JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Carolina Central University men’s and women’s track and field teams had five qualifiers compete at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships East First Round on May 28-31 at Hodges Stadium.

Division I student-athletes from all over the East region battled for a spot in the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Only the top 12 qualifiers from each event could punch their ticket to Hayward Field, meeting up with the same number of qualifiers from the West region first round at Texas A&M.

Melanne Sutton opened for NCCU on May 29 in the women’s 100m first round. Sutton finished 37^th in the preliminary round in 11.47 seconds out of 48 sprinters. The top three from each heat, along with the six fastest times advanced to the next round. Sutton finished seventh in her heat.

The next day, Malcolm Forbes competed in the men’s triple jump. The junior leaped 14.49m in his first round, but closed out the third round with a mark of 14.57m, placing 41^st in the event.

Jonathan Raijon-Koger was two spots outside of the top 12 in the men’s high jump, hanging tough in the event. Raijon-Koger cleared 2.10m, tying for 14^th overall. Fellow Eagle Theodore Skinner didn’t record a height in the event.

Tia Lucas was also in striking distance in the women’s high jump on the final day. Lucas tied for 17^th after clearing 1.74m in her second jump. She attempted the 1.79m mark but couldn’t successfully clear it, which would have topped her personal record of 1.77m.

With the conclusion of the postseason for NC Central, the Maroon & Gray will turn its attention to reaching new heights next season.

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2024: Appeared in five matches and nine sets, making two starts … Averaged 0.82 kills per set and finished the year with two digs and four blocks … Had five kills, two digs and two blocks in her first-collegiate appearance at Penn (Oct. 5) … Had three kills and a block at Columbia (Nov. 16).

Before Brown: Played volleyball at Hinsdale Central High School … Was named All-State Second Team and AVCA All-Region Team … Named All-Conference three times and was three time Athlete of the Month … Played for 1st Alliance Volleyball Club and took first in both the Windy City Qualifier and Great Lakes Region (Open Divisions) … Placed third overall at Nationals in the Open Division … Is a four-time member of the All-State Academic Team, four-time member of the Dean’s List and National Merit Finalist.

Personal: Father Michael and brothers Michael and Will played football at Michigan. Mother Kimberly was a track & field athlete at Ohio State. Third brother Charlie played football at Columbia.

Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because of the unique opportunity to compete at a university that offers both high academics and athletics. The team and coaching staff were immediately welcoming and cultivated a culture I couldn’t wait to be a part of.”

MUNICH: Rampant Paris Saint-Germain won a first European Cup after outclassing Inter Milan 5-0 in the Champions League final, thanks in part to Désiré Doué’s double on Saturday, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, at Inter 2020-2021, struck the opener on 12 minutes in Munich and France’s Doué scored either side of the interval after the Qatar-backed French champions produced two lightning quick counter-attacks.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu added the gloss for the biggest ever win in a European Cup final.

Inter’s Federico DiMarco had played Hakimi onside for the first, and Doué’s shot deflected in off the wing back for the second as the Parisians wrapped up an unprecedented French treble of Champions League, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France. 

PSG, who lost their only other final 1-0 to Bayern Munich in 2020, have undergone a change in emphasis under Luis Enrique with big names such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe replaced by solid performers and up-and-coming talents.

Spaniard Enrique had previously won the title as coach with Barcelona in 2015, also in Germany in Berlin. He joins an elite group of coaches to win the prize for two different clubs, including Carlo Ancelotti, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes, Ernst Happel, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. – BERNAMA-dpa

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The UC Santa Barbara Men’s and Women’s Track & Field team has finished their competitions at NCAA West Regionals at Texas A&M University, where ten Gauchos put their skills to work in their respective events throughout the four-day meet. Over the course of the meet, the Gauchos took part in eleven total events.

FIELD

The men’s hammer throw saw the first Santa Barbara athlete of the day, where senior Andy Buttrell recorded a mark of 58.60m in the event. Later in the meet, senior Eitan Goore notched a 5.17m mark in the men’s pole vault. Senior Will Denning also impressed in the men’s triple jump as he posted a jump of 15.19m.

On the women’s side, Kennedy Johnson was the sole representative in the field, where she took on the triple jump and delivered a mark of 12.46m.

TRACK

For the women, freshman Mia Shepard recorded a time in the 400m that was just short of a nationals qualifying time. The two-time Big West Athlete of the Week came out of the race with a time of 53.62. Maddie Conte, the only Gaucho to compete in multiple events at West Regionals, also recorded 13.69 in the 100m hurdles and was six places away from qualifying in the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.09.

On the men’s side, the Gauchos had two competitors in the 200m, where senior Justin Steele ran 21.16 and Curtis Borden III was just hundredths of seconds away from a qualifying time in the event. Borden recorded a time of 21.01.

Sophomore distance specialist Parker Simmons took on the 3000m steeplechase on the third day of the meet, where he delivered a time of 8:53.52. Freshman Finn Andrews, who was the BIg West champion in the 400m hurdles a few weeks ago, recorded 52.07 in the event.

UP NEXT

At the NCAA Track & Field Championships, senior multis expert Brad Thomas will be representing the blue and gold. The four-day meet will take place at Eugene, Ore. on June 11-14.

2024: Played in nine matches, appearing in 24 sets … Finished the season with 44 digs (1.83/set) … Had seven digs in back-to-back matches against Yale (Sept. 28) and at Princeton (Oct. 4) … Finished with seven digs against High Point (Oct. 8) … Had a season-best nine digs against Columbia (Oct. 11).

2023: Played in two sets in the season with appearances against Cornell (Nov. 10) and Yale (Nov. 18).

2022: Played in three matches, appearing five sets … Finished the season with four kills, seven digs, a block and a service ace … Had her first-career kill against Rhode Island (Sept. 2) … Finished with an ace and a dig at UConn (Sept. 17) … Had three kills, six digs and a block against Lindenwood (Sept. 17).

Before Brown: Played at the Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy … Named All-Catholic, All-State, All-Region and All-League at Marian High School … Team captain and two time DI Michigan State Champion … Named to the All-Academic Team.

Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because of the opportunity to have a balance between high academic and competitive athletics. The community surrounding me feels like a family as they support me in many ways as well as push me to be the best version of myself.”

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – University of Missouri track and field’s Claudina Diaz and Kristi Perez-Snyman qualified for the women’s high jump final while Alicia Burnett punched her ticket to the women’s 100m semifinal of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on day four of the opening round at E.B. Cushing Stadium on Saturday.

Diaz and Perez-Snyman both recorded jumps of 1.84m (6-0.5) to take fifth and seventh place, respectively, while Burnett finished the 100m in eighth in 11.10, shaving another three hundredths of a second off her school record in the event. The three will look to claim the first women’s national title in their events in school history.

Burnett, Diaz and Perez-Snyman join Callan Saldutto, Valentina Barrios and Skylar Coffey as the Tigers’ representatives at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, at the national championship meet for their respective events on June 11-15. 

Ames Burton opened the day for Mizzou in women’s discus, where she placed 30th after a throw of 52.03m (170-8). In the Tigers’ final event, the 5000m, Monica Wanjiku finished in 16:38.21 for 35th, while Rahel Broemmel took 41st in 16:44.49.

SATURDAY, MAY 31 – NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROUND ONE – DAY FOUR
Field Events	Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record)
Discus (W)	30th – Ames Burton: 52.03m (170-8)
High Jump (W)	5th – Claudina Diaz: 1.84m (6-0.5) 7th – Kristi Perez-Snyman 1.84m (6-0.5)
Track Events	Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record)
100m (W)	8th – Alicia Burnett: 11.10, PR
5000m (W)	35th – Monica Wanjiku: 16:28.21 41st – Rahel Broemmel: 16:44.49

UP NEXT

Barrios, Burnett, Coffey, Diaz, Perez-Snyman and Saldutto will travel to Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, at the national championship meet for their respective finals on June 11-14.

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