Mount St. Mary’s women’s water polo player Anita Radaelli was named an All-American Honorable Mention by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) on Friday. The sophomore from Monza, Italy became the program’s first-ever player to be honored by the ACWPC in their post-season All-American honors. 

During the 2025 season, Radaelli took part in all 30 of the Mount’s games while leading the team with 57 goals scored off of 120 shots on goal. Radaelli also won 17 swim offs against opponents for a winning percentage of 53% followed by a team leading 68 assists and the completion of 65 steals. She also drew 61 exclusions while making 30 field blocks against opponents. 

The Mount St. Mary’s women’s water polo team completed their 2025 campaign with a record of 16-14 with a 4-7 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletics Conference, earning a trip to Poughkeepsie for the conference tournament where they defeated LIU in the first round by a score of 13-11, eventually falling to Wagner in the semifinals.

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – Paden Lewis and Luke Hatfield Jackson qualify for the NCAA Championship meet in their respective events during day three of the regional meet.

The final day will feature Brianna Dixon, as she competes in the high jump.

Day Three Results

Paden Lewis took 10th and broke the SEMO record in the Men’s Discus throw to claim his spot at the NCAA Championship meet. Lewis threw a final distance of 193′ 2″ breaking the old record of 192′ 4″, held by Neil Rock in 1986.

Luke Hatfield Jackson took the last qualifying spot in the high jump after and staked his spot in the NCAA championship after clearing a height of 7′ 1.5″, besting 36 other athletes.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – University of Missouri track and field’s Skylar Coffey advanced to the finals of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in men’s discus with a throw of 58.93m (193-4) on day three of the opening round of the NCAA Championships at E.B. Cushing Stadium on Friday.

Coffey, a senior, recorded a personal-best mark in the event to punch his ticket to Eugene, Oregon, the final site of the NCAA Championships on June 11-14. With a ninth-place result, he will join Callan Saldutto and Valentina Barrios at the national championship meet.

Tarique George also posted a new top distance in the event, throwing 57.97m (190-2), taking 13th. Both Coffey and George’s results are the fifth- and eighth-best in the event in school history, respectively. 

Missouri’s day concluded in men’s triple jump, where Sterling Scott concluded his season with a 14th-place finish after a 15.84m (51-11.75) mark. 

FRIDAY, MAY 30 – NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROUND ONE – DAY THRE
Field Events	Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record)
Discus (M)	9th – Skylar Coffey: 58.93m (193-4), PR 13th – Tarique George: 57.97m (190-2), PR
Triple Jump (M)	14th – Sterling Scott: 15.84m (51-11.75)

UP NEXT

The Tigers conclude action at round one of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, May 31, beginning with the women’s discus at 1 p.m., where Ames Burton will represent Mizzou.

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After practice earlier this week, Long Beach Poly softball coach Elizabeth Sanches was getting her steps in on the campus’ tennis courts. As she walked, she stopped occasionally to bend down and pick up softballs. This is part of her daily routine–patrolling the tennis courts to pick up homerun balls from her Jackrabbits’ batting practice.

“(Poly tennis coach) Monty hates us,” she said with a laugh.

The Jackrabbits’ big bats have powered them to the brink of history, and the tight-knit squad is hoping to make history Saturday morning at 10am when they face Warren in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship.

Poly has never won a CIF-SS title in softball–one of just four sports at the school to have not won a title (along with boys’ volleyball and the newly-added lacrosse teams). This year’s squad has battled significant injuries this year, but has packed a rare power in these playoffs with bats like Ki’ele Ho-Ching, Emoni Lam Sam, Kween Tauala and many others.

Poly has scored 38 runs in their four playoff games, including 33 in the last three rounds. The Jackrabbits defense and pitching have come through in big moments as well, but it’s the bats that have brought them to this point.

“I live, eat, and breathe for offense, I do,” said Sanches. “They say a team can be a reflection of the coach, and I have always had a big bat mentality, I was raised on that. My coaches rarely gave bunt signs, my coaches would give us a green light at three and oh, because they had confidence in us. Oftentimes for young ladies, when you know that somebody believes in you, that’s all it takes.”

For Poly’s stars like Ho-Ching and Lam Sam, this opportunity to make history can’t be passed up.

“It’s an honor,” said Ho-Ching, an Oklahoma commit and the top-ranked recruit in the junior class. “No Poly team has made it further than us, we set that standard for ourselves. This year we’re all strong and we have a lot of great chemistry.”

Lam Sam stressed that the team’s chemistry is what’s driven this historic playoff run.

“These are my cousins and even the girls who aren’t related to me feel like family,” she said. “We have a sisterhood here, and we can make history and put a banner up–that would be amazing, knowing we’d be the first to do it.”

Ho-Ching agreed with her teammate and said the Jackrabbits are going into the game as a true team.

“We all love each other, that’s what this team is,” she said. “We love each other like sisters–we fight like sisters and argue like sisters too. But we also hang out outside of school all the time. I feel like girls, when they’re around each other so much, sometimes they end up not liking each other. But we have such a healthy team it’s easy to be around each other.”The Jackrabbits will face the Bears at 10am Saturday in Irvine at Deanna Manning Stadium. Tickets are available by clicking here: https://gofan.co/event/3439804?schoolId=CIFSS.

A transgender high school athlete was preparing to compete at California’s state championships on Friday after drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and reigniting debate about trans athletes in sport.

AB Hernandez, 16, is due to compete in the long jump, triple jump and high jump during preliminary rounds of the California State Track & Field Championships in Clovis, outside of Fresno.

Hernandez’s participation at the meeting has been the subject of intense controversy, with the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) scrambling to adjust competition rules this week as anger grew on all sides.

On Tuesday, CIF officials announced that entry rules had been modified so that biological females were not excluded from competition due to the participation of trans athletes.

A day later, the CIF issued another rule change — specifically targeting events in which Hernandez is competing — which mandates that any athlete who misses out on a podium finish behind a trans athlete would still receive a medal.

“If necessary, in the high jump, triple jump and long jump events at the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships, a biological female student-athlete who would have earned a specific placement on the podium will also be awarded the medal for that place and the results will be reflected in the recording of the event,” the federation announced in a statement.

The last-minute rules changes came after days of controversy which have included Hernandez being targeted by Trump on social media. 

The US President, who did not mention Hernandez by name, threatened to withhold federal funding from California in future if she was allowed to compete in this week’s championships, which got under way on Friday with finals due on Saturday.

“As a female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS,” Trump wrote.

“Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to…This is a totally ridiculous situation!!!”

Trump’s comment was followed by an announcement from the US Department of Justice that it had launched an investigation into whether California had violated Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding.

“The investigation is to determine whether California, its senior legal, educational, and athletic organizations, and the school district are engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of sex,” the DOJ said in a statement.

Local and state officials have also criticised Hernandez’s participation, calling for the teenager to be prevented from competing.

At a press conference on Thursday, Clovis mayor Diane Pearce called for CIF to block Hernandez’s participation following their rule amendments earlier in the week.

“Today, I call on CIF to do the right thing. Updates one and two were not enough, but the third time can be the charm,” Pearce said. 

“CIF still has a chance to make it right by removing biological males from girls’ sports.”

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas  – Colorado State track and field saw two athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships on Thursday as Mya Lesnar dominated the shot put field while Kajsa Borrman activated her clutch gene to advance in the hammer throw at the West Regional in College Station.
 
Lesnar entered Thursday’s shot put competition as the national leader in the event by a solid margin, and she proved to be the best competitor out of the West Region with her results. Entering in the fourth flight, Lesnar wasted no time vaulting herself to the top of the standings as logged 18.50 meters/60-feet-8.5 on her first attempt. Her throw stood the test as the Ram finished atop the field with nearly two feet of cushion.
 
The former indoor national champion will be making her third-straight trip to outdoor nationals and seeks to build upon a fifth-place finish at last year’s installment.
 
Borrman wrote a slightly different story as her first-career trip to nationals hung in the balance up until her final throw. Sitting outside of the top-12 qualifying spots entering her third attempt, Borrman unleashed a clutch 62.93/206-5 throw that moved her into 12th place; safe but not certain as other competitors had yet to finish. As the final three throws came through, the Loveland native held onto her place among the qualifiers and will join Lesnar on the trip to Eugene, Ore.
 
Also competing in the shot put field was CSU’s Makayla Long, who logged a 15.55m/51-1.25 throw to finish in 26th. Away from the throwing pit, Maria Kimpson cleared a height of 4.02m/13-2.25 to finish 33rd in the pole vault, while Neya Jamison ran a time of 1:00.05 to finish 38th in the 400 hurdles.
 
Day Three of the NCAA West Regionals picks up tomorrow morning as the CSU men’s team returns to action. The Flight Crew will take on the triple jump (1:30 p.m.) and the high jump (2:30 p.m.), while Michael Mooney will compete in the 5k at 7:10 p.m.