NEW ORLEANS – University of Houston Track & Field assistant coach Drew Fucci was named the 2025 USTFCCCA South Central Region Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year, the organization announced Friday.
 
Fucci’s group of hurdlers, high jumpers and multi-athletes earned 49 of the 96 points scored at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship while two hurdlers and one multi-athlete accounted for Houston’s 15 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. A full list of winners can be found here.
 
BIG 12
At the Big 12 Championship, four Cougars scored a total of 19 points in the 110-meter hurdles highlighted by Big 12 Champion Jamar Marshall Jr.’s time of 13.13 to set both a meet and school record. Senior John Adesola placed third in the 110-meter hurdles and finished fourth in the 100-meter. Sophomore Jairius Burton placed seventh and junior Anthony Trucks finished eighth.
 
Senior Grant Levesque earned second in the decathlon with 7,848 points, just three points from setting a school record.
 
Houston’s high jump squad collected 17 points with sophomore Antrea Mita in second place, senior My’Kell Beck in third and junior Turey Stoudemire’s seventh-place finish.
 
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fucci and the Cougars concluded the 2025 season with a 19^th-place finish and earned four individual All-America honors.
 
In the 110-meter hurdles, Adesola placed third while Marshall Jr. finished fourth to earn First Team All-America recognition. Levesque posted a fifth-place finish in the decathlon for First Team, and Mita earned Second Team honors in the high jump.
 
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Cal Athletics MPOLO 6/20/2025 10:19 AM | By: Cal Athletics Golden Bears To Face Challenging Slate Of Opponents The California men’s water polo team announced a challenging 2025 schedule Friday, highlighted by all four semifinalists from last year’s NCAA Championship and at least eight opponents who finished 2024 ranked in the final CWPA poll. The Golden Bears, who wrapped up last season ranked No. 6 in the country, open the campaign Aug. 30-31 at the Air Force Open. Their first regular-season home game takes place Sept. 27 against Pepperdine. Cal’s MPSF opener is scheduled for Oct. 4 against defending national…

STORRS, Conn.- UConn Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan has been named the 2025 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Men’s Coach of the Year, the association announced Friday. Coach Alford-Sullivan took home Northeast Men’s Region Indoor Coach of the Year, sweeping the men’s coaching award for the second consecutive season.

Coach Alford-Sullivan and the Huskies completed the season sweep of BIG EAST Track & Field titles, as both the men’s and women’s side claimed their respective indoor and outdoor titles for the fourth straight season. Coach Alford-Sullivan led the men’s team to a conference record 298 points, headlined by 7 BIG EAST Champions. Overall, the men’s track & field team finished with 2 NCAA All-Americans, 27 all-time program top 10 marks, and 2 new school records.

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State combined events athlete Peyton Bair adds another award to his extensive resume, after being voted the USTFCCCA South Region Field Athlete of the Year.

In a vote consisting of U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association member coaches, Bair was selected for the honor against the other Division I schools in the South Region.

Bair has cemented himself amongst the greats during this outdoor season, capped off by taking the decathlon national title and two collegiate records at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

His record-breaking performance of 8,323 points at the championships beat the field by over 400 points and was the 14^th highest score in collegiate history. Bair is the seventh man in NCAA history to sweep the heptathlon and decathlon in the same season.

Bair was also named the USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year earlier this season after taking home the heptathlon title at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Bair will compete at the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships later this summer, with the hopes of representing Team USA at the World Championships in Tokyo later this year.  

For more information on the Mississippi State track and field program, visit HailState.com and follow “HailStateTF” on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.

 

 

ISTANBUL — Canada’s women’s team lost its third match in three days with a 3-0 defeat to No. 2 Brazil in the 2025 Volleyball Nations League on Friday.

VNL rookie Abby Guezen led the Canadians with 13 points, all off the attack. Nyadholi Thokbuom tallied 12 points — nine off the attack, two off blocks and one off a serve.

Set scores were 25-20, 25-23 and 25-23.

Canada (2-5) also lost 3-2 to South Korea on Wednesday and 3-0 to host Turkey on Thursday.

The Canadians rank 15th in the 18-country round robin with five preliminary phase matches remaining.

Canada will have a day off before facing Belgium on Sunday.

“I’m very happy to see the team getting better each day,” head coach Giovanni Guidetti said. “Today we had a chance to win two sets against Brazil, that means the team is performing well because we played at the same level as Brazil, so we should be proud of that. We need to be better at the end of the sets, but again, we had a chance against Brazil, which is a good sign.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2025.

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