INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Four Baldwin Wallace University track and field student-athletes have earned the right to continue their season at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The outdoor track and field teams will be represented by junior All-American jumper Kaedan Faggs (Marion / Harding), senior All-American distance runner Hope Murphy (Mogadore), sophomore thrower Kitar Olsen (Whitefish, Mont.), and senior All-American jumper Christian Pfeiffer (Amherst).

Faggs qualifies for his first appearance in the outdoor championships. He qualifies for the long jump with his mark of 7.49 meters at the NCAA Division III All-Ohio Outdoor Championships. He was a key contributor to BW winning the championship title that weekend. His mark currently places him fourth in the nation. This season, Faggs earned his fourth career All-Ohio Athletic Conference honor after winning the long jump at the OAC Outdoor Championships. During the indoor season, he earned his first career All-American honor after placing fifth in the long jump at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships (his first indoor and overall appearance). Additionally, he was awarded the OAC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week on April 14 for his third career weekly accolade. This year, Faggs was also named a United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Great Lakes region indoor honoree for the long jump.

Murphy makes her fifth appearance to the outdoor championships. She qualifies for the 800-meter run with her record-breaking time of 2:07.77 at the Harrison Dillard Twilight, hosted by BW. With her time, which currently places her ninth in the country, she broke her own outdoor record (originally set at 2:09.03 in 2023). Murphy has qualified for every outdoor national meet throughout her illustrious career. Overall, this is her eighth appearance at the national meet (indoor and outdoor). Her last outdoor championship appearance, she earned her fourth career All-American honor after placing eighth in the 1500-meter run. At the OAC Outdoor Championships, she was crowned the OAC Champion in the 1500-meter run. Additionally, she earned All-OAC honors in the 800-meter run and 4×400-meter relay after finishing second and third, respectively. Murphy’s phenomenal season led her to being named the Most Outstanding Distance Runner at the OAC Outdoor Championships. Throughout her career, she has racked up 18 All-OAC honors. This season, she was also named a USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes region indoor honoree for the 800-meter run.

Olsen qualifies for his first appearance to the outdoor championships. He qualifies for the hammer throw with his qualifying mark of 58.62 meters at the Midwest Twilight Final Qualifier, hosted by Augustana (Ill.) College. His mark currently places him 19th in the nation. Olsen is the first BW thrower (either gender) in two years to qualify for an appearance at the national meet.

Pfeiffer makes his third appearance to the outdoor championships. He qualifies for the high jump with his qualifying height of 2.10 meters at the OAC Outdoor Championships, where he won the high jump for the third consecutive year. His mark currently ties him for fourth in the country. During the indoor season, Pfeiffer earned his third career All-American honor with his record-breaking high jump of 2.11 meters after placing third at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships (his third indoor and fifth overall appearance). He broke his own record of 2.10 meters (set in 2024) with his phenomenal jump. This year, Pfeiffer was also named a USTFCCA All-Great Lakes region indoor honoree for the high jump.

The NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be co-hosted by the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) and SPIRE Institute from May 22-24 in Geneva, Ohio.

Four Saint John’s University individual athletes and one relay team will compete in this week’s NCAA Division III outdoor national track and field championships in Geneva, Ohio.

The qualifiers for the national field were announced Friday night. The top 22 marks/times in individual events, and the top 16 times in the relays, made the cut.

The national meet begins Thursday and concludes Saturday at the SPIRE Institute track and field complex.

Senior Kevin Arthur will compete in the men’s 100 and 200-meter dash, as well as being part of SJU’s 4×100 relay team. Freshman Matt Reis will also be part of the 4×100, as well as competing in the 100 and long jump.

Senior Max Lelwica will compete in the decathlon and classmate Jackson McDowell will compete in the high jump.

Arthur – who has won MIAC titles in both the 100 and 200 the past four seasons – enters the meet ranked second nationally in the 100 and third in the 200. Reis is ranked 14th nationally in the long jump and 21st in the 100. The 4×100 entered the meet ranked No. 8 nationally.

Lelwica is ranked fourth nationally in the decathlon and McDowell is ranked eighth nationally in the high jump.

The top eight finishers in each event earn first team All-American honors.

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Tufts student-athletes are on a roll, as teams and individuals advance in post-season (and in some cases, post-graduation) competition.

Men’s Lacrosse

The top-ranked Jumbos played one of their best games of the season on May 18 in the NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse semifinals, exploding for 26 goals to knock off No. 5 Bowdoin College on Bello Field, and now head to the national title game for the third consecutive season. 

Tufts (21-0) will take on No. 17 Dickinson College (17-5) in the NCAA championship game on May 25 at 7 p.m. at Gillette Stadium, the first time Tufts has played a title game in Foxborough. It is the first meeting of the two teams. 

In the quarterfinals Tufts beat No. 7 Gettysburg College 17-8 on May 17, also on Bello Field. 

Women’s Lacrosse

The women’s lacrosse team narrowly edged No. 7 Salisbury, 8-7, after initially taking an 8-5 lead early in the fourth quarter of the NCAA women’s lacrosse quarterfinals at Bello Field on May 18. 

With the victory, the No. 1 ranked Tufts (20-1) returns to the NCAA Final Four for the third time in program history and the first since 2022. They will take on No. 6 Gettysburg College on May 23 at 7 p.m. at Kerr Stadium on the campus of Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. 

Tuftsand Gettysburg have played just once before, when the Jumbos defeated the Bullets 16-9 in Gettysburg on May 23, 2022.

Men’s Tennis

The Jumbos picked up a resounding 4-1 win against RPI on May 11 to advance to the NCAA Division III men’s tennis championship quarterfinals in Claremont, California against No. 6 Emory. It is their fourth straight season at the NCAA finals site, and their third straight match against a ranked opponent.

The Jumbos enter the quarterfinal round with a 22-2 record and were ranked No. 3 in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll. Both Vuk Vuksanovic and Javier Gonzalez will compete later in May in the NCAA individual championships in singles and doubles.

Women’s Track and Field

The women’s track and field squad has eight entries in the NCAA Division III outdoor track and field championships on May 22-24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. 

Arielle Chechile (400-meter hurdles), Makayla Moriarty (400-meter dash), Harper Meek (high jump), Elysse Cumberland (long jump, triple jump), Jordan Andrew (long jump, triple jump), and Jackie Wells (javelin) will compete on behalf of Tufts. 

Men’s Track and Field

The Jumbos picked up a trio of entries in the NCAA outdoor men’s track and field championships on May 22-24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. 

Amokrane Aouchiche will compete in the 10,000-meter run; Josh Wilkie will take on the 400-meter hurdles; and Sahr Matturi will be in the long jump competition. 

Women’s Rowing 

The Jumbos received an automatic berth into the NCAA DIII women’s rowing championships after winning the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) championship race on May 11 for the second straight year.

The NCAA championships will be held May 30-31 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. Eight teams were selected for the 2025 DIII rowing championships, with each team consisting of two boats (first varsity and second varsity). Tufts is the defending NCAA champion, winning its first national title last year in Bethel, Ohio. This is Tufts’ seventh berth into NCAAs overall, and second straight as an automatic qualifier.

Men’s Rowing

For the fourth year in a row, the men’s rowing team has earned an at-large berth into the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Division III national championship regatta coming up May 30-31 on Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey.

The IRA national championship first included a DIII championship in 2022. Tufts has qualified for all four subsequent IRA DIII championships. The Jumbos were one of seven teams that earned the inaugural DIII berths in 2022 and finished as the national runner-up, with only the first varsity competing. At the last two IRA championships, both first and second varsity eights have raced. The Jumbos placed fifth in 2023 and tied for second in 2024.

Women’s Sailing

The women’s sailing team earned an at-large berth into the 2025 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Fleet Race national championship, which will be hosted by St. Mary’s College (Maryland) May 20-23.

Thirty-six teams will compete at the event, first in a pair of 18-team semifinal regattas. The top nine teams from each semifinal will advance to a two-day final.

Coed Sailing

The Jumbos received an at-large selection into the 2025 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Fleet Race national championship. The ICSA Open championship will be hosted by St. Mary’s College (Maryland) May 24-27.

Thirty-six teams will compete at the national championship regatta, first in a pair of 18-team semifinal events. The top nine teams from each semifinal will advance to a two-day final. 

Tufts will be one of 13 schools representing the strong New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association at the national championship. The Jumbos had a 10th-place finish at the 2025 New England Fleet Race championship April 19-20 in Rhode Island.

ROCKTON, Ill. (WIFR) – Two athletes on Hononegah’s girls track and field team signed their papers to compete in the sport in college.

Isabella Trout will run cross country at Rockford University and will be on the school’s inaugural track and field team.

Off the track she has a perfect 4.0 gpa. On the track coaches said she runs too much though it shows this is more than a sport to her. They also applauded her dedication to cheering on teammates at meet even when she can’t compete.

“With the injuries it’s definitely sometimes wavered but even through it my teammates have been overly supportive,” said Trout. “It’s amazing that I can still continue to watch them. Even when they are injured, I continue to support them so it’s a lot of support on support being able to come back from these injuries.”

Trout’s teammate Emma Kuo signed to run track at Augustana college in Rock Island. She said she loved how close the team felt and the beauty of the campus. She received other offers but wanted to run at a school the size of Augustana’s.

She said her favorite memory with the Indians track team is hanging out with teammates after meets.

She also comes from a family of runners.

“The day I beat my mom’s personal record was so exciting. We took a lot of pictures together,” said Kuo. “I beat my dad’s mile personal record, he really wasn’t a runner, but he did a timed trial in college.”

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LEXINGTON – The Lexington boys volleyball team proved its merit in the Div. 1 state title conversation alongside the Bay State Conference’s quadrant of titans Monday night.

But No. 1 Brookline, however slim, proved its edge.

A chaotic environment against a nonleague, unfamiliar power fueled a rollercoaster of a rock-fight on the road, though the Warriors (16-1) overcame late deficits in the first two sets en route to a 3-1 win (27-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-17) over the No. 7 Minutemen – snapping their program-record 17-game win streak.

Kris Vaivars (27 kills) and Alec Smagula (47 assists) led yet another star-studded performance, supported by a long list of complementary performances.

The end result was a gutsy win that felt like one of the most significant of the season to date – even considering the 5-1 record Brookline posted against No. 2 Natick, No. 4 Needham and No. 5 Newton North.

“This win, even though we won in four, I think it was a great win,” said Warriors head coach Lexi De La Cruz. “We didn’t know what to expect. I talked to my guys, I thought this team gave us one of the best games we have played in so far. They played better than how Needham played us. They played better than – even (in the loss to Natick), we were playing sloppy. … It felt like this was a great win based on the level the other team was playing.”

Lexington brought tenacity, composure and high-level play from the opening serve, trading thunderous kills, eye-opening defense, and long rallies throughout in front of a rowdy crowd fit for state tournament game. Ale Luciani (18 kills) and Nadav Vachtel (10 kills, two blocks) paced the Minutemen (17-2), who then saw Adam Mann (eight kills) step up in the third and fourth sets once fellow standout hitter Nic Sanchez de Rojas (six kills, two aces) left with injury.

In the first set, Lexington battled back from down 22-20 to take a 25-24 lead on Mahin Rajesh’s (22 assists, two blocks, two kills) kill. In the second, it led 22-20 before clawing back from a 4-0 Brookline run with a Xander Jackson (four blocks, four kills) block to force extra points again at 24-24. And in the third, the Minutemen answered a 3-0 run from Brookline – which made it 23-23 – with consecutive Luciani kills to force a fourth set.

“It definitely felt different today,” De La Cruz said. “Dealing with (that) adversity helps us.”

Vaivars posted at least five kills in all four sets, and Smagula makes the Brookline attack run at a high level. But in each of those moments, the Warriors’ supporting cast proved the difference.

Teammates raved about Liam Raybould’s (eight kills, four blocks) night. Amir Tomer (five kills, block) passed extremely well. Kais Al-Fakhuri (three kills, three blocks) and Zachary Spencer (five kills, two blocks) combined for several key plays in critical times at the net, Jacob Lam served well, and Conor Christopher (four kills, block) was an offensive spark.

“I think we just have a deeper roster,” De La Cruz said. “Our role players are doing key parts. We definitely have Kris and Alec, but every single one of our players produces something unique that helps us win. … That’s the difference.”

Lexington seemed bound to win at least one set after the way it fought in the first two. Once it did, though, Brookline answered with a 25-17 fourth set that featured a 10-2 run in the early stages.

“When you lose a (set), you have to prove something,” De La Cruz said. “Proving that is coming out strong and winning the next set like we did.”

BUFFALO, NY – Makhia Laster (Buffalo, NY/Tapestry Charter) of the Buffalo State outdoor track and field team has officially qualified for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships next week. Laster will compete in what has become her signature event in the long jump. The meet will be hosted in Geneva, OH at the SPIRE Institute from May 22-24 with the women’s long jump taking place on Thursday, May 22.
 
Laster earns a spot at her fourth straight national meet between indoor and outdoor. She finished third in the event at NCAA Championships last season while earning First Team All-America status. In addition, she earned Second Team All-America status in each of the last two indoor seasons between the long jump and 60-meter dash. Laster holds the school record in the long jump for both indoor (5.80 meters) and outdoor (5.99 meters) and has won each of the last four SUNYAC titles in the event. Currently sitting ninth in the country in the event, Laster aims to make one last mark on her legacy at Buffalo State.

Laster quickly emerged as one of the top track athletes to compete at Buffalo State in program history. Entering NCAA Championships, Laster earned six SUNYAC Championships, 17 All-SUNYAC honors, 10 USTFCCCA All-Region honors, four All-America honors, and earned the Buffalo State Ruth Houston Award for Female Most Outstanding Career. She set her season-best mark of 5.97 meters last week at AARTFC Regionals.