Julianna Reichenbach joined the WAKA Action 8 News team as a Sports Anchor/Reporter in 2023.

She grew up in Gainesville, Florida. Some of her fondest memories involve gathering around the couch on Saturdays to watch college football with her family.

Julianna went on to attend the University of Florida. Here, she fell in love with storytelling and sports journalism. She served as a WUFT News Sports Anchor and News Anchor/Reporter. She was also an on-air contributor for ESPN Gainesville and wrote for The Independent Florida Alligator and FloridaGators.com.

Over the summer of 2022, Julianna interned as a Studio Host/Reporter for the Northwoods League. Some of her best memories include the volleyball and softball beats, football games in The Swamp and covering the Gators’ 2023 College World Series run in Omaha.

Julianna is thrilled to stay in SEC Country because she knows how passionate the fans are about sports.

In high school, Julianna played three sports: volleyball, weightlifting and track and field. She later joined the UF club beach volleyball team. Nowadays, Julianna continues to enjoy staying active— she loves any adventure, whether traveling, hiking or trying new foods.

She is excited to be part of the River Region community and looks forward to telling your stories.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State track and field heads to the heart of TrackTown, USA, this week, competing at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. 

Action from Historic Hayward Field begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday. The entire meet will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2, with online streaming available through ESPN+. 

Concluding one of the greatest seasons in program history, Montana State will have a record seven student-athletes across four entries donning the Blue and Gold in Eugene. 

The Cats’ four entries are tied for the third-most in program history behind only the five in 2023 and 2022. The Cats also qualified four to the national meet in 2015. 

The two entries on the women’s side mark just the fourth time in program history that MSU has qualified multiple athletes on the women’s side (2015, 2012, 2006). 

Rob McManus (3,000 meter steeplechase), Harvey Cramb (1,500 meters), Hailey Coey (long jump), and the women’s 4×400 meter relay team of Olivia Lewis, Peyton Garrison, Giulia Gandolfi, Caroline Hawkes, and alternate Jadyn VanDyken will all compete at the American cathedral of track and field after rising to the top at the NCAA West First Rounds two weeks ago in College Station, Texas. 

McManus, a senior from Cashmere, Washington, makes his third straight appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. The current face of ‘Steeple U’ is making his fourth career appearance at the NCAA Championships after placing 15th in the mile at NCAA indoor nationals in March. 

Over the past five years, the Cats have sent ten total qualifiers to the national meet in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, with Duncan Hamilton going three times, Levi Taylor three times, McManus three times, and Owen Smith once. 

McManus, a three-time All-American, finished 16th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 2023 and 13th in 2024—one spot out of making the final after being passed in the final moments of last year’s semifinal by teammate Levi Taylor. 

This season, McManus enters the competition holding the sixth-fastest time in the field (8:26.83), qualifying for the national meet on the back of a dominating performance at the NCAA West Regional, where he recorded the third-fastest time (8:30.65). 

The two-time defending Big Sky champion in the steeplechase is just the fourth Bobcat in history to compete at three straight NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, joining Levi Taylor (2022-24), Duncan Hamilton (2021-23), and Nick Lam (2007-09). The distance runner is also one of just five Bobcats ever to earn at least three All-American honors (Taylor, Hamilton, Lyle Weese, Shannon Butler), and with a fourth All-American nod this week, would rise to second all-time behind  his former running mate in Hamilton, a six-time All-American in track and field. 

“Rob has been comfortable in all of his races but especially in the steeple races this year,” Weese said. “It’s just an event that he has a high level of comfort and a lot of confidence in. I think a key for him is just taking that into the race and not over-thinking it, but just punching his way through to the final while not worrying too much about saving energy or anything else, just finding a way to get to the final.” 

McManus runs in the first of two heats of the national semifinals for the 3,000 meter steeplechase on Wednesday night, toeing the line at 4:38 p.m. PT/5:38 p.m. MT on ESPN. The top five finishers from each of the two 12-man heats advance to Friday night’s final, with the next two-fastest times rounding out the field. 

Cramb, a sophomore from Brisbane, Australia, makes his first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 meters. It’s the second career appearance at a national meet for Cramb, who placed 11th in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach in March. 

The reigning Big Sky Champion cruised through both of his races at the NCAA West Regional in Texas two weeks ago, winning his first round heat before taking an auto-qualifier in the national quarterfinal. The Australian owns the 23rd-fastest time in the country this year (3:37.31). 

“Harvey is a great championship racer,” Weese said. “The way that he likes to race with a fast close fits in really well at these meets, so the 1,500 is a really good event for him and something that he’s really comfortable in. I anticipate that he will go out and compete really and has a really good chance to fight his way through to the final on Friday.” 

Cramb runs in the second of two heats in the 1,500 meters on Wednesday night, with the start time scheduled for 4:21 p.m. PT/5:21 p.m. MT on ESPN and ESPN+. The top five finishers from each of the two 12-man heats advance to Friday night’s final, with the next two-fastest times rounding out the field. 

Coey, a junior from Billings, makes her first appearance at the NCAA Championships in the long jump, becoming the first Bobcat on either the men’s or women’s side to ever qualify in the event. 

The school record-holder won a Big Sky title and set the conference record indoors before carrying that momentum outside this spring, where she set the school record in the sand with the second-best jump in conference history (21-03.50). Seeded ninth in the West entering the Regional meet, the Montana native came up clutch with a 21-foot leap to place eighth and secure one of 12 tickets to Eugene this week. 

“Hailey compared to pretty much every long jumper is one of the most consistent jumpers in the entire country,” Weese said. “In a meet like this where you just get three attempts to make it through to the final, I think she’s in a really good situation and has a reasonable chance of making it to the final because of her consistency throughout the year. She has been over in the high-20’s and low 21-feet in almost all of her competitions throughout the year, so obviously it would be great if she hit a really great mark, but at the same time you don’t always have to do that—you just have to do what you’ve done before in order to advance to the next part of the competition.” 

Ahead of the conference meet in Sacramento in early May, Coey told Parker Cotton of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle “In the past, I used to compare myself to the rest of the conference. Now, I compare myself to the rest of the country.”  

The junior has now backed that up with her performances in the postseason, and will get another chance to do so on Thursday in the long jump at the NCAA Championships, scheduled for 5:40 p.m. PT/6:40 p.m. MT on ESPN+. 

Rounding out Montana State’s contingent of national qualifiers is the women’s 4×400 meter relay team, making history as the first-ever Bobcat relay to make it to the national meet on either the men’s or women’s side. 

The quartet of Olivia Lewis, Peyton Garrison, Giulia Gandolfi, and Caroline Hawkes punched their ticket to Eugene with a heroic effort at the NCAA West Regionals, grabbing the final spot out of the final heat on the final day in College Station with the second-fastest race in school history (3:34.31). 

Montana State is one of only two teams outside of the Power Four conferences to race in the 4×400 meter relay (Harvard). 

“Having a relay here is very exciting,” Weese said. “Like we’ve talked about before, it just takes a one-off for an individual to make it through, but it takes at least four and oftentimes five or six to get a relay through to the NCAA Championships. Just overall, we’re really excited about that—it’s a great sign of where that long sprints program is at. The 4×400 at the NCAA Championships is crazy—when you look at the teams, they would be some of the top teams for a lot of the nations throughout the world that would be put together for the world championships or Olympic Games teams. They fit in with that really well because of what they’ve done this season. I think this is an environment where they could even take a couple seconds off their school record.” 

The Cats will run out of lane two on Thursday night in the first of three heats at 8:36 p.m. MT on ESPN. The top two finishers from each eat plus the next three fastest times advance to Saturday night’s final. 

“It’s another step forward for us getting this many individuals to the NCAA Championships and getting a relay here while continuing the recent history of getting a lot of men’s distance through,” Weese said. “Obviously it’s so exciting having Hailey here in the long jump. Both the long jump and 4×400 are very, very challenging events to get people through to the NCAA finals, so we’re just really excited about that and can’t wait to see what they do this week. We do have a lot of newcomers where this is their first NCAA meet. Rob McManus is the only one who has competed at these outdoor championships before, so I’m sure there’s a lot of excitement throughout the group. However, there are also a lot of individuals who have a lot of championship experience, whether it’s those pressure situations at regionals or conference championships.” 

MEET SCHEDULE 

Wednesday:  

Thursday: 

• Hailey Coey, long jump (6:40 p.m. MT) 
• 4×400 meter relay (8:36 p.m. MT) 

#GoCatsGo 

FRISCO, Texas – Boise State’s Allyson Alden was named the Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday. The honor marks the second consecutive season a Bronco has earned the accolade after Sierra Land took home the award a season ago.
 
Six Broncos were also named to the SLC All-Academic Team, the most honorees that have been named from a single team in the history of the conference. Alden joined Avery Allen, Emilia Guerra-Acuña, Sharli O’Neil, Abbie Wolf and Elli Wolthuis on the 12-person team.  Guerra-Acuña, O’Neil, Wolf and Wolthuis all received the recognition for the second time in their respective careers.
 
The Student-Athlete of the Year honor represents the beach volleyball student-athlete who best exemplifies academic and athletic success. To qualify, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA.
 
Alden adds the honor to an already illustrious season, as she was also named the SLC Newcomer of the Year and to the SLC First Team from the No. 1 position. The San Marcos, Calif., native posted a 21-10 mark, finishing 6-3 from the top court and 15-7 from the No. 2 position. Alden claimed victories over pairs from three ranked teams (No. 11 Arizona State, No. 18 Grand Canyon and No. 7 Florida State) and finished 9-2 against conference foes on the year. Alden is currently pursuing a business administration masters degree and earned a 3.95 GPA last semester.
 
A native from Mahomet, Ill., Allen had an impressive debut season donning the Blue and Orange, earning a first-team all-conference selection from the No. 3 position. She finished the season with a 19-12 record, and won three matches over ranked opponents (No. 12 Florida Atlantic, No. 13 Texas and No. 9 Long Beach State). Allen went 6-1 against SLC opponents during the regular season and was named the SLC Pair of the Tournament alongside Wolf.
 
Guerra-Acuña, a health studies major with a 3.66 cumulative GPA, earned the recognition for the second time in her career. She was named First Team All-SLC from the No. 4 position after finishing with a 19-14 record. She went 18-6 from the No. 4 position and finished 10-2 against SLC Pairs. One of three players to earn all-conference recognition in all three years with the team, Guerra-Acuna ended the season as the program’s all-time wins leader with 86 career victories.
 
A native of West Seattle, Wash., O’Neil earned the academic accolade for the second consecutive season. She earned first team all-conference honors from the No. 2 position after finishing with a 21-10 record on the season. A psychology major with a 3.64 cumulative GPA, O’Neil started at the No. 2 spot, posting a 15-7 record before moving up to the top position, where she finished with a 6-3 mark. The senior won three matches against ranked foes, including No. 11 Arizona State, No. 18 Grand Canyon and No. 7 Florida State. She finished the season with 68 career victories, the fourth-most in program history.

A communications major with a 3.89 cumulative GPA, Wolf also earned the accomplishment for the second consecutive season. She was named first team all-conference from the No. 3 position after posting an 18-10 mark, including a 7-1 advantage against conference foes. Wolf, who holds the program’s best winning percentage in program history (75.0%), defeated three ranked pairs this season (No. 12 Florida Atlantic, No. 13 Texas and No. 9 Florida State). She was also named the SLC Pair of the Tournament alongside Allen. 

 

Wolthuis also earned the honor for the Broncos, claiming the honor for the second consecutive season. A kinesiology major with a 3.56 cumulative GPA, the Gilbert, Ariz., became the only player in program history to claim three consecutive first-team all-conference selections after posting a 21-8 record on the year. She won a team-high 11 duals against SLC opponents on the season and took down the No. 5 pair from No. 11 Arizona State in the season-opener on Feb. 28.

 

The SLC All-Academic Team is comprised of 12 student-athletes, with first-team all-conference players who had a minimum of a 3.25 GPA earning an automatic spot. The remainder of the team was voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and academic staff members of each SLC institution.

 

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers track and field made history, qualifying a program record eight for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The four-day meet will run from Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14.
 
Rutgers will send competitors to the outdoor championships on both the men’s and women’s side for the fourth consecutive year. The seven events mark the most at the national championships in program history, eclipsing the previous record of four events in 2018.
 
Chloe Timberg is making her fourth appearance at the outdoor championships and enters competition as the reigning champion after claiming the title in 2024.
 
Three Scarlet Knights qualified out of the NCAA East First Round on the track – Charlee Crawford in the women’s 400-meter, Chris Serrao in the 110-meter hurdles and Byrce Tucker in the 400-meter hurdles.
 
Steve Coponi will represent Rutgers in the javelin, while a pair of Scarlet Knights will get the meet started for Rutgers in the pole vault with Kevin O’Sullivan and Nico Morales. Paige Floriea will pursue a championship in the long jump at nationals.
 
The ESPN family of networks will provide coverage of the championships with the first and second days of competition airing on ESPN, while day three and day four will broadcast on ESPN2. Select events throughout the four-day meet will stream on ESPN+.
 
Live results for the NCAA Championships are available here.
 
Wednesday, June 11
4:35 p.m.      Pole Vault                                        Nico Morales, Kevin O’Sullivan
5:08 p.m.      110M Hurdles (Semifinal)            Chris Serrao
5:15 p.m.      Javelin                                              Steve Coponi
6:14 p.m.      400M Hurdles (Semifinal)            Bryce Tucker
 
Thursday, June 12
4:35 p.m.      Pole Vault                                        Chloe Timberg
5:40 p.m.      Long Jump                                      Paige Floriea
5:41 p.m.      400M (Semifinal)                           Charlee Crawford
 

Daktronics has partnered with Wake Forest Athletics to design, manufacture and install a new LED video display, ribbon display and three scorers tables inside Varsity Arena in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Demon Deacons volleyball program. The displays will be installed and functioning ahead of the upcoming fall 2025 season.

“I am incredibly humbled and thrilled about the new video board and significant facility enhancements in Varsity Arena for our student-athletes and passionate fan base,” says Wake Forest Head Volleyball Coach Jeff Hulsmeyer. “I want to thank President Susan R. Wente, Vice President and Director of Athletics John Currie, the Deacon Club staff and all of the donors that make these advancements possible. Having been here only a short time, I can see firsthand the commitment to state-of-the-art facilities and creating the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina. The new video board will transform our game-day experience, allowing us to showcase the players and excitement of Wake Forest volleyball like never before.”

“Thanks to the generosity of dedicated Demon Deacon donors, we are proud to unveil this new state-of-the-art video board inside Varsity Arena — one of the largest volleyball-specific boards in the country,” says Wake Forest Vice President and Director of Athletics John Currie. “This project would not have been possible without their vision and investment in our volleyball program, and we are deeply grateful for their commitment.

“I also want to recognize our outstanding facilities team and our longtime partners at Daktronics for bringing this project to life. This enhancement underscores our commitment to providing the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina and supporting Coach Jeff Hulsmeyer and our student-athletes as we enter an exciting new era for Wake Forest Volleyball.”

Video Display Details

The video display will be centered on the baseline brick wall closest to the home bench. It will measure approximately 15 feet high by 28 feet wide and feature a 3.9-millimeter pixel spacing to deliver crisp, clear imagery to fans in every seat. One of the largest volleyball-specific displays, it will feature more than 2.6 million pixels to deliver high-definition imagery and graphics.

“We’re proud to be helping our long-time partners at Wake Forest with these great enhancements at Varsity Arena,” says Corey Williams, Daktronics sales representative. “The new main video display will be among the largest in a volleyball-only venue and the addition of the tables and ribbon will add to an already great game-day experience for Demon Deacon fans.”

The display features variable content zoning allowing it to show one large image or to be divided into multiple zones of content, including live video, instant replays, up-to-the-minute statistics and game information, graphics and animations, and sponsorship messages.

Additional Display Details

The ribbon display will be mounted to the balcony and measures more than 1.5 feet high by 18 feet wide. Each scorers table will measure roughly 2.5 feet high by 10 feet wide. They can be moved to any configuration to meet the needs of Wake Forest Athletics and the events it hosts. These four displays also feature 3.9-millimeter pixel spacing and provide the opportunity to share additional game information, graphics and sponsorship messaging throughout events.

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We understand that this news may raise questions, and we want to reassure you that your ability to register, play, travel, and compete with USA Volleyball will not be affected. The trust and well-being of our members are now at the center of everything we do, and we are fully committed to supporting the growth of your business and the grassroots experience of our members.

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