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Gout Gout, Lachlan Kennedy knocked out of Stawell Gift

John Evans isn’t sure what the bigger achievement will be – telling his kids he won the Stawell Gift, or telling them that the day he did it, he beat Gout Gout? This year’s Stawell Gift had been all about Australia’s phenomenon Gout, who had come to the western district town for Australia’s richest footrace […]

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Gout Gout, Lachlan Kennedy knocked out of Stawell Gift

John Evans isn’t sure what the bigger achievement will be – telling his kids he won the Stawell Gift, or telling them that the day he did it, he beat Gout Gout?

This year’s Stawell Gift had been all about Australia’s phenomenon Gout, who had come to the western district town for Australia’s richest footrace – and brought about 7000 fans into Central Park, double last year’s attendance.

But on Monday, the schoolboy was beaten by a school teacher.

Gout, who is in year 12, was beaten in the semi-final by eventual Gift winner Evans, a 28-year-old high school teacher from South Australia. Evans, whose coach, Paul Young, won the race 40 years ago, won the final in 11.94 seconds from his 9.75-metre handicap. Gout had been running with a 0.25m start.

“I knew that Gout Gout was gonna be right there at the finish line. So once I finished, I looked across and just saw him next to me. I was like, ‘Oh, if there’s one or two more steps he would have had me’,” Evans said.

“It’s pretty exciting though, you know, racing against Gout Gout. I just run pros and I’m not going to be running against the likes of Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy again, so it’s a fantastic opportunity, and I get to tell my kids I did that now.”

And beat him.

“It means a hell of a lot [to win]. It’s absolutely fantastic. I’ve been dreaming of this for a very, very long time, or from the beginning of the year, Paul Young and I came up with a bit of a plan to put us in the position to win.”

Jasper Thomas (6.5m) was second in 12.07s from Mitch O’Neil in 12.11. Josh Lotsu fell injured 20m from the line.

Embarrassingly for the Gift, two of the fastest men in Australia were not even running in the final. The handicappers didn’t have a great day.

Evans admitted he was bullish about his chances when he saw his 9.75m handicap.

“I knew it was a good handicap. I knew I could work something off that, and I just really had to train hard, push hard, see what I could do from it,” he said.

“It was always gonna be tough against, like, Jasper Thomas and Patrick Martin but I knew it [the handicap] was good for me, and I had to just keep pushing from it.”

The rain came and the power went out at Central Park before Gout ran his semi. Then he finished second and the electricity that had crackled around the packed venue disappeared.

First Lachlan Kennedy, the man who only weeks ago ran 10 seconds for the 100 metres in the heat of the national titles, was pipped at the line in his semi-final. Then Gout ran out of track to make up the ground on Evans.

“He was pretty ahead of me, so I tried my hardest hit, and he got me at the end. So it is what it is. Good run,” Gout said.

“I mean, this stuff you can’t control. I just go out there and run and have fun.

“This meet is incredible, and the crowd’s incredible. So I’m definitely happy to run and happy to be in the semi-final.”

Kennedy ran 12.23s and was beaten by Dash Muir, who like Gout is only 17 and doing year 12. The Williamstown student ran 12.18s.

“I just tightened up a little bit. The rain came in, got a bit cold, but I mean he ran a great race. It was close in the end, but yes, didn’t have enough today,” Kennedy said.

Gout and Kennedy later ran the back markers’ race, which was won by Ryan Tarrant.

In the women’s Gift final, Bree Rizzo made history after the Olympic semi-finalist won the Gift her husband Matt won as an 18-year-old in 2017.

The couple met that year at the Gift when Rizzo, then with the surname Masters, had come down from Queensland to race.

Running from scratch, Rizzo ran a stunning 13.52s to win the race. She also took bragging rights over Matt – he ran off a 7.5m handicap.

“That’s the fastest that I’ve ever run, peg to peg at a Stawell Gift the fastest a woman has ever run was 13.77s, I believe in 2022, so 13.5 is a massive chop off my PB over 120 on grass,” Rizzo said.

“Matt thinks I did better than him now, but look, wherever you win from is absolutely incredible. It is so hard to win a Stawell Gift. So yeah, to add ‘off scratch’, it just blows my mind.”

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An earlier version of this story named Bree Rizzo as an Olympic silver medallist. She is an Olympic semi-finalist. The mistake was introduced in production and has been corrected.

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6 Cowboys earn track and field All-Conference honors

By Colton Merritt LARAMIE, Wyo. — Six Wyoming Cowboys were recently named to the 2025 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Team following the outdoor championships. The selection comprises student athletes who finished top-three in their respective event at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships. Seniors Ryker Holtzen and Daniel Reynolds earned their third outdoor […]

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By Colton Merritt

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Six Wyoming Cowboys were recently named to the 2025 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Team following the outdoor championships.

The selection comprises student athletes who finished top-three in their respective event at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships.

Seniors Ryker Holtzen and Daniel Reynolds earned their third outdoor conference selections while senior Jaheim Ferguson was named to his second. Across indoor and outdoor track and field, Reynolds holds six conference selections and juniors Cam Burkett and Jacob White have two each.

Junior Remar Pitter earned his first All-Conference selection with a third-place finish in the long jump.

All-Conference Selections

Cam Burkett: Shot Put, 2nd place
Jaheim Ferguson: 400m Hurdles, 3rd place
Ryker Holtzen: 3,000m Steeplechase, 2nd place
Remar Pitter: Long Jump, 3rd place
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No. 4 Men’s Golf tied for second after opening round at NCAA Championship

Story Links Live Scoring Round 2 Tee Times CARLSBAD, Calif. — The No. 4 Texas Men’s Golf team carded a 3-under-par 285 on Friday to rest in a tie for second place after the opening round of the NCAA Championship […]

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CARLSBAD, Calif. — The No. 4 Texas Men’s Golf team carded a 3-under-par 285 on Friday to rest in a tie for second place after the opening round of the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa. Junior Tommy Morrison posted a 5-under 67 on Friday and is tied for second place in the individual standings, just one stroke off the lead after the first 18 holes.

In addition to Morrison’s performance, the Longhorns also counted scores in the opening round from junior Luke Potter (1-under 71), sophomore Jack Gilbert (even-par 72) and freshman Daniel Bennett (3-over 75).

“Going out in the afternoon, you’re going to deal with some wind. I thought our guys did a really fine job staying present and getting off to a good start,” Texas head coach John Fields said. “We kind of maintained that through the difficult holes. At the end, we maybe dropped a couple shots that in retrospect could have held on to or possibly could have gone the opposite direction. I’m happy with how our guys played today.”

No. 6 Oklahoma tallied an 8-under 280 and owns a five-stroke lead in the team standings after the first 18 holes. The Longhorns are one of three teams that are tied for second at 3-under 285, including No. 7 Florida and No. 9 Florida State. An additional trio of teams including No. 1 Auburn, No. 5 Arizona State and No. 12 Illinois are tied for fifth at 2-under 286.

Texas A&M’s Phichaksn Maichon holds the 18-hole individual lead after carding a 6-under 66 on Friday. Morrison and Carter Loflin of Georgia are tied for second at 5-under 67, and there is a group of eight golfers who are tied for fourth at 4-under 68.

“Everything was pretty solid today and I kept it right in front of me,” Morrison said. “It wasn’t necessarily all out of the middle of the face, but it was going where I was looking for the most part. I made some nice putts early which was important, as you need to get off to a good start here. I played with nice freedom.”

The 2025 NCAA Championships continue with stroke play for all 30 teams on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25. In Saturday’s second round, the Longhorns will be paired again with Oklahoma and Arizona State, and tee times will begin at 8:52 a.m. CT (6:52 a.m. PT) from hole 10.

The field will be cut to the top 15 teams following Sunday’s third round. The fourth and final round of stroke play is set for Monday, May 26, and the individual NCAA champion will be crowned following the completion of 72 holes of stroke play.

The top eight teams following Monday’s final round of stroke play will advance to the NCAA Match Play Championships. Quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Tuesday, May 27, while the NCAA Championship match is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28.

The Lineup

Junior Tommy Morrison fired a 5-under 67 in the opening round and is tied for second in the individual standings, just one stroke off the lead. Starting on hole 1, Morrison tallied six birdies (holes 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 and 11) against just one bogey (hole 4) on Friday.

Junior Luke Potter carded a 1-under 71 on Friday and is tied for 25th place. Potter was 2-over through his opening four holes, but rallied to record back-to-back birdies on 5 and 6 to get back to even-par. After a bogey on 8, he posted three-straight birdies on holes 9, 10 and 11 to climb to 2-under. Potter made six-straight pars before a bogey on the closing 18th hole.

Making his NCAA Championship debut, sophomore Jack Gilbert recorded an even-par 72 in his opening round and is tied for 39th. Gilbert tallied three birdies (holes 1, 2 and 10) on Friday.

Also making his NCAA Championship debut, freshman Daniel Bennett registered a 3-over 75 on Friday and is tied for 79th. He carded a pair of birdies (holes 2 and 18) in his opening round.

Junior Christiaan Maas posted a 6-over 78 in his opening round and is tied for 130th. Maas recorded an eagle on the par-five 6th hole and a birdie on hole 10.

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Seattle Mariners Outfield Prospect Curtis Washington Jr. Hits For The Cycle

One of the Seattle Mariners more under-the-radar prospects accomplished one of the rarest feats in the sport on Friday. Nuts’ outfielder Curtis Washington Jr. hit for the cycle in the Single-A team’s 10-3 win over the Inland Empire 66ers. Washington finished the game 5-for-6 with three runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a home run […]

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One of the Seattle Mariners more under-the-radar prospects accomplished one of the rarest feats in the sport on Friday.

Nuts’ outfielder Curtis Washington Jr. hit for the cycle in the Single-A team’s 10-3 win over the Inland Empire 66ers.

Washington finished the game 5-for-6 with three runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a home run and three RBIs. It Washington’s fourth game this season with three or or more hits and his 12th multi-hit game overall.

The 25-year-old Washington, who’s not ranked in Seattle’s top 30 prospects list (according to MLB Pipeline), is in the middle of his best professional season.

Washington has scored 29 runs, hitting 12 doubles, three triples, two home runs and providing 17 RBIs with 14 steals in 35 games entering Saturday. Washington has a slash line of .371/.444/.565 with a 1.009 OPS. He’s been held hitless in just six games this season. His season batting average hasn’t dipped below .333 since the first game of 2025.

Washington was picked in the 19th round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Purdue. He hasn’t played more than 57 games in a single year since being selected by the Mariners in the 2022 draft.

This season, Washington has been one of Modesto’s most consistent players. He filled in for top 100 prospect Felnin Celesten as the club’s lead-off hitter for over a week while Celesten was out for an unknown reason.

Seattle’s farm system is stacked, with nine prospects on Baseball America’s and MLB Pipeline’s top 100. If Washington’s number holds throughout the year, he’ll be one of the most unexpected risers in the Mariners’ minor leagues.

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York Suburban boys’ volleyball cruises into District 3-2A semifinals

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With the York Suburban boys’ volleyball team well on its way to a sweep of Berks Catholic in the District 3 Class 2A quarterfinals Friday evening, but the home crowd still grew louder and louder throughout the final set.

With the outcome not in very much doubt, the Trojans brought several of their senior reserves onto the court to help close it out. A day after their graduation, those seniors greeted with loud cheers that rivaled the decibel levels reached when Suburban’s gym is packed during basketball season.

The opportunities to cheer on those who have helped the Trojans become contenders for the York-Adams League, District 3 and PIAA titles were certainly appreciated by the players, as well as their teammates.

“We got to a spot where we allowed some more fun to get in,” Suburban setter Turner Hare said. “It gave us more freedom in how we play. All of the fans that came and the parents that were here really just helped to elevate the experience we had on the court.”

A district quarterfinal is an unlikely spot for such a moment, but the Trojans demonstrated why they are among the best in the district and the state with a dominating performance all night. Second-seeded Suburban rolled to 25-10 and 25-16 triumphs in the first two sets before taking a 10-point lead in Set 3. That’s when the real fun began, as the bench emptied and every serve, set and kill was met with loud cheers from the partisan faithful.

Trent Weinstein led the Trojans (15-3) with 11 kills, while Truett Miller tallied 10.

Hare, who combined with Drew Wilt for 31 assists in the victory, loved the show his experienced attackers — as well as those seniors’ younger understudies — put on throughout the night.

“It’s a lot of fun to be able to come in every day at practice and be around all these guys that you can set (to),” Hare said. “It makes my job a lot more easy.”

Hare, however, knows that there won’t be too many more nights like Friday left in the season for Suburban (ranked No. 4 statewide in Class 2A). A semifinal clash with third-seeded, 10th-ranked Brandywine Heights is scheduled for Tuesday, with the winner likely moving on to face a very tough Manheim Central squad (seeded first, ranked second) in the final.

For that reason, the Trojans have been laser-focused on fixing some of the miscues that plagued them in regular-season losses to Manheim Central and Central York, as well as one to Northeastern in the York-Adams League semifinals. Those losses, in which the Trojans had their opportunities to reverse the outcome, have served as motivation during the postseason.

“They were kind of like a wake-up call for us,” Hare said of the Barons. “We saw our mistakes and knew what we needed to fix, and we’ve all been coming in and working really hard to ultimately get to where we want to be.”

That location is the District 3 final, as well as perhaps the state final in a few weeks. If the Trojans play like they did Friday, Hare has no doubts that such a run not only possible, but to be expected.

“We know that we have to just come in and trust ourselves,” Hare said. “If we do that, we know that we’ll succeed. The last time we played (Manheim Central), we were a little sloppy and made some errors that we shouldn’t have and we know that if we clean those up and play our game that we can do it.”

York Suburban will host Brandywine Heights at 7 p.m. Tuesday while Manheim Central welcomes No. 4 Linville Hill Christian. Three of the four semifinalists will ultimately advance to the state tournament.

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Live updates of the 2025 DI track and field championships

The NCAA DI men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championship selections for the 2025 first round meets were announced Thursday, May 22 in a press release here on NCAA.com. First round selections The complete list of participants is available on the following website. Combined event athletes (heptathlon and decathlon) accepted into the final site championship meet […]

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The NCAA DI men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championship selections for the 2025 first round meets were announced Thursday, May 22 in a press release here on NCAA.com.

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The complete list of participants is available on the following website. Combined event athletes (heptathlon and decathlon) accepted into the final site championship meet were also announced.

The NCAA first round meets are Wednesday, May 28, through Saturday, May 31, in Jacksonville, Florida, and College Station, Texas.

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The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee select the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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2025 State C track and field results first day

State C track and field results Missoula County Public Schools Stadium Girls: T1, Scobey 20; Savage, 20; 3, Richey-Lambertrt, 18; 4, Circle 17; 5, Philipsburg, 16; T6, Denton-Geyser-Stanfordr-Stanford, 10, Chester-Joplin-Invernessin-Inverness, 10; Whitewater, 10; 9, Roberts, 9; T10, Fort Benton, 8; Saco, 8; White Sulphur Springsr Springs, 8; 13; Bainville, 6; T14, Belt, 4; Hinsdale, 4; Augusta, […]

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State C track and field results

Missoula County Public Schools Stadium

Girls: T1, Scobey 20; Savage, 20; 3, Richey-Lambertrt, 18; 4, Circle 17; 5, Philipsburg, 16; T6, Denton-Geyser-Stanfordr-Stanford, 10, Chester-Joplin-Invernessin-Inverness, 10; Whitewater, 10; 9, Roberts, 9; T10, Fort Benton, 8; Saco, 8; White Sulphur Springsr Springs, 8; 13; Bainville, 6; T14, Belt, 4; Hinsdale, 4; Augusta, 4; 17, Lincoln, 3; T18, Twin Bridges, 2; Cascade, 2; Turner, 2; North Star, 2; T22, Drummond, 1; Bridger, 1; Seeley-Swan, 1.

Boys: 1, Manhattan Christianristian, 44; 2, Cascade, 23; 3, Lustre Christiantian, 18; T4, Drummond, 14; Noxon, 14; 6, Culbertson, 11; T7, Power-Dutton-Brady, 10; Valley Christiantian, 10, Custer-Hyshamm, 10; Chester-Joplin-Invernessin-Inverness, 10; 11, Lincoln, 8; T12, Plentywood, 6; Melstone, 6; Seeley-Swan, 6; Box Elder, 6; T16, Savage, 4, Saco, 4; Hinsdale, 4; 19, Fort Benton, 3; T20, Big Sandy, 2; Belt, 2; T22, Roberts, 1; Highwood, 1.

400: 1, Cambry Conradsen, Savage, 59.17. 2, Kate Nasner, Circle, 59.94. 3, Hailey Berwick, Bainville, 1:00.84. 4, Vannie Urick, Belt, 1:00.91. 5, Bridget Reed, Turner, 1:00.99. 6, TJ Chirrick, Roberts, 1:01.31.

1,600: 1, Shelbi LaBrie, Whitewater, 5:10.02. 2, TJ Chirrick, Roberts, 5:20.53. 3, Addi Lilyquist, Philipsburg, 5:25.69. 4, Mya Green, Scobey, 5:30.82. 5, Sophia Mortag, Cascade, 5:32.33. 6, Natalie Graveley, Drummond, 5:34.04.

High Jump: 1, Brynn Kammerzell, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, J5-04. 2, Angeline Riener, Fort Benton, J5-04. 3, Emma Smith, Denton-Geyser-Stanford, J5-04. 4, BaiLee McColly, Hinsdale, J5-02. 5, Jordyn Zarske, Lincoln, J5-00. 6, Delaney Klaassen, Bridger, J5-00.

Pole Vault: 1, Mylee Reuter, Savage, J10-06. 2, Emerson Downing, Saco, J10-00. 3, Mady Willis, Scobey, J9-06. 4, Kyla Buckentin, Denton-Geyser-Stanford, J9-00. 5, Piper Miller, North Star, J9-00. 6, Krymzen Dempster, Lincoln, J9-00.

Long Jump: 1, Montannah Piar, Philipsburg, J17-09.50*. 2, Jolee Klempel, Richey-Lambert, J17-09.50*. 3, Emma Murphy, Circle, J16-08.50. 4, Brynne Hill, Richey-Lambert, J16-06.50. 5, Kate Nasner, Circle, J16-05.75. 6, Kilty Hanson, Seeley-Swan, J16-05.

Shot Put: 1, Kaytie Aanstad, Scobey, 42-00. 2, Natalie Fisher, White Sulphur Springs, 36-01.75. 3, Jolee Klempel, Richey-Lambert, 35-11.25. 4, Cerenity Hjorth, Augusta, 34-04. 5, MaRae Smail, Twin Bridges, 34-00.25. 6, Laura Guldborg, Circle, 33-11.25.

400: 1, Brayden McCoy, Valley Christian, 49.87. 2, Christian Triemstra, Manhattan Christian, 50.31. 3, Tucker Keller, Melstone, 50.91. 4, Shaphan Hubner, Manhattan Christian, 51.23. 5, Seth Dunster, Seeley-Swan, 51.55. 6, Treyton Tinsen, Highwood, 51.93.

1,600: 1, Shaphan Hubner, Manhattan Christian, 4:35.19. 2, Prestyn Klatt, Lustre Christian, 4:36.24. 3, Trent Lane, Cascade, 4:36.64. 4, Dawson Parke, Drummond, 4:38.01. 5, Cavan Visser, Manhattan Christian, 4:38.64. 6, Peyton Johnson, Cascade, 4:42.16.

High Jump: 1, Ricky Williams, Noxon, J6-09.25*. 2, Brant Ligameri, Cascade, J6-04. 3, Dreyden Anderson, Box Elder, J6-04. 4, Zane Pilgeram, Savage, J6-02. 5, Braxton Hajenga, Big Sandy, J6-02. 6, Brooks Solem, Culbertson, J6-02.

Pole Vault: 1, Tanner Vick, Power-Dutton, J14-00. 2, Tate Hamilton, Manhattan Christian, J13-00. 3, Kayden Riddle, Lincoln, J12-06. 4, Kade Strommen, Hinsdale, J12-06. 5, Teegan Riddle, Lincoln, J12-06. 6, Kadin Graveley, Drummond, J12-00.

Long Jump: 1, Johnslee Pierre, Lustre Christian, 21-11. 2, Brant Ligameri, Cascade, 21-01.25. 3, Christian Triemstra, Manhattan Christian, 21-00.25. 4, Ricky Williams, Noxon, 20-08. 5, Truman Giese, Fort Benton, 20-07.50. 6, Gus Kosel, Roberts, 20-06.50.

Shot Put: 1, Dane Grammar, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 47-11. 2, Chance Dunkerson, Drummond, 46-01.75. 3, Dominic Holst, Manhattan Christian, 45-03.25. 4, Blaine Downing, Saco, 45-00. 5, Luke Highfill, Belt, 43-11. 6, David Olson, Fort Benton, 43-08.75.

Javelin: 1, Layne Duncan, Custer-Hysham, 170-11. 2, Brooks Solem, Culbertson, 164-06. 3, Adin Jones, Plentywood, 163-04. 4, Derrick Brovold, Seeley-Swan, 158-10. 5, Gavin Deen, Culbertson, 154-06. 6, Michael Goettle, Drummond, 154-05.

*new Class C state record

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