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Kendyl MacAskill – 2025 – Volleyball
* PacWest Second Team All-Conference
* CSC Academic All-District
* Azusa Pacific Dean’s List
– Played in all 27 matches for the Cougars, getting the start in 26 of those contests as well.
– Saw action in a team-high 102 sets.
– Finished second on the team in kills (246) and blocks (82).
– Averaged 2.41 kills/set and 0.80 blocks/set over the course of the 2024 season.
– Recorded a .244 hitting percentage on the year, the third-best hitting percentage on her team that season.
– Also notched 57 digs, 11 assists and one ace on the year.
– Recorded double-digit kills in a total of 10 contests.
– This included recording back-to-back career-highs in APU’s final two matches of the season.
– Started by tallying 20 kills on a .450 hitting percentage against the Academy of Art.
– Followed this up with a career-best 23 kills versus Fresno Pacific.
– Notched a new career-high for total blocks against Vanguard, ending the match with eight total blocks (all assisted).
– Recorded 4+ blocks a total of 11 times this season.
Redshirt-Sophomore (2023) – Azusa Pacific
* Azusa Pacific Dean’s List
– Started in all 28 of APU’s matches during the 2023 campaign.
– Appeared in a total of 101 sets.
– Tallied 175 kills on the year (1.73 kills/set) on a .267 hitting clip.
– Finished second on the team in blocks with 84.
– Logged a career-high of 12 kills alongside five blocks in a five-set win over Concordia.
– Finished with 11 kills in two other matches on the year, first against Academy of Art and again against Fresno Pacific.
– Recorded a new career-high of seven blocks (all assisted) in a four-set win over Northwest Nazarene.
– Had six blocks in two other matches.
– Best run of play came during a six-match stretch in late September in which she recorded 49 kills and 18 blocks in 22 sets, helping guide the Cougars to victory in four of the six matches.
– Closed out the season with a .386 hitting percentage in the final five matches, all in PacWest play.
Redshirt-Freshman (2022) – Azusa Pacific
* Azusa Pacific Dean’s List
– Appeared in 27 of the team’s 29 matches on the year, including making three starts.
– Checked into a total of 64 sets.
– Ended her year with 74 kills, 34 blocks, 33 digs and 21 assists.
– Finished with a 1.16 kills/set average.
– Notched her season-high of eight kills in the team’s season finale versus Point Loma.
– Had two other matches in which she finished with seven kills.
– Tallied a season-best five blocks in back-to-back matches, first against Academy of Art and again versus Concordia.
Freshman (2021) – Azusa Pacific
* Azusa Pacific Dean’s List
– Redshirted for the Cougars and did not see any action.
Palisade High School (CO)
* 2021 Colorado All-State selection by CCGS, CHSAA and CHSCA
* 2021 Western Slope League Conference Player of the Year
* 2021 Daily Sentinel Female Athlete of the Year
* 2021, 2020, 2019 WSL First Team All-Conference
* 2021 Palisade High School Athlete of the Year
* Palisade High School record-holder for most blocks in a match, season and career
– Graduated from Palisade High School in 2021.
– Helped lead the Bulldogs to a 65-26 (.714) record over her four-year varsity playing career.
– Three-time WSL First Team All-Conference selection.
– Also named to multiple Colorado All-State teams her senior season.
– Wrapped up her senior year with 273 kills on a .316 hitting percentage, 226 assists, 171 digs, 77 total blocks (55 solo, 22 assists) and 35 aces.
– Recorded a total of 126 total blocks (72 solo, 54 assists), marking a school record for most blocks in a single season.
– Ended her career having tallied 1,192 assists, 675 digs, 623 kills, 311 blocks and 109 aces.
– Her 311 career blocks also mark a Palisade High School record for most blocks in a career.
– Also competed all four years of high school on the varsity basketball and track & field teams.
– Was an all-conference honoree in both of those sports as well.
– Six-time First Team Academic All-State honoree.
– Four-time Academic letterwinner.
Personal
– Born August 14, 2003.
– Daughter of Matthew and Wendy MacAskill.
– Has two sisters: Alexandra and Braeleigh.
– Wendy (mother) played volleyball at Colorado State (1991-94).
– Alexandra (sister) played volleyball at Adams State (2019-21) and St. Thomas (2022-23).
– Braeleigh (sister) currently plays volleyball at Corban University.
– Intends on pursuing her master’s at UTC.
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Track & Field Wins Six Events, Topples School Record in Excellent Close to Rod McCravy Memorial – Ole Miss Athletics
All-American sophomore Jordan Urrutia, fresh off a strong freshman campaign, set right to work on his second season with the Rebels. Urrutia clocked the fastest proper 300-meter race in Ole Miss history (trailing only a converted 300-yard time on an oversized track by Olympian Tony Dees in 1984), finishing second overall in a blistering 33.06 seconds. That time dropped nearly three-quarters of a second off his freshman best 33.71, and trailed only a 32.89 by Indiana’s Trelee Banks-Rose.
Fellow sophomore Wesley Todd clocked a PR of his own, finishing 10th at 34.07.
The duo were not done there, though, as Ole Miss would close the day with an excellent opening 4×400-meter relay for the 2026 season. The quartet of senior Joshua Knox, Todd, senior Cade Flatt and Urrutia passed the stick in 3:08.85 – which ranks fourth-best in Ole Miss history indoors and is the fastest by any Rebel relay indoors since the 2004 record of 3:06.83.
Ole Miss was particularly excellent on the back half, with Flatt dropping a 46.93 third leg and then Urrutia blazing a 45.45 anchor leg.
The success on the track did not stop there for the Rebels. Earlier in the day, Patchnalie Compere ran the fastest time ever by an Ole Miss freshman in the women’s 300-meter dash, winning the event overall at an eye-opening 37.40. Olympian and three-time NCAA Champion McKenzie Long set the Ole Miss record in the event at 37.38 in 2023 on Vanderbilt’s oversized track.
Senior Cassie Williamson, in her final year of competition this indoor season, took the crown in the women’s 800-meter at an Ole Miss career-best 2:08.51 – which ranks her seventh in school history indoors. Freshman Owen Kelley rounded out the track wins for Ole Miss with a victory in the 3K, clocking in at 8:16.11 in his collegiate debut.
Other notable runs on the track included a runner-up finish by senior Chase Rose in the 800-meter (1:49.56), a third-place finish and PR by Samuel Ferguson in the 3K (8:21.18), and a third-place 3K finish by freshman Leah Penick in her collegiate debut (9:45.89).
In the field, reigning NCAA Indoor shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan began his title defense in earnest. Robinson-O’Hagan – a member of the preseason watch list for The Bowerman, college track & field’s version of the Heisman Trophy – won on a sixth-round blast of 20.76m/68-01.50 for his first win of the season, the best mark by an collegiate shot putter this early into the season (Jan. 10) in available records since at least 2008.
Freshman Ashton Hearn began his Ole Miss career with an impressive heave of his own, finishing third at 17.84m/58-06.50 – already good for No. 6 in school history indoors.
In the women’s edition, All-American junior Akaoma Odeluga had her best-ever season opening performance as well, winning on a blast of 17.92m/58-09.50. Freshman Natalie Brown also made the final, finishing ninth at 13.71m/44-11.75 in her first college shot put competition.
In the men’s triple jump, two key portal additions for the Rebels – juniors Sterling Scott (Missouri) and Kyle Johnson (UConn) – had great opening performances to their Ole Miss careers. Scott, a three-time NCAA qualifier with the Tigers, took runner-up honors at 15.97m/52-04.75 – already making him the sixth-best triple jumper in Ole Miss history indoors. Johnson was fourth at 15.67m/51-5, good for No. 12 in the Rebel record books.
Fellow junior Mikoy Holmes made the final as well, finishing eighth at a career-best leap of 14.81m/48-07.25.
Ole Miss will next head to Nashville for the Vanderbilt Invitational, which is set to run Jan. 16-17.
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women’s 300-Meter Dash
1. Patchnalie Compere – 37.40 – Collegiate Debut, Ole Miss Freshman Record
51. Royannah Farmer – 41.04 – Division I Debut, First Career 300
Men’s 300-Meter Dash
2. Jordan Urrutia – 33.06 – PR, Ole Miss Proper 300-Meter Record
10. Wesley Todd – 34.07 – PR
Women’s 800-Meter
1. Cassie Williamson – 2:08.51 – Ole Miss Best, No. 7 Ole Miss History Indoors
Men’s 800-Meter
2. Chase Rose – 1:49.56
DNF Cade Flatt
Men’s Mile
2. John Shoemaker – 4:10.39 – Collegiate Debut
Women’s 3K
3. Leah Penick – 9:45.89 – Collegiate Debut
6. Hannah Doyle – 9:55.25 – Collegiate Debut
10. Brooke Preputnick – 10:09.99 – PR
11. Madison Archdale – 10:10.22 – Collegiate Debut
12. Addy Mitchell – 10:11.94 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s 3K
1. Owen Kelley – 8:16.11 – Collegiate Debut
3. Samuel Ferguson – 8:21.18 – PR
Men’s 4×400-Meter Relay
1. A Relay: Joshua Knox, Wesley Todd, Cade Flatt, Jordan Urrutia – 3:08.85 – No. 4 Ole Miss History Indoors
11. B Relay: Tarique Wright, Dekell Minor, Jonathan Stock, Chase Rose – 3:18.47
Men’s Pole Vault
5. Logan Kelley – 5.00m/16-04.75
Women’s Triple Jump
10. Indya Dotson – 11.94m/39-02.25 – PR, No. 15 Ole Miss History Indoors
11. Bayli Major – 11.83m/38-09.75 – Collegiate Debut
FOUL Madison Martinez
Men’s Triple Jump
2. Sterling Scott – 15.97m/52-04.75 – Ole Miss Debut, No. 6 Ole Miss History Indoors
4. Kyle Johnson – 15.67m/51-5 – Ole Miss Debut, No. 12 Ole Miss History Indoors
8. Mikoy Holmes – 14.81m/48-07.25 – PR
11. Solomon Finley – 13.96m/45-09.75 – Ole Miss Debut
Women’s Shot Put
1. Akaoma Odeluga – 17.92m/58-09.50
9. Natalie Brown – 13.71m/44-11.75 – Collegiate Debut, No. 15 Ole Miss History Indoors
12. Temidayo Owoyemi – 13.27m/43-06.50 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s Shot Put
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 20.76m/68-01.50
3. Ashton Hearn – 17.84m/58-06.50 – Collegiate Debut, No. 6 Ole Miss History Indoors
26. Caughran Fowler – 10.91m/35-09.50
28. William Numnum – 10.56m/34-07.75 – Collegiate Debut
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REBELS IN DAY ONE COMPETITION
Men’s 60-Meter Dash – Prelims
7. Tarique Wright – 6.79q – PR, T-No. 11 Ole Miss History
Men’s 60-Meter Dash – Semifinals
11. Tarique Wright – 6.79 – Ties PR
Women’s 200-Meter Dash
27. Lizzie Hatton – 25.22 – Indoor PR
Women’s 400-Meter Dash
13. Patchnalie Compere – 59.17 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s 600-Meter
6. Jonathan Stock – 1:19.51 – PR
Men’s 1000-Meter
2. Stone Smith – 2:28.65 – Event Debut
Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Prelims
35. Bayli Major – 8.90 – Collegiate Debut
40. Carmela Coulter – 9.15 – Collegiate Debut
44. Nyajah Gordon – 9.38
Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Prelims
12. Caughran Fowler – 8.46q – PR
17. William Numnum – 8.80q – Collegiate Debut
Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Semifinals
12. William Numnum – 8.66 – PR
17. Caughran Fowler – 8.67
Women’s High Jump
NH Carmela Coulter
Men’s High Jump
1. Arvesta Troupe – 2.23m/7-03.75 – Indoor PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History Indoor
Women’s Pole Vault
5. Lily Beattie – 4.05m/13-03.50
T6. Mary Cate Doughty – 3.90m/12-09.50
11. Katie McFarland – 3.75m/12-03.50
13. Aly Francolini – 3.75m/12-03.50
T14. Rachel Homoly – 3.75m/12-03.50 – Ole Miss Debut, No. 15 Ole Miss History Indoors
NH Katelyn Hulsey
Women’s Long Jump
10. Indya Dotson – 5.73m/18-09.75
25. Nyajah Gordon – 5.19m/17-00.50
FOUL Lizzie Hatton
Women’s Weight Throw
1. Akaoma Odeluga – 22.95m/75-03.50 – 5-foot PR, No. 5 Ole Miss History
2. Skylar Soli – 22.21m/72-10.50 – PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History
4. Nyah Edwards – 20.50m/67-03.25 – Ole Miss Debut, 4-foot PR, No. 9 Ole Miss History
9. Natalie Brown – 18.87m/61-11 – Collegiate Debut, No. 13 Ole Miss History
13. Naomi Woolfolk – 17.90m/58-08.75 – PR, No. 15 Ole Miss History
16. Temidayo Owoyemi – 16.66m/54-8 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s Weight Throw
2. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 23.78m/78-00.25 – Top Collegiate Finisher
3. Bryson Smith – 22.11m/72-05.50 – PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History
4. Mason Hickel – 21.27m/69-09.50
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Streit and Godfred Shine at Minnesota Open
Streit secured her first lifetime best in the weight throw since February of 2025 (Gopher Classic) to finish second on Saturday behind only teammate Anthonett Nabwe (22.82m | 74-10 1/2). Streit, a 2025 weight throw First Team All-American, moved up from No. 5 all-time at Minnesota to No. 4 with the performance and now is No. 3 in the NCAA this season.
On the men’s side it was Godfred who captured the attention of the crowd with his two runs in the 60m. The two-time Big Ten outdoor long jump champion, running unattached, posted lifetime bests of 6.65 and 6.62 to secure the event win in Minneapolis. Godfred’s previous lifetime best in the event was 6.70 (2024 M City Classic) and would rank the Nigerian inside the top three nationally among men’s NCAA sprinters in 2026.
The other seven event wins for the in-uniform Gophers on Saturday included: Victory Godah (60m – 7.58), LauBenra Ben (200m – 25.09), Zeal Kuku (400m – 55.68), Kitania Headley (800m – 2:13.00), Charlotte Lange (3000m – 9:54.82), Sofia Condon (Pole Vault – 4.01m) and Nabwe (Shot Put – 16.11m).
Eight other Minnesota victories on Saturday came from unattached student-athletes. Jordan Dunigan capped the day off with a lifetime best in the weight throw at 20.52m (67-4) while teammates Precious Opinion (Triple Jump – 15.25m), Brooke Moore (Triple Jump – 12.49m) and Waukeem Walters (Long Jump – 7.27m) also picked up wins in field events at the Minnesota Open. On the track Minnesota’s unattached runners won three other events, which included: Joseph Manser (400m – 48.84), Ramy Ayoub (600m – 1:18.37) and Nontokozo Ncube (600m – 1:30.55).
The ‘U’ will head out to Lincoln, Neb., for the Graduate Classic, the first road meet of 2026, from January 16-17. Minnesota will not return home until January 30, at the Jack Johnson Classic.
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Men’s Volleyball Continues Homestand Against Wildcats
MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine men’s volleyball team (1-0) plays the second match of the weekend in Firestone Fieldhouse against the Daemen Wildcats (0-1) Sunday afternoon.
LAST TIME OUT
•Pepperdine opened the 2026 campaign with a three-set sweep over St. Thomas Aquinas Friday night in Malibu.
• The Waves are coming off an incredible season with the farthest run in the NCAA tournament since 2019, losing to eventual National Champion Long Beach State in the semi-finals.
• Pepperdine finished 4th in the MPSF, making a run in the conference tournament hosted in Malibu, beating higher-seeded USC and UCLA to win the whole thing.
GAME NOTES
• This season marks the 56th and final season with Firestone Fieldhouse as the home for Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball
• Pepperdine will move into the Mountain at Mullin Park for the 2026-27 season.
• The Mountain is a new 3,600-seat arena that will give Pepperdine a state-of-the-art competition venue, complete with a 360-degree high-definition scoreboard, VIP and hospitality spaces, and custom team locker rooms.
• Owning 5 NCAA titles and 18 MPSF titles, with the most recent being earned last year, the Waves are no stranger to what it takes to put together a championship-level team.
• With one of the toughest schedules in the NCAA, Pepperdine is setting the season up for success with a NCAA quarterfinal rematch against Loyola Chicago, a semifinal rematch with Long Beach State and a trip to the islands, taking on No. 2 Hawai’i in March.
• Opening No. 4 in the AVCA preseason poll, the Waves are only behind LBSU, Hawai’i, and conference-foe UCLA.
• Ryan Barnett, James Eadie, Cole Hartke, and Jacob Reilly all return as All-Americans for the Waves.
• Barnett, Hartke, and Reilly all played on some level of the national team this summer.
• Ryan Barnett earned a silver medal with the U23 team at the Pan American Cup while also playing on the senior USA team with Jacob Reilly in the Pan American Cup.
• Cole Hartke earned a bronze in the FIVB World Championship with the U21 team, the farthest the USA has ever gotten in the tournament.
• Redshirting last season, Grant Lamoureux is a player to keep an eye out for on this star-studded roster.
• Named the Junior Male Indoor Athlete of the Year this past year, the redshirt freshman brings plenty of experience regardless of never logging collegiate minutes.
• This summer, Lamoureux was a captain of the U19 World Championship squad with team USA where he led the team in kills nearly every time out.
• Redshirt Ford Harman transferred into Pepperdine from national-champion Long Beach State.
• This summer, Harman earned a Silver medal at the 2025 Men’s Beach Collegiate Challenge for team USA.
• Harman is originally from Santa Barbara, playing at Santa Barbara HS before college.
• Outside of the United States, the Waves represent three other countries in Cuba, Serbia, and Switzerland.
• Andrej Polomac, a transfer from Purdue Fort-Wayne, is the sole Serbian on the squad, brings elite experience as a setter with an average of just under 9 aces per set last season.
• The Waves add even more international experience next year with two of the three commits coming from overseas, bringing another Serbian to Malibu as well as a middle blocker from the Czech Republic.
• In his fourth year at the helm, Winder is coming off his most successful season last year with a run to the final four in the NCAA tournament.
• Last season, Winder led the Waves to an MPSF title, the program’s first since 2019.
• As the ninth coach at the helm, Winder is an alum of the program himself, earning a National Title with Pepperdine in 2005.
SERIES HISTORY WITH DAEMEN
• In two matches against the Wildcats, Pepperdine holds the 2-0 advantage.
• Two seasons ago, in the most recent meeting between the squads, Pepperdine took the 3-0 victory in Firestone Fieldhouse.
• The only other matchup came in 2020 on the road, where the Waves swept them 3-0.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Daemen dropped the opening match of the 2026 season against No. 10 UC Irvine 3-1.
• Last season, the Wildcats went 15-13, including 4-4 in conference play.
• The Wildcats are back-to-back Northeast Conference champions, winning their tournament as the three seed last season.
• Daemen has four All-conference players returning in Maverick O’Neill, Billy Wieberg, Kyle Zelasko, and Jariel Giraud
First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m. The game can be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required) with live stats available on pepperdinewaves.com
ABOUT PEPPERDINE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Pepperdine men’s volleyball boasts one of the richest histories in collegiate volleyball, with five NCAA National Championships. Four of those championships came under the direction of Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy who totaled 612 victories in 34 seasons at the helm. With 19 NCAA Appearances and 63 All-Americans, the program has consistently been a destination for top talent across the country. Under current head coach Jonathan Winder, the Waves reached the NCAA Final Four in his third season at the helm in 2025.
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Muir and Hopkins Record Career-Highs In Season Opener Loss
Logan Muir and Hunter Hopkins both set new career highs in the match. Muir tied his career high of total attempts (46) to record a new high of 28 kills. Hopkins set his career-high mark in assists, totaling 63 of the Mastodons’ 71 kills.
The Miners used their one-game warm up to jump out to an early lead in the first set. The ‘Dons were able to string together a 4-0 run to bring the score back to 7-5. Owen Banner tallied six total points in the first frame, putting away four kills and two aces. Missouri S&T used their .571 hitting percentage to claim the set 25-20.
The second set was highly contested, neither side owning a lead larger than three points. Purdue Fort Wayne managed to outlast the Miners and win 25-23, as the ‘Dons hit .440 in the frame to even the set score.
The Mastodons opened up the third set with a 4-0 run, jumping out to a 7-2 lead. However, Missouri S&T went on their own run taking the lead at 9-8. The ‘Dons held the Miners to a .120 hitting percentage and forced a timeout at 22-18 before eventually winning the set 25-20. Muir carried the offensive load in the set, tallying nine kills.
The fourth set was a roller-coaster of runs between the two teams. Purdue Fort Wayne claimed the first, with a 4-0 run for a 5-3 lead. Missouri S&T took the lead at 10-8 after a 5-1 run and then extended their lead to 16-13 on another 5-1 run. The Mastodons failed the close in on that lead and dropped the fourth set 25-23. Both teams hit over .400 in the frame.
The Miners claimed a lead for the entirety of the fifth set, taking the match after a 15-13 finish.
Hopkins finished with a double-double, recording 11 digs to go along with his career-high assists. Muir added eight digs and three aces with his career-high kill number. Banner finished with 18 kills on a team-high .469 hitting percentage in his first game as a Mastodon.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 0-1. Missouri S&T moves to 1-1. The Mastodons will take on (RV) NJIT in the Gates Sports Center on Sunday (Jan. 11) at 5 p.m.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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Carson Caraway is Gatorade player of year in MS
Jan. 10, 2026, 1:04 p.m. CT
- Carson Caraway of Jackson Academy was named the 2025 Gatorade Mississippi Volleyball Player of the Year.
- Caraway led the Raiders to the MAIS 4A Division I state championship match.
Jackson Academy’s Carson Caraway has been named the Gatorade Mississippi Volleyball Player of the Year for the 2025 season.
Gatorade announced its winners of all 50 states on Jan. 9, with Caraway being the fourth volleyball player to win the award from Jackson Academy since 2020.
“Carson was a threat the entire game,” Brandon coach Kelsa Walker said in a press release. “Her back-row attack is just as deadly, if not more than, her front-row attack. She’s able to run so many things from the front row that you really have to be disciplined defensively.”
The award, which celebrates the nation’s top high school athletes for excellence on the court, in the classroom and in the community, distinguishes Caraway as Mississippi’s best high school volleyball player.
The 6-foot-2 junior outside hitter was credited with 625 kills and 343 digs this season, leading the Raiders (32-9-1) to the MAIS 4A Division I state championship game. Jackson Academy fell to Madison-Ridgeland Academy 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 26-24).
Caraway, who will play for Loyola Marymount, also produced 84 aces with 54 blocks while having a .594 kill percentage and a .474 hitting percentage. Caraway is an American Volleyball Coaches Association third-team All-America selection and also the 2025 PrepDig.com Mississippi Breakout Player of the Year. She had 1,836 kills and 1,056 digs in her high school volleyball career.
Caraway joins recent Gatorade Mississippi Volleyball Players of the Year Fallon Humphries (2024, Madison-Ridgeland Academy), Kaylee Lowther (2023, Jackson Academy) and Lakin Laurendine (2021-2022, Jackson Academy), among the state’s list of former award winners.
Michael Chavez covers high school sports, among others, for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at mchavez@gannett.com or reach out to him on X, formerly Twitter @MikeSChavez.
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Emma Stolte Posts 20-Second Win, Facility Record in Mile to Open Silver & Blue Invitational
RENO, Nev. — Different discipline, same dominance from Portland State runner Emma Stolte. After a standout fall cross country season in which she earned five top 10 finishes, Stolte opened her indoor track & field season with a 20-second win in the women’s mile Friday at the Silver & Blue Invitational.
Stolte won the mile while establishing a new facility record at Reno Sparks Convention Center with her time of 4:54.25. She led wire-to-wire in the race, stretching her lead with every lap and finishing with her fastest lap of the race. Stolte’s time put her 20 seconds ahead of No. 2 finisher Maya Crimin of St. Mary’s (Calif.), as well as 13 seconds ahead of her previous best at the distance from last year’s Spokane Invitational.
Stolte now ranks fifth all-time in the indoor mile at Portland State. She’s the first Viking since Bára Stýblová in 2023 to enter the top 10 in the mile.
Freshman Jack Macdonald highlighted the day for the Viking men. The freshman sprinter finished fourth in the finals of the men’s 60 meters. Macdonald shaved six-hundredths of a second off his time in the prelims while finishing in 6.93 seconds. The time represented the second-fastest mark ever by a Viking freshman, trailing only Josh Pikes’ time of 6.86 seconds from 2018. Additionally, Macdonald moved up to sixth in the overall rankings in the 60 meters.
Tori Forst finished second in the finals of the women’s 60 meters. Forst finished in 7.67 seconds, not a personal best but nine-hundredths of a second faster than her season opener last year when she finished in 7.76 seconds at the Spokane Invitational.
Sienna Rosario also qualified for the final of the women’s 60 meters and set a personal best while finishing seventh in 7.92 seconds.
Three other Vikings provided event wins for the program. Amir Ahmed and Hannah Butterfield swept the men’s and women’s 1,000 meters in what were both two-person races. Ahmed finished close to 22 seconds ahead of Trey Ciccio of San Jose State while winning the men’s race in 2:41.49. Butterfield, meanwhile, finished three and a half seconds ahead of Isabela Arreola of San Jose State while finishing in 3:07.26.
Butterfield’s time put her fourth in the freshman top 10 in the 1k. She was within half a second of the overall top 10, as Honisty Baek set the current No. 10 mark at 3:06.81 in 2008.
Daniel Coppedge won the first event of the day for the Vikings in the men’s weight throw. Coppedge won in a three-athlete field with a throw of 50-10.75 (15.51m). Teammate Carter Green set a personal best with his mark of 36-05.75 (11.12m), as he placed third.
Freshman Natalie Fisher moved up to eighth in the freshman top 10 on the women’s side of the weight throw. Fisher placed third Friday with a mark of 38-04.00 (11.68m), which came on her second attempt of the day.
The program’s hurdlers set three other personal bests for the Vikings. Deghlan Johnson and Aidan Sweeney both advanced to the finals on the men’s side of the 60-meter hurdles. Johnson finished fourth in 8.60 seconds, beating his best coming into the day by a tenth of a second. Sweeney finished fifth in the final in 8.68 seconds. His personal best came in the prelims when he placed fourth in 8.66 seconds.
Savannah Beasley did not advance to the finals of the women’s 60-meter hurdles but still set a personal best by close to three-quarters of a second with her finish in 9.66 seconds.
The Vikings will continue at the Silver & Blue Invitational Saturday. Fisher will open the day for the Vikings again with the women’s shot put at 10 a.m. Stolte will return to the track for the women’s 800 meters at 11:30 a.m.
Silver & Blue Invitational
Reno Sparks Convention Center
Reno, Nev.
Jan. 9, 2026
Women’s Results:
60m (Prelims): 3. Tori Forst, 7.74; 7. Sienna Rosario, 7.94; 11. Aida Wheat, 8.14. 60m (Final): 2. Tori Forst, 7.67; 7. Sienna Rosario, 7.92. 1,000m: 1. Hannah Butterfield, 3:07.26. Mile: 1. Emma Stolte, 4:54.25; 9. Sam Sharp, 5:33.24; 11. Libby Fox, 5:45.67. 60H (Prelims): 15. Savannah Beasley, 9.66. Weight Throw: 3. Natalie Fisher, 38-04.00 (11.68m).
Men’s Results:
60m (Prelims): 4. Jack Macdonald, 6.99. 60m (Final): 4. Jack Macdonald, 6.93. 1,000m: 1. Amir Ahmed, 2:41.49. Mile: 5. Luke Gillingham, 4:29.48; 6. Farhan Ibrahim, 4:31.46. 60H (Prelims): 4. Aidan Sweeney, 8.66; 5. Deghlan Johnson, 8.68. 60H (Final): 4. Deghlan Johnson, 8.60; 5. Aidan Sweeney, 8.68. Weight Throw: 1. Daniel Coppedge, 50-10.75 (15.51m); 3. Carter Green, 36-05.75 (11.12m).
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