EUGENE, Ore. — South Florida ran a brilliant 1,600-meter relay to close the NCAA men’s outdoor track and field championships Friday night, leaving USC and Texas A&M tied for the team title.

The Trojans, who won the indoor title earlier this year but hadn’t won an outdoor title in 49 years, and the Aggies, both finished with 41 points, one ahead of Arkansas.

That came after a late surge by the USF anchor to edge Texas A&M in the final race, winning in 3 minutes, 42 seconds. Arkansas was third with the Trojans a disappointing eighth to earn just one team point. The Aggies earned eight points in the relay — a win would have been worth 10 points — and the Razorbacks got six.

Arkansas protested after the race that a USF runner hindered a Razorback but the protest was denied. If successful, Texas A&M would have won the title and Arkansas and USC would have tied for second.

USC’s top performances included Max Thomas (third in the 100 with a time of 10.10 seconds), William Jones (second in the 400 with a 45.53) and Garrett Kaalund (third in the 200 with a 19.96). The 4×100 relay team took second overall with a time of 38.46.

The women’s title will be decided Saturday at Hayward Field on the Oregon campus.

Sam Whitmarsh of Texas A&M, runner-up a year ago, beat indoor champion Matthew Erickson of Oregon to capture the 800 in 1:45.86, the second-fastest in school history.

Jordan Anthony of Arkansas, the NCAA champion in the indoor 60, added an outdoor title, winning the 100 in 10.07 from Lane 9.

Ja’Kobe Tharp, who won the 60 hurdles at the indoor championships for Auburn, added the 110 hurdle title to his resume with a personal-best time of 13.05. Tharp ran the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history, only 0.07 off of Grant Holloway’s record.

Auburn also won the 400 relay in a time of 38.33.

Samujel Ogazi of Alabama raced to a dominant win in the 400 with a time of 44.84, more than six-tenths faster than the runner-up. The sophomore, who made the Olympic finals in Paris, became the first Nigerian athlete to win the 400 NCAA title in 26 years.

James Corrigan of Brigham Young, a 2024 Olympian, won the 3,000 steeplechase in 8:16.41, grabbing the lead at the last water jump. His time is the fourth fastest in college history.

Nathan Green of Washington, the 2023 champion, won the 1,500 meters in 3:47.26 with the top 11 finishing within 0.68 of Green.

Brian Masau on Oklahoma State added the outdoor title in the 5,000 to the indoor title he won earlier this year, finishing in 13:20.59.

Ezekiel Nathaniel of Baylor lowered his Nigerian record to 47.49 in the 400 hurdles, the second-fastest time in the world this year.

Carli Makarawu of Kentucky took the 400 in 19.84 seconds, a Zimbabwe national record, edging countryman Makanakaishe Charamba of Auburn, who ran 19.92.

Oklahoma’s Ralford Mullings, who returned to the championship for the second time in his career, took the discus title by launching a meet-record and personal-best 227 feet, 4 inches.

Brandon Green Jr. and Floyd Whitaker gave Oklahoma a 1-2 finish in the triple jump with Green soaring 55-2 to win by more than a foot. Green led from the first jump and had it wrapped up after five rounds and then had his best leap to end it.

Arvesta Troupe of Mississippi cleared 7-5¼ to win the high jump.

TORONTO – A day after Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh completed one of the greatest weeks in swimming history with a hat-trick of world records, the Toronto teenager was already looking ahead to what comes next.

The 18-year-old became the first swimmer to break three different individual long-course world records in one meet since American Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when she achieved the feat at this week’s Canadian swimming trials.

McIntosh, who headlines Canada’s 28-member team named on June 12 for the World Championships in Singapore in July, believes she can go even faster.

“I can go over with my coach and see where to make improvements and really just use this as motivation and validation for my training so far,” she said.

“Just keep pushing and moving forward and work even harder.”

In a stunning statement ahead of the worlds, the triple Olympic champion continued her record-breaking over a glorious five days in Victoria, shattering world marks in the 400 metres freestyle plus the 200m and 400m individual medleys.

In addition to her three world records, she set five Canadian marks, came within two seconds of Katie Ledecky’s 800m freestyle world record set in May and clocked the fastest 200m butterfly time since super suits were banned in 2010.

Moments after completing her hat-trick with the 400m IM on June 11, she rushed over to hug fellow Canadian swimming great Penny Oleksiak, who once described McIntosh as “all gas, no brakes”.

Oleksiak, Canada’s most decorated Olympian with seven medals, lifted McIntosh off her feet in a huge embrace. Then, as she had done all week, McIntosh gave her gold medal away to an awestruck young fan in the stands.

She did not compete on the last day of the meet on June 12, withdrawing from the 200m freestyle. Instead, she posed for photos and chatted with the large gathering of fans outside Saanich Commonwealth Place.

“What a week Victoria! Had so much fun in the pool this week,” McIntosh wrote on Instagram.

The swimmer, who raced at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as a 14-year-old, credited coach Fred Vergnoux – with whom she has been training in Antibes, France since January – for “the best meet of my career”.

“(Vergnoux) has been absolutely amazing throughout this whole journey these past few months,” McIntosh told the CBC.

“He’s really taken me to the next level in the sport and pushed me farther. I’ve gone way faster than I ever could have imagined.

“So props to him, he’s done absolutely amazing with me. And we’ve only known each other for so long, so I feel that connection so quickly.”

McIntosh’s mother Jill Horstead swam for Canada at the 1984 Olympics while her 20-year-old sister Brooke competed for Canada in pairs figure skating before switching allegiance to Spain, winning the Spanish national championships with partner Marco Zandron. They recently split.

McIntosh is expected to compete in five individual events at the World Championships, which begin on July 11 with water polo before shifting to the pool on July 27.

She could continue her assault on the record books, as Phelps is the only swimmer to win five individual gold medals in a single worlds (2007).

McIntosh then plans to move to Austin, Texas to work with Bob Bowman, Phelps’ coach for his entire career. REUTERS

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EUGENE, Oreg. – DePaul track and field’s Darius Brown added another milestone to his collegiate resume Friday night with a sixth-place finish in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Clocking in at 13.50 under the lights at Hayward Field, Brown earned First Team All-America honors for the second time in his career and became the first DePaul track and field athlete to collect four total All-America awards, with two First Team and two Second Team selections.
 
With the result, Brown joins Dave Dopek and Carey Ryan as one of only three athletes in program history to earn multiple First Team All-America honors.
 
The Louisville, Ky. native reached the final with a 13.40 in Wednesday’s semifinals, placing third in his heat to claim one of the last qualifying spots. He previously earned his trip to Eugene with a 13.37 at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in College Station, Texas, breaking his own school record and finishing seventh overall.
 
Friday marked Brown’s fourth NCAA Championship appearance. His previous national finishes include First Team All-America honors for a seventh-place showing in the 60m hurdles at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, along with Second Team recognition at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor and 2025 NCAA Indoor meets.
 
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Hayward Field – Eugene, Oregon
Friday, June 13
 
Men’s 110m Hurdles Final: 6. Darius Brown – 13.50
 
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DePaul looks to extend its postseason at the 2025 USATF Championships, set for July 31 to August 3 in Eugene.
 
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NEWTOWN, CT. (WFSB) – Volleyball state championships took place Friday evening.

The Class M title match was between Joel Barlow and New Canaan.

The first set featured six lead changes with both the Falcons and the Rams turning saves into kills, swinging the momentum back and forth.

But senior Erik Schmid was a man on a mission, leading to Joel Barlow winning the first set.

In the second set, Mark Meschi set the tone and Joel Barlow took control early.

However, despite leading by as many as eight points halfway through the set, New Canaan rallied back to make things interesting.

Joel Barlow ultimately came out on the right side of a marathon point to win by two, taking a 2-0 lead.

With their backs up against the wall, New Canaan threw the first punch in the third set. Nolan Mclaughlin was a major contributor and helped the Rams bring the deficit to one.

Just like the previous three, the fourth set went down to the wire, but Joel Barlow would get the job done and secure a state championship.

In Class L, Conard came into their matchup against Maloney undefeated and looking to complete a perfect season. They would win the first set in convincing fashion.

But Maloney didn’t back down. The Spartans went into attack mode in the second set.

Wes Colebrook was in his bag, jumping out of the gym for crucial kills. Maloney would win the second set 25-19, tying the match.

They would carry the momentum into the third, where Colebrook was dialed in on his serves. Maloney would claim their second straight set and go up 2-1.

They didn’t stop there, and the Spartans would dash Conard’s hopes of a perfect season in five sets. It is their first state championship since 2005, when coach Kevin Sevajs was on the team.

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