COLLEGE STATION, Texas –Kansas City’s Tory Lanham and South Dakota State’s Cody Larson highlight the third day of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds for Summit League athletes.

Kansas City

In one of the final three events of day three of the NCAA West Preliminary Round, Lanham punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships in the 200 meter while clocking the ninth-fastest time (20.33) at the meet. The Roo Sophomore ran a personal record by nearly two tenths of a second to finish fifth in his heat and grab his ticket to Eugene. 

North Dakota State

Adam Dugger was scheduled to compete in the triple jump, but did not record a jump. 

 

Oral Roberts

Jordan Wenger opened up competition at the NCAA West Preliminary rounds for the Golden Eagles in the men’s high jump. He cleared 6-10 ¼ (2.09m) on his second attempt but couldn’t get over 7-0 ¼ (2.14m) to stay alive in the competition ultimately placing 25^th.  

South Dakota

 The South Dakota track and field program had five Coyotes competing in the NCAA West First Round Friday night in College Station, Texas, all putting up solid performances.

 

To start the day in the field, Landon Olson and Joe Lynch competed in the men’s high jump. Both competitors cleared 6-10 ¼ (2.09m) on their first attempts but couldn’t get over 7-0 ¼ (2.14m) to stay alive in the competition. Olson placed 18^th and Lynch 22^nd overall.

 

On the track, Jaden Damiano, Mikael Grace, and Mason Sindelar competed in quarterfinal round races. In the 110-meter hurdles, Damiano ran 13.75 to place 17^th. Grace was off to a solid start in his race but got caught up on a hurdle and was unable to finish the race due to injury. In the men’s 800-meters, Sindelar ran a second consecutive race under 1:49, crossing the line in 1:48.96 and placed 20^th. With the top 12 times advancing to the NCAA Championships, the three Coyotes see their season’s come to a close Friday night.

 

Four Coyote women will look to join the pole vault trio of Tre Young, Gen Hirata, and Anna Willis at the NCAA Championships by competing tomorrow (Saturday). Lydia Knapp competes in the discus throw at 1 p.m. and Danii Anglin will jump in the high jump at 3:30 p.m. On the track, Sara Reifenrath will look to qualify for the NCAA Championships in two events, running in the 400-meters at 6:50 p.m. and in the 200-meters at 7:50 p.m. Averi Schmeichel will take her shot at advancing in the 400-meter hurdles at 7:25 p.m.

 

South Dakota State

Cody Larson punched his ticket to Eugene in the 3000-meter steeplechase after finishing second in his heat but 11^th overall with a time of 8:39.60. Teammate Josh Becker did not finish the race. In the 110-meter hurdles, Pierre Lear ran 14.40 to place 21^st.

 

Junior Grayson Ring was not able to clear the opening height of 6-8¼ (2.04m) in the high jump.

In other field event action, the discus trio of Ethan Fischer, Caymen Genheim, and Caiden Fredrick hit the ring for the discus throw. The top 12 punched tickets to Eugene, Oregon in the event, and Fredrick wound up placing 33^rd with a throw of 179-3 (54.65m). Caymen Gebheim took 37^th with a throw of 176-11 (53.92m). Ethan Fischer finished 46^th with a throw of 164-6 (50.14m).

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – Brown women’s crew completed a successful first day at the 2025 NCAA Championship on Friday morning, sending all three crews to the semifinals on Saturday. Each crew finished in the top three of their heat races and competed hard against some familiar programs, most notably Washington and Princeton. 

The V8, stroked by Jessica McGrady and coxed by Summer Balla-Kellett, posted a final time of 6:14.999 and came in second place en route to securing a spot in tomorrow’s semifinal race. Brown’s top boat continues to build on a strong regular season in Loyalty Chair for Women’s Crew Head Coach Tessa Gobbo-Zimmerman’s ’13 first year at the helm of the program. 

The 2V8, stroked by Isla Wilding and coxed by Caitlyn Roddy, crossed the finish line in 6:22.905 and took home a third place finish behind Virginia and Washington. The A4, stroked by Adair Beck and coxed by Brooke Halvorsen, posted a final time of 7:15.728 and also took home a third place finish in their heat.

MAY 31 SEMIFINAL RACE DAY SCHEDULE

V8 – 7:12 a.m.

2V8 – 7:36 a.m.

A4 – 7:44 a.m.

WHERE TO WATCH

You can catch the Bears in action tomorrow morning on NCAA.com with the link below or on the team schedule.

2025 Women’s Crew NCAA Championship – Day 2 

FULL LINEUPS AND RESULTS

V8

Stanford – 6:11.533

Brown – 6:14.999

Michigan – 6:20.126

Harvard – 6:22.721

Syracuse – 6:24.539

B: Eugenia Rodriguez-Vazquez

2: Hannah Hickson

3: Nadia Vondeling

4: Matilda Damon

5: Caroline Schmitz

6: Mary Claire Warren

7: Holly Crews

S: Jessica McGrady

C: Summer Balla-Kellett

2V8

Washington – 6:18.700

Virginia – 6:20.845

Brown – 6:22.905

Penn – 6:34.792

Oregon St. – 6:36.405

B: Lizzie Hedeman

2: Calissa Snyder Cox

3: Tessa Tomkinson

4: Sadie Bell

5: Riley Cooper

6: Ava Rothmeyer

7: Audrey Roche

S: Isla Wilding

C: Caitlyn Roddy

A4

Washington – 7:11.573

Princeton – 7:14.789

Brown – 7:15.728

Oregon St. – 7:20.369

Penn – 7:20.674

B: Annie Herring

2: Louisa McLaughlin

3: Orla Fitzgerald

S: Adair Beck

C: Brooke Halvorsen

 

Gallery: (5-30-2025) 2025 Women’s Crew NCAA Championship

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The top women’s volleyball stars in the world begin the road to Łódź in the 2025 Women’s Volleyball Nations League (4 June – 27 July).

Eighteen national teams from across the world will battle it out in the preliminary round, which takes place across nine pools and runs until 13 July. They will play for the chance to head to the finals in Poland at the end of July, to be contested between eight nations.

Olympic gold medallists and reigning women’s VNL champions Italy are the team on top going into the 2025 edition, and they begin with a mouth-watering clash and rematch of the Paris 2024 gold medal match against the USA.

Olympic bronze medallists Brazil are keen to go one step further and win a competition they have finished as runners-up in on three occasions. Another former finalist and title contender is Japan, who fell in the 2024 final to champions Italy.

Read on for the key details of this year’s Volleyball Nations League.