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Every DI track and field record broken in 2025

Share After 20-plus collegiate records fell in 2023 and 25-plus records in 2024, the 2025 track and field season figures to continue the record-shattering performances. Here’s a list of every collegiate record broken during the 2024-25 DI track and field season. Women’s outdoor records DATE EVENT ATHLETE SCHOOL MARK   2/22/25 60 meterhurdles Inara Ukawuba California […]

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After 20-plus collegiate records fell in 2023 and 25-plus records in 2024, the 2025 track and field season figures to continue the record-shattering performances. Here’s a list of every collegiate record broken during the 2024-25 DI track and field season.

Women’s outdoor records

DATE EVENT ATHLETE SCHOOL MARK  
2/22/25 60 meter
hurdles
Inara Ukawuba California 8.46s  
3/29/25 4×800
meter relay
Liam Anna Podojil
Ainsley Erzen
Sanu Jallow
Analisse Batista
Arkansas 8:16.12 WATCH
3/29/25 Pole vault Brynn King Roberts Wesleyan 4.75m WATCH
4/18/25 3000 meter
steeplechase
Doris Lemngole Alabama 9:10.13  
4/25/25 300 meter
hurdles
Saira Prince Arkansas 39.63s WATCH
4/26/25 Mile Şilan Ayyildiz  Oregon 4:25.50  
5/3/25 Pole vault Amanda Moll Washington 4.76m WATCH
5/19/25 Pole vault Amanda Moll Washington 4.78m WATCH

Men’s outdoor records

DATE EVENT ATHLETE SCHOOL MARK  
2/15/25 Weight throw Ryan Johnson Iowa 24.59m  
2/22/25 60 meters Chase Williams California 6.86s  
3/27/25 1500 meters Liam Murphy Villanova 3:33.02 WATCH
3/29/25 10,000 meters Ishmael Kipkurui New Mexico 26:50.21 WATCH
4/13/25 Discus Mykolas Alekna California 75.56m^ WATCH
4/18/25 5,000 meters Habtom Samuel New Mexico 13:05.87 WATCH
6/11/25 Decathlon
100 meters
Peyton Bair Mississippi State 10.25 WATCH

^ World record

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Women’s indoor records

DATE EVENT ATHLETE SCHOOL MARK  
12/7/24 5000 meters Doris Lemngole Alabama 14:52.57 WATCH
2/14/25 Distance Medley
Relay (DMR)
Carmen Alder,
Meghan Hunter,
Tessa Buswell,
Riley Chamberlain
BYU 10:37.58* WATCH
2/15/25 Mile Şilan Ayyildiz  Oregon 4:23.46 WATCH
2/15/25 Pole Vault Amanda Moll Washington 4.88m WATCH
2/21/25 Distance Medley
Relay (DMR)
Julia Nielsen,
Moriah Oliveira,
Mia Barnett,
Silan Ayyildiz
Oregon 10:42.05 WATCH
2/28/25 Pole Vault Amanda Moll Washington 4.91m WATCH
3/15/25 400 meters Isabella Whittaker Arkansas 49.24s WATCH

*All-conditions best (ran on oversized track)

Men’s indoor records

DATE EVENT ATHLETE SCHOOL MARK  
12/7/24 3000 meters Ethan Strand North Carolina 7:30.15 WATCH
1/18/25 600 yards Jenoah McKiver Florida 1:05.75* WATCH
1/18/25 1000 meters Tinoda Matsatsa Georgetown 2:16.84 WATCH
2/1/25 Mile Ethan Strand North Carolina 3:48.32 WATCH
2/1/25 1500m Ethan Strand North Carolina 3:33.41 WATCH
2/8/25 1500m Gary Martin Virginia 3:33.41 WATCH
2/14/25 Distance Medley
Relay (DMR)
Ronan McMahon-Staggs,
Bodi Ligons,
Kyle Reinheimer,
Nathan Green
Washington 9:14.10^ WATCH
2/21/25 Distance Medley
Relay (DMR)
Wes Porter,
Alex Sherman,
Conor Murphy,
Gary Martin
Virginia 9:14.19 WATCH

*World indoor best
^ World record

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Naperville Sports Weekly Awards Show 2025 Most Improved Team

Throughout the year, multiple NSW teams improved their record from a season ago, including a few going from losing seasons to conference or regional champions. Justin Cornwell gives us the nominees for the Most Improved Team here on NSW. This segment is presented by Grow Wellness. Naperville North boys golf We tee off the Most […]

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Throughout the year, multiple NSW teams improved their record from a season ago, including a few going from losing seasons to conference or regional champions. Justin Cornwell gives us the nominees for the Most Improved Team here on NSW. This segment is presented by Grow Wellness.

Naperville North boys golf

We tee off the Most Improved list with a fall sport where local boys golf teams like Neuqua Valley, Waubonsie Valley, Naperville Central and Metea Valley have taken turns at the top of the DVC standings in recent years, while Naperville North has struggled to rise above the middle of the pack. In the fall of 2024, a young Husky squad made a strong push to win the conference and make a postseason run. While seniors Will Nelson, Dylan Kaiman and JT Schmitt made key contributions throughout the season, the underclassmen were the key to the Huskies’ improvement this fall. North went 4-1 in the DVC, including a win over eventual conference champion Neuqua Valley, only falling to Waubonsie Valley in a head-to-head showdown. At the regional meet, four Husky sophomores, Trevor Schmitt, Henry Haumesser, Lincoln Schultz and Colin Mills qualified for sectionals with fellow sophomore Zach Zafar and freshman Jack Fleury just missing the cut. With the entire regional roster returning for multiple seasons, Naperville North could soon emerge as the local team to beat.

Waubonsie Valley girls cross country

Waubonsie Valley girls cross country had essentially become a one-person show in recent seasons with Lily Baibak being the lone Warrior you would see running near the leaders of the pack. This fall, the rest of the green and gold running roster made major strides throughout the season. Seniors Katie Beyers, Marissa Martin and Emely Galvez helped raise the floor while junior Katherine Heap, freshman Dhanya Shanmugasundaram and sophomore Mia Bertolini developed into forces to be reckoned with. Playing host at the regional meet, the Warriors finished in second place to perennial power Naperville North and qualified for sectionals as a team for the first time since 2018. Bairbak and Bertolini finished in top 10, along with Shanmugasundaram and Heap in the top 20. The following week at the Hinsdale Central 3A sectional, the Warriors made school history with a fourth-place team finish, qualifying for state for the first time ever. While Baibak and her fellow seniors are moving on, the Warriors should continue to be a program on the rise.

Waubonsie Valley girls water polo

For our next nominee, we jump all the way to the spring with another Waubonsie Valley squad, the girls water polo team. The Warriors have had several strong seasons over the past five years, but their record dipped below .500 last year, and the team only secured one conference victory. This spring, the green and gold put things back in the right direction with a 14-win campaign and a second-place finish in the DVC, the best in program history. Waubonsie also defeated Naperville Central for the first time in well over a decade and earned the number two seed in the Naperville North sectional. Senior Ruby Meier was selected to the All-State fourth team. Veteran Calin Ball, goaltender Emma Buchenauer and underclassmen Reece Calvey and Hadley Vierck all played key roles in the turnaround. Despite falling in a 10-8 heartbreaker to Naperville Central in the sectional semis, Waubonsie girls water polo became an opponent to be reckoned with this spring.

Neuqua Valley girls soccer

Neuqua Valley girls soccer has a rich history with a state championship in 2005, a state runner-up finish in 2015, while consistently challenging for a conference title. 2024 was a rough year for the Wildcats who finished the year with only six victories and a 1-4 record in the DVC. The blue and gold flipped the script in 2025, winning 16 games and a share of the DVC championship. Neuqua defeated eventual state runner-up Naperville North in conference play and was the only team to defeat Naperville Central this season, winning their DVC matchup and eventually eliminating the Redhawks in the sectional semifinals. Senior Selma Larbi returned to the roster after playing club during her junior season, and made the All-DVC and All-Sectional teams along with Chloe Orlow, while midfielder Allessandra Russo was named All-State. Addison Gusky, Sydney Michalak, Alexis May, Alaina Chandola, and Safa Jeffery were all important contributors to the Wildcats earning another regional title. Despite a tough 2-1 loss to Naperville North in the sectional final, it was clear the Cats had their claws back this spring and appear well set to remain a state contender for years to come.

Neuqua Valley boys volleyball

Like the Neuqua Valley girls soccer team, the blue and gold boys volleyball program has a proud history, earning third-place state trophies in 2007 and 2008 and finishing as the state runner-up in 2018. In 2024, the Neuqua boys only won 9 games, one of the roughest seasons in team history. Coach Erich Mendoza and his team entered 2025 eager to get things turned around. The Cats won 11 of their first 12 to start the year, showing immediate improvement that carried on throughout the season. Neuqua won the DVC championship and 27 games in total, the most since 2018. Chase Marston set a new program record for kills in a season while Dhruva Jasti set the single-season assists record. Veda Chebrolu, Liam Mitchell, Blake Thompson, Noah Cullen, and Vishwak Naramreddy each played major roles in Neuqua winning its first regional championship since 2019. The Wildcats saw their run end at the hands of powerhouse Glenbard West in the sectional semifinals, but proved their mettle throughout their turnaround campaign. 

Waubonsie Valley boys tennis

Waubonsie Valley boys tennis is unique compared to the other nominees as the Warriors are coming off back-to-back successful campaigns. However, this spring the Waubonsie boys took another step forward with one of the greatest seasons in program history. The Warriors went undefeated during the DVC regular season against tough opponents like Naperville North, Neuqua Valley, and Metea Valley and capped it off at the DVC tournament to win their first conference title in at least 15 years. Playing host for the 2A sectional, Waubonsie qualified both singles players and both doubles teams to state, surging past Neuqua Valley to win the sectional championship for the first time since 2015. 

Junior Hector Diaz dazzled in singles play, taking first place in the conference and sectional meets. Senior Samayan Tayal went 24-3 playing two singles and finished in second at sectionals. Revanth Kothapalli and Ishan Suresh Kumar swept the DVC and sectional doubles titles while freshmen Krish Dave and Kavin Sivapunniyam had strong debut seasons, finishing in fourth at sectionals. Legendary head coach Phil Galow, who has led the program since 1982, then saw his boys earn the best team finish in history, ending the state meet in ninth place. Tayal is the only graduate in the main varsity rotation, so there is a chance the green and gold can build on this historic season in 2026.

Neuqua Valley girls soccer wins the Most Improved Team Award

The winner of the most improved team is Neuqua Valley girls soccer! The Wildcats improved their win total by 10 games and home DVC and regional titles!

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Relay Win Highlighted Bulldogs’ Dominance

By John Frierson Staff Writer Aaliyah Butler already had the two big things she wanted at last week’s NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the individual 400-meter national title and the team title for the Georgia women. The last prize, in the event’s final race Saturday night, she wanted that for her 4×400 relay […]

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Aaliyah Butler already had the two big things she wanted at last week’s NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the individual 400-meter national title and the team title for the Georgia women. The last prize, in the event’s final race Saturday night, she wanted that for her 4×400 relay teammates.

The Bulldogs had an insurmountable lead in the team competition heading into the final relay at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and Georgia’s 4×400 quartet of Butler, Michelle Smith, Dejanea Oakley and Sydney Harris could have taken four victory laps. Instead, the four sprinted their way to another national championship with a time of 3:23.62.

“Knowing that we already had (the team title) in the bag, and knowing that we didn’t have to score points at all to win the (team) championship, we still had other teammates on the relay that we knew could win,” said Butler, who made the U.S. Olympic team last summer on that same track. “Just giving them a chance to be a national champion individually was good.”

Before the final race, Georgia Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert gave the racers the chance to select the order in which they ran. She wanted them to decide how they closed out the program’s first NCAA Outdoor team title.

“I said, ‘You know what, guys, I trust you,'” Smith Gilbert said.

That trust was rewarded as Oakley, Smith, Harris and then Butler sprinted to the fastest time in school history and the eighth-fastest collegiate time ever.

“I thought it’s a great order if they decide to really run,” assistant coach Karim Abdel Wahab said. “Sometimes you don’t know how motivated they are, because they’d already won the national championship. So the incredible thing is that they all ran really well and broke the school record and won the national championship.”

“Just going out there knowing you’re a national champion as a team, I think really brought the energy towards the (4×400), which then we were able to go and win,” Harris said, adding, “I would say be able to run free was one of the biggest things. I think that really helped us win.”

At the end of the meet, Georgia finished with 73 points, well ahead of second-place USC’s 47.

Butler entered Saturday’s individual 400 final as the favorite, having posted the fastest time in the country this spring. In fact, heading into the final, she was the only woman to break 50 seconds this year. She was soon joined by a teammate in the sub-50 category.

Butler won the 400 title by lowering her school record to 49.26, and Oakley took second place with a time of 49.65. Between the two of them, they have the five fastest 400 times in the country this year and seven of the top 10.

“She’s grown a lot, and she cares about the team,” Smith Gilbert said of Butler. “She was the one at SECs who said ‘It is time to win, guys.’ She doesn’t talk a lot, hardly ever, so when she talks, it means something.”

At the SEC Outdoor meet, Butler also won the 400 and helped the women capture their first conference title since 2006. Georgia’s women won three individual titles at the SEC Outdoors — Butler, Lianna Davidson in the javelin and Stephanie Ratcliffe in the hammer throw — and then won four titles at the NCAA Outdoors. Along with Butler’s 400 title and the 4×400 title, Ratcliffe won the hammer and high jumper Elena Kulichenko won her third straight (two outdoor, one indoor) NCAA title.

While coaching the USC women, Smith Gilbert won NCAA Outdoor titles in 2018 and 2021. She said this one was different.

“I feel more happy,” she said.

Why?

“Because the whole team did it,” she said.

For Smith, who placed third in the 400 hurdles, she said the whole experience at the meet was special.

“From start to finish, it wasn’t real,” Smith said. “It was pretty cool because I got to spend all that time with my teammates, and we worked so hard to get to this point.”

Georgia’s track national championship was the athletic department’s fourth in 2025. The women’s tennis team won the ITA National Indoor Championships in February and followed that with a dominating run through the NCAA tournament in May. In April, Georgia’s equestrian team also captured the program’s eighth NCEA national championship.

The four team titles won in 2025 match the bountiful spring of 1999, when women’s swimming, gymnastics, men’s golf and men’s tennis all won NCAA championships. Overall, Georgia has now won 52 team national championships, tied for second in SEC history. 

 

Assistant Sports Communications Director John Frierson is the staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association and curator of the ITA Men’s Tennis Hall of Fame. You can find his work at: Frierson Files.



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Clemons’ long jump title leads the way for Florida at NCAA Outdoor Championships

The 2025 season will go down in the history of Florida track and field as one marred with injuries that robbed opportunities for greatness. From before the indoor season began to the final day of the outdoor season, the injury bug hit the Gators over and over.  An eighth-place finish for the men and 15th […]

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The 2025 season will go down in the history of Florida track and field as one marred with injuries that robbed opportunities for greatness. From before the indoor season began to the final day of the outdoor season, the injury bug hit the Gators over and over. 

An eighth-place finish for the men and 15th for the women at the NCAA Outdoor Championships hosted in Eugene, Oregon, June 11-14, was far from representative of what UF’s rosters are capable of.

One athlete embodied these challenges during the indoor season: Malcolm Clemons. The redshirt senior failed to qualify for nationals due to a nagging heel injury that severely limited his performance. It was a slow build for him as the outdoor season progressed, but he seemed to be in a good position headed into nationals.

On his first attempt, Clemons tore down the runway and launched himself 8.04 meters into the sand, a significant season’s best. While the mark was wind-aided, it still represented an important breakthrough for the Oakland native.

“I always try to come out to these competitions and try to get a good jump on my very first one,” Clemons said. “That’s exactly what I did today, and I think that really carried me to try and get a better jump throughout the rest of the competition.”

The rounds ticked by, but nothing changed at the top. There were eight men in the field, aside from Clemons, who jumped at least 8.04 meters in their careers, but none managed to do so on the national stage. 

When the last jump, which could have unseated Clemons’ first-place position, was measured at only 7.55 meters, the reality of what happened began to set in. After five years, four national championships and three top-four finishes, he finally claimed the title of national champion.

“After coming off of such a high at the Olympics to getting injured at the first meet of the year, it really took a toll on my confidence,” Clemons said. “[Florida jumps coach Nic Petersen] helped me build my confidence back up, being able to know that I can run down the runway and jump far at any moment.”

Men’s team

There was a distinct difference in the Florida men’s team’s fortunes in the field and on the track June 11. In two field events, the Gators scored 18 points: 10 for Clemons’ victory and eight from a second-place finish in the javelin for Leikel Cabrera Gay.

The Cuban sophomore strung together the best season of his life en route to an NCAA silver. His first throw of 78.51 meters represented his first clearance of the 78-meter barrier, but he bettered the mark with a 79.05-meter heave in round three. It moved Cabrera Gay up to third in program history and became the best throw by a Gator since 2008. 

“It’s still stunning,” Cabrera Gay said. “I was just focused. This is the time of year you have to be focused on what you want. I was just like, ‘Let’s go for it.’”

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For Cabrera Gay, the Oregon performance holds extra significance. He spent last year competing at Umpqua Community College just 54 miles south of Eugene.

“I just want to thank Umpqua Community College for trusting me,” he said. “They were the first ones to give me an opportunity, and I’m very thankful for them.” 

On the track, junior Demaris Waters was disqualified from the semifinals of the 110-meter hurdles after a false start. Redshirt senior Jenoah McKiver struggled his way around the track in 46.92 seconds, the slowest time of any athlete who finished the 400-meter semifinals.

Fortunes turned in the 4×400-meter semifinals, where the team qualified for the final even without McKiver. Their run in the final was impressive. Sophomore Rios Prude Jr., junior Justin Braun, senior Ashton Schwartzman and redshirt senior Reheem Hayles got the baton around in 3:01.88, just a shade off the best time by a Florida group this season.

Braun made a strong move to the front when he got the baton on anchor, holding the lead position into the home straight. Eventually, the pack reeled him in, and the Gators finished fifth.

Women’s team

A lot went right for the Florida women during their qualifying day on June 12, and a lot went wrong during the finals on June 14. 

The dichotomy began in the 4×100-meter relay. In the semifinal, freshman Habiba Harris, sophomore Quincy Penn and juniors Anthaya Charlton and Gabby Matthews finished in 43.06 seconds. It marked a season best for the group and made them the fifth-fastest relay team in program history.

“What I love about us is that we get better each time we run the team,” Charlton said. “It’s great, it’s reassuring. We just know when we touch that track again, it’s going to be a movie.”

In the final, the group looked positioned to score solid points, but Harris was forced to pull up with an injury only a few steps into her anchor leg. The promising outlook for the team race took a hit with a DNF, compounded 40 minutes later by Harris’ DNS in the 100-meter hurdles, an event where the Jamaican athlete led nationally throughout most of the season.

Charlton’s semifinal in the open 100 meters was picture-perfect. The Nassau native powered away for a win to the tune of a 10.87-second clocking. The mark shattered Charlton’s previous best of 11.01 seconds and made her the sixth-fastest woman in NCAA history, tied with South Carolina sophomore JaMeesia Ford, who ran the same time two heats later. 

“I always believed I could run sub-11,” Charlton said. “I think that was the most relaxed I’ve ever ran. Was I shocked to see the time? A little bit, but it felt great, and I know it can get better from there.”

Saturday’s final brought far less favorable sprint conditions, with temperatures in the 60s and a 1.4-meter-per-second wind blasting down the straightaway into the runners’ faces. The race also had to be recalled after the first start, presenting several circumstances working against the athletes. However, Charlton still managed a respectable time of 11.19 seconds, finishing in fourth by thousandths of a second to LSU sophomore Tima Godbless.

Matthews’ appearance in the 200 meters was the final entry the Gators had on the track, and she made the most of her time in Hayward. Running out of lane nine in the semifinal, Matthews produced the fastest run of her career, finishing the half-lap in 22.59 seconds. 

She moved up to third in program history with the mark and gained an advantage over Godbless by 0.004 seconds, locking up the last spot in the final. She couldn’t match the same mark with a 22.84-second clocking June 14, finishing eighth. The finish exceeded expectations for an athlete who entered the weekend as the 32nd-fastest woman in the NCAA.

The Gators found significant points in the field events. Just moments after her historic 100-meter race June 12, Charlton stepped on the long jump runway to compete in the final. She recorded one legal mark, a 6.58-meter second-round effort, but it ended up being good enough for fifth.

“My biggest problem was controlling [speed] on the runway,” Charlton said. “The 6.58 was a safe jump. It didn’t go how I wanted it to, but you win some, you lose some.”

Fresh off a ninth-place finish in the shot put, Alida van Daalen entered the discus competition primed for a battle with Louisville senior Jayden Ulrich, the second-best woman in NCAA history. Yet, it was Fresno State senior Cierra Jackson who opened the final with an almighty sucker punch.

Jackson’s first-round effort of 65.82 meters was not only a personal best by nearly a meter and a half, but also a meet record. Van Daalen immediately had a mark to chase, and she inched toward it with each legal throw. 

At the competition’s conclusion, her fifth-round toss of 64.94 meters got her closest to Jackson, but she finished second. It’s both the best mark and place van Daalen earned in her three appearances in this particular final.

“It’s like getting silver with a golden rim,” van Daalen said. “I had my best throw at NCAAs since 2023 so far, so I have mixed feelings… It’s a little hard, but I’m also very proud.”

For many members of the team, their attention now turns toward the summer, when international athletes will head home to compete in their national championships. Some will attempt to accrue enough ranking points to qualify for the World Championships in mid-September.

The Gators’ cross country season begins in September.

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USA volleyball medallist Avery Skinner on Paris 2024 memories, watercolour painting, and teaming up with sister Madisen in the 2025 VNL

“It’s bigger this year: there are more teams, new faces, new players, new countries,” Skinner says of this season’s VNL. “For us, it’s just about building after this quad. It’s figuring out that system, finding out what that is, and maximising it to its potential.” She continues, “There [are] a lot of new faces in […]

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It’s bigger this year: there are more teams, new faces, new players, new countries,” Skinner says of this season’s VNL. “For us, it’s just about building after this quad. It’s figuring out that system, finding out what that is, and maximising it to its potential.”

She continues, “There [are] a lot of new faces in the group, especially the year after the Olympics, a lot of learning, a lot of growing. It’s not going to be super smooth from the start, but the quad is long, and we’re looking to peak, again, at that right time.

The VNL preliminary round takes place over three stages, where eight teams will book their berth in the final round in Łódź, Poland from 23-27 July. USA have home advantage – as does Skinner – in playing their final pool stage in Arlington, Texas.

Having travelled the world thanks to sport, Skinner is a big fan of collecting postcards wherever she goes, buying around 10 postcards to send out to friends and family.

“My goal is to have a giant collage in my house one day of just all the places I’ve been to,” she concludes. It would be a perfect summer if she is able to send some golden greetings from Łódź.



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WSU eliminating field events, limiting sprinting and hurdling in track and field program

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University track and field program is eliminating field events and limiting sprinting and hurdling opportunities to focus on distance running events. Impacted student athletes will continue to have their scholarships honored should they choose to remain at WSU, but all field events are no longer supported by the school […]

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PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University track and field program is eliminating field events and limiting sprinting and hurdling opportunities to focus on distance running events.

Impacted student athletes will continue to have their scholarships honored should they choose to remain at WSU, but all field events are no longer supported by the school effective immediately.

This comes just a year after WSU hurdler Maribel Caicedo finished as the runner up in the 100-meter hurdle national championship race.

A total of 12 student athletes will now not being able to compete in their specified sport due to this change.

The program will now focus on distance events such as the 10,000 meters, which produced an All-American this year in Evans Kurui.



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New Trail At Lake Of The Ozarks To Link Osage Beach City Park With State Park | Lake of the Ozarks Community News

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — The City of Osage Beach has officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks to construct a multi-use single track trail that will span both City and state park lands, promoting hiking and mountain biking opportunities in the region. This cooperative […]

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — The City of Osage Beach has officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks to construct a multi-use single track trail that will span both City and state park lands, promoting hiking and mountain biking opportunities in the region.

This cooperative agreement outlines a shared vision to enhance recreational access and connect key outdoor areas, including Osage Beach City Park and Lake of the Ozarks State Park. It represents a major milestone in a long-term plan to develop approximately 70 miles of world-class recreational trails in the Lake of the Ozarks region.







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“This partnership demonstrates our mutual commitment to improving recreational amenities for our residents and visitors,” said City Administrator Devin Lake. “It also aligns with our goal to further propel Osage Beach and Lake of the Ozarks as a premier outdoor destination, while supporting economic growth through tourism.”

The project, a collaboration among state, municipal, and local stakeholders, advanced with key support from Osage Beach Alderman Phyllis Marose and Missouri District 123 Representative Jeff Vernetti.

“It’s been incredibly rewarding to see this project come to life through strong collaboration and community dedication,” said Marose.

“This project is a great example of what we can achieve when state, municipal, and local partners work together,” said Vernetti. “I’m proud to support initiatives like this that invest in our parks, enhance community spaces, and improve quality of life.”

Two-Mile Trail to Open in Spring 2026

The new trail, to be designed in accordance with U.S. Forest Service standards for Class II single track bicycle trails, will be constructed and maintained by the Osage Beach Parks and Recreation, with support from Magic Dragon Trails volunteers, led by Jan and Stacy Pyrtle. The Pyrtles first approached the City three years ago with a proposal to incorporate a trail into the park, and their continued support has been instrumental in bringing this project to life.

The proposed trail will be approximately two miles long, looping around the perimeter of Osage Beach City Park and connecting to the Dragon Hatchery Disc Golf Course (see attached map; the proposed path has not been finalized and is subject to modification). About a quarter-mile section of the trail will cross land owned by Missouri DNR.

“We believe this is actually 4 miles of trail,” Stacy Pyrtle noted in an email to LakeExpo, “because biking, hiking or running a trail in reverse makes for a totally different trail experience.”

Construction is scheduled to begin in late fall or early winter of 2025, with a grand opening anticipated in Spring 2026.

Pyrtle provided two more updates in addition to Osage Beach’s trail announcement:

First we have begun preliminary discussions with the Lake of the Ozarks Council of Local Government Traffic Advisory Committee to add bike lanes along a four mile section of Hwy MM basically from 242 to Woodrow Way on both sides of the road. Since this road already has car-width shoulders, no blind curves and no steep grade increases we feel it will be an asset to the area. This would be in conjunction with the planned resurfacing of Hwy MM in 2027. It also leads into about 50 miles of residential streets in Porta Cima that have lower traffic flow and beautiful views. Many bikers and runners are already using this area so having designated bike lanes improves safety for all users.

We also are very close to having the final easements completed for another trail on property owned by Duenke Real Estate Holdings off Three Seasons Rd and Nichols Rd. This will also be a single-track trail perfect for biking, hiking and running. This trail was professionally designed and has at most a five percent grade increase or decrease. We are extremely appreciative of the Duenke family’s generosity in working with us on this partnership. The vision of Magic Dragon Trails is to connect the entire Lake area with safe multi-modal transportation options for family-friendly recreational opportunities and increased year-round tourism.

Osage Beach Enhances City Park Through Community Partnership

“The trail project is the latest amenity to be announced at Osage Beach City Park, made possible by the vision and leadership of Osage Beach Parks and Recreation Department—led by Parks Manager Eric Gregory—and the commitment of local volunteers who have donated time and resources to enhance local parks,” the City stated in a press release.







Osage Beach City Park Disc Golf Course




Over the past month, City Park has been abuzz with activity. The new Dragon Hatchery Disc Golf Course, designed by volunteer Gary Braman, officially opened. Two sand volleyball courts were revitalized and reopened through a partnership with Lake of the Ozarks Volleyball.







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In addition, Osage Beach Public Works, with support from the Osage Beach Special Road District, spearheaded the paving of Hatchery Road through City Park down to the Osage Beach Lowe’s Bark Park parking lot, vastly improving access to the popular amenity, which opened in Fall 2024. The dog park has benefited from recent upgrades including shaded pavilions and pet agility obstacles.

The City added, “Together, these enhancements are part of a broader effort to expand high-quality outdoor recreation in the Lake area, promoting healthy lifestyles and boosting tourism.”



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