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Bryant’s Dynamic Running Duo of Chloe Whiting and Jasmine Trott Prepare for NCAA First Round

Story Links SMITHFIELD, R.I.- Bryant University Track and Field runners Chloe Whiting and Jasmine Trott will make history this weekend as they become the first women in Division I program history to reach the First Round of the NCAA Championships. Trott will compete in the women’s 10,000m, while Whiting will run […]

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SMITHFIELD, R.I.- Bryant University Track and Field runners Chloe Whiting and Jasmine Trott will make history this weekend as they become the first women in Division I program history to reach the First Round of the NCAA Championships. Trott will compete in the women’s 10,000m, while Whiting will run in the 5,000m.

“Jasmine and Chloe making the First Round of the NCAA Championships is a major milestone for the program and a huge testament to the commitment and dedication they put into the sport” said Bryant Director of Cross Country/Track and Field Mitchell Switzer. “The growth and development the two of them have had over the past couple of years has been really cool to see. They’ve put in the work, embraced every challenge, and become true leaders on and off the track. They’ve set a new standard for what it means to compete for Bryant and their achievements set a powerful example for the future of the team.”

The duo of Whiting and Trott are not only standout competitors and supportive teammates, but also roommates and best friends off the track. “It’s definitely something special being roommates and best friends and competitors and teammates” said Whiting when asked about her bond with Trott. “It’s such a blessing because we have each other on and off the track with everything that is going on in our lives. It’s so awesome to get to do it together. We talk about the fact that without each other, neither of us would have made it here.”

Whiting is enjoying one of the greatest seasons for a female track athlete in program history and is seeded 23rd in the women’s 5,000m heading into the East Regional. The catalyst for Whiting’s success this season began during the Bulldogs indoor season. On Jan. 18, Whiting claimed her first school record after posting a time of 9:44.75 in the 3,000m at the URI Invitational. Shortly thereafter, she would shine in the 5K at the Terrier Invitational on Feb. 1, where Whiting shattered Eimear Black’s 2013 time of 17:11.68 by over a full minute, finishing the race with a blistering time of 16:11.17. That performance would earn her Female Track Athlete of the Week honors from the America East on Feb. 4. 

Whiting carried that momentum into the conference season and took home gold medals at the 2025 America East Indoor Championships. She was also named the conference’s Most Outstanding Female Track Performer and was the recipient of the Coaches’ Award. Whiting would be awarded the league’s Indoor Track and Performer of the Year on Mar. 26.

Whiting’s newfound success translated almost immediately to the 2025 outdoor season. On Mar. 29 at the Black and Gold Invitational, she set a new school record in the outdoor women’s 5,000m after running a time of 16:19.17. That mark moved her ahead of Melissa Lodge ’18 who set the previous record time of 16:34.36 back in 2018. Whiting’s best performance of the season to date came during the 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California when she became the first woman in school history to run a sub 16 minute 5K, finishing the race with a remarkable time of 15:51.97. Whiting shined once again when facing America East competition. At the 2025 conference outdoor championships, she took the gold in the 5K with a time of 16:45.72 and earned the silver in the 10K after posting a time of 36:44.91. Whiting would be named the Most Outstanding Track Performer, sweeping the award in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Whiting attributes her dramatic improvement this season to a supportive coaching staff comprised of Switzer and Maggie Fox. “Coach Fox really is super intelligent in the sport and she knows training, what workouts work for which events…Coach Switzer is also incredibly knowledgeable in the sport and is a huge support system for us both on and off the track”. Fox joined the Black and Gold in August of 2023 after previous coaching stops at Babson, Boston College, and Emmanuel. She has served as the Head Cross Country/Assistant Track and Field Coach with the Bulldogs. Fox praised Whiting and Trott’s outstanding individual seasons saying, “Jasmine & Chloe have fully bought in and it’s a joy to coach athletes that work as hard as they do. The big gains we’re seeing are the direct result of choices and sacrifices they’ve made. I love that we get to set even bigger goals now.”

Switzer was recognized earlier this month for completing 10 years of service as a coach in Smithfield. He has played an instrumental role in transforming the program into the powerhouse it is today. Since being hired in 2015, all 22 women’s indoor track and field records have been broken. He also helped Bryant win its first team championship victory in program history after claiming the 2024 NEICAAA Women’s Championship. At the 2025 America East Indoor Championships, Switzer’s coaching staff was recognized as conference Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year. 

Jasmine Trott has had her eyes set on the NCAA Regionals for quite some time and has served as a driving motivation during her time donning the Black and Gold. “My goal since freshman year was just to make regionals,” said Trott ahead of the meet. “I’m just going to try to be present in the moment and absorb the atmosphere that I’m in…even if I don’t PR, I’ll still be happy with my performance since I have made it there.”

Trott’s rise to prominence in the women’s 10K began last season at the 2024 Black and Gold Invitational when she won the event with a time of 35:56.67. That mark helped her narrowly surpass the previous school record time of 35:56.94 which was set by Eimear Black in 2013. She also helped the women’s track and field team win at home for the first time in program history. Trott continued to improve in the event over the course of her sophomore season, capping the year off with a silver medal at America East Outdoor Championships after running 35:53.59.

This season, Trott would pick up right where she had left off, resetting her school record in 10K at the 2025 Black and Gold Invitational with a time of 34:01.76. Trott would medal once again at the conference championships, taking the bronze after posting a time of 36:45.01. Her best performance of the spring came during the 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational. Trott finished the race in second place with a time of 33:35.17, shattering her previous school record and setting an all-time mark 2:21.77 faster than the next closest Bulldog. Trott is seeded 26th at the East Regional.

Competition at the NCAA East Regionals begins on Wednesday, May 28 and concludes on Saturday, May 31st. Events will be held on the campus of the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, Florida. Trott will compete in the women’s 10,000m on Thursday, May 29 at 9:10 PM. Whiting will run in the women’s 5,000m on Saturday, May 31at 8:10 PM.
 



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Six Redhawks Claim USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Story Links Six Southeast Missouri athletes claimed U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors during the 2025 season. Clara Billing (Environmental Science), Sullivan Gleason (Computer Science), Kenyon Johnson (Business), Paden Lewis (Cyber Security), Luis Schadlich (Geographic Info Science) and Anna Thomason (Business Administration) earned that distinction. To be named an All-Academic […]

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Six Southeast Missouri athletes claimed U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors during the 2025 season.

Clara Billing (Environmental Science), Sullivan Gleason (Computer Science), Kenyon Johnson (Business), Paden Lewis (Cyber Security), Luis Schadlich (Geographic Info Science) and Anna Thomason (Business Administration) earned that distinction.

To be named an All-Academic Athlete, individuals had to have a minimum 3.25 GPA, must have completed two semesters at their institution, and for the most recent Indoor Season must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event (or in the top 48 in any championship relay event), or for the Outdoor Season, must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition), and must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season. 

SEMO’s men and women were also deemed All-Academic Teams. The Redhawk men’s and women’s teams posted the highest GPAs in the Ohio Valley Conference. SEMO’s men’s team had a 3.46 GPA, while the women accumulated a 3.63.

 





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Illinois volleyball ninth in preseason Big Ten poll | Sports

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois volleyball finished eight in the Big Ten in 2024, sixth the year before that and seventh in both 2022 and 2021. Middle of the Big Ten pack. That’s essentially the expectation again for the Illini heading into the 2025 season. Illinois was picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason poll […]

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CHAMPAIGN — Illinois volleyball finished eight in the Big Ten in 2024, sixth the year before that and seventh in both 2022 and 2021.

Middle of the Big Ten pack.

That’s essentially the expectation again for the Illini heading into the 2025 season. Illinois was picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason poll released Thursday afternoon. The poll is voted on by the conference’s 18 head coaches.

Nebraska was voted as the preseason favorite in the Big Ten with reigning NCAA champs Penn State second. Wisconsin, Minnesota and UCLA rounded out the top five.

Zero Illinois players were among the 20 selected to the Big Ten’s preseason all-conference team. Unanimous picks included the Nebraska trio of Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly and the Penn State duo of Izzy Starck and Kennedy Martin. Just eight of 18 Big Ten teams were represented among the preseason all-conference selections.

2025 Big Ten preseason poll

  1. Nebraska
  2. Penn State
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Minnesota
  5. UCLA
  6. USC
  7. Purdue
  8. Washington
  9. Illinois
  10. Michigan
  11. Indiana
  12. Oregon
  13. Ohio State
  14. Michigan State
  15. Northwestern
  16. Maryland
  17. Iowa
  18. Rutgers

Preseason All-Big Ten

  • Allison Jacobs, Michigan, Gr., OH
  • Julia Hanson, Minnesota, Sr., OH
  • Mckenna Wucherer, Minnesota, Sr., OH
  • Rebekah Allick, Nebraska, Sr., MB
  • Andi Jackson, Nebraska, Jr., MB
  • Harper Murray, Nebraska, Jr., OH
  • Bergen Reilly, Nebraska, Jr., S
  • Gillian Grimes, Penn State, Sr., L
  • Kennedy Martin, Penn State, Jr., OPP
  • Izzy Stark, Penn State, So., S
  • Phekran Kong, UCLA, Gr., MB
  • Cheridyn Leverette, UCLA, Sr., OH
  • Maggie Li, UCLA, Jr., OH
  • Marianna Singletary, UCLA, RS-Jr., MB
  • Adonia Faumuina, USC, Jr., OH
  • Kierstyn Barton, Washington, Jr., OH
  • Julia Hunt, Washington, So., MB
  • Carter Booth, Wisconsin, Sr., MB
  • Mimi Colyer, Wisconsin, Sr., OH
  • Charlie Fuerbringer, Wisconsin, So., S





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MSOE student-athletes awarded for academic excellence | News

MSOE is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (800) 621-7440, (www.ncahlc.org). Additional program accreditation includes the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, (www.abet.org), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). […]

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MSOE is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (800) 621-7440, (www.ncahlc.org). Additional program accreditation includes the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, (www.abet.org), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).





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Single-match tickets now available for 2025 UNI volleyball season

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Individual match tickets for the 2025 UNI volleyball season are now available for purchase through the UNI Ticket Office. Single-match tickets, as well as new season tickets can be purchased HERE through the UNI Ticket Office, or by calling 319-273-4849. The Panther volleyball schedule this fall will feature 11 home matches, […]

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Individual match tickets for the 2025 UNI volleyball season are now available for purchase through the UNI Ticket Office.

Single-match tickets, as well as new season tickets can be purchased HERE through the UNI Ticket Office, or by calling 319-273-4849.

The Panther volleyball schedule this fall will feature 11 home matches, including eight Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) home contests inside the McLeod Center as UNI chases its fourth consecutive regular season conference championship.

Fans will also have the opportunity to take advantage of several high-profile promotions throughout the season, including a 2024 championship ring giveaway, shirt giveaways, player autographs and more. Click HERE to see this season’s Panther Promotions.

Northern Iowa will open the 2025 home slate and regular season Aug. 29 and 30 as it hosts a pair of reigning conference champions in Arizona State and South Dakota State as part of its home tournament. The Panthers will also welcome in-state rival Iowa State to Cedar Falls for the first time in four years on Sept. 9.

UNI will host a three-match conference homestand starting with a homecoming matchup with Murray State on Oct. 4, while also taking on Evansville (Oct. 10) and Bradley (Oct. 11). The Panthers return home on Oct. 24 to face off against Illinois State, with Indiana State coming to town on Oct. 25 and Belmont on Oct. 30. Northern Iowa will close out its home schedule hosting Drake on Nov. 4 and UIC on Nov. 7.

Panther fans are encouraged to see the team early in preseason action with their annual Purple and Gold Scrimmage on Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. CT inside the McLeod Center. The event is free and open to the public. Concessions will not be available, but fans are welcome to bring their own snacks, as well as non-alcoholic beverages. UNI’s clear bag and cashless game day policies will be in effect as well.

 

UNI volleyball action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Volleyball), X (@UNIVolleyball) and on Instagram (@univolleyball). The full 2025 schedule and roster, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.





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PANORAMA: Liveris says Brisbane 2032 is on track; SafeSport opens CEO, CFO searches; Pogacar makes major move toward Tour de France title

★ The Sports Examiner: Chronicling the key competitive, economic and political forces shaping elite sport and the Olympic Movement.★ ★ To get the daily Sports Examiner Recap by e-mail: sign up here! ★ ≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡ ● Olympic Games 2032: Brisbane ● “The venues got a lot of noise. The political body was […]

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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡

● Olympic Games 2032: Brisbane ● The venues got a lot of noise. The political body was disagreeing on a couple of very big ones and that didn’t help, but they got that out of the way and frankly, seven years to go, we have our plans, and I’m happy with where we are.

“Seven years is enough time, but we don’t have a lot of wiggle room.”

That’s Andrew Liveris (AUS), the President of the Brisbane 2032 organizing committee and former worldwide chief executive and Board Chair of Dow Chemical, telling Reuters that progress is being made according to plan:

“With 84% of our venues being existing or temporary, we’re mostly in good shape. But the 16% includes the stadium, includes the aquatic centre, it includes a few very important venues. That would be the biggest challenge we have.”

He also sees the Games helping Queensland as one of the growth areas of the country, explaining, “What Queensland is going through, southeast Queensland in particular, is growing pains.

“I think a lot of people want to see better infrastructure, want to see their lives getting better. And I think this is where the Olympics can enable that by accelerating that infrastructure.”

● U.S. Center for SafeSport ● The Center for SafeSport announced the departure of chief executive Ju’Riese Colon on 22 April and on Thursday (24 July):

“The Board of Directors of the U.S. Center for SafeSport announced today that it has begun the formal search for the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The non-profit tasked with safeguarding the nation’s athletes has retained global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry to lead the search.”

The 22 April statement noted that “The board of directors has initiated the search for new leadership,” apparently now getting started in earnest. As for the positions:

“[T]he Board has established two search committees, one for the CEO and one for the CFO, comprising Board members and advisors with relevant expertise. Korn Ferry has completed stakeholder interviews and is currently conducting organizational assessments and confidential outreach to identify candidates who exemplify both executive acumen and a people first philosophy. This inclusive approach integrates staff feedback, recent strategic evaluations, and market analysis to shape the leadership profiles. Final candidates will be evaluated not only on qualifications but also on their ability to lead with courage, transparency, and care in a time when public trust is essential.”

Those interested are asked to apply on or before 12 September.

● Russia ● World Sailing is continuing its formalized “ban” on Russian and Belarusian boats, but with a significant modification that creates new opportunities:

“The World Sailing Board met on 23 July 2025 to review the decision and determined that there was no material change in the circumstances giving rise to the suspensions and that they would therefore remain in place until the next review which will be on or before the 23 October 2025. This includes the suspension of the participation of any boat owned or effectively controlled or managed by a Russian or Belarusian individual or entity.

“However, following today’s vote, Russian and Belarussian sailors, support personnel and race officials will be permitted to participate as neutrals in World Sailing owned and sanctioned competitions and events, in line with IOC guidance. Boats owned by individuals who are sailing as neutrals under the World Sailing Neutrality Policy are also permitted.

“The policy was supported with 29 votes for, five against, with two abstentions.”

Under World Sailing’s 2024 Neutrality Policy for the 2024 Olympic Games, World Sailing’s legal department carried out neutrality reviews of Russian or Belarusian sailors or officials who applied for eligibility.

● Aquatics ● The Spanish men’s water polo team won its fourth World Aquatics Championships gold with a 15-13 win over Hungary in the final of the 2025 Worlds in Singapore.

The sides were tied at 5-5 at the quarter, with Spain up 7-6 at the half. But the Hungarians, four-time champions and as recently as 2023, were up by 10-8 after three quarters. But six Spanish goals were too much in the final quarter and led to the 15-13 final. Bernat Sanahuja (who was red-carded with 3:50 left!) and Alvaro Granados each had five goals in the victory, and Felipe Perrone, playing in his 14th (and last) Worlds, scored Spain’s 15th goal with 18 seconds left.

Greece took the bronze with a 16-7 pounding of three-time defending Olympic champions Serbia; the U.S. finished eighth, losing 8-7 to Italy in the seventh-place final.

In Artistic Swimming, Spain’s Iris Tio and Lilou Lluis won the women’s Duet Free final, scoring 282.6087 points to 278.7137 for Italy’s Enrica Piccoli and Lucrezia Ruggiero.

It’s the second gold for Tio (also in the Solo Free) and fifth medal of the Championships, with three bronze medals.

Swimswam.com reported that all USA Swimming World Championships team members are now in Singapore, after as much as half of the team had food poisoning issues at its training camp in Phuket (THA).

Swimming will begin on Sunday, with U.S. broadcasts available only on the Peacock streaming channel.

● Cycling ● The 112th Tour de France was not settled for sure, but almost for sure, as Ben O’Connor (AUS) attacked with 16 km to go on the brutal, final climb on the Col de la Loze to the Courchevel ski resort on Thursday to win stage 18.

He finished the triple-climb, 171.5 km route in 5:03:47, for his second career stage win in the race, unaware of the drama playing out behind him. Tour leader and three-time winner Tadej Pogacar (SLO) was repeatedly challenged by two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard (DEN), trying to make up ground … but unable to.

In the final 500 m, Pogacar passed Vingegaard and increased his lead, finishing 1:45 behind O’Connor, in second place, with Vingegaard in third at +1:54. That means Pogacar now has a lead of 4:26 on Vingegaard with three stages left, and 11:01 on German Florian Lipowitz in third.

Friday is another climbing stage, but not as difficult and only 95 km from Albertville to La Plagne – another ski resort – with a major climb in the first half and then a 19.3 km uphill finish from 668 m to 2,062 km at the top. It’s Vingegaard’s last chance, essentially.

Saturday’s 20th stage is hilly and the ride into Paris on Sunday has some early hills and cobblestones, but is fairly calm. Pogacar will, barring a major incident, win his fourth Tour on Sunday.

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Trump bars boosters, private donations to college athletes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that bars payments from university boosters and some other private-sector donors to college athletes. The NCAA changed its rules in 2021 to allow athletes to profit from their own name, image and likeness, or NIL. A White House fact sheet Thursday said third-party payments from […]

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Trump bars boosters, private donations to college athletes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that bars payments from university boosters and some other private-sector donors to college athletes.

The NCAA changed its rules in 2021 to allow athletes to profit from their own name, image and likeness, or NIL. A White House fact sheet Thursday said third-party payments from boosters and other private donors “created a chaotic environment that threatens the financial and structural viability of college athletics.”

“Waves of recent litigation against collegiate athletics governing rules have eliminated limits on athlete compensation, pay-for-play recruiting inducements, and transfers between universities, unleashing a sea change that threatens the viability of college sports,” the order said.

A patchwork of laws exists across states, with no federal NIL law in place. A federal judge in June approved the terms of a nearly $2.8 billion antitrust settlement, which paved the way for schools to directly pay athletes.

“While changes providing some increased benefits and flexibility to student-athletes were overdue and should be maintained, the inability to maintain reasonable rules and guardrails is a mortal threat to most college sports,” the executive order said. 

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According to the White House fact sheet, the order’s prohibition of “third-party, pay-for-play payments” does not apply to “legitimate, fair-market-value compensation that a third party provides to an athlete, such as for a brand endorsement.”

The order also seeks to preserve and expand “opportunities for scholarships and collegiate athletic competition in women’s and non-revenue sports” and calls on the secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board to clarify the “status” of college-athletes.

day before the order, two U.S. House panels advanced a measure that would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation and bar them from being recognized as employees.

That bill, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act, or ‘‘SCORE Act,” was approved in the House Energy and Commerce and Education and Workforce committees, which both have jurisdiction.   

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