CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Three athletes claimed Ohio Valley Conference Athletes of the Week for their performances this past weekend, the league announced Wednesday afternoon.

This is the fourth week in a row where SEMO has three OVC athletes of the week.

Paden Lewis claimed his second OVC Outdoor Male athlete of the week this week. Lewis notched two first place finishes in the Shot Put and Discus. In the shot put Lewis threw to the distance of 60′ 3.50″and in the discus throw had a mark of 182′ 5.00″. Lewis currently ranks 54th in the nation in the shot put, first in the OVC, and third overall in the SEMO record books. His Discus throw this past weekend earned him a new personal best that pushed him to 73rd in the NCAA, 1st in the OVC, and 3rd in the SEMO records.

Brianna Dixon won the OVC female field athlete of the week, her first OVC outdoor award of the season. This past weekend Dixon continued to rewrite the SEMO record books and broke her own high jump record with a jump of 5′ 10.75″. That jump puts her at 25th in the NCAA and first in the OVC.

Andreese Ortiz records her first career OVC Outdoor of the week award winning Female Freshman of the week. Ortiz posted a fourth place finish in the shot put 42′ 1.00″ and 11th in the discus 140′ 9″. Her discus throw was a new personal best and she now ranks second in the OVC. 

The Redhawks will end the Outdoor regular season this weekend competing at the Billy Hayes Invite in Bloomington, Ind. and at the Sycamore Open in Terre Haute, Ind. 

 

 

INDIANA, Pa. — The IUP men’s and women’s outdoor track & field teams gear up for the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scheduled for May 8-10 at Slippery Rock University. 

 

MEET DAY CENTRAL 

2025 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships – Thursday, May 8 – Saturday, March 10 – William C. Lennox Track at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium – Slippery Rock University – Slippery Rock, Pa.  

Thursday (May 8): 11:00 a.m. start | Saturday (May 10): 11:00 a.m. start 

Meet Coverage: Live Video (PSAC Digital Network) – Live Results – Championship Central – Heat Sheets – Schedule – Accepted Entries

Social Media Updates:  @PSACsports and @PSACTF on X (formerly Twitter) 

  

TICKET INFORMATION (All sales final per PSAC policy – tickets for Friday available now. Tickets for Saturday will be available Friday afternoon.) 

Purchase Tickets Online Here  

•  All tickets will be digital tickets this year. No cash purchases. Please purchase your tickets online the day before or morning of the event. 

•  Thursday: No admission fee – FREE for all 

•  Friday: $10 for adults, $5 for students K-12. 

•  Saturday: $10 for adults, $5 for students K-12. 

•  FREE for college students from PSAC institutions with valid ID 

  

See below for the complete list of IUP qualifiers 

Women 

• Renee Simmonds | Heptathlon, Shot Put, 4x100m 
• Hannah Weaver | 10,000m, 5,000m 
• Seasia Lovell | High Jump 
• Cahsia Page | 4x100m, 4x400m, 100m, 200m 
• Emma Laughlin | 4x100m, 100m, 200m 
• Sterlene Scott | 4x100m, 4x400m, 100m 
• Bryna Kelly | 100mH 
• Bella Brozeski | 100mH, 400mH, 4x400m 
• Nataiah Robertson | Long Jump, 4x100m 
• Grace Bogacz | 800m, 4x400m 
• Macenzie Kirsch | 4x400m 
• Alyssa Hoover | 800m 
• Gwyn Keith | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Stella Kuntz | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Julia O’Brien | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Kaylla Williams | Javelin 
• Torrence Spicher | Pole Vault 
• Jahnaya Trotter-Wimberly | Triple Jump 
• Hannah Yeykal | Long Jump 

Men 

• Demitrius Carter | 4x100m 
• George Jennings | 4x100m, 4x400m 
• Justin Egizio | 4x100m, 4x400m 
• Steve Combary | 4x100m, 110mH, 4x400m 
• Taimir Lobban | 110mH 
• Ashton Botzan | Pole Vault 
• Gabe Pacyna | 800m, 4x400m 
• Alex Amador | 800m, 4x400m 
• Nolan Dunnum | 4x100m 
• Brendon Ward | 800m 
• Nate Kuntz | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Marco Cardone | 3,000m Steeplechase, 1,500m 
• Matthew Cusatis | Long Jump, Triple Jump 
• Elijah Lingenfelter | Decathlon, Javelin 
• Evan Loro | Triple Jump 
• Mike Formica | 1,500m, 5,000m  
• Tom Brady | 1,500m 
• Adam Wood | High Jump 
• Nathan Kociela | 5,000m, 10,000m 
• Dan Gibney | 5,000m 
• Sam Moffat | 10,000m 

IUP Notes 

• The IUP women’s squad features 19 qualifiers, and the men boast 21 qualifiers for a total of 40 athletes. 
• Cahsia Page is seeded fifth in the 100m (12.10) and eighth in the 200m (25.07). 
• Bryna Kelly is seeded fourth in the women’s 100m hurdles (14.75). 
• Hannah Weaver is seeded third in the women’s 10,000m (37:57.54) and will also be competing in the women’s 5,000m. 
• The women’s 4x100m relay is seeded fifth and consists of Simmonds, Scott, Page, Laughlin, Robertson. 
• In the women’s javelin throw, Kaylla Williams is seeded third (45.49m). 
• Renee Simmonds is seeded fourth in the women’s heptathlon. 
• Mike Formica is seeded first in both the men’s 1,500m (3:45.62) and the 5,000m (14:24.51). 
• In the men’s 3,000m steeplechase, Marco Cardone is seeded fifth and Nate Kuntz is sixth.  

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Head coach Matt Ulmer has announced two additions to the Kansas Volleyball program, as international standouts Selena Leban and Aurora Papac have signed with the Jayhawks for the upcoming 2025 season.
 
Leban is a 6-0 pin hitter from Nova Gorica, Slovenia. She has competed for Slovenia on the national stage since 2019, beginning with the U16/U17 European Championship. The European Golden League in 2024 was her 10th competition within the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). In 42 career CEV matches, Leban has recorded 289 kills, 52 service aces and 32 blocks. She has also competed in the 2020 and 2023 European Cups for her club.

 

“Selena is extremely talented in every phase of the game, and we are so excited to welcome her to Kansas,” Ulmer said. “She has competed against some of the best competition in the world and has thrived. Beyond that, Selena has a magnetic personality and great sense of humor which makes her a great fit for Kansas Volleyball.”

 

Papac is a 6-4 middle blocker from Požega, Croatia. She is also experienced on the international circuit, having competed for Croatia in the U19 World Championships in 2023, European Championships in 2019, 2022 and 2024 and the U20 MEVZA Qualification in 2024. Papac was chosen as the best middle blocker at MEVZA and at the U19 World Championships in 2023.

“Aurora is a great addition to our program, and she comes to Kansas as one of the best blockers in the world for her age,” Ulmer said. “She has a presence at the net that can have a large impact on a match. She has a great combination of length and quickness plus high-level international experience with her national team.”

 

With the additions of Leban and Papac, Kansas has now signed six players since Ulmer was hired in January. The duo joins Logan Bell (Beech Grove, Indiana) as freshmen in the signing class, while Kansas also added transfers Cristin Cline (Oregon), Ryan White (Oregon State) and Audra Wilmes (Washington).

 

Courtesy WorldAquatics.com

The official team draw for the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 took place Wednesday evening at the World Aquatics interim office in Budapest, setting the stage for the battle for global supremacy in aquatic team sport.

With just over two months to go until the tournament begins, all qualified nations now know their group-stage opponents for the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships.

The draw ceremony was hosted in Budapest by players Laura Ester Ramos of Spain and Filip Filipovic of Serbia, alongside World Aquatics President Captain Husain Al-Musallam and Singapore 2025 Co-Chair and Olympian Mark Chay.

Croatia and the United States will begin their title defenses in the men’s and women’s tournaments, respectively. The Croatian men arrive in Singapore off the back of a silver medal finish at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and are targeting their fourth world title, having previously won in Doha (2024), Budapest (2017), and Melbourne (2007).

The U.S. women, meanwhile, will look to bounce back from a fourth-place finish in Paris—where their quest for a fourth straight Olympic gold came to an end—and a disappointing World Cup campaign, in which they failed to qualify out of the Division 1 tournament to the final.

In other story lines, Serbia enters Singapore as the reigning Olympic champion in the men’s tournament, claiming gold at three consecutive Games. Spain, fresh from securing its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s water polo at Paris 2024, will aim to continue its momentum.

Men’s Draw Results

Croatia begins its journey to defend its World Championship title from Group D, where it will compete against Greece, Montenegro, and the People’s Republic of China.

 

In Group A, Serbia, the reigning Olympic champions, will face Italy, the four-time World Champions, along with Romania and South Africa.

 

Spain, the 2025 Men’s Water Polo World Cup champions, aims to add an even larger trophy to their collection from Group B, where they will take on Hungary, the 2023 World Champions, as well as Australia and Japan.

 

The host nation, Singapore, is in Group C, where it will compete against Team USA, the bronze medalists from the Paris 2024 Olympics, along with Brazil and Canada.

Group A

Serbia

Italy

Romania

South Africa

Group B

Spain

Hungary

Australia

Japan

Group C

United States

Brazil

Canada

Singapore

Group D

Croatia

Greece

Montenegro

China

Women’s Draw Results
Team USA, the defending World Champions, was drawn in Group B for the tournament. In this group, they will face the 2023 World Champions from the Netherlands, the People’s Republic of China, and Argentina.
 
Olympic champions Spain will compete in Group D, where they will battle against Great Britain, South Africa, and France.
 
Olympic silver medalists Australia will begin their campaign in Group A, taking on Italy, New Zealand, and the host nation, Singapore.
 
In Group C, Greece and Hungary, the gold and silver medalists from the Women’s Water Polo World Cup 2025 Final, will also compete against Japan and Croatia.
 

Group A

Australia
Italy
Singapore
New Zealand

Group B

People’s Republic of China
Argentina
United States
Netherlands

Group C

Croatia
Greece
Japan
Hungary

Group D

Great Britain
South Africa
France
Spain

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – William & Mary Athletics recorded strong numbers in the latest Academic Progress Rate released by the NCAA on Tuesday. The Tribe saw an increase in both perfect APR scores and NCAA Public Recognition Awards, while ranking second nationally among all public universities in both categories.   
 

W&M programs garnered 14 Public Recognition Awards, which were the most in the CAA and the state of Virginia. The Tribe ranked sixth overall nationally for awards. It marked W&M’s second most awards in the program’s 21-year history, up two from last year, and most for the university since it had 18 for the cohort ending in 2004-05. Only the University of Michigan’s 15 Public Recognition Awards among public schools topped the Tribe nationally.
 

Public Recognition Awards go to teams earning multiyear Academic Progress Rates in the top 10% of all squads in their respective sport. The list of Public Recognition Award winners for W&M includes: Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Track & Field, and Volleyball.
 

W&M has received 145 Public Recognition Awards all-time. Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, and Women’s Golf have each produced a school-best 13 awards in the history of the APR.
 

As a department, W&M’s APR for 2023-24 was 996 among its 21 programs (indoor and outdoor track and field are combined), while its multiyear APR was 994.06, ahead of the national average of 984. The APR included data from the 2020-21 academic year through the 2023-24 academic year.
 
In total, 17 Tribe programs achieved perfect APRs in 2023-24 and 13 produced perfect multi-year APRs. Each of those totals was up one from the previous numbers in 2022-23. The Tribe’s 13 multiyear APRs ranked second among all Division I public schools, seventh nationally among all DI intuitions, and once again led the state of Virginia and the CAA.
 
The 17 teams that sported 1,000 APRs in 2023-24 included Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Field Hockey, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s Track and Field and Volleyball.
 
Each academic year, every Division I sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. For schools that do not offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
 
The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.
 
In the past 21 years of the Academic Performance Program, nearly 22,000 student-athletes have gone back to school to earn their degrees and APR points for their former team. For football (6,428), baseball (2,416), and men’s (1,657) and women’s basketball (761), more than 11,000 former student-athletes have returned to college and earned degrees. These student-athletes are typically not counted in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations. 
 

The APR is another example of the Tribe’s success in the classroom. During the fall, the Tribe achieved elite marks in the NCAA annuals ratings – graduation rates and the APR. During the fall, the Tribe led all Division I public institutions in Federal Graduation Rate for the 19th time in the last 20 years. W&M’s 88% FGR was well ahead of the national average for all student-athletes (68%). It ranked ninth overall among all Division I schools and was the highest in the state of Virginia. W&M had 14 teams report a 100% GSR (men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track & field, field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s gymnastics, lacrosse, women’s soccer, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball).
 

Sport	2023-24 APR	Multiyear APR
Baseball	947	978
Men’s Basketball	1,000	994
Men’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Football	996	985
Men’s Golf	1,000	1,000
Men’s Gymnastics	1,000	1,000
Men’s Soccer	1,000	990
Men’s Swimming	1,000	1,000
Men’s Tennis	1,000	990
Men’s Track and Field	1,000	1,000
Women’s Basketball	982	995
Women’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Field Hockey	1,000	994
Women’s Golf	1,000	1,000
Women’s Gymnastics	1,000	1,000
Women’s Lacrosse	1,000	1,000
Women’s Soccer	1,000	1,000
Women’s Swimming	1,000	1,000
Women’s Tennis	1,000	1,000
Women’s Track & Field	991	998
Volleyball	1,000	1,000