NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia track & field team has officially concluded its 2025 outdoor regular season, and is ready for a trip north to Connecticut for the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Yale University.

The competition, which will take place throughout the entire day on both Saturday and Sunday at Cuyler Athletic Complex, is set to begin with the women’s pole vault, men’s long jump, and men’s hammer throw at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

Visit the Ivy League’s championship central for up to date information on the championships including ticket information, media credential forms, and more. 

Every day of the championships will be streamed via ESPN+. You can stream day one of the competition HERE and day two of the competition HERE. 

Live results for every day of the competition will be available HERE, along with a full schedule of events HERE.  

Follow @CULionsXCTF on Twitter and Instagram for a recap of each day’s events and announcements about any major accomplishments from the Lions. 

 

LAST TIME OUT

The Lions closed out their 2025 outdoor regular season at the Larry Ellis Invite hosted by Princeton last weekend

Lucy Henkel raced the 800m, finishing fourth with a time of 2:04.45 which set a new program record. Jada Mia Puryear had yet another top finish, placing fifth in discus with a mark of 47.2m which was also a new program record.

Obiora Okeke continued his strong outdoor season, placing third in discuss with a mark of 54.34m. In long jump, Joshua Adams placed fourth with a mark of 7.49m. Parker Kim kept up his momentum by finishing fifth in hammer throw with a mark of 62.49m.

Gavin White was the men’s top finisher in a distance event, placing second in the 1500m with a time of 3:53.14.

In the 1500m, three lions placed in the top five: Brigid McCabe, Scarlett Martin, and Olivia Martin. McCabe placed third with a time of 4:38.86. Scarlett came in second with a time of 4:38.65 and Olivia was right behind in fourth with a time of 4:38.92.

Full results from the Larry Ellis Invite, including all of Columbia’s other top finishers, can be found HERE. 

 

RETURNING TOP PERFORMERS

At the 2024 Outdoor Heps, the Lions won two Ivy League titles and a silver medal. Of those, the sole returner is Obiora Okeke who won the Shot Put Championship with what was then a program record mark of 18.68m. He would go on to break that record multiple times this outdoor season. 

The women’s 4×800 relay also won gold last year, and of that squad Lucy Henkel and Grace Carr will return to defend that title this season. 

In 2023, Elia Ton-That garnered All-Ivy honors in two different events. She was named Second Team All-Ivy in both the 5,000m run and 3,000m run, finishing in second place in both distance events.

At the 2024 Indoor Championships, both the men’s and women’s 4×800 relays won silver medals and were named Second Team All-Ivy. The men’s team consisting of Caleb Gartner, Matt Gatune, Justin Gottlieb, Jacob Van Orden finished with a time of 7:30.41 and the women’s 4×800 relay squad of Isabella Shertzer, Rory Clare, Grace Carr, Lucy Henkel finished with a time of 8:42.05, and both will look to repeat that success outdoors. 

Other names to watch include Matt Gatune, Haydn Brotschi, Jacob Van Orden, Lucy Henkel, Madison Williams, and Josie Rempe.

UP NEXT

After the conclusion of Outdoor Heps, the Lions will compete at the Princeton Elite Meet on Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

Columbia’s schedule for the rest of the 2025 season can be found HERE. 

 

Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).

 

ABILENE – Abilene Christian volleyball will welcome six Western Athletic Conference programs to Moody Coliseum in 2025, as the Wildcats released their conference schedule for the fall campaign on Thursday. They’ll play each WAC team at home and on the road for 12 total conference matchups.

ACU opens WAC play with a trio of road matchups, beginning at Utah Valley on Sept. 25. The Wildcats head to the West Coast for a match at California Baptist on Sept. 27 before returning to Texas on Oct. 4 to battle reigning conference champion UT Arlington.

The Wildcats will host their WAC home opener on Oct. 9 versus Southern Utah ahead of an Oct. 11 matchup with Utah Tech at Moody Coliseum. They’ll welcome Tarleton State to Abilene on Oct. 18 to renew their I-20 rivalry matchup with the Texans.

ACU follows with a pair of matches in Utah, starting at Utah Tech on Oct. 23 before an Oct. 25 date at Southern Utah.

Three of the Wildcats’ final four regular season matches are at Moody Coliseum, where they will host UT Arlington on Nov. 1 for the program’s Homecoming match. Following a brief road trip to meet Tarleton State on Nov. 8, ACU wraps up the regular season in Abilene with California Baptist and Utah Valley on Nov. 13 and Nov. 15, respectively.

The 2025 WAC Tournament is scheduled to be held at Utah Valley’s Lockhart Arena in Orem, Utah on Nov. 20-22.

In case you missed it, Cal Rugby found success in Indianapolis last Saturday when they won the D1A National Championship Final!

This weekend, it will be Cal Women’s Water Polo’s turn for glory in “The Crossroad of America”. No.4 Cal is looking to replicate and surpass their 2024 season when the Golden Bears made the NCAA Championship Final for only the second time in program history.

Of course, Cal graduated their first female Cutino Award winner, goalkeeper Isabel Williams. 2024 was also an Olympic year that greatly disrupted spring season sports like women’s water polo — many top players took the year off to train with their national team, including Cal’s top 2025 scorer Ruby Swadling with the Australian National Team.

No.1 Stanford (22-1) got three USA Olympians: Jenna Flynn, Ryann Neushul, and Jewel Roemer, back from a Team USA squad that finished 4th in the Paris 2024 Games. The trio was instrumental in helping Stanford win the 2023 NCAA title; two of them (Neushul and Roemer) were also there for the 2022 NCAA crown.

Also in the mix are No.2 UCLA (19-5), the defending NCAA champion that went 26-0 in 2024 including a 7-4 win in the championship final over Cal at Berkeley, and No.3 USC (27-4), who Cal did just beat 13-12 in the MPSF 3rd place match two weekends ago (this was Cal’s first win over USC since 2011).

Cal (19-5) will open against the 4th-seed and Big West champion Hawaii (21-4) at 11 AM PT, Friday. Hawaii was responsible for the Bears’ first loss of the season in late February via a 12-11 result. Cal defeated Hawaii in the NCAA semifinal last year. A Friday victory will surely pit the winner against Stanford (it is a given that they will get past Wagner) on Saturday at 9 AM PT.

The NCAA Championship final will be played at 9 AM PT on Sunday. The championship final will be on ESPNU, while NCAA.com will have the other matches.

Redshirt freshman Talia Fonseca has taken over as Cal’s top goalkeeper this year, averaging 7.3 saves per game. Fonseca earned All-MPSF honorable mentions for her solid season in front of the cage.

Offensively, senior attacker Ruby Swadling leads Cal with 55 goals. Redshirt senior Elena Flynn adds 48 goals. Freshman Miriam Bogachenko is tied with sophomore Julia Bonaguidi with 36 goals apiece. 13 different Bears have tallied double digits in goals this year.

Senior utility Rozanne Voorvelt earned an All-MPSF honorable mention for her defensive play and the team’s 6th-best tally of 29 goals.

In addition to that win over the USC Trojans, Cal also played UCLA tough in the MPSF semifinal at UCLA before falling 15-14. Sophomore center Feline Voordouw registered a hat trick against USC. Arguably, the Golden Bears are playing their best water polo right now.

Even as the underdog for potentially all three matches this weekend, Cal cannot be counted out. It will take some inspired team effort, but the Golden Bears are battle-tested and should be playing free with a nothing-to-lose attitude.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP INFO
Dates: May 9-11, 2025
Location: IU Natatorium (Indianapolis, IN) | Host: Indiana University
Watch: NCAA.com
Live Stats: 6-8 Sports
2025 Season Stats: CalBears.com
NCAA Championship Bracket: NCAA.com

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Friday, May 9 – Quarterfinals
9 a.m. PT – Game 1: No. 1 Stanford vs. Wagner
11 a.m. PT – Game 2: No. 4 Hawaii vs. California
1 p.m. PT – Game 3: No. 2 UCLA vs. LMU
3 p.m. PT – Game 4: No. 3 USC vs. Harvard

Saturday, May 10 — Semifinals
9 a.m. PT – Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
11 a.m. PT – Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner

Sunday, May 11 – Championship
9 a.m. PT – Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (ESPNU)

GO BEARS!

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State Track and Field team will host the Pac-12 Open this Saturday at the Whyte Track and Field Center in Corvallis. Admission is free.
 
The Beavers are scheduled to compete in 15 events, beginning with the discus at 10 a.m. and finishing with the 5000 meters at 7:15 p.m.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live Results
Live Stream
 
OREGON STATE SCHEDULE
 
Discus (10:00 a.m.)
Markayla Billings
Katie Gelston
 
Pole Vault (10:30 a.m.)
Mia Fowler
Maddy Juhler
Lilia Montiel
Carley Strand
 
High Jump (12:00 p.m.)
Dede Norman
Grace Proudfoot
 
Long Jump (1:00 p.m.)
Delaney Bahn
 
Hammer (1:30 p.m.)
Markayla Billings
 
Javelin (2:00 p.m.)
Maryann Ackerman
Isabelle Esler
Sara Sanders
 
4x100m Relay (2:00 p.m.)
Dede Norman, Jada Hurley, Mersayis Shedd, Delaney Bahn
 
1500m (2:15 p.m.)
Maya Baechler
Ruby Broadbent
Jillian Brown
Eliza Eckman
Jamie Hamlin
Ainsley Herron
Ellie Hull
Kate Laurent
Meagen Lowe
Eimy Martinez
Sydney Partyka
Abigail Pradere
Grace Rubio
Kate Yahn
 
Shot Put (2:30 p.m.)
Katie Gelston
 
400m (3:25 p.m.)
Ruby Lorenz
 
100m (3:40 p.m.)
Audrey Biggerstaff
Jada Hurley
Riley Patera
 
800m (4:15 p.m.)
Eliza Eckman
Ava McKee
Jenna O’Beirne
Sydney van der Zee
 
200m (5:20 p.m.)
Jada Hurley
Ruby Lorenz
Riley Patera
Mersayis Shedd
Addison Swartzendruber
 
3000m Steeplechase (6:00 p.m.)
Sage Brooks
Noemi Lundgren
 
5000m (7:15 p.m.)
Erin Cosgrove
Delaney Griffin
Katie Kopec
Molly Latincsics
 
OUR MISSION
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Regardless of where he’s living or playing, the sand will always feel like home to Miles Partain.

He made a name for himself as the youngest player ever to qualify for an AVP Tour main draw at age 15, further turned heads in beach volleyball circles when he became the second-youngest to ever win an AVP event at age 20, and solidified himself as one of the best up-and-coming players in the world last summer when he became the youngest to ever compete for the U.S. men’s Olympic beach volleyball team at 22.

Then he turned 23 in December and life suddenly became more complicated and unpredictable.

His family home, neighborhood and most of his community burned down in the Palisades Fire in January. Partain then failed to regain his eligibility with the UCLA men’s indoor volleyball team this spring, partly because of the money he had earned as a pro beach player.

Now living in Hermosa Beach with his family, Partain has returned to the beach full time, where he and Olympic partner Andy Benesh are the top-seeded men’s team at the Huntington Beach Open this weekend.

Getting back on the sand has been therapeutic, he said.

“Indoor was less like that,” he said. “It was more of a grind, but I still enjoyed the challenge.”

Getting back home to Pacific Palisades will take much longer, but the Partains plan to rebuild.

As he evacuated on Jan. 7, Partain never expected to return to a neighborhood of smoldering ash.

After all, the fire was still 2 miles away.

“We were so far from the front lines,” Partain said. “All around us landlocked by homes, just streets, easy street access for fire fighters, so we really didn’t expect it. … So, it was really surprising the next morning when we came in and saw everything.”

Most of his longtime neighborhood friends lost their homes too, and row after row of businesses he regularly patronized were burned to the ground.

“Just everything around us,” he said of the devastation.

Partain lost every medal he won as a young gun in the California Beach Volleyball Association, every trophy he took home as a member of the Palisades High indoor volleyball team, and all the jerseys he had worn at international competitions around the world.

His letterman’s jacket from Pali High, hard drives with videos of past volleyball matches, and family photo albums that had yet to be digitized, all destroyed with the rest of his family’s possessions.

Partain managed to save some memorabilia from his experience at the Olympics, randomly tossing a few items into an empty fireproof safe just before evacuating.

“It’s interesting, I think a little bit, but far, far less important than, I’m sure, what’s in a ton of other homes,” he said of his personal losses.

During that time, Partain was also maneuvering to reclaim his spot on the UCLA indoor team.

He was the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year as a sophomore setter for the Bruins in 2022, but quit 10 matches into his junior season to focus on an Olympic qualifying berth in beach volleyball.

After accomplishing that goal and then losing in the quarterfinals in Paris, Partain wasn’t ready to give up the indoor game.

With a year of college eligibility still remaining, he was motivated by the opportunity to be part of the first NCAA team to win three straight national titles since the early 1980s, even if it meant moving from setter to libero.

Partain had already secured an undergraduate degree in Applied Math in three years at UCLA when he rejoined the Bruins last winter, taking masters courses, practicing with the team and watching a handful of early-season matches from the bench.

The roadblocks for a return to play proved too high and wide, however.

Partain ultimately decided to leave the team, move in with his family and begin five-day-a-week training for the upcoming AVP season.

Instead of playing for the Bruins this week at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio, Partain is preparing to compete in Huntington Beach, where he expects stiff competition.

Partain and Benesh, as well as two other top men’s and women’s teams, skipped the Huntington Beach Open last year so they could compete in an Olympic qualifying match in Portugal.

“Single elimination, it will be interesting,” Partain said of this weekend’s smaller-field tournament. “I’m sure there will be upsets somewhere for the girls and guys, and there’s no redemption after that.”

AVP HUNTINGTON BEACH OPEN

What: Men and women, 16-team main draws, single-elimination tournament

When: Friday (qualifying), 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday (main draw), 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday (semifinals and finals), 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Huntington Beach Pier

Originally Published: May 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM PDT

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced the 2025 All-Academic Teams for men’s and women’s outdoor track on Friday.
 
Both the women’s and men’s teams finished second in the conference for total honorees. The women’s team finished with 36 student-athletes selected while the men’s team showed 24 student-athletes for a combined 60 Red Foxes earning recognition.
 
To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.

Women’s All-Academic Team

?      Adele Alexander – Marist – Sr. – Communication

?      Talia Augusto – Marist – Sr. – Criminal Justice

?      Kate Beebe – Marist – So. – Psychology

?      Hannah Belleville– Marist – Gr. – Master’s in Marketing Communication

?      Isabella Cipolla – Marist – Jr. – Biology

?      Isabella Colabatistto – Marist – So. – Criminal Justice

?      Julie Cristinzio – Marist – So. – Biology

?      Alyssa Dapont – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Christina Diorio – Marist – Jr. – Communication

?      Mary Dougherty – Marist – Sr. – Communication

?      Sydney Driscoll-Gannon – Marist – So. – Fashion Merchandising

?      Sierra Fisher – Marist – Jr. – Business Administration

?      Nina Florio – Marist – Sr. – Biology

?      Karlie Genevive – Marist – Jr. – Communication

?      Stephania Granados – Marist – So. – Criminal Justice

?      Kayla Hawkins – Marist – So. – Medical Technology

?      Megan Hoffmann – Marist – So. – Communication

?      Mallory Holloway – Marist – So. – Psychology Child Education

?      Julia Kropo – Marist – Jr. – Psychology

?      Grace LaCapra – Marist – Jr. – Adolescent Education – Math

?      Madison LaCreta – Marist – Jr. – Criminal Justice

?      Emily Litke – Marist – Jr. – Psychology Child Education

?      Tori Mariano – Marist – Gr. – Adolescent Education – English

?      Paige McCaul – Marist – So. – Communication

?      Breelyn McNamara – Marist – Jr. – Criminal Justice

?      Julianna Mirabile – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Grace Murphy – Marist – So. – Psychology Child Education

?      Kaitlyn Murtagh – Marist – Sr. – Criminal Justice

?      Parker O’Brien – Marist – Jr. – Communication

?      Kiana Pathirana – Marist – Sr. – Psychology

?      Mia Priore – Marist – Jr. – Psychology

?      Marissa Sciotto – Marist – Sr. – Psychology Child Education

?      Raven Stanet – Marist – Sr. – Social Work

?      Rachael Turek – Marist – So. – Political Science

?      Nora White – Marist – Jr. – Social Work

?      Madison Whited – Marist – Sr. – Psychology Child Education

 

Men’s All-Academic Team

?      Simon Advento – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Jacob Anderson – Marist – Jr. – Criminal Justice

?      Jackson Borge – Marist – So. – Biomedical Sciences

?      Noah Brown – Marist – Sr. – Psychology

?      Raffi Buchakjian – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Kieran Donnelly – Marist – Jr. – Business Administration

?      Jack Dovaras – Marist – Jr. – Communication

?      Easton Eberwein – Marist – Gr. – Master’s in Information Systems

?      Matthew Ferreri – Marist – So. – Computer Science

?      Pierce Francis – Marist – So. – Games & Emerging Media

?      Weston LaBrecque – Marist – So. – Computer Science

?      Joseph Logan – Marist – So. – Communication

?      Dennis Love – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Christopher Lynch – Marist – So. – Computer Science

?      Amari Mathis – Marist – Jr. – Communication

?      Mason Mayer – Marist – So. – Business Administration

?      Jeremy Mbogo – Marist – Gr. – Master’s in Teaching – Mathematics

?      Francisco Mendonca – Marist – Sr. – Political Science

?      Alexander Pattison – Marist – Sr. – French

?      Gabriel Rodriguez – Marist – Sr. – Business Administration

?      Alexander Ushchak – Marist – So. – Accounting

?      Steven Viera – Marist – Sr. – Business Administration

?      Neel Viswanathan – Marist – Sr. – Communication

?      Ryan Wisker – Marist – So. – Business