mantzouranis, men’s hammer throw, 76.96m (252-6)

4th. Charles Godfred, men’s long jump, 7.91m (25-11 1/2)

7th. Men’s 4x100m relay (Campbell, Benjamin, Charles, Augustine), 38.88

10th. Hakeem Ford, men’s triple jump, 15.89m (52-1 3/4)

12th. Jak Urlacher, men’s pole vault, 5.43m (17-9 3/4)

15th. Ali Weimer, women’s 10,000m, 32:42.31

17th. Christian Martin, men’s 110m hurdles, 13.61

22nd. Dyandra Gray, women’s 400m hurdles, 58.86

For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.

The podium was far from decided during the race, which saw the race leader and top five positions rotate frequently throughout. Olivier was a constant in the lead pack and went out fast, posting the quickest first lap of the field to also win the sprint lap award.

Olivier (1:53:28.10) was joined on the podium by countrymate Sacha Velly (1:53:29.80), who matched his best ever World Cup finish with a silver in this event. A superb second-half of the race from Germany’s Oliver Klemet (1:53:33.60) secured him the final spot on the podium.

Now 2025 series-lead, and overall World Cup series winner from 2024, Olivier said of the race: “I’m very happy because I’m in good shape, last week we had qualification at the French National Championships for the World Championships so I tried to keep my swim on plan today – I’m very happy to win this award.”

With the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore fast approaching, the versatile Frenchmen admits he has one eye on the pool, saying:

“Now, I need to have a good recovery because next week I have the French Championships to qualify for the pool so I need to swim well in the pool and after we will see what happens at the World Championships in Open Water.” 

Bronze-medal winner Klemet, who has taken a break from an altitude camp to race this weekend, admits he had a slower-than-planned start to the race. “My coach told me to start strong,” he said. “But I slept a bit at the start and then worked my way back to the top”.

The Olympic silver medallist did just that, working his way through the pack in the latter five kilometres to secure his seventh Open Water World Cup medal.

Three-time World Championship medallist and current second-ranked open water athlete in the world, Logan Fontaine, was the fourth athlete home (1:53:35.20) in what was a tightly packed finish, with the top six completed by Kristof Rasovsky (1:53:35.30) and Florian Wellbrock (1:53:36.50).

It was reigning 10km Olympic Champion, Rasovsky, his Hungarian teammate David Betlehem, and Tokyo’s Olympic champion in the same event, Wellbrock, that commanded the majority of the race, showcasing their experience and unwavering strength over this distance.

The calm conditions of the race start played to the German’s favour, and he led or was in the top five until the final strait. An uplift in the wind soon made the waves choppier on the far side of the course, offering the Hungarian veteran a chance to make a break.

In the midst of the fourth lap, Rasovsky’s stroke rate spiked as he put the burners on to move into first place. Using the conditions to his advantage, which he and teammate Betlehem have trained specifically for, he made a marked change in pace at this point in the race.

Silver medallist Velly matched this effort in the fifth lap, charging to the front of the race and showing his intent to his competitors.

“[Finishing hard] wasn’t the plan but it was a good finish, a strong finish and it’s good training for the rest of the season,” Velly said.

In what was a chaotic final lap, countrymates Olivier and Sacha Velly both surged to the front of the pack. With almost 10 minutes left to race, the outcome was far from decided at this point, but a strong showing from the Frenchmen, who followed a different line into the finish than the rest of the pack, provided an exciting finish on the Portuguese coast.

The Setúbal stop of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup will continue next with the highly anticipated Women’s 10km today, which kicks off at 17:00 local time, followed by the 3km knockout sprints tomorrow.

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The NCAA Track and Field Championships began on June 11 with the start of the men’s track and field meet and ended on June June 14 with the final women’s races as new champions were crowned to end the 2025 college track season. 

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EUGENE, Ore. – Penn junior Angeludi Asaah wrapped up competition on Saturday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing 23rd in the women’s discus. 

Asaah earned Honorable Mention All-America honors recording a second round mark of 50.33m (165′ 1″). 

NCAA Outdoor Championships

Eugene, Ore. 

June 14

Penn Women – Results

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23. Angeludi Asaah – 50.33m (165′ 1″) *Honorable Mention All-American 

EUGENE, Ore. – American Athletic Conference track & field athletes wrapped up competition at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday with 11 student-athletes earning First Team All-American honors, including the South Florida Bulls 4×400 relay team winning the national championship in the event.
 
The South Florida Bulls finished with ten First Team All-Americans in the championships, which included the first 4×400 relay winning the programs first national title. The team of Devontie Archer, Alexavier Monfries, Corey Ottey and Cabriel Moronta delivered the win with a time of 3:00.42. The Bulls become the first American team to win the national title in the 4×400 relay.
 

“This is a monumental moment for our program and these young men earned every bit of it,” said USF Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Erik Jenkins. “They ran with heart, poise and purpose on the biggest stage in collegiate track and field. To bring home our first national title and place among the nation’s top teams is a testament to the commitment and character of our entire group.”
 
The Bulls’ 4×100 relay team all captured first team honors, placing fourth place with a time of 38.73 seconds feature the team of Shomari Pettigrew, Jaleel Croal, Monfries and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu. Saminu added a second first-team honor in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.55 seconds.
 
In field events, Vincent Ugwoke earned First-Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the discus throw, recording a mark of 60.58 meters (198-9).
 
Overall, South Florida totaled 18 points to finish 14th in the final team standings.
 
Rice’s McKyla Van Der Westhuizen earned the final First-Team All-American honor with a seventh place finish in women’s javelin, with a mark of 56.65 meters.
 
East Carolina
Kelly Ufodiama (W)
    100m – 22^nd place, 11.41 (Honorable Mention All-American)
    200m – 11^th place, 22.61 (Second Team All-American)
 
Memphis
Gabriel Koletsi (M), Javelin – 18^th Place, 65.69m (Honorable Mention All-American)
 
Rice
Jack Greaves (M), Javelin – 16^th Place, 67.38m (Second Team All-American)
Alice Taylor (W) – High Jump – 23^rd place, 1.74m (Honorable Mention All-American)
McKyla Van Der Westhuizen (W), Javelin – 7^th place, 56.65m (First Team All-American)
 
South Florida
Jaleel Croal (M)
    100m – 23^rd place, 10.38 (Honorable Mention All-American)
    200m – 15^th place, 20.58 (Second Team All-American)
    4×100 relay – 4^th place, 38.12 (First Team All-American)
Nathan Metelus (M), 4×400 relay – 1st place, 3:00.42 (First Team All-American)
Alexavier Monfries (M)
    4x100m relay– 4^thplace, 38.12 (First Team All-American)
    4×400 relay – 1st place, 3:00.42 (First Team All-American)
Gabriel Moronta (M)
    400m – DQ
    4×400 relay – 1st place, 3:00.42 (First Team All-American)
Corey Ottey (M), 4×400 relay – 1st place, 3:00.42 (First Team All-American)
Shomari Pettigrew (M), 4×100 relay – 4^th place, 38.12 (First Team All-American)
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (M)
    100m – 10^th place, 10.11 (Second Team All-American)
    200m – 8^th place, 20.55 (First Team All-American)
    4x100m relay– 4^th place, 38.12 (First Team All-American)
Vincent Ugwoke (M), Discus – 7^th place, 60.58m (First Team All-American)
 
Tulane
Bernard Cheruiyot (M), 10,000m – 18^th place, 29:24.80 (Honorable Mention All-American)
Silas Kiptanui (M), 3000m Steeplechase – 10^th place, 8:32.20 (Second Team All-American)
 
UTSA
Mia Lien (W), Heptathlon – 13^th place, 5,648 points (Second Team All-American)
Hugo Menin (M), 400mH – 17^th place, 50.98 (Honorable Mention All-American)
Rachela Pace (W), Triple Jump – 16^th place, 12.92m (Second Team All-American)
 
Wichita State
Joakim Genereux (M), 4×400 relay – 23^rd place, 3:10.61 (Honorable Mention All-American)
Yared Kidane (M)
    800m – 10^th place, 1:46.86 (Second Team All-American)
    4×400 relay – 23^rd place, 3:10.61 (Honorable Mention All-American)
Destiny Masters (W), Heptathlon – 10^th place, 5,763 points (Second Team All-American)
Jason Parrish (M)
    400mH – 10^th place, 50.24 (Second Team All-American)
    4×400 relay – 23^rd place, 3:10.61 (Honorable Mention All-American)
Josh Parrish (M)
    110mH – 19^th place, 13.68 (Honorable Mention All-American)
    4×400 relay – 23^rd place, 3:10.61 (Honorable Mention All-American)