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Eight FIU Athletics Programs Post Perfect Single-Year APR Scores In Latest NCAA Report

Story Links MIAMI – The academic accolades for FIU Athletics continued on Tuesday as eight Panthers’ programs registered perfect yearly APR scores and four had perfect four-year marks, as released in the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) Report. FIU’s eight programs with perfect single-year APR scores of 1,000 from the […]

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MIAMI – The academic accolades for FIU Athletics continued on Tuesday as eight Panthers’ programs registered perfect yearly APR scores and four had perfect four-year marks, as released in the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) Report.

FIU’s eight programs with perfect single-year APR scores of 1,000 from the 2023-24 academic year:

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Cross Country

Women’s Cross Country

Softball

Soccer

Swimming & Diving

Tennis

Volleyball

FIU’s four programs with perfect four-year APR scores of 1,000 from the 2020-24 academic years:

Men’s Cross Country

Women’s Cross Country

Swimming & Diving

Tennis

Furthermore, tennis – the reigning three-time Conference USA Champions – has now posted a perfect APR score for five-straight years.

The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance.

FIU had all 16 of its teams (for the purpose of the APR report, women’s indoor and outdoor track & field is combined into one team) post well above the NCAA-required multi-year score of 930, and 10 were at 985 or higher.

Each academic year, every Division-I team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn one (1) point for remaining eligible and one (1) point for staying in school or graduating.

The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.

Below are FIU’s multi-year and 2023-24 APR scores by sport:

Sport	Multi-Year	2023-24
Baseball	955	981
Men’s Basketball	973	959
Women’s Basketball	976	1,000
Beach Volleyball	981	975
Men’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Women’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Football	955	988
Golf	990	963
Men’s Soccer	989	985
Women’s Soccer	985	1,000
Softball	990	1,000
Swimming & Diving	1,000	1,000
Tennis	1,000	1,000
Men’s Track & Field	967	957
Women’s Track & Field	996	984
Volleyball	988	1,000

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Govs Earn Four Silvers to Conclude ASUN Championships

Story Links Final Results Photo Gallery JACKSONVILLE – Austin Peay State University’s track and field team earned four silver medals on the final day of the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship, with freshman Taylin Segree being a […]

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JACKSONVILLE – Austin Peay State University’s track and field team earned four silver medals on the final day of the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship, with freshman Taylin Segree being a part of three of those podium finishes, Saturday, at Hodges Stadium on the campus of North Florida.

Austin Peay’s first points of the day came in the triple jump, with both Denim Goddard and Myra Eriksson recording counting scores. Emma Tucker then posted the second-best mark of her career in the shot put with a 13.10-meter hurl in the event.

The Governors’ first podium finish of the afternoon came in the 4×100-meter relay, with Gabrielle Miller, Gabrielle Hoskins, Alijanae Cole, and Segree finishing as the runner-up in the event with a time of 45.81.

Next up on the track, Sydney Freeman posted a personal best in the 1500-meter for the fourth-straight meet in which she shaved over two and a half seconds off her previous best set two weeks ago at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge.

After qualifying in the 100-meter hurdles yesterday, freshman Emmani Roberts bested her season’s best mark by nearly two seconds with a time of 14.89 to earn fifth in the event.

Segree’s second medal of the day came in the 400-meter where she posted the second-best mark of her freshman campaign with a time of 53.81. Segree’s mark in the 400-meter trails only her previous personal best set yesterday in the preliminary round by six hundredths of a second. Alexis Arnett’s time of 55.84 was a personal best, as the junior earned a fifth-place finish in the event.

Busiwa Asinga then earned APSU’s third silver medal of the day in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.47.

In its final event of the day, Mia McGee, Cole, Arnett, and Segree sprinted to a silver finish in the 4×400-meter relays.

This weekend, the Governors obtained their largest point-total since joining the ASUN Conference prior to the 2023 season with 61, while also having their most finalists in the championships at 17.

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Track and Field Earns Three Top-Eight Finishes on Final Day of SEC Outdoor Championships

Story Links LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Missouri track and field capped off the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships with three top-eight finishes on Saturday at UK Track & Field Complex. Ames Burton was the first scorer for the women’s team on the final day of competition, adding three points […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Missouri track and field capped off the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships with three top-eight finishes on Saturday at UK Track & Field Complex.

Ames Burton was the first scorer for the women’s team on the final day of competition, adding three points from a sixth-place finish in discus after a 54.40m (178-6) mark. On the men’s side, Skylar Coffey and Sterling Scott earned eighth-place finishes, with Coffey adding a point from discus with a season-best throw of 57.71m (189-4) and Scott’s 15.65m (51-4.25) in triple jump.

Tarique George joined Coffey in the top-10 finishers in men’s discus, taking ninth with a throw of 57.58m (188-11), a personal-best result. Kobi Walker and Mirriam Chepkirui posted individual records in the women’s 5000m, finishing 27th in 16:33.66 and 28th in 16:34.99, respectively.

In the men’s 5000m, Tyler Freiner closed out the day with a personal-record time of 14:08.81 to take 14th, just behind the team’s top finisher in the event, Drew Rogers, who earned a 12th-place result in 14:02.04.

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The Tigers continue postseason action at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships West Region Preliminary Round at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas, on May 28-31. Competitors will receive a berth to the competition if they are ranked among the top 48 marks in the region in each event.

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Kennedy volleyball relies on survival skills to beat Esperanza in D5 final – Orange County Register

Kennedy volleyball players win the volleyball CIF Southern Section Division 5 Championships against Esperanza in Norwalk on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Kennedy volleyball players win the volleyball CIF Southern Section Division 5 Championships against Esperanza in Norwalk on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County […]

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NORWALK – Kennedy’s boys volleyball team beat Esperanza in four close and entertaining sets, 23-25, 27-25, 25-20, 26-24, in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 championship match Saturday at Cerritos College.

As Fighting Irish senior libero Karl Narshall said afterward, “We survived.”

The athleticism and quality of play from both teams showed the depth of talent of Southern California high school boys volleyball. The match featured explosive kill shots, seemingly impossible digs and sharp serving from both teams.

It is the second boys volleyball championship for the Fighting Irish, who won their other title in 2017.

The Fighting Irish (20-10) continue their season in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs that begin Tuesday. Regional brackets will be released Sunday. Six teams from CIF-SS Division 1 and the champions of Division 2-9 are invited to play in the regional.

Esperanza finished the 19-14.

Kennedy senior opposite hitter Logan Benda had 17 kills. Senior middle blocker Seth Sainz had 15 kills and sophomore outside hitter Kaiden Kim had seven kills.

Jaden Baena had 19 assists and Jason Narike had 16 assists.

Narike scored the match’s final two points with service aces.

Esperanza senior outside hitter had a match-high 22 kills. Senior outside hitter Tyler Lemmon added 16 kills for the Aztecs.

Travis Walker, in his 20th year coaching Kennedy’s boys volleyball team, said his team was close to self-destructing in various matches during the season.

“We knew we’ve had the most talent on the floor any time we’re out there,” Walker said. “It’s just a matter of, ‘Can we get through those three or four errors we’re going to make.’ That’s been our Achilles’ heel all year.”

Esperanza led for much of the first set and won it 25-23.

“If you play a team like Esperanza,” Walker said, “they’re going to take advantage of your errors and they did.”

Kennedy led most of the way in the second set. Esperanza caught up at 25-25 but the Irish won it 27-25.

Kennedy led all the way in the third set, a 25-21 win that ended with one of Sainz’s many high-velocity kills. The fourth set was a great back-and-forth battle, with Narike’s two aces to the back left corner providing the match-winning points.

Narshall said Kennedy has struggled with consistency at times.

“Volleyball is a momentum sport,” said Narshall, who had a team-leading nine digs Saturday. “It’s not all about huge plays and huge aces. It’s all about playing the game, winning the rally.

“We made a lot of errors in that last set, and we barely made it out alive.”

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No. 8 Baseball Blasts Old Dominion 12-1 to Cap Weekend Sweep

Story Links HAMPTON, Va. — No. 8 Coastal Carolina flexed the offense again on Saturday, routing Old Dominion 12-1 in seven innings at War Memorial Stadium to complete its sixth-straight weekend sweep and extend its winning streaks to 14 games overall and 18 games in […]

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HAMPTON, Va. — No. 8 Coastal Carolina flexed the offense again on Saturday, routing Old Dominion 12-1 in seven innings at War Memorial Stadium to complete its sixth-straight weekend sweep and extend its winning streaks to 14 games overall and 18 games in Sun Belt Conference play.

The Chanticleers (44-11, 26-4 SBC) scored 11 runs over their final three at-bats and got a long-awaited home run from Ty Barrango, whose three-run blast to deep center in the sixth inning broke the game wide open. It was Barrango’s first home run since Opening Weekend and the exclamation point of a six-run frame.

Sebastian Alexander and Blake Barthol also homered for Coastal, while Chad Born and Colby Thorndyke combined for five RBIs. Barthol went 2-for-5 with his 11th long ball of the season and added a stolen base, while Alexander reached base four times and scored three runs.

Freshman Jaxon Appelman made his second career appearance and struck out five of the six batters he faced to close the door. Starter Riley Eikhoff, along with Luke Jones and Matthew Potok, held the Monarchs (21-29, 15-15 SBC) to just one run on six hits.

The Chants plated four runs in the fifth to take control before breaking it open with the six-run sixth. Barrango added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to finish with a career-high four RBIs.

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Series Sweep Streak Grows to Six: Coastal’s three-game sweep of Old Dominion marked its sixth consecutive weekend sweep and its 14th win in a row overall. The Chants have now won 18 consecutive Sun Belt Conference games and finish the regular season with a league-best 26-4 conference record.

Barrango Breaks Out: Shortstop Ty Barrango delivered a towering three-run homer to center field during the Chants’ six-run sixth inning. It was his first round-tripper since Feb. 15 against Kansas State. Barrango finished with four RBIs — the most in a game during his collegiate career — including a sacrifice fly in the fifth.

Appelman Dominates in Relief: Freshman right-hander Jaxon Appelman was electric in his second outing of the season. The 6-foot-5 reliever struck out five of the six batters he faced over two perfect innings, throwing 25 pitches and needing just 16 strikes to carve through the Monarchs.

Offensive Firepower Continues: The Chants have now scored 10 or more runs in 19 games this season. Saturday’s effort was powered by nine hits and six free passes. Coastal took advantage of six hit-by-pitches and three ODU errors to plate runs in bunches.

Top Performers:

Blake Barthol: 2-for-5, HR (11), 2 RBI, 2 R, SB

Sebastian Alexander: 2-for-3, HR (9), 2B, BB, 3 R, SB

Chad Born: 1-for-3, 3 RBI, HBP

Ty Barrango: 1-for-3, HR (2), 4 RBI

Jaxon Appelman: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Up Next: Coastal Carolina will enter the Sun Belt Championship in Montgomery, Alabama, as the No. 1 overall seed. The tournament begins Tuesday.

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2025 NCAA Division III men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships qualifiers announced

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Women’s Track & Field: Ariella Rogahn-Press Qualifies for NCAA Outdoor Championships

Story Links ST. PAUL, Minn. – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) is set to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 meters, the NCAA announced. The top 22 athletes who declare in each event qualify for the […]

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) is set to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 meters, the NCAA announced. The top 22 athletes who declare in each event qualify for the NCAA Championships, which will be held May 22-24 at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

This is already the second NCAA national meet for Rogahn-Press, who placed sixth in the 400 meters to earn All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in March. At the MIAC Outdoor Championships, held at Macalester Stadium May 9-10, she placed second in the 400 with Division III’s second-fastest time this season. Her time of 53.89 also is the 11th-fastest time ever run at the Division III level. Rogahn-Press also finished second in the 200 meters and helped the Scots’ 4×100 and 4×400-meter relay teams take fifth and fourth, respectively. Her performances earned her MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year after receiving the same award for the indoor season.

Rogahn-Press is scheduled to run the 400 meters at 3:15 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, May 23. The top nine finishers in the prelims advance to Saturday’s final at 2:20 p.m. Eastern. The meet will be held at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

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