HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Texas State men and women swept the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, contested at Sentara Park on the campus of James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., for the first time in school history.

The Texas State men won the program’s second Sun Belt title with nearly 100 points on the final day of competition to lead the field with 145. Arkansas State finished second with 126 as Louisiana finished third with 114. The Texas State women nearly doubled their score on the final day to earn the program’s fourth outdoor title and repeat as champions with 119 points. Louisiana finished second with 108 points as Southern Miss finished third with 97. 

 

Texas State’s Abigail Parra was named the women’s top meet scorer with 23 points with her performance across the distance races. Arkansas State’s Jacob Pyeatt and App State’s Ethan Lipham were named men’s co-top meet scorers with 20 points as the pair each earned two gold medals.

 

Over the three day championship, there were 268 personal-best performances with 110 season-best times and marks.

The women’s discus started the final day in Virginia, as Louisiana’s Kimola Hines earned gold in the fifth round with a mark of 49.26m/161-7. The men’s triple jump was decided in the sixth round, as Louisiana’s Jeremy Nelson leapt to the top spot on the podium with a distance of 15.98m/52-5.25. The women’s high jump podium featured a trio of personal-best performances with Alana Simon from Southern Miss earning the gold with a personal-best clearance of 1.77m/5-9.75.

 

Arkansas State’s Menachem Chen launched himself atop the podium in the men’s discus in the sixth round with a mark of 54.05m/177-4. The women’s triple jump also saw a podium full of personal-best marks as Imani Moore from Georgia Southern earned the gold with a distance of 12.81m/42-0.5.

 

The final field event of the day did not lack in dramatics as Texas State teammates Aiden Hayes and Kason O’Riley both set personal-best marks, and tied both the Sun Belt and Championship Meet record in the event. A record that had remained untouched since 1994 was challenged as the pair of Bobcats finished first and second clearing 2.25m/7-4.5.

 

As the championship moved to the track, both the men’s and women’s team races were margined in the single digits. Georgia Southern came out blazing with a new Sun Belt and Championship Meet record time of 43.73 in the women’s 4x100m relay. The Louisiana men captured the title in 39.55, which sits just 0.10 from tying the Meet Record.

Parra claimed the top spot in the women’s 1500m in 4:23.76 as Lipham won his second gold medal of the championships on the men’s side in 3:50.83. The women’s 100m hurdles featured Amanda Kinloch from Coastal Carolina powering through in 13.16 to claim gold. Arkansas State’s Colby Eddowes claimed the top podium spot in the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.51.

 

The women’s 400m saw a pair of Southern Miss athletes finish atop the podium as Kennedi Sanders won the gold in 53.22. Louisiana’s Lawson Jacobs led a podium filled with personal-best marks for the men’s 400m with a personal-best time of 45.57.

 

Georgia Southern’s NaJ Watson ran a personal-best 11.30 in the 100m to claim the gold medal. Troy’s Tydreke Thomas entered the championships with a seeded time of 10.13 and ran a 10.14 in the finals to earn gold.

 

Jaellene Burgess led the 800m from wire to wire in 2:07.41 to finish first as Louisiana’s Joseph Patterson claimed gold in the men’s 800m in 1:50.46. ULM’s Katerina Natsiopoulou earned the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles in 59.55. South Alabama’s Kendal White ran a personal-best 50.02 in the men’s 400m hurdles to finish atop the podium.

 

Georgia Southern swept the women’s 200m podium as Devine Parker ran 23.07 to finish first. Texas State’s Drew Donley won the men’s 200m final with a time of 20.75. Coastal Carolina’s Molly Jones captured a season-best time of 16:52.56 in the women’s 5000m to win gold. Arkansas State’s Pyeatt set a new Championship Meet Record in the men’s 5000m with a time of 13:50.83.

 

Down to the final relay events, the Southern Miss women’s 4x400m relay team ran a season-best time of 3:36.08 to set a new Championship Meet Record. On the men’s side, Louisiana’s relay team captured the final gold medal with a time of 3:08.65.

 

The 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field preliminaries will run from May 28-31. The East preliminary will be hosted by the North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., while the West preliminary will be hosted by the Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The selection will be announced the week prior to First Round competition on Thursday, May 22.

 

The top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each individual event. The top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each relay event.

 

Combined events do not attend the preliminary meets. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the championships.

 

The NCAA outdoor track and field championships run from June 11-14. Both the men’s and women’s championships will be run simultaneously at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.

2025 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 10, 2025)

Men’s Team Scores (Final):

1. Texas State (145)

2. Arkansas State (126)

3. Louisiana (114)

4. South Alabama (108)

5. App State (97)

6. Southern Miss (72)

7. ULM (67)

8. Troy (40)

9. Coastal Carolina (36)

10.  Marshall (9)

Women’s Team Scores (Final): 

1. Texas State (119)

2. Louisiana (108)

3. Southern Miss (97)

4. Georgia Southern (91)

5. Arkansas State (69)

6. South Alabama (68)

7. Coastal Carolina (63)

8. App State (50)

9. Troy (43)

10. Marshall (36)

T11. ULM (30)

T11. James Madison (30)

13. Georgia State (15)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball team’s national title hopes ended with a sweep at the hands of rival UCLA in the semifinals of the National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship on Saturday at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio.
 
The second-seeded and Big West champion Rainbow Warriors closed the 2025 season at 27-6 following the No. 3-seeded Bruins’ 25-14, 25-23, 25-23 victory in the 97^th all-time meeting and 10^th postseason matchup between the storied programs.
 
A shorthanded UH rotation hit .188 while UCLA (22-6) hit .370 in advancing to face top-seeded Long Beach State in the national championship match on Monday. The Beach defeated Pepperdine in four sets in Saturday’s first semifinal match.
 
UH outside hitter Adrien Roure led the Warriors with 12 kills while hitting .333 and had two aces in closing out an All-America freshman season. Setter Tread Rosenthal, also an All-American, finished with 19 assists and four kills. Redshirt freshman Justin Todd was in on all four of UH’s blocks.

UCLA had the advantage from the service line and at the net with six aces and 11 blocks. Sean Kelly led the Bruins with a match-high 13 kills while hitting .435.

UH’s run to the NCAA’s final four punctuated the careers of five Rainbow Warrior seniors in ‘Eleu Choy, Kawai Hong, Kurt Nusterer, Zachary Thompson and Clay Wieter.

 

After falling short of the NCAA Championship last year, the Warriors returned to the bracket this season by claiming the Big West Championship title and advanced to the national semifinals for the ninth time.

 

Saturday’s loss was UH’s first in the NCAA semifinals since 2017, also in Columbus. The Warriors had advanced to the title match in their last four opportunities dating back to 2019.

 

As in Thursday’s quarterfinal win over Penn State, the Warriors fell behind early in the opening set as UCLA jumped out to a 10-4 lead with an eight-point run. This time, UH couldn’t overcome the deficit and UCLA’s third ace of the set pushed the lead to 16-8. The Bruins remained in control through the end of the set while hitting .417 to UH’s .048.

 

Freshman Kainoa Wade started the second set at opposite and his first kill gave UH an 8-7 lead. A successful challenge by UH coach Charlie Wade resulted in an ace for Finn Kearney, but UCLA strung together a 5-0 run to take a 13-10 lead. UH rallied to catch the Bruins at 17-17 and there were five more ties until Roure made a diving save and Wade finished the point to push UH ahead 23-22. UCLA answered back to reclaim the lead and closed out the set with its seventh block.

 

The HUSTLE pic.twitter.com/LJKg8kFYN8

— Hawai’i Men’s Volleyball (@HawaiiMensVB) May 11, 2025

 
UH shuffled the lineup again to open the third set with Wieter and Ofeck Hazan entering the match. UCLA again played from in front early in the set and led 12-6. UH closed to 15-13 but UCLA opened up a 20-15 lead on back-to-back blocks. Roure put away three consecutive kills to cut the deficit to 21-18 and later delivered his second ace of the match to bring UH within two. A kill by Louis Sakanoko brought UH to 22-21, but after the teams traded service errors UCLA scored the next two points to close out the match. The Bruins were assessed a red card following the final point to account for the final margin.
 

Left it all on the court#WarriorBall25 x #GoBows pic.twitter.com/iBy8DRD38u

— Hawai’i Men’s Volleyball (@HawaiiMensVB) May 11, 2025

 

#HawaiiMVB

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia outdoor track and field team has wrapped up day one of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted this year by Yale at Cuyler Athletic Complex.

Joshua Adams provided the highlight on Saturday, winning silver in the long jump with a mark of 7.51m. 

Parker Kim scored in the hammer throw, placing fourth in the finals with a mark of 61.09m. 

Madison Williams scored a point in the long jump for the women, finish sixth with a jump of 6.11m. 

Rory Clare advanced to the finals of the 1500m, finishing third in the first round with a time of 4:27.16. 

Haydn Brotschi finished third in the first round of the 400m, qualifying for the finals tomorrow with a time of 47.25. Kylie Castillo also qualified for the finals in the 400m on the women’s side with a time of 55.79. 

As a team, the men currently reside in fourth place with 14 points and the men sit in seventh with 1 point. Princeton is in first on the women’s side after day one; Harvard paces the men’s standings.

Full results from day one of the Ivy League Indoor Heps can be found HERE. 

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

Visit the Ivy League’s championship central for up to date information on the championships including ticket information, media credential forms, and more. 

Every day of the championships will be streamed via ESPN+. You can stream day two of the competition HERE. 

Live results for every day of the competition will be available HERE, along with a full schedule of events HERE.  

Follow CULionsXCTF on Twitter and Instagram for a recap of each day’s events and announcements about any major accomplishments from the Lions. 

UP NEXT

Ivy League Heps resumes tomorrow with the second and final day of competition. The first event will be the women’s high jump and men’s triple jump at 11:0 a.m.

After the conclusion of Outdoor Heps, the Lions will compete at the Princeton Elite Meet on Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

Columbia’s schedule for the rest of the 2025 season can be found HERE. 

 

Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was a record-setting night at the Covelli Center as Long Beach State freshman Moni Nikolov broke the NCAA single-season aces record as he led the Beach to a 3-1 [20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23] National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Semifinal win over No. 5 seed Pepperdine on Saturday.

Long Beach State (29-3) will make its 11th NCAA National Championship on Monday, May 12 at 4 p.m. (PT) | 7 p.m. (ET). The Beach are looking to capture their fourth national title in program history, and third in the last seven seasons.

Pepperdine closes its season with a 21-10 overall record.

Nikolov came into the match with all eyes on him as he was just three aces shy of tying the NCAA single-season service aces record of 100. He went on to not only tie the record, but break the record on a pair of back-to-back aces in the third set. The 6-foot-10 setter would finish the match with five aces, while also recording a double-double with a season-high 52 assists and 10 digs. He also contributed six kills and a block assist as he piloted the Beach to a .482 hitting percentage.

??RECORD BROKEN! With his 101st ace of the season, Moni Nikolov has set a new NCAA single-season record! ?????? #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/tyM0UpCrrW

— Long Beach State Men’s VB (@LBSUMVB) May 10, 2025

The Beach had three scorers reach double-figure kills as Nato Dickinson and Alex Kandev led the way with 19 apiece. Kandev hit a team-leading .533 (19-3-30) on the night to go along with eight digs, while Dickinson hit .485 (19-3-33), five blocks, four assists, and three digs. Joining the pair in double-digits was Skyler Varga who closed the match with 11 kills on a .381 clip (11-3-21).

The closely contested match saw 37 ties and 14 lead changes over four sets. Both teams hit over .400 and kept the match neck-and-neck throughout.

The first set was a tight one early on, but Pepperdine managed to force Long Beach State to call a timeout after the Beach found themselves down 19-16. After a 5-1 Pepperdine run gave the Waves a 22-17 advantage, LBSU used their second timeout, but were unable to turn things around as Pepperdine claimed the first set 25-20.

The Beach knocked down 19 kills in the second set and hit .412, however the Waves hit .414 with 13 kills in the frame. With both teams firing on all cylinders, neither team led by more than two points the entire set. A 4-0 Pepperdine run forced LBSU into a timeout after the Beach trailed 18-16. Long Beach State came out of the break and scored three-straight to turn the tables on the Waves as LBSU took a 19-18 edge and Pepperdine called a timeout. The deuce set was eventually won by the Beach, 25-23, on a kill from Dickinson.

Here comes Nato Dickinson!?????#GoBeach pic.twitter.com/Mn9SVTgREH

— Long Beach State Men’s VB (@LBSUMVB) May 10, 2025

Long Beach State’s offense was off the charts in the third set as the Beach hit an impressive .720 (18-0-25) in the frame. Despite hitting .381, Pepperdine could not overcome Long Beach’s hot hitting as the Beach led the entire set. Nikolov served up his record-breaking back-to-back aces as LBSU took a 12-8 advantage of Pepperdine. A 3-0 Long Beach run capped by a kill from Connor Bloom sent the game to set point (24-18) and Kandev put the set away with a kill to win it, 25-19.

Leading 2-1, Long Beach State came out in the fourth set and hit .552. However, Pepperdine hit .412 as the two teams found themselves battling it out once again. After 13 ties, Long Beach State got a few big plays from Isaiah Preuitt to take a 16-15 edge over the Waves. LBSU extended its lead to three (21-18) after a 5-1 run that saw Preuitt knock down kill No. 4 on his fourth errorless swing. Following a Pepperdine timeout, the Waves managed to make it a one-point game (22-21) as the Beach called for a break in action. Dickinson sent Long Beach State to set point (24-22) before putting the set away with his 19th kill to end the match, 25-23.

Long Beach State defeats Pepperdine, 3-1, to head to the NCAA National Championship match! #GoBeach #LBNation #LBGRIT #ExpectGreatness pic.twitter.com/lmWbexfeeW

— Long Beach State Men’s VB (@LBSUMVB) May 10, 2025

Pepperdine had three double-digit scorers in Ilay Haver (14 kills), Cole Hartke (13 kills), and Ryan Barnett (13 kills). Setter Gabriel Dyer distributed 48 assists to go along with eight digs, while libero Jacob Reilly led the team with nine digs, and James Eadie put up a team-leading four blocks.

 

Rabbit Barnes, Clara Lippert and Oliver Smeal each set a school record this weekend as the Colorado College track & field teams competed at the APU Franson Last Chance Meet in Azusa, Calif.
 
Barnes smashed his own school record in the men’s 800, finishing 11^th with a time of 1:49.08, surpassing his previous mark of 1:51.31 and posting the third-fastest time in Division III this spring.
 
Lippert broke a 16-year old record in the women’s 400, placing 11^th in 56.48 seconds, beating the old record of 57.59, set by Brittney Moore in 2009. Lippert also placed 19^th in the 200 and long jump.
 
Smeal, meanwhile, broke the men’s javelin record for the third time this season with a toss of 181’9″, more than three feet more than his previous record of 178’7″. He finished seventh in the event.
 
Several other Tigers posted Top 10 results at the meet, including Isabel Olson and Alison Mueller-Hickler finishing sixth (17:04.00) and ninth (17:20.39), respectively, in the women’s 5K, while Britt Helgaas was eighth in the women’s 10K with a time of 37.43.49.
 
The men’s 4×100 relay team of Chase Marks, Holden Perry, Tyson Robertson and Smeal finished eighth in 42.19 seconds.
 
Also this weekend, Owen Shi finished fourth in the shot put and Easton Capser fifth in the javelin at the Air Force Twilight Open.
 
Both teams return to action on Wednesday, May 14, at the two-day Augustana Midwest Twilight Qualifier in Rock Island, Ill.