The California track & field team’s 26 qualifiers will throw down against hundreds of the best athletes in the nation this week, each ready to put their best effort forward at the NCAA West Regionals in College Station, Texas, to earn a coveted spot at next month’s NCAA Outdoor Championships. The four-day meet at Texas A&M’s E.B. Cushing Stadium runs Wednesday-Saturday, with each day’s evening events streamed on ESPN+. Live results will be available at Flash Results.
 
Track athletes will need to advance past two rounds (first rounds and quarterfinals) to book their spots at Oregon’s Hayward Field, where the NCAA Championships will be contested. Field athletes have just one round (a semifinal) to pass. Only 12 individuals per event will move on to Eugene.
 
The men’s events are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday while the women will compete on Thursday and Saturday.
 
Eighteen of the Golden Bears’ entries have posted at least one outdoor program top-10 mark this season, which includes a world record from discus thrower Mykolas Alekna. He, along with fellow discus thrower and Olympian Caisa-Marie Lindfors, will look to qualify for their third NCAA Championships (Alekna – 2022-23; Lindfors – 2021, 23).
 
Hammer thrower Giavonna Meeks and pole vaulter Tyler Burns each competed at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships, with Meeks finishing fourth in the weight throw and Burns 12th in the indoor pole vault. Distance runner Garrett MacQuiddy and hammer thrower Audrey Jacobs both reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2023, with Jacobs earning Second-Team All-American status.
 
Trevor Rogers (long jump) and Valentina Savva (hammer) are Cal’s only two freshmen set to compete this week, following silver-medal performances at the ACC Outdoor Championships earlier this month. Savva is just one of three first-years appearing in the women’s hammer throw and the only one listed in the final flight.
 
NCAA WEST REGIONALS SCHEDULE (All Times PT)
 
Wednesday, May 28
8 a.m. – Men’s Hammer Semifinal (Jared Freeman – Flight 3)
2:30 p.m. – Men’s Long Jump Semifinal (Jason Plumb – Flight 3; Trevor Rogers – Flight 3)
3:30 p.m. – Men’s Pole Vault Semifinal (Tyler Burns – Flight 2; Parker Terrill – Flight 2; Will Siemens – Flight 2)
4 p.m. – Men’s Shot Put Semifinal (Nick Godbehere – Flight 1)
4 p.m. – Men’s 110m Hurdles First Round (Donovan Bradley – Heat 5)
4:30 p.m. – Men’s 1500m First Round (Garrett MacQuiddy – Heat 4)
5:25 p.m. – Men’s 400m First Round (Johnny Goode – Heat 3)
 
Thursday, May 29
8 a.m. – Women’s Hammer Semifinal (Amanda Spear – Flight 2; Adrianna Coleman – Flight 3; Audrey Jacobs – Flight 3; Giavonna Meeks – Flight 4; Valentina Savva – Flight 4)
2:30 p.m. – Women’s Long Jump Semifinal (Asjah Atkinson – Flight 1)
3:30 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault Semifinal (Ali Sahaida – Flight 2)
4 p.m. – Women’s Shot Put Semifinal (Lucija Leko – Flight 3)
4 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles First Round (Saqqara Ruffin – Heat 2; Asjah Atkinson – Heat 4; Mari Testa – Heat 4)
5:50 p.m. – Women’s 800m First Round (Jayden Hill – Heat 2)
 
Friday, May 30
11 a.m. – Men’s Discus Semifinal (Mykolas Alekna – Flight 4; Jared Freeman – Flight 4)
12:30 p.m. – Men’s Triple Jump Semifinal (Jeremiah Bolaños – Flight 1)
3:15 p.m. – Men’s 1500m Quarterfinal (if qualified – Garrett MacQuiddy)
4:15 p.m. – Men’s 110m Hurdles Quarterfinal (if qualified – Donovan Bradley)
4:50 p.m. – Men’s 400m Quarterfinal (if qualified – Johnny Goode)
 
Saturday, May 31
11 a.m. – Women’s Discus Semifinal (Lucija Leko – Flight 4; Caisa-Marie Lindfors – Flight 4)
12:30 p.m. – Women’s Triple Jump Semifinal (Myla Canty – Flight 3)
4:15 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles Quarterfinal (if qualified – Asjah Atkinson, Mari Testa, Saqqara Ruffin)
5:05 p.m. – Women’s 800m Quarterfinal (if qualified – Jayden Hill)
 
WORLD RECORD RETURNER
Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna is competing for the Bears once again after taking the 2024 season off to prepare for his debut Olympic Games, where he surpassed the previous Olympic record on the way to a silver medal. The 22-year-old phenom stunned the athletics world by breaking track & field’s oldest standing men’s record last April, posting a throw of 74.35m (243-11) at the Oklahoma Throws World Invitational to surpass a mark that had stood since 1986. He then broke it again last month, becoming the first man in history to surpass the 75-meter barrier with a mark of 75.56m (247-10) that also reset his own collegiate and ACC records.
 
Since enrolling at Berkeley in Fall 2021, Alekna has compiled an eye-popping résumé that has already elevated him into one of the sport’s legendary figures. The two-time World medalist, three-time Lithuanian Male Athlete of the Year and two-time semifinalist for The Bowerman set his first collegiate record as a freshman, later becoming the youngest-ever European discus champion and youngest World discus medalist in history at just 19 years of age; that year, he was also named a semifinalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award and the USTFCCCA West Region and Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.
 

Alekna has claimed a total of five facility records and nine meet records over the past four years, as well as two Pac-12 titles and two First-Team All-American nods. Most recently, he was named the top discus thrower in the world by Track & Field News and recorded his 22nd appearance on The Bowerman Watch List – third-most by any man and more than any thrower in history.
 
PODIUM POWERHOUSES
Cal athletes collected a total of 12 medals at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Mykolas Alekna (discus) and Giavonna Meeks (hammer) led the way with titles in their respective events, while Caisa-Marie Lindfors earned podium spots in two events (discus – silver; shot put – bronze). Both Lucija Leko (shot put – silver) and Johnny Goode (400m – bronze) broke school records on the way to their first conference medals, while Trevor Rogers posted a massive personal best in the long jump on the way to a second-place finish. Garrett MacQuiddy (1500m), Tyler Burns (pole vault) and Valentina Savva (hammer) added to Cal’s group of silver medalists, while Nick Godbehere (shot put) and Jared Freeman (hammer) clinched bronze.
 
ALL-ACC HONOREES
In addition to the medalists listed above, an additional six Bears picked up All-ACC honors as Cal finished with 18 all-conference athletes in a combined 22 events. Riley Knott placed fourth in both the high jump and the long jump while Jared Freeman took fourth in the discus for his second All-ACC selection and Lucija Leko did the same with a sixth-place finish in the women’s contest. Hurdlers Asjah Atkinson (100m hurdles) and Donovan Bradley (110m hurdles) each placed fourth, while teammate Loreal Wilson took sixth in the 400m hurdles. One more trio of throwers – hammer specialists Audrey Jacobs (fifth) and Adrianna Coleman (sixth) as well as discus thrower Charlie Dang (fifth) – rounded out the All-ACC squad.
 
THROW LOUD AND PROUD
Cal’s throws squad – which has set six indoor and 11 outdoor program top-10 marks this season – is putting up another elite year, led by returning Olympic discus throwers Mykolas Alekna and Caisa-Marie Lindfors. Hammer thrower Audrey Jacobs owns the Dutch U23 record and earned All-America status as a freshman in 2023, while Adrianna Coleman, a sophomore, has also reached the USATF U20 Championships in each of the past two years, taking bronze in the hammer in 2023.
 
The Bears also welcomed several top newcomers to the team this year. Cal’s throwing transfer class is headlined by two-time All-American Giavonna Meeks, who won Cal’s first ACC title (weight throw) in March and claimed the ACC hammer title two months later. Other new members of the squad include 2024 World U20 hammer silver medalist Valentina Savva, 2024 European Championships two-way competitor Lucija Leko (discus and shot put) and 2023 European U20 hammer medalist Kai Barham. Meeks (No. 2 weight throw, No. 4 hammer, No. 6 indoor shot put, No. 10 outdoor shot put), Savva (No. 3 hammer, No. 4 weight throw) and Leko (No. 1 outdoor shot put, No. 4 discus, No. 5 indoor shot put) have already recorded marks on Cal’s all-time top-10 lists, while UC Santa Barbara transfer Jared Freeman also now owns program top 10s in the indoor weight throw (No. 2), hammer (No. 7) and discus (No. 10).
 
HERE COME THE HURDLERS
The Golden Bear hurdlers have posted a breakthrough season in 2025, collecting six program top-10 times and four All-ACC nods between the indoor and outdoor campaigns. Asjah Atkinson, who was named All-ACC both indoors and outdoors, now ranks second all-time at Cal in the 60m hurdles and fourth in the 100m hurdles. She is joined on both lists by teammate Mari Testa, who moved into a tie for the program’s No. 5 time in the former and shares the No. 7 time in the latter with teammate Saqqara Ruffin. Donovan Bradley (110m hurdles) and Loreal Wilson (400m hurdles) each made the Outdoor All-ACC team, each posting Cal’s fifth-best time in their respective events at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
 
 
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Nine members of the Babson College men’s track and field program were honored for their hard work in the classroom when they were named to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Academic All-Conference team on Tuesday.

Graduate student Matthew Campbell (South Easton, Mass.) and seniors Will Dean (Belmont, Mass.), Julian Ivarra (Plano, Texas), and Jack Reynolds (Fairfield, Conn.) were named to the Academic All-Conference team for the third time in their careers, and graduate student Ryan Wilson (Mount Sinai, N.Y.), senior Harrison Prucher (Hopkinton, Mass.), and sophomores Jonathan Hanscom (Hadley, Mass.), Coleman Hayes (New York, N.Y.) and Stratton Seymour (Merrimac, Mass.) were honored for the first time.

 

Academic All-Conference honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale after the 2024 fall semester, achieved second-year academic status, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire semester.

Campbell, a Strategic Management major, competed for Babson for the first time since 2022 and registered career-best times in his last two races. He placed 13th in the 1500 meters in a personal PR time of 4:09.40 at the NEWMAC Championships on April 26, and he finished seventh in the 10,000 meters at the New England Division III Championships with a PR time of 32:44.85. He made his Babson debut with two appearances back in 2019 and also competed in 10 meets in 2021 and 2022.

 

Dean, a Business major, competed in four meets this spring and finished his career with a ninth-place performance in the long jump at the NEWMAC Championships with a mark of 19-feet, 5.25-inches. He earned All-NEWMAC honors in 2024 with a second-place finish in the conference meet in the decathlon, scoring 4,331 points. His javelin throw of 149-feet, 6-inches at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational on April 19, 2024, ranked 29th in the NCAA Division III East Region.

 

Ivarra, a Business Administration major, ran in six track meets this spring after competing in the NCAA Division III cross country championships last fall. He ran a personal-best time in the 5000 meters with a 14:53.27 at the Bryant Black & Gold Invitational in late March and a PR 31:01.28 in the 10,000 meters at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational on April 19. He went on to place third in the 10,000 at the NEWMAC Championships and 13th in the 5000. His career-best time of 14:53.26 in the 5000 ranks seventh-fastest in program history, and his 31:01.28 in the 10K ranks fifth-fastest in program history.

Reynolds, a Business Analytics major, competed in 25 meets in his first three seasons at Babson but did not appear in any meets this spring. He placed fourth in the triple jump at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships with a career-best mark of 42-feet, 8-inches, eighth in the high jump with a leap of 6-feet, 1.5-inches, and 12th in the javelin throw with a mark of 135-feet, 8-inches. He placed third in the high jump (6-feet, 0.75-inches) at the NEWMAC meet in 2022 and fifth in 2023 (6-feet, 2.75-inches).

Wilson, a Finance major, returned for his final year of eligibility for the Beavers as a middle-distance runner. He finished 11th in the 1500 meters in a time of 4:08.54 at the NEWMAC Championships and finished in 16th place in the 800 meters in 2:05.02. He ran a career-best 15:41.84 to place sixth in the 5000 meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational back on March 21 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Wilson previously placed eighth in the 1500 meters at the NEWMAC Championships back in 2022 and fifth in the 1500 in 2023.

Prucher, a Finance major, competed in the high hurdle events in 18 meets in his first three seasons at Babson but did not appear in any meets this spring. He finished 11th in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.76 at the NEWMAC Championships in 2023, and placed fifth in the event with a career-best time of 15.53 at the NEWMAC meet in 2024.

Hansom, a Finance major, appeared in two meets this spring as a distance runner. He ran a career-best time of 32:43.11 in the 10,000 meters to take ninth place at the Bryant Black & Gold Invitational on March 28, and finished seventh with a time of 33:17.85 in the 10K at the NEWMAC Championships on April 25. He was also 11th in the 10,000 meters at the 2024 NEWMAC meet in 34:15.89.

Hayes, a Finance major, competed in five events this spring as a thrower for the Beavers. He placed seventh in the shot put at the NEWMAC Championships with a career-best mark of 42-feet, 6-inches; finished 13th at the NEWMAC meet in the discus with a mark of 109-feet, 6-inches; and placed 14th in the hammer throw with a career-best mark of 117-feet, 7-inches. He was also seventh in the discus (career-best 119-feet, 2-inches) at the 2024 NEWMAC meet and eighth in the shot put (39-feet, 8.75-inches).

Seymour, a Business Administration major, competed in four events this spring for the Beavers. He finished 11th in the 400-meter hurdles at the NEWMAC Championships this spring in a time of 59.70 seconds. He set the program record in the 400 hurdles three times in 2024, the third time coming at the MIT Final qualifier with a clocking of 56.52 seconds.

The Beavers finished in fifth place at the conference championships with 79 points, third-most in program history.

 

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – For the first time in program history, 11 athletes will compete for Tarleton State at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds held at E.B. Cushing Stadium from Wednesday to Saturday.
 
The 11 Texans competing will be fighting to earn a top 12 performance in their respective event to reach the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. In each event, the top 48 athletes that declared for their event earned a spot in the First Rounds. In the field events, there will just be one day of competition with the prelims and finals combined into one round and the top 12 athletes advancing to Eugene, Ore. For the track events, the 48 athletes will compete on the first day, Wednesday for men and Thursday for women. There will be 24 athletes advancing to the next day with the top three times in each heat and then the next best six overall times will earn a spot in the next round on Friday for men and Saturday for Women. On that day, the top 12 times will qualify for the NCAA Championships.
 
Each day, the track events will be streamed on ESPN+. Live Results will be provided for all events by flash results. Tickets are required for each day and are sold by the single day or by a pass for all four days of the meet. Follow @tarletontrackxc on Instgram and X for live updates, content and highlights across the four days.
 
The men’s long jump will kick off the competition for the Texans on Wednesday. Lokesh Sathyananthan and Sir Jonathan Sims will chase the Texans’ first NCAA Championships bid. The duo ranks in the top 12 entering the meet earning a spot in the fourth and final flight of 12. Sims best leap of 7.94 meters has him ranked fifth in the West. Sathyanathan holds the NCAA’s top mark of 8.14 meters. The pair is expected to start jumping around 5:45 p.m.
 
Also on Wednesday, two more Texans will lace up their cleats on the track. Ca’terrin Cox will race in the third heat of the 110 hurdles from lane eight at 6 p.m. He finished third and tied the school record at the WAC Championships in 13.77 seconds. David Mvundura is doubling in the 100 and 200. He will get started at 7 p.m. in the 100 meters running out of lane nine in heat five. Less than two hours later, he will be in the third heat of the 200 slate to start at 8:45 p.m. The senior will be in lane two. Both Cox and Mvundura will be searching for a top 24 time on the day to reach Friday’s next set of heats.
 
On Thursday, the recently named WAC Outdoor Female Freshman of the Year, Prestina Ochonogor, will be in search of her second NCAA Championships appearance in the long jump after earning First Team All-American at the Indoor Championships. Ochonogor tied the WAC Championships meet record en route to the gold medal last week. Her jump of 6.67 meters is ranked sixth in the West. She will be jumping in the fourth flight with an estimated start time of 5:45 p.m.
 
The WAC Outdoor Female Athlete of the Year, Victoria Cameron will be competing in the 100 and 200 on Thursday as well. First, she brings her fourth-best time in the region to the track in the 100 scheduled to start at 7 p.m. She is in the second heat of the 100 and will be running out of lane four. Three Texan women will be competing in the 200 slated to start at 8:45 p.m. Lauren Roy and Amandine Estival will be running in the first heat with Roy in lane six, and Estival in nine. Victoria Cameron will race in the sixth heat in lane five.
 
On Friday, Gabriele Tosti will be making his first appearance of the meet in the triple jump. Tosti and Sims will each compete in the fourth and final heat. Tosti enters ranked third in the NCAA and third in the West with his best leap of 16.39 meters coming at the Joe Gillespie Invitational. Sims is ranked ninth in the West and 18^th in the NCAA with a best mark of 15.99 meters. Also on Friday, Mvundura and Cox will hope to have run a qualifying time on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals in the 100, 200 and 110 hurdles on Friday. Each will have three heats with the 110 hurdles starting at 6:15 p.m., the 100 at 6:35 p.m. and the 200 at 7:50 p.m.
 
Saturday, Sofia DeGroot will make her debut at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. She will compete in the first flight of the triple jump starting 2:30 p.m. She earned the bronze at the WAC Championships. Also competing for the first time on Saturday will be the 4×100 relay. The quartet consisting of Cameron, Roy, Estival and Hanna Dudley will race for a top 12 performance to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships. They will race at 5 p.m. in the third heat out of lane seven. The 100 quarterfinals will be ran at 6:35 p.m. and the 200 will be ran at 7:50 p.m., the final race of the meet for the Texans. If Cameron qualifies in the top 24 for the 100 and 200, she will be running three races in the span of two hours and 50 minutes on Saturday.
 
The Texans will look to secure their first bids to an NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. The NCAA Championships will begin on June 11 and end on the 14^th from Hayward Field.
 
 
 

Metro

Four Central players and one from Bishop Guilfoyle Academy were named to the Mid-State Boys Vollleyball League All-Star roster this week.

Making the team for Central were Bryson Brooks, Christian Heuston, Hayden Smith and Blake Reynolds. The Marauders were represented by Brenden Young.

OTHERS

DuBois-Ethan Rusnica, Kyan Peck; Forest Hills-Isaac Valko, Eli Rudnik; West Shamokin-Braydn Rogers, Travis Jones, Aiden Oesterling, Anderson Fowler, Jesse Cessna

Bowlers shine

Several area youth bowlers competed recently at the PA State USBC Youth Championships which were held in the Altoona area.

One of the first-place winners was Maddie Rupp, who was tops in the All Events Class A Girls Handicapped division with a score of 2,216. She also placed second in the Singles Class A Handicapped division with an 809, just two points from winning the title.

Also taking home a title was Ashton Erndl, who won the Boys Singles Event Class A Handicapped division with an 848 score.

In the Boys Doubles Class A Handicapped division, Zachary Tremmel and Bryce Monahan finished sixth with a score of 1,518.

Tremmel placed second in the Singles Class B Handicapped division with a 694. Aidan Casillo was in the same division and took sixth with a 632. Tremmel also took sixth in the All Events Boys Class B Handicapped division with a 1,802 score.

J&P wins big

J&P Auto Mart improved to 2-0 Tuesday night, thanks to a 14-4 win in five innings over Penn Crest Bank in an Altoona Teener Minor League 15U game at Seitz Field.

Wesley Zitsch had three hits and four RBIs to go with three hits and three RBIs from Elijah Adams. Winning pitcher Blake Claar struck out seven.

J&P AUTO MART 14, PENNCREST BANK 4 (5): 3B–J. Moyer (PCB). 2B–Boggs 2, Adams, Zitsch (JP). RBI–Zitsch 4, Adams 3, Claar, Dixon 2 (JP). Multiple hits–Boggs 2, Zitsch 3, Adams 3, Dixon 2 (JP). WP–Claar. LP–Gojmerac. SO–Claar 7, Adams 1 (JP), Gojmerac 6, Gardner 1 (PCB).

Records: J&P Auto Mart (2-0), PennCrest Bank (2-2).

Two stars at Mount

CRESSON — Joey DeRubeis and Brandon Cook, members of the Mount Aloysius baseball team this past spring, were named to the ABCA/Rawling and D3baseball.com All-Region teams respectively.

Cook was honored on the ABCA/Rawlings second team and the D3baseball.com third team, as an outfielder. This marks the second time he was honored as All-Region by D3baseball.com, after earning second-team All-Mid Atlantic Region in 2021. Cook led the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference with 10 home runs and ranked sixth with 36 RBIs. He was also in the AMCC top five with 92 total bases and a .648 slugging percentage.

DeRubeis earned a second-team All-Region selection from D3baseball.com, while finishing tied for 18th nationally with seven saves. This is DeRubeis’ first All-Region selection. His seven saves tied a program record and finished just one behind Alma’s Ken Fistler, who held the highest total in Region 7. DeRubeis made 12 appearances in 2025, tossing 13.1 innings and carrying a 2.02 ERA.

He also struck out 15 batters, giving him a 10.13 K/9 ratio. The converted catcher registered nine career saves, which ranks third in program history.