The 2025 NCAA Division I outdoor track and field championships begin Wednesday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. All the action from more than 20 events for both the men’s and women’s championships will take place across ESPN’s family of networks and digital platforms.

Here are key facts about the 2025 event:

What is the schedule?

*All times Eastern

Wednesday

Men’s Day 1: 7 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+

Thursday

Women’s Day 1: 7 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+

Friday

Men’s Day 2: 8 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+

Saturday

Women’s Day 2: 9 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+

How can fans watch?

Fans can catch all the action, including the individual event streams, in the track and field streaming hub.

How can fans access more college sports coverage from ESPN?

Check out the ESPN college sports hub page for the latest news, scores, rankings and more.

Sande Nemali, the 2024/25 Rwanda national volleyball league Most Valuable Player (MVP), has been named in Kenya’s provisional squad for the 2025 FIVB World Championship, set to take place from August 22 to September 7 in Thailand.

The standout outside hitter, who plays for Police Women’s Volleyball Club, was instrumental in leading her team to the league title after defeating APR WVC in the playoffs.

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Her top performances in the recently concluded season earned her two major accolades: Best Attacker and MVP of the season.

This is Nemali’s sixth call-up to the Kenyan national team, which will be coached by Geoffrey Omondi.

Speaking to Times Sport, Nemali expressed her excitement and readiness:

“I am so humbled, and I am ready to deliver,” she said.

She is expected to join the national training camp after the 2025 Genocide Memorial Tournament, scheduled for June 20-22.

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Born in a rural area near Nairobi, Nemali grew up in a modest household facing financial hardships. Volleyball, a talent she describes as God-given, opened the door for her to continue her education on a sports scholarship.

She later joined the Kenya Prisons volleyball club, where she also began working as a police officer and a volleyball player.

The UCLA track & field team heads to Eugene, Ore. this week to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships from Wednesday, June 11, to Saturday, June 14. The meet will be hosted by Oregon at Hayward Field. 

Thirteen Bruin individuals qualified for this week’s competitions, 10 on the women’s side and three on the men’s side. An additional three Bruin women qualified as part of 4×100 or 4×400 relay squads. The top-nine finishers from track semifinals on Wednesday and Thursday will advance to finals on Friday and Saturday.

The four-day meet will be available for live viewing each day through a paid subscription to ESPN+, and live results can be followed here. 

Women’s Qualifiers

Ka’Leila Abrille – Pole Vault

Katerina Adamiec – Pole Vault

Aly Conyers – 4×400 Relay

Valentina Fakrogha – High Jump

Kaylen Fletcher – 200m, 4×100 Relay

Naomi Johnson – 200m, 4×100 Relay, 4×400 Relay

Sydney Johnson – Long Jump, Heptathlon

Kayla McBride – 4×400 Relay

Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck – 100m Hurdles, 4×100 Relay

Celeste Polzonetti – 100m Hurdles

Taylor Snaer – 200m, 4×100 Relay, 4×400 Relay

Jana van Schalkwyk – Javelin

Marie Warneke – 800m

Men’s Qualifiers

Gabriel Clement II – 400m

Tamaal Myers II – 400m Hurdles

Michael Pinckney – Discus

MEET INFORMATION (Outdoor NCAA Championships):

Date(s): Wednesday, June 11 to Saturday, June 14, 2025

Location: Hayward Field (University of Oregon – Eugene, Ore.)

Time: Events begin at 12 p.m. PT on Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, 11:45 a.m. on Friday, and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday

TV: Wednesday and Thursday – ESPN (4 p.m. PT) / Friday – ESPN2 (5 p.m. PT) / Saturday – ESPN2 (6 p.m. PT)

Live Video (ESPN+): Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Select Field and Multis Events

Live Results: Follow

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE (all times Pacific)

5:41 p.m. – Men’s 400m (Semifinal)

6:14 p.m. – Men’s 400m Hurdles (Semifinal)

THURSDAY SCHEDULE:

4:05 p.m. – Women’s 4×100 Relay (Semifinal)

4:35 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault (Final)

5:08 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Semifinal)

5:15 p.m. – Women’s Javelin (Final)

5:40 p.m. – Women’s Long Jump (Final)

5:58 p.m. – Women’s 800m (Semifinal)

6:29 p.m. – Women’s 200m (Semifinal)

7:36 p.m. – Women’s 4×400 Relay

FRIDAY SCHEDULE:

11:45 a.m. – Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles

12:45 p.m. – Women’s Heptathlon High Jump

2:15 p.m. – Men’s Discus (Final)

2:45 p.m. – Women’s Hepathlon Shot Put

6:02 p.m. – Men’s 400m (Final)

6:27 p.m. – Men’s 400m Hurdles (Final)

6:43 p.m. – Women’s Heptathlon 200m

SATURDAY SCHEDULE:

3:30 p.m. – Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump

4:45 p.m. – Women’s Heptathlon Javelin

5:30 p.m. – Women’s High Jump (Final)

6:02 p.m. – Women’s 4×100 Relay (Final)

6:42 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Final)

7:14 p.m. – Women’s 800m (Final)

7:37 p.m. – Women’s 200m (Final)

7:43 p.m. – Women’s Heptathlon 800m

8:21 p.m. – Women’s 4×400 Relay (Final)

The junior libero joins a national training pool of elite athletes — from Olympians to rising stars 

Pepperdine Waves men’s volleyball player Jacob Reilly, 21, has dreamed of playing for Team USA since he was a youth. 

The junior libero could don the red, white, and blue for the USA Volleyball Men’s Senior National Team in the Volleyball Nations League this summer. Reilly was one of 30 players — a mix of Olympians, professionals, and top amateurs — selected to a pool from which Team USA will draw its VNL roster.

Team USA will take the court at VNL competition stops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 11-15; Hoffman Estates, Illinois, from June 25-29; and Chiba, Japan, from July 16-30. 

Reilly said being named to the pool is an honor. 

“It’s super exciting,” he said. “I get to play with the best players around the country so, I’m super excited about this. It has been one of my biggest goals and a dream since I was a kid.” 

A member of the U.S. U21 U.S. team two years ago, Reilly began practicing with USA Volleyball for VNL on May 21. 

Reilly, a self-described gritty and competitive player, said it would be incredible to travel to the VNL sites and make an impact on the court. 

“I would be happy to make any roster, honestly,” he said. “I’m hoping to help in any way I can. I also want to grow as a player.” 

Team USA head coach Karch Kiraly will select 14 players for the tournament. The U.S. will face international competition as it aims to advance to the VNL Final Round in Ningo, China, from July 30 to Aug. 3. 

Kiraly praised the mix of talent and depth available for USA Volleyball. 

“The veterans on this roster continue to lead by example, while our younger athletes are pushing hard, bringing fresh energy and hunger,” he said. “It’s a powerful combination. This VNL season will be a vital part of our journey toward the 2025 World Championships and beyond.” 

Reilly is thrilled that one of his favorite volleyball players, Erik Shoji, a libero on national team since 2012, is in the pool of players. 

“I get to be his teammate now,” he said. 

The men’s national team is ranked third in the world and has medaled four times in VNL history, earning the bronze medal in 2018 and silver medal in 2019, 2022, and 2023.  

Reilly is the first Pepperdine men’s volleyball player to be selected for the men’s national team since Sean Rooney in 2013. 

Two of Reilly’s Waves teammates were also selected by USA Volleyball for national teams in April. Grant Lamoureux was invited to the training group for the U.S. Boys U19 National Team, while Cole Hartke was named to the U.S. Men’sU21 roster. Both will compete in the NORCECA Pan American Cup and FIVB World Championships in their respective age divisions.

Reilly said the number of Team USA selectees on the Waves’ roster highlights the strength of Pepperdine’s volleyball program.

“We are all very competitive and we’re trying to be the best players we can,” he said. “It shows how awesome our coaching staff is and how they develop us as players.” 

Reilly was one of five Waves who earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American accolades in May. Ryan Barnett was named to the first team and Reilly and Hartke were named to the second team. Gabe Dyer and James Eadie received honorable mention honors. 

Reilly, a transfer from Concordia, averaged 1.8 digs per set and had a .954 reception percentage his first season at Pepperdine. He led the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in efficiency — only 26 reception errors on 621 attempts. In the Waves’ run to the MPSF tournament championship in April and NCAA Tournament Final Four in May, Reilly allowed only three reception errors on 139 attempts. 

He said Pepperdine had a great season.

“We peaked at the right time,” Reilly recalled. “This team is very special. We all worked hard. We all loved playing for each other.” 

Reilly grew up playing volleyball in Cypress, Texas, with his four older sisters. 

“I was pretty much raised in the volleyball gym,” said Reilly, who has played volleyball since he was 11. “I’d watch my older sisters play. I would go to their practices and pick up a ball. I have always enjoyed playing. I had a great time whenever I found myself on the court.”

Team USA’s VNL schedule includes matches against Ukraine, Iran, Slovenia, and Cuba in Brazil; China, Canada, Poland, and Italy in Illinois; and Turkey, Argentina, Germany, and Japan in Japan.

Reilly is looking forward to all the experiences he will have with the national team this summer.

“It would be so awesome if I could make any of the rosters for VNL this year,” he said. “I want to grow as much as a Ican as a player and as a leader. I want to take some of the skills I learn back to Pepperdine and instill that into my teammates.” 

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The Big West will be represented with 12 qualifiers at the 2025 NCAA Track & Field Championships, held June 11-14 at Oregon’s Hayward Field. The four-day extravaganza will air on the ESPN family of networks.

Qualification for nationals, except for the multi-events, hinged on being in the top 12 in their event at the NCAA West Preliminaries, held May 28-31 at Texas A&M. For the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list were accepted.

The meet will begin on Wednesday at noon PT with the 100m portion of the decathlon. The Big West has two representatives in the event, UC Santa Barbara’s Brad Thomas (8108 points, 3rd) and Long Beach State’s Ryan Greogory (7808 points, 7th). Both recorded their qualifying marks at the 2025 Big West Championships, with Thomas winning the crown with a new facility, school, meet and overall conference record. Day two of the decathlon will start on Thursday at 9:45 a.m. PT with the 110m hurdles.

The Cal Poly hammer throwing duo of Rory Devaney and Travis Martin are set to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. PT. Martin was third with a toss of 67.81m/222’5”, while Devaney was 10th with a mark of 65.49m/216’4” at regionals for their qualification.

The Cal State Fullerton 4x100m relay of John Clifford, Isaiah Emerson, Dominic Gates and Ian Dossman is set to compete at 4:05 p.m. PT on Wednesday. The Titans booked a trip to Oregon by finishing third in heat three, ninth overall, with a time of 39.26 at the west regionals. Abel Jordan, Joshua Hornsby and Carter Birade are listed as alternates for the Titans.

Hornsby will be running in the 110m hurdles at 5:08 p.m. PT. The senior claimed the last spot to nationals, placing 12th overall (13.58) at College Station two weeks ago.

UC Irvine’s Liam Miksic will be part of the javelin field, starting Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. PT. Miksic grabbed the 12th and final spot in the men’s javelin with a toss of 68.57m/224’11” two weeks ago at Texas A&M.

Long Beach State’s Tristyn Flores is a double qualifier in the 100m and 200m, starting Wednesday at 5:25 p.m. PT and 6:20 p.m. PT, respectively. Flores earned a spot to nationals with a 10.05, a new personal best, school mark and conference record, in the 100m to place 12th overall and was second place in heat two (20:46) in the 200m at west regionals.

Cal Poly’s Aidan McCarthy is a participant in the men’s 800m for a second time. McCarthy ran a 1:47.01 for fifth overall at west regionals. McCarthy was an All-American in the same event in 2023 with a seventh-place finish. The half-mile race begins on Wednesday at 5:58 p.m. PT.

Long Beach State’s Claudine Raud-Gumiel qualified for the heptathlon with a seasonal-best of 5698 points, set at the 2025 Big West Championships. Day one of the heptathlon will start on Friday at 11:45 a.m. PT. Day two will begin at 3:30 p.m. PT on Saturday.

UC Irvine’s Zharia Taylor punched a ticket to Eugene in the high jump, with a ninth place (1.81m/5’11.25”) at College Station. The women’s vertical jump competition begins Saturday at 5:30 p.m. PT.

Competitors at the NCAA Track & Field Championships earn All-America First Team status by finishing in the top eight in their event. All-America Second Team honors go to those who finish between ninth and 16th place.

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Sixteen-year-old Sienna Toohey, a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship athlete, finished Day two of the Australian Trials in tears . . . but she shed tears of triumph.

Toohey, from Albury on the NSW-Victoria border, was emotional after sealing her place in the Dolphins squad that will compete at next month’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore after winning the women’s 100m breaststroke event from lane six.

Her stunning performances during April’s National Age Championships – she won four gold medals and set two Australian age records – had Toohey earmarked as a potential bolter for the World Championships in Singapore. With the spotlight on her in Adelaide the talented teenager proved she possessed both the skill and will that’s needed to represent Australia.

Toohey who started swimming because she wanted to play water polo, finished first in a blistering 1:06.55. She also sliced almost half a second off her personal best in the process as she finished ahead of Paris Olympics silver medallist Ella Ramsay (1:06.86) with Sienna Harben third (1:07.02).

The emerging star, whose preparation routine is tightly structured: compression boots, home-cooked meals from mum, and plenty of TV, including Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, admitted missing selection for last year’s Olympic team had made her even more determined to swim against the world’s best in Singapore

“I’m definitely very, very happy with myself,” said a triumphant but tearful Toohey, who is coached by 71-year-old Wayne Gould.

“Missing out on the Olympic team last year … was definitely something that I really wanted to be a part of, just watching it, and Ella, obviously being on it, all of these people being my idols. Now I get to be on the team. So, I’m very happy.”

 “I really wanted to make the national team, and I knew that if I didn’t make it in the 100m, I always had the 50m tomorrow. But I’m definitely happy that I’ve done it now.”

Toohey revealed the impact Leisel Jones, whose swag of nine Olympic medals included three gold, had on her after she broke Jones’s 23-year-old national age record.

“I first met her (Jones) last year at the Olympic trials on the final night,’ she said. “And then after nationals this year, she sent me a video the night after I broke her 100m (breaststroke) record, just congratulating me.”