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Howell, Fowlerville grads win NCAA men’s gymnastics title at Michigan

ANN ARBOR — Before they were national championship gymnastics teammates at the University of Michigan, Kyle Walchuk of Howell and Landen Blixt of Fowlerville were two young boys dealing with foot injuries while training in the same gym. Walchuk had recently moved to Michigan when he joined Infinity Gymnastics Academy in Brighton where Blixt was […]

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ANN ARBOR — Before they were national championship gymnastics teammates at the University of Michigan, Kyle Walchuk of Howell and Landen Blixt of Fowlerville were two young boys dealing with foot injuries while training in the same gym.

Walchuk had recently moved to Michigan when he joined Infinity Gymnastics Academy in Brighton where Blixt was already a budding star.

Walchuk, 12 at the time, injured his foot during his second practice. Blixt, 13, broke a foot a few weeks earlier. Unable to train, they worked on their conditioning together while their injuries healed.

From mutual disappointment, a bond quickly formed.

“It’s not great to have injuries, but looking back it was the best thing that could have happened because it gave us the opportunity to get to know each other,” Walchuk said. “We’re only a year different. We had a lot in common. We talked a lot, car-pooled to the gym. That was part of the draw to even come to Michigan in the first place.”

Blixt arrived at Michigan after graduating from Fowlerville in 2022. Walchuk became a Wolverine after graduating from Howell the following year.

They joined a program that had been close to winning national championships for a few years before breaking through to win the NCAA title April 19 in its home arena at the Crisler Center.

Neither gymnast competed in the national meet. Blixt suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the first meet of the season, while Walchuk is a pommel horse specialist on a team that is deep in that event.

They contributed in other ways.

Blixt learned how to add value to the team, even when he couldn’t compete, by making suggestions to his teammates to improve their routines and offering encouragement. His biggest regret the previous year was not speaking up when he saw something a teammate could improve.

“This year only being able to help the team cheering wise in the gym, planning out schedules for people, that’s all I could do,” Blixt said. “I was really happy I got to fill that regret this year. That’s why I felt so good, because even though I didn’t compete, I felt like I literally gave everything.”

Being surrounded by teammates with such high aspirations helped Blixt cope with his injury.

“The team helped me a lot because my role changed but the goal remained the same,” he said. “I still had something to look forward to. If I was in club gymnastics before college, it literally would have felt like my world was collapsing. Because I have these guys and the goal hadn’t finished of winning a national championship, I was able to bounce back quickly.”

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Walchuk was in Michigan’s lineup for six of its 14 events. His contribution was pushing the other pommel horse specialists throughout the season because, if they faltered, he was ready to take their spot.

“The pushing for those couple of spots gets pretty intense,” Walchuk said. “There’s no animosity or anything, just that drive that we’re all pushing each other. At the end of the day, we all want to win a national championship and we want to see the team succeed. We push to compete with other pommel horse specialists. It’s the best thing for the team, and we all realize that. It leads to a real healthy dynamic.”

Winning the national championship became an all-consuming focus for the Wolverines after back-to-back runner-up finishes that were preceded by two straight third-place showings.

“Throughout the year, we learned there was way more to give,” Blixt said. “None of us knew what it took to win a national championship, obviously, because this team never won one before. It was cool just to see all the work we’ve put in compared to the other years.”

It wasn’t easy. If it was, every team would win national championships.

“It was a pretty long season, going through with such high expectations,” Walchuk said. “Everyone was pushing pretty hard. Tensions are high. It was certainly one of the harder seasons I’ve seen.”

Because Blixt’s injury happened so early in the season, he gets an extra year of eligibility after his senior season next winter. That will give him an extra season to compete in a program that produced three Olympians and an Olympic alternate last summer as he works toward his goal of qualifying for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

“The Olympics have been my biggest goal since I was little,” he said. “It’s something you want to have come true. It’s like a dream and you don’t know how to get there. Now that I’m on this path, especially with my coaches here, you can see the road. You just have to keep doing the right things.”

Walchuk said his studies as a material science and engineering major at Michigan would make it difficult to put in the extra training needed to pursue an Olympic goal. He was studying quantum theory when reached for his interview, has a lab scheduled this summer that will take up eight hours a day and has joined project teams at the university.

“We have two (U.S.) Olympians in the gym,” Walchuk said. “I’ve seen the commitment it takes physically, the time it takes to recover and do all the training. I don’t know if it’s realistic to have all the goals I have outside of the gym along with Olympic goals.”

Rather than focusing on pommel horse, the one event that would give him the best shot at the Olympics, Walchuk hopes to become stronger in multiple events to help the team over his final two years.

Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on X @BillKhan



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MINNEAPOLIS – Sarah Martin has been invited to participate in the first-of-its-kind Women’s College Talent ID Camp, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. The camp will take place June 18–22 in Atlanta, home of the new Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center. Martin, a goalkeeper from Champlin, Minn., is one of 42 players selected. The […]

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MINNEAPOLIS – Sarah Martin has been invited to participate in the first-of-its-kind Women’s College Talent ID Camp, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. The camp will take place June 18–22 in Atlanta, home of the new Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center.

Martin, a goalkeeper from Champlin, Minn., is one of 42 players selected. The camp is part of U.S. Youth National Teams’ evolving scouting strategy aimed at increasing programming opportunities for college players with high potential, with the goal of expanding the U.S. under-18, under-19 and under-20 women’s national team player pools.

Last season, Martin started all 22 matches for the Golden Gophers in goal. She finished the year with 60 saves and a 0.714 goals-against average, ranking sixth all-time in Minnesota’s single-season records. She recorded seven shutouts, including three straight: at Illinois (Sept. 12), vs. North Dakota State (Sept. 15), and vs. Michigan (Sept. 19).

Martin is one of 14 Big Ten players selected and the only Minnesotan invited.



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UMaine hockey adds NHL draft pick from Canada with ‘blazing one-timer’

Another NHL draft pick is on the way to Orono. Carolina Hurricanes fifth-round draft choice (156th overall) Justin Poirier, who scored 122 goals in 181 regular season games over the last three seasons for Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, will be playing for the University of Maine this coming season. The […]

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Another NHL draft pick is on the way to Orono.

Carolina Hurricanes fifth-round draft choice (156th overall) Justin Poirier, who scored 122 goals in 181 regular season games over the last three seasons for Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, will be playing for the University of Maine this coming season.

The 5-foot-9, 183-pound Poirier scored 43 goals and added 37 assists in 58 games for Baie-Comeau Drakkar this past season after leading the league in goals in 2023-24 with 51. He also had 31 assists for 82 points in 68 games two years ago.

He led the league in playoff goals in 2023-24 with 18 in 17 games. He had nine playoff assists.

Poirier, who will turn 19 on Sept. 4, said there were a number of reasons behind his decision to come to UMaine.

“I liked the fact the guys were all friends with each other,” Poirier said about the Black Bears locker room.

He also liked that he was coming to a winning program and he was impressed with the renovations to the Alfond Arena.

UMaine won the Hockey East Tournament last season for the first time since 2004 and has reached the NCAA Tournament the last two years for the first time since the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

UMaine is in the midst of a $50 million renovation to the 48-year-old arena.

“There’s going to be a lounge where you can have dinner and do your homework and that’s very cool,” said Poirier, who added that he liked the fact the rink was on campus and close to the classrooms and living facilities.

Poirier will be expected to help fill a scoring void left by the departure of players who scored exactly half of UMaine’s goals last season. Sixty-two of the 124 goals were scored by players who have departed.

“That’s what I’m going to try to bring to the team, my offensive side. I’m going to keep shooting the puck and hope to score some goals,” said Poirier, who is from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec.

According to the Elite Prospects 2024 NHL Draft Guide, Poirier “drives all over the offensive zone in search of goals, positioning himself at the far-post for backdoor plays and jumping on rebounds in front of the net.”

Poirier “instinctively knows when and where a scoring chance will arise and how to seize them all,” according to that draft guide, which adds that he “can fire in the middle of steps on the rush, directly off passes with a catch-and-release motion or with a blazing one-timer.”

The incoming right wing knows there is going to be a significant adjustment and he is looking forward to it.

“I’ll be playing against older guys and bigger guys,” Poirier said. “In Major Junior, the players are 16-20 years old while in NCAA, they’re 18-to-25. So this will be way better for my development. I want to play in the NHL so I’m excited to make this jump.”

He intends to keep working on his strength in the offseason and he is also focusing on improving his quickness, especially in tight spaces. He wants to be able to get close to full speed in as few steps as possible.

“I want to become the best hockey player I can for the entire 200 feet. Hard work is the key to success,” said Poirier.

He noted that Orono will be a much shorter commute for his family compared to when he was playing for Baie-Comeau Drakkar, and they’re excited about coming to watch him play.

“It is five and a half hours to Orono while it was nine hours the last three years in juniors,” he pointed out.

His coming to UMaine is contingent upon him being accepted into the school and meeting NCAA eligibility requirements.



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Crusader Quarterly with Kit Hughes | June 2025

Story Links Dear Crusaders, I hope you are well and excited to recharge during the (very) slow approaching weeks of summer. As I reflect upon a year of incredible progress for Crusader Athletics, I am filled with gratitude for the dedication of our coaches and staff, skill and determination of our students, […]

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Dear Crusaders,

I hope you are well and excited to recharge during the (very) slow approaching weeks of summer. As I reflect upon a year of incredible progress for Crusader Athletics, I am filled with gratitude for the dedication of our coaches and staff, skill and determination of our students, and incredible support of our Holy Cross community. 2024-25 marked the most competitively successful year for Crusader Athletics in the last decade, while also setting new highs in several areas including department GPA, community service, and event attendance among others. Simply put, our programs are getting it done here on The Hill, all while remaining true to our core values, mission and commitment to serving others. I am so proud — as I am sure you are as well — but as you already know, the best is yet to come!

Over the past five weeks, we celebrated 158 graduating student-athletes at Commencement. We made stops in Washington, D.C.Boston and New York City for our third annual Coaches Road Show. We welcomed our alumni during Reunion Weekend and our fourth annual Coaches Home Show. Our Crusader family traveled far and wide as our athletes represented Holy Cross in Chapel Hill, N.C.Jacksonville, Fla.Camden, N.J. and Amherst, Va. throughout the spring postseason. During each of these moments, it has been incredible to witness the togetherness of our community, and the tenacity and pride of our student-athletes.

Just as remarkable is the generosity of our loyal alumni, fans, and families, whose contributions have been critical to our success. This support empowers our Crusaders to excel in the classroom and in competition. As of today, we have raised over $2.72 million with $980,000 remaining to reach our goal of raising $3.7 million through the Crusader Athletics Fund before June 30. Your partnership is essential in providing a co-curricular athletic experience that is truly world-class, sustained by our Jesuit, Catholic identity. This experience is central to the education our students receive on Mount St. James. Join with over 4,200 supporters and make your gift before the June 30 deadline. Your support is essential as we continue to reach for even greater heights!!

Below, you will read about more recent highlights and some ways to continue connecting with us in the coming weeks and months. Whether at an upcoming game or golf tournament, our Crusader Community Festival, or during an unexpected trip back to campus, I look forward to seeing you all soon! 

Go Cross Go! 

Kit Hughes

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics


Feel free to reach out — any time — with your thoughts, questions or concerns on our “Be Heard” page!

Three Things To Know

 






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All summer long, many of our teams will be hosting youth clinics — visit goholycross.com/clinics to learn more about all of our options! 
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Let’s work together to Pack Fitton this fall — and also raise money for your group, charity or organization! Starting this year, we’re offering the opportunity for groups to fundraise by selling single-game tickets for any of our four home games at Fitton Field. Visit goholycross.com/groupfundraising for more information.

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The last day to make your gift to the Crusader Athletics Fund to count for this year is June 30. Gifts can be designated to any of our 27 varsity sports, and every gift gets us closer to our $3.7 million goal! With any questions, please contact the Crusader Athletics Fund team at crusaderathletics@holycross.edu.


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Athletic Highlights
















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Baseball junior CJ Egrie earned Patriot League Player of the Year honors, while junior Jaden Wywoda was named the Patriot League Pitcher of the Year.
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First team All-Patriot League honors were earned by senior Chris Baillargeon (baseball), junior Giavanna Ciaravino (women’s track & field), freshman Abby Desmarais (women’s track & field), freshman Danielle DiEsso (women’s track & field), junior CJ Egrie (baseball), senior Jimmy King (baseball), senior Ella Kittredge (women’s lacrosse), junior Racheli Levy-Smith (women’s lacrosse), senior Haley Murphy (women’s track & field), senior Isabela Miller (women’s lacrosse), senior Molly O’Connor (women’s track & field), junior Jaden Wywoda (baseball) and senior Sally Zinsner (women’s lacrosse).
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Second team All-Patriot League selections included junior Anna Brait (softball), freshman Ezequiel De la Plaza (men’s tennis), senior Brian Fennelly (men’s track & field), junior Celia Kulis (women’s track & field), sophomore John LaFleur (baseball), junior Danny Macchiarola (baseball), senior Connor Peek (baseball), sophomore Gianni Royer (baseball) and senior Maura Switzer (women’s track & field).
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All-Northeast Region honors went to senior Ella Kittredge (women’s lacrosse), junior Racheli Levy-Smith (women’s lacrosse) and senior Isabela Miller (women’s lacrosse).
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Baseball won the Patriot League regular season and tournament championships, to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. Junior Danny Macchiarola was named the Patriot League Tournament MVP while seniors Jimmy King and Chris Baillargeon and sophomore Gianni Royer joined Macchiarola on the All-Tournament Team.
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Baseball competed at the Chapel Hill Regional, taking on No. 5 overall seed and D1Baseball.com‘s No. 1 nationally-ranked North Carolina on May 30 and Nebraska on May 31.
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Junior Liam Lyons placed 42nd in the 1500m with a time of 3.46.63 at the NCAA East Regional First Round hosted by UNF in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 28.
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Holy Cross hosted the Patriot League Championship in both baseball and track and field.
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The men’s golf team finished in second place at the Patriot League Championship, with senior Nolan Schuermann becoming just the second player in program history to win the league individual title. Schuermann went on to finish in a tie for 49th place at the NCAA Amherst Regional, firing a strong 74-74-71-219 (+9) performance.
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Track and field picked up seven medals and broke eight women’s school records at home for the Patriot League Outdoor Championship from May 2-3. Haley Murphy took home gold and set a new school and Patriot League Championship meet record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.08. The following weekend at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10), the Crusaders brought home 10 medals and three new school records.
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The men’s rowing team qualified for the IRA National Championship for the first time since 2015, finishing in 20th as a team.
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Women’s lacrosse finished in fourth place in the Patriot League and earned a home game in the tournament quarterfinals, where they defeated Colgate 19-13 to advance to the semifinals for the second straight season.
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Women’s rowing achieved their highest national ranking since 2015 and placed seventh at the Patriot League Championship.

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Seventeen of our teams achieved a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s academic performance standard, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), tying for the third-most in the nation out of 362 Division I schools.
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Senior Nolan Schuermann of men’s golf was selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Academic All-Patriot League selections included senior Ginger Berry (women’s rowing), senior Brian Fennelly (men’s track & field), senior Ella Grey (women’s track & field), senior Jimmy King (baseball), junior Danny Macchiarola (baseball), senior Haley Murphy (women’s track & field), sophomore Gianni Royer (baseball), senior Nolan Schuermann (men’s golf), junior Ali Sniegocki (softball), senior Maura Switzer (women’s track & field) and senior Sally Zinsner (women’s lacrosse).
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College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors went to senior Caroline Carlson (women’s tennis), senior Caroline Fredey (women’s tennis), sophomore Ava Gambichler (softball), junior Maddie Hamm (women’s tennis), sophomore John LaFleur (baseball), senior Ahana Nagarkatti (women’s tennis), sophomore Emma Pietrzak (softball), sophomore Gianni Royer (baseball) and junior Ali Sniegocki (softball).
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A number of our student-athletes presented at the College’s annual Academic Conference.


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Our student-athletes and teams were honored for their outstanding achievements on May 5 during the annual Crusader Awards. The award winners were highlighted by Crusader of the Year selections Christo Kelly (football) and Haley Murphy (women’s track & field).
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The Patriot League formally announced the addition of both William & Mary and Villanova as associate members for football beginning in the 2026 season.
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We retired the jerseys of five Crusader Baseball Legends on April 27: Jack Barry (Class of 1910), Owen Carroll (Class of 1925), Jim O’Neill (Class of 1952), Ron Perry (Class of 1954) and Louis Sockalexis (Class of 1897).
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The Holy Cross Varsity Club announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2025, which includes Maureen Connolly (Class of 2018, field hockey), Jerry Dickinson (Class of 2009, soccer), Ed Kutschke (Class of 1986, football), Megan Orr (Class of 2007, lacrosse), David Puloka (Class of 2001, football, track and field) and Ann Zelesky (honorary).
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Luke Newman ’24 was selected in the sixth round of the National Football League draft by the Chicago Bears.
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Stacey Hochkins ’12 was named the 2025 USA Hockey Adult Player of the Year.
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Bill McGovern ’85, an All-American defensive back for the Holy Cross football team and a member of the Varsity Club Hall of Fame, returns to the 2026 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Men’s tennis junior Patrick Ling attended the NCAA’s Career in Sports Forum, a four-day event in Indianapolis that brought together over 150 student-athletes from around the nation.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Aug. 22 | Men’s Ice Hockey Golf Outing

Aug. 30 | Football Season Opener at Northern Illinois

Sept. 13 | Football Home Opener vs. Rhode Island

Sept. 14 | Crusader Community Festival | Women’s Soccer vs. Rhode Island at 2 p.m.

Oct. 4 | Football vs. Harvard | Homecoming

Oct. 25 | Football vs. Colgate | Hall of Fame Dinner

Nov. 1 | Football vs. Lafayette | Family Weekend

Nov. 22 | Football vs. Georgetown at Fenway Park

2025 Season Ticket Membership deposits are open now!

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McMahan Signs Three to 2025 Class

Story Links CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Women’s Golf Head Coach C.C. McMahan has completed the 2025 recruiting class that features one freshman and two transfers. Emma Heyman and Wawa Booncharn join Charlotte after two seasons of college golf meanwhile Maia Hattrell signs as a freshman from England. MCMAHAN ON THE NEWCOMERS “We are thrilled […]

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CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Women’s Golf Head Coach C.C. McMahan has completed the 2025 recruiting class that features one freshman and two transfers. Emma Heyman and Wawa Booncharn join Charlotte after two seasons of college golf meanwhile Maia Hattrell signs as a freshman from England.

MCMAHAN ON THE NEWCOMERS

“We are thrilled to officially welcome these three outstanding young women to our program. Each one brings a unique spark that fits the culture we are committed to that is rooted in character, competitiveness, and a growth mindset.”

EMMA HEYMAN

Heyman comes to Charlotte after two seasons at Idaho. She competed in all 10 of the team’s tournaments in 2024-25 with a scoring average of 76.8, totaling two top 10 finishes. At the Bobcat Desert Classic, Heyman finished in ninth individually by shooting one under par.

A native of Oskarshamn, Sweden and graduate of Birgitta School, Heyman earned multiple top 10 finishes in the summer of 2023 including coming in second at the Galvin Green Junior Open. In 2022, she played on the Swedish Championship Team and Swedish Junior Team Championship.

“I want to thank Coach McMahan for the opportunity to become a Charlotte 49er,” said Heyman. “It is great to join a team that is supportive and motivated. I am pumped to get started in August and keep pushing to get better.”

WAWA BOONCHARN

After two years at New Mexico Junior College, Booncharn will join fellow Thailand native Pinky Chaisilprungruang at Charlotte. Booncharn finished the season as the 16th ranked individual in the NJCAA and fourth regionally in the Scoreboard by Clippd rankings. She totaled six top three finishes including a 302-71-9 win-loss record. For the season, her scoring average was 76.2.

MAIA HATTRELL

A native of Essex, England, Hattrell graduated from New Hall School and was a member of the West Essex Golf Club. Hattrell was the Essex Girl’s Championship Nett Winner and helped New Hall win the ISGA British Schools National Finals, with her career low round score of 74.

 



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Three Ducks named to Olympic hockey teams – Daily News

The Ducks will be represented by at least three players at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. There, Lukáš Dostál and Radko Gudas will reprise their roles from their 2024 World Championship triumph for Czechia while prospect Damian Clara will man the net for host nation Italy. Dostál made an immense leap forward last season […]

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The Ducks will be represented by at least three players at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

There, Lukáš Dostál and Radko Gudas will reprise their roles from their 2024 World Championship triumph for Czechia while prospect Damian Clara will man the net for host nation Italy.

Dostál made an immense leap forward last season for the Ducks, when he routinely saved goals above expected as the team’s most outstanding and most consistent player. Gudas took a step back on the blue line from his superb first season on Katella Ave., but also assumed the role of captain for the first time, continued to deepen his community presence and played through injuries.

Both men participated in Czechia’s gold-medal victory on home soil in the spring of 2024, when Dostál dominated the tournament, including a shutout in the final and another in the quarterfinal round. Gudas contributed to that excellence as part of the Czech defense corps, and the team effort even extended beyond the ice.

“It was a very special moment for our team and for our country as well. We haven’t been able to do that in, I think, 40 years,” Gudas said. “Everybody in the Czech Republic was cheering for us and it got the whole country together rooting for one thing.”

For Dostál, it was a springboard toward a season that established him as an NHL starter and may make him a wealthy man as he negotiates a new contract during his pending restricted free agency. He edged out a pair of more established NHL netminders for the gig in goal last spring.

“Getting the chance, being the youngest, people might have thought I might not be able to handle it, but I really wanted to prove everybody wrong, to show that ‘I’m here, I’m ready,’” Dostál said.

Clara, a 20-year-old prospect goaltender whose journey has taken him from Italy to Austria to Sweden to San Diego, will almost assuredly be the lone North American pro among the Italians.

“I hope I can give my best for the team and give my best for the nation,” Clara said.

With competition opening up beyond the traditional seven or so powers in ice hockey, the Italians hope to join the Swiss, Germans and other rising European sides. While Clara said he felt the program had ground to cover to close the gap on even those up-and-comers, he was enthused at some talent in the pipeline and hoped to be an exemplar within the program.

“I hope I can be a little bit of a role model in that you don’t have to start out big, you just have to go somewhere, try your luck and give it your all,” Clara said. “I know I’m not supposed to be here, given where I came from.”

On Monday, each of the 12 qualifying countries named half a dozen participants, with the bulk of the rosters to be determined ahead of the February games. That could send additional Ducks to Italy. Most notably, new addition Chris Kreider skated for the United States at 4 Nations Face-Off, where promising pivot Leo Carlsson filled a depth role for Sweden.



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Aggie Duo Invited to U.S. Soccer ID Camp

ATLANTA – Texas A&M standouts Trinity Buchanan and Sydney Fuller earned invitations to a U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp June 18-22 in Fayetteville, Georgia. Buchanan and Fuller are among 42 players called up to the first-of-its-kind camp. The event is part of the U.S. Soccer Youth National Teams’ growing scouting strategy and expanding the player […]

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Aggie Duo Invited to U.S. Soccer ID Camp

ATLANTA – Texas A&M standouts Trinity Buchanan and Sydney Fuller earned invitations to a U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp June 18-22 in Fayetteville, Georgia.
 
Buchanan and Fuller are among 42 players called up to the first-of-its-kind camp. The event is part of the U.S. Soccer Youth National Teams’ growing scouting strategy and expanding the player pools for the U-18, U-19 and U-20 national teams.
 
Texas A&M is one of 11 colleges with multiple players selected for the camp.
 
Buchanan is in her first season with the Aggies. The junior midfielder transferred to A&M after two seasons at UNLV. She registered an All-Mountain West season in 2024 when she ranked seventh in the conference with 18 points on six goals and six assists in 20 matches. For her career, Buchanan played in 40 matches with 31 points on 12 goals and seven assists.
 
Fuller is in her second season in the Brazos Valley. She started 14 matches in the woodwork during her freshman campaign. Fuller sported a 1.14 goals against average with 49 saves and four shutouts in 1,260 minutes.
 
The camp is slated for McCurry Park with 41 players selected from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 birth years along with one 2008 player. The five-day camp will consist of three training sessions and two intrasquad matches.
 

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