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Getty Images Thursday marked four weeks since the official Opening Day in Major League Baseball’s 2025 season, meaning we’re nearly one month into the six-month marathon that is the regular season.  Something we know about baseball is that teams absolutely cannot win the pennant or even a division here in the first four weeks of […]

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Thursday marked four weeks since the official Opening Day in Major League Baseball’s 2025 season, meaning we’re nearly one month into the six-month marathon that is the regular season. 

Something we know about baseball is that teams absolutely cannot win the pennant or even a division here in the first four weeks of a season, but they definitely can bury themselves from playoff contention. Some teams dig too deep a hole to start and are unable to climb out. Others simply play like the bad team they are going to be all season, despite what preseason projections might’ve said.

We last did the panic meter two weeks ago, but some things have changed since then. Let’s revisit. We’ve got two holdovers and two newcomers this time around. Congrats to the Mariners and — though they aren’t fully out of the woods just yet — Braves for graduating from the list in the last two weeks. 

The panic meter is scaled 0-10, with 0 being not a care in the world and 10 being mass hysteria. The 0-4 side is building concern while the 6-10 side is building worry toward panic. A 5 would be the center point between “decent concern” and “slight worry.” 

Record: 11-14

After a 4-1 start, the Rays have been one of the worst teams in baseball aside from the Rockies and White Sox — and those two are in a category by themselves. The Rays have only won seven of their last 20 and three of their past nine. 

Zack Littell and Taj Bradley now sit with ERAs north of 5, while Ryan Pepiot isn’t much better. They’ve gone 3-6 in one-run games and while they aren’t overly bad in many aspects, the Rays don’t appear to be great at anything, either.

The Rays play in a tough AL East and are 2-5 against fellow AL East teams so far with a lot more of those games coming. Perhaps most troublesome, they’ve played 19 games at home compared to just six on the road and they’re still in bad shape. 

Panic Meter: 3

It’s too early to panic much with a record that isn’t all too far below .500, nor are the Rays really that far away from a playoff spot in the standings. Plus, the Rays have shown the ability to play above their perceived ceiling a lot of times in recent years. 

I do think they just aren’t very good and we’re seeing that play out. The home/road split in games played so far is pretty troubling and it’s also a reminder they are playing “home” games in a minor-league park that isn’t really their home. That surely has an impact. 

Record: 10-14

In that same tough AL East, we have the Orioles. Though the record doesn’t look as bad as this statement might suggest, the Orioles have only won one series all year, when they took two of three from the Guardians early last week. They followed that up by losing a home series to the Reds, which included a humiliating 24-2 loss on Sunday. Then they lost a series to the Nationals, who don’t even look like contenders this season. 

The offense hasn’t been great, but it hasn’t been the problem. The Orioles rank 29th in defensive efficiency and dead last in team ERA. Yes, somehow the Orioles have a worse ERA than the Rockies. Injuries have exposed the lack of rotation depth in the organization, leading the Orioles to have a 5.82 starting pitching ERA, 29th in the majors. 

That isn’t how a contender is supposed to look nearly a month in. 

Panic Meter: 4

Zach Eflin’s return to the rotation will help, but otherwise, I have very little hope for a rotation turnaround here. Grayson Rodríguez can’t be counted on to return this season. Charlie Morton is clearly done, given his age of 41 and the mileage on his right arm. Tomoyuki Sugano has a 3.54 ERA in five starts, but with 27 hits, six home runs and only nine strikeouts in 28 innings, that ERA should actually be worse. Dean Kremer has been awful. 

It’s just incredibly difficult to see a road to positivity with this rotation in a very tough division. As I said above, I don’t think the Rays are very good, but I’d say the Orioles are more likely to finish last than first. 

Record: 10-15

The Cardinals started the season by sweeping the Twins (we’ll get to them in a second) and have gone 7-15 since. They just finished a 1-6 road trip. It’s a tough trip to play seven games against the Mets and Braves on the road, but it also might have set them on a path to being sellers this coming trade season. 

Remember, this is a franchise in transition with club president John Mozeliak stepping down after the season to hand the baton to Chaim Bloom. Nolan Arenado is well known to be on the trade block and he might not be alone. 

Panic Meter: 2

The best bet is that they are headed for a losing season that includes selling off veterans before the deadline. There is a sliver of hope, however, which would be that the Cardinals are 8-4 at home and just took home series against the Phillies and Astros before the aforementioned catastrophic road trip. Nine of the Cardinals’ next 13 games are at home and if they keep playing well there, they can hang around. They’ll need to fix the wretched road record (2-11) if they have designs on contending, but for now, they can stay afloat with three good home series in the next two weeks. 

Panic can be avoided in the short term, even if there are legitimate concerns. 

Minnesota Twins

Record: 9-16

The good news: The Twinkies have some momentum after a series win!  

The bad news: It was against the White Sox again. And they lost the series finale. 

The Twins have only won three series this year, including two over the White Sox (and, somehow, the other came against the red-hot Mets). They are 5-14 when they don’t play the White Sox and the 4-2 record against the AL’s worst team isn’t overwhelming.

Injuries have been a concern, but this is an injury-prone group. That’s part of the deal here. 

I’ll again point out that the Twins last season finished 12-27 in their last 39 games. There are some differences, but it is largely the same roster and it’s now been 64 games of the Twins playing like a 109-loss team. 

Panic Meter: 7

They could get hot and turn things around, of course. There’s still plenty of season left for that. We’ve seen teams do things like rip off 23 wins in 30 games. 

For me, I’m well aware that it’s still really early, but if I were a Twins fan, I’d be in panic mode. I’m starting to believe they are just a bad baseball team.

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Georgia wins 2025 NCAA DI women’s tennis championship

Georgia is the winner of the 2025 NCAA DI women’s tennis championship. The Bulldogs swept defending champion Texas A&M, avenging last season’s loss to the Aggies in the championship final. It’s their third crown in program history (1994, 2000). The Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, hosted the championship from May 15-18. Tournament qualifiers were announced in a […]

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Georgia is the winner of the 2025 NCAA DI women’s tennis championship.

The Bulldogs swept defending champion Texas A&M, avenging last season’s loss to the Aggies in the championship final. It’s their third crown in program history (1994, 2000).

The Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, hosted the championship from May 15-18. Tournament qualifiers were announced in a selection show on April 28 on NCAA.com.

As part of a two-year pilot program, the women’s singles and doubles championships were conducted in the fall of 2024, while the team championships were played in the spring of 2025.

All Tournament Team

  1. Doubles- Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (University of Georgia)3-0
  2. Doubles – Anastasiia Lopata/ Guillermina Grant (University of Georgia) 4-1
  3. Doubles – Ayesegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (University of Georgia) 4-1

 

  1. Singles – Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) 3-0
  2. Singles – Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) 2-0
  3. Singles – Mia Kupres (TAMU) 4-0
  4. Singles – Ayesegul Mert (UGA) 4-0
  5. Singles –Guillermina Grant (UGA) 5-0
  6. Singles –Sofia Rojas (Georgia) 4-0

MVP –  

Dasha Vidmanova 3-0 in Singles and 3-0 in Doubles

2025 DI women’s tennis team championship bracket

DI WTen final bracket

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2025 DI women’s tennis team championship schedule

  • First round | May 2
    • Georgia Tech 4, Iowa 1
    • Notre Dame 4, UIC 0
    • Arizona State 4, Ole Miss 1
    • Illinois 4, Arizona 1
    • Wisconsin 4, Clemson 3
    • Stanford 4, Florida International 1
    • Boise State 4, Baylor 3
    • No. 2 Texas A&M 4, Quinnipiac 0
    • UC Santa Barbara 4, Rice 3
    • UCLA 4, Harvard 0
    • Oklahoma State 4, Tulsa 0
    • No. 1 Georgia 4, Florida A&M 0
    • Florida Atlantic 4, Old Dominion 1
    • UCF 4, Furman 1
    • Southern California 4, Memphis 0
    • South Carolina 4, Kansas 0
    • No. 4 Ohio State 4, Buffalo 0
    • No. 3 Michigan 4, Youngstown State 0
    • No. 7 Virginia 4, FDU 0
    • Pepperdine 4, Wake Forest 1
    • California 4, Sacramento State 0
    • No. 9 Auburn 4, South Carolina State 0
    • No. 14 Texas 4, Grand Canyon 0
    • No. 11 Texas Tech 4, Boston U. 0
    • No. 6 Oklahoma 4, Denver 0
    • No. 8 Duke 4, Bryant 0
    • No. 5 North Carolina 4, VCU 0
    • No. 12 NC State 4, Charleston Southern 0
    • No. 13 LSU 4, Stephen F. Austin 0
    • No. 10 Tennessee 4, Elon 0
    • No. 15 Vanderbilt 4, Xavier 0
    • No. 16 Washington 4, Stetson 0
  • Second round | May 3
    • No. 1 Georgia 4, Georgia Tech
    • No. 3 Michigan 4, Arizona State 0
    • Stanford 4, No. 11 Texas Tech 1
    • No. 9 Auburn 4, Wisconsin 1
    • Oklahoma State 4, No. 6 Oklahoma 2
    • No. 13 LSU 4, Southern California 1
    • UCLA 4, No. 15 Vanderbilt 3
    • No. 4 Ohio State 4, Notre Dame 1
    • No. 5 North Carolina 4, South Carolina 0
    • No. 7 Virginia 4, Illinois 1
    • No. 8 Duke 4, Florida Atlantic 0
    • No. 10 Tennessee 4, Pepperdine 0
    • California 4, No. 16 Washington 0
    • No. 2 Texas A&M 4, UC Santa Barbara 1 
    • No. 12 NC State 4, UCF 1
    • No. 14 Texas 4, Boise State 0
  • Super regionals | May 9
  • Super regionals | May 10
  • Quarterfinals | May 15
  • Semifinals | May 17
  • National championship | May 18 — streamed on ESPN+

DI women’s tennis championship history

Texas A&M clinched the 2024 NCAA women’s tennis outdoor team title by beating Georgia 4-1. This is the Aggies’ first team title; they were runners-up in 2013.

🔄 RECAP: 2024 DI women’s tennis championships

See the full DI women’s tennis team championship history below:

YEAR CHAMPION POINTS/SCORE RUNNER-UP HOST OR SITE ATTENDANCE
2024 Texas A&M 4-1 Georgia Oklahoma State NA
2023 North Carolina 4-1 NC State UCF NA
2022 Texas 4-1 Oklahoma Illinois NA
2021 Texas 4-3 Pepperdine UCF NA
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19
2019 Stanford 4-0 Georgia UCF NA
2018 Stanford 4-3 Vanderbilt Wake Forest NA
2017 Florida 4-1 Stanford Georgia NA
2016 Stanford 4-3 Oklahoma State Tulsa NA
2015 Vanderbilt 4-2 UCLA Baylor NA
2014 UCLA 4-3 North Carolina Georgia NA
2013 Stanford 4-3 Texas A&M Illinois NA
2012 Florida 4-0 UCLA Georgia NA
2011 Florida 4-3 Stanford Stanford NA
2010 Stanford 4-3 Florida Georgia NA
2009 Duke 4-0 California Texas A&M NA
2008 UCLA 4-0 California Tulsa NA
2007 Georgia Tech 4-2 UCLA Georgia NA
2006 Stanford 4-1 Miami Stanford NA
2005 Stanford 4-0 Texas Georgia NA
2004 Stanford 4-1 UCLA Georgia 3,634
2003 Florida 4-3 Stanford Florida 3,182
2002 Stanford 4-1 Florida Stanford 5,053
2001 Stanford 4-0 Vanderbilt Georgia St. N/A
2000 Georgia 5-4 Stanford Pepperdine 1,780
1999 Stanford 5-2 Florida Florida 4,912
1998 Florida 5-1 Duke Notre Dame 2,310
1997 Stanford 5-1 Florida Stanford 4,360
1996 Florida 5-2 Stanford Florida St. 3,749
1995 Texas 5-4 Florida Pepperdine 5,404
1994 Georgia 5-4 Stanford Georgia 5,613
1993 Texas 5-2 Stanford Florida 4,913
1992 Florida 5-3 Texas Stanford 7,036
1991 Stanford 5-1 UCLA Stanford 8,523
1990 Stanford 5-1 Florida Florida 3,144
1989 Stanford 5-0 UCLA Florida 2,050
1988 Stanford 5-2 Florida UCLA 6,328
1987 Stanford 5-1 Georgia UCLA 2,351
1986 Stanford 5-4 Southern California Texas 2,927
1985 Southern California 6-3 Miami (Fla) Oklahoma City 4,552
1984 Stanford 6-0 Southern California Los Angeles 3,405
1983 Southern California 8-1 Trinity (Tex) Albuquerque, NM 3,027
1982 Stanford 6-3 UCLA Salt Lake City 1,595



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Six Wesleyan track and field performers earn All-Region honors

NEW ORLEANS — The Mountain East Conference was well represented on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region teams. The teams were announced ahead of this week’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, which will be hosted by Colorado State University Pueblo at the CSUP Thunderbowl starting Thursday. The […]

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NEW ORLEANS — The Mountain East Conference was well represented on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region teams.

The teams were announced ahead of this week’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, which will be hosted by Colorado State University Pueblo at the CSUP Thunderbowl starting Thursday.

The top five finishers in each event from each region earned the honors, in addition to each of the members of any top three-ranked relay team.

The relay teams and individuals are listed below.

MEN
Charleston

4×100 Relay
Zane “Iggy” Chalker: 5,000m; 10,000m
Jules Geffroy-Remot: 1,500m
Hugo Hewitt: 5,000m
Timber Huysmans: 200m
Frankie Winter: Hammer

Concord
Ian Gardner: 400m

Davis & Elkins
Jackson Gibson: 1,500m
Carter McKenna: 1,500m; 10,000m
Jordan Thomas: 10,000m

Frostburg State
Thomas McCoy: Pole Vault

Point Park
Kamar Sutherland: 110m Hurdles
Jannik Windelband: Steeplechase

West Liberty
Hunter Patterson: 200m
Issac Tavo: Discus

West Virginia State
Tyler Minter: 400m

West Virginia Wesleyan
Michael Hansford: Triple Jump
Jonathan Norton: Steeplechase
Rovell Salmon: Long Jump

WOMEN
Charleston

Brooke Burns: Discus; Hammer
Maya Clark: 400m
Colette Patti: 100m
Beth Sykes: 800m; 1,500m
Stefani Vasileva: Triple Jump
Madison Woolwine: 1,500m

Concord
Cassidy Hammonds: Heptathlon
Cierra Parker: High Jump

Davis & Elkins
Lydia Falkenstein: 10,000m
Savanna Hardman: 5,000m; 10,000m
Lauren Twyman: 800m; 1,500m; 5,000m

Glenville State
Janae Scott: Shot Put

Point Park
Cassondra O’Connor: 5,000m; 10,000m

West Liberty
Ky’Ara Ross: Long Jump

West Virginia State
4×100 Relay
Candace Morris: 200m

West Virginia Wesleyan
Samantha Cash: Heptathlon
Lindsey Dillon: Steeplechase
Leigha Hall: Steeplechase; 5,000m

Wheeling
Keala McCurry: Pole Vault



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Husker Men, Women Finish Top Five at Big Ten Championships – University of Nebraska

Eugene, Ore. – Maddie Harris and Jenna Rogers added to the Husker Big Ten title count as the Nebraska track and field team finished competition on Sunday at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with both the men and women finishing in the top five.  The Huskers swept the high jump titles as Rogers won on […]

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Eugene, Ore. – Maddie Harris and Jenna Rogers added to the Husker Big Ten title count as the Nebraska track and field team finished competition on Sunday at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with both the men and women finishing in the top five. 

The Huskers swept the high jump titles as Rogers won on the women’s side, clearing 1.84m (6-0 ½). There were four other Huskers in the top 10, as Karsyn Leeling was fifth (1.81m, 5-11 ¼), Brooklyn Miller finished sixth (1.75m, 5-8 ¾) and Riley Masten and Ela Velepec tied for 10th (1.70m, 5-7). Harris became a three-time Big Ten Javelin Champion, throwing 58.38m (191-6) for the win. Jenessa Ruder joined Harris in the top eight, finishing seventh (49.12m, 161-2). 

In the men’s discus, Maxwell Otterdahl threw a person-best 59.12m (193-11) to improve his ninth-best mark in school history and finished third. Cade Moran also earned points for the Big Red as he finished fifth (57.59m, 188-11). Kael Miedema was 16th (52.42m, 172-0), and Brett Schwartz was 25th (45.15m, 148-1). 

Kalynn Meyer and Kellyn Kortemeyer scored points in their second event of the weekend, as Meyer threw 17.43m (57-2 ¼) for fourth and Kortemeyer hit a mark of 16.87m (55-4 ¼) for eighth. Amelia Flynt was 11th (15.95m, 52-4), Sage Burbach finished 15th (15.55m, 51-0 ¼) and Lauren St. Peters placed 18th (14.44m, 47-4 ½). 

In the women’s pole vault, Jacelyn Neighbors grabbed sixth (4.03m, 13-2 ½), scoring three team points for the Huskers, and Kylie Clark-Fox was 17th (3.88m, 12-8 ¾). In the women’s triple jump, Velecia Williams was ninth (12.53m, 41-1 ½), and Lotavia Brown was 18th (12.15m, 39-10 ½). 

On the track, the Huskers scored points in seven events. In the women’s 4x100m relay, Velecia Williams, Bariborve Deebom, Kelsie Belquist and Darby Thomas finished eighth (45.10). Thomas also finished in the top 10 of the women’s 100m, running 11.39. Abrielle Artley ran 58.94 in the women’s 400mH for fifth, and Ali Bainbridge clocked the second-fastest 5000m in school history (15:54.16) for eighth. Berlyn Schutz earned on point for the Huskers as she finished eighth in the 1500m (4:16.54). On the men’s side, Kavian Kerr earned eighth in the 100m (10.53), and James Ledbetter was sixth in the 400mH (51.83). 

Rounding out the events at the Big Ten Championships was Ashriel Dixon, Till Steinforth, Luke Noland and Kavian Kerr placing 10th in the 4x100m relay (40.59), Abrielle Artley, Belquist, Deebom and Johanna Ilves finishing 10th in the 4x400m relay (3:39.01), and Logan Lebo, Niko Schultz, Gabe Nash and Pradeep Senthilkumar in 14th in the men’s 4x400m relay (3:12.76). 

The Husker men finished fifth with 76 points, while the women were fourth (73 points). 

Up next, the Huskers compete in the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas, May 28-31. 

Big Ten Outdoor Championships Results
Day 3
Women’s Javelin 
1. Maddie Harris – 58.38m (191-6)
7. Jenessa Ruder – 49.12m (161-2)

Women’s Pole Vault 
6. Jacelyn Neighbors – 4.03m (13-2 ½)
17. Kylie Clark-Fox – 3.88m (12-8 ¾)

Women’s Triple Jump
9. Velecia Williams – 12.53m (41-1 ½)
18. Lotavia Brown – 12.15m (39-10 ½)

Men’s Discus 
3. Maxwell Otterdahl – 59.12m (193-11) PR
5. Cade Moran – 57.59m (188-11)
16. Kael Miedema – 52.42m (172-0)
25. Brett Schwartz – 45.15m (148-1)

Women’s High Jump 
1. Jenna Rogers – 1.84m (6-0 ½)v
5. Karsyn Leeling – 1.81m (5-11 ¼)
6. Brooklyn Miller – 1.75m (5-8 ¾)
10. Riley Masten – 1.70m (5-7)
10. Ela Velepec – 1.70m (5-7)

Men’s 4x100m Relay 
10. Dixon/Steinforth/Noland/Kerr – 40.59

Women’s 4x100m Relay 
8. Williams/Deebom/Belquist/Thomas – 45.10

Women’s Shot Put 
4. Kalynn Meyer – 17.43m (57-2 ¼) 
8. Kellyn Kortemeyer – 16.87m (55-4 ¼)
11. Amelia Flynt – 15.95m (52-4)
15. Sage Burbach – 15.55m (51-0 ¼)
18. Lauren St. Peters – 14.44m (47-4 ½) 

Men’s 100m
8. Kavian Kerr – 10.53

Women’s 100m
6. Darby Thomas – 11.39

Men’s 400mH
6. James Ledbetter – 51.83

Women’s 400mH
5. Abrielle Artley – 58.94

Women’s 5000m
8. Ali Bainbridge – 15:54.16 
18. Berlyn Schutz – 16:25.46

Men’s 4x400m Relay 
14. Lebo/Schultz/Nash/Senthilkumar – 3:12.76

Women’s 4x400m Relay 
10. Artley/Belquist/Deebom/Ilves – 3:39.01

Women’s 1500m
8. Berlyn Schutz – 4:16.54



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Kennesaw State Men Win Conference USA Outdoor Championship

By: Hunter McKay Story Links MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Kennesaw State men’s and women’s track and field teams completed competition at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships on Sunday by earning the school’s second CUSA title. The KSU men’s team collected its first Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship scoring 216.5 points […]

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Kennesaw State men’s and women’s track and field teams completed competition at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships on Sunday by earning the school’s second CUSA title.

The KSU men’s team collected its first Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship scoring 216.5 points in the three-day meet. The Owls also concluded the Liberty men’s run of 17-consecutive outdoor titles at the Division I level. KSU and Liberty’s 5.5-point differential was the closest CUSA Outdoor Championship finish since 2006. Cale McDaniel was named CUSA Men’s Coach of the Year.  

 

The KSU women battled hard on Saturday and finished in third place. The Owls finished with 104.5 points.

 

Men’s Team Scoring (21 of 21 events scored)

KSU – 216.5 points

Liberty– 211 points

MTSU – 97 points

Sam Houston – 73 points

Western Kentucky – 71 points

UTEP – 58 points

Louisiana Tech – 56 points

FIU – 28 points

Women’s Team Scoring (21 of 21 events scored)

Liberty – 178.5 points

UTEP – 117 points

Kennesaw State – 104.5 points

FIU – 101 points

MTSU. – 84 points

New Mexico State – 74 points

Louisiana Tech. – 49 points

Sam Houston– 38 points

Western Kentucky– 21.5 points

 

Medal Winners

 
   Men’s Notable Performances

  • Evan Martinez placed seventh in the shot put with a personal-best toss of 49.73m (163’2″).
  • Edwin Kiprono finished sixth in the 1500m (3:53.26) and fourth in the 800m (1:48.85).
  • Sean Dyer ran a time of 14.22 seconds to place fifth in the 110m hurdles.
  • Justin Warner (46.14) placed fourth in the 400m. That mark sits 40th in the NCAA East Region.
  • Xavier Paris (10.34) secured fifth in the 100m.
  • Sean Dyer (52.49), Daris Roberts (53.91) and Cameron Guadiano (54.05 seconds) took home fourth, sixth and seventh in the 400m hurdles.

 
Women’s Top Performances

 
Quotable
Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel
 
On the men’s team…
 “It just feels so good to lead a group that trusts and believe in themselves and in the program. I love these men and have so much respect for what they have accomplished. This team is proof of how special the school is and how it attracts exceptional individuals. Our staff and support staff are first class and total professionals. This was a huge team effort and I’m so thankful for all of them.”
 
On the women’s team …
 “We need to grow and we need to get better in this conference. I take full responsibility in shaping this women’s program into what I know we can be. With that said, we had some women do some really awesome stuff this weekend and several with a chance to lengthen their season at NCAA’s. We will be better moving forward.” 

 

Next Up

Athletes who rank among the top 48 in their respective events earn a berth into the NCAA East First Rounds in Jacksonville, Fla. May 28-31. In addition, the best 24 relays times advance to the NCAA First Rounds. Athletes with the top 12 times/marks and the best 12 relay teams at both the East and West First Rounds sites will qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. The decathlon and heptathlon will not be held during the NCAA Preliminary Rounds. Instead, the top 24 decathlon and heptathlon scores in the nation earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship site.










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Oregon men’s track and field wins Big Ten championship, women come up just short

Make that eight Big Ten championships in Oregon‘s first year in the conference. The Ducks men secured a conference title on Sunday in outdoor track and field, protecting their turf at historic Hayward Field. The women finished second, just behind Big Ten champion USC. Oregon has now won Big Ten titles in football, baseball, softball, […]

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Make that eight Big Ten championships in Oregon‘s first year in the conference.

The Ducks men secured a conference title on Sunday in outdoor track and field, protecting their turf at historic Hayward Field. The women finished second, just behind Big Ten champion USC.

Oregon has now won Big Ten titles in football, baseball, softball, men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, women’s indoor track and field (NCAA champions), women’s cross-country, and women’s golf.

The men ran away with it on Sunday, scoring 110 team points compared to just 81 apiece for tied-for-second Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The USC women surpassed Oregon in the final event on Sunday afternoon, winning the 4×400. The Trojans had 121 total points to Oregon’s 113, despite the Ducks winning multiple individual titles of their own.

Here is every event Oregon scored in:

Men’s total score: 110 points (Champions)

Men’s javelin: 4 points

Pat Vialva, 232-3 (5th place, 4 points)

Men’s 10,000: 23 points

Aiden Smith, 29:24.65 (2nd place, 8 points)

Evan Bishop, 29:25.13 (3rd place, 6 points)

Evan Burke 29:26.10 (4th place, 5 points)

Abdel Laadjel, 29:27.42 (6th place, 3 points)

Quincy Norman, 29:28.15 (8th place, 1 point)

Men’s decathlon: 6 points

Koby Kessler, 7,303 (4th place, 5 points)

Aiden Carter, 7,058 (8th place, 1 point)

Men’s long jump: 7 points

Cheikh M’Baye, 24-10 (5th place, 4 points)

Safin Wills, 24-9 (6th place, 3 points)

Men’s high jump: 3 points

Shaun Miller Jr., 6-9 (6th place, 3 points)

Men’s shot put: 6 points

Kobe Lawrence, 63-8 3/4 (3rd place, 6 points)

Men’s steeplechase: 16 points

Benjamin Balazs, 8:40.93 (Champion, 10 points)

Sergio Del Barrio, 8:42.67 (3rd place, 6 points)

Men’s triple jump: 8 points

Safin Wills, 51-2 1/4 (2nd place, 8 points)

Men’s discus: 5 points

Aidan Elbettar, 191-1 (4th place, 5 points)

Men’s 1,500: 9 points

Simeon Birnbaum, 3:53.38 (3rd place, 6 points)

Rheinhardt Harrison, 3:54.31 (6th place, 3 points)

Men’s 100: 3 points

Rodrick Pleasant, 10.36 (6th place, 3 points)

Men’s 800: 8 points

Matthew Erickson, 1:47.922 (2nd place, 0.001 seconds off 1st, 8 points)

Men’s 5,000: 12 points

Simeon Birnbaum, 13:31.87 (Champion, meet record, 10 points)

Abdel Laadjel, 13:35.98 (7th place, 2 points)

Women’s total score: 113 (2nd place)

Women’s 10,000: 10 points

Diana Cherotich, 32:00.48 (Champion, meet record, 10 points)

Women’s heptathlon: 10 points

Annika Williams, 5,914 (Champion, 10 points)

Women’s steeplechase: 5 points

Katie Clute, 9:57.98 (4th place, 5 points)

Women’s javelin: 4 points

Kohana Nakato, 166-6 (5th place, 4 points)

Women’s triple jump: 18 points

Ryann Porter, 44-5 1/2 (Champion, 10 points)

Cassandra Atkins, 43-11 1/4 (2nd place, 8 points)

Women’s 4×100: 4 points

Shaniya Hall, Lily Jones, Brazil Neal, Amirah Shaheed, 44.39 (5th place, 4 points)

Women’s 1,500: 14 points

Silan Ayyildiz, 4:13.35 (2nd place, 8 points)

Mia Barnett, 4:13.40 (3rd place, 6 points)

Women’s 100 hurdles: 10 points

Aaliyah McCormick, 12.86 (Champion, 10 points)

Women’s 400: 5 points

Ella Clayton, 53.00 (4th place, 5 points)

Women’s 800: 14 points

Klaudia Kazimierska, 2:02.92 (Champion, 10 points)

Ella Nelson, 2:05.46 (5th place, 4 points)

Women’s 400 hurdles: 3 points

Annaleise Taylor, 1:00.11 (6th place, 3 points)

Women’s 5,000:

Silan Ayyildiz, 15:37.11 (Champion, meet record, 10 points)

Diana Cherotich, 15:46.60 (6th place, 3 points)

Ella Thorsett, 15:52.03 (7th place, 2 points)

Women’s 4×400:

Ella Clayton, Shaniya Hall, Annaleise Taylor, Lakely Doht-Barron, 3:38.10 (8th place, 1 point)

Ryan Clarke covers college sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach him at RClarke@Oregonian.com or on Twitter/X:@RyanTClarke. Find him on Bluesky:@ryantclarke.bsky.social.



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Story Links GENEVA, OHIO – The young guns on the TCNJ men’s track and field team will get another chance to step into the spotlight as the Lions are set to send two individuals and a relay to the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week.   Maxim Rychkov qualified in the 100 and […]

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GENEVA, OHIO – The young guns on the TCNJ men’s track and field team will get another chance to step into the spotlight as the Lions are set to send two individuals and a relay to the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week.
 
Maxim Rychkov qualified in the 100 and 200 meters, Nate Adams did so in the 400 hurdles, and the pair will join Anthony Senatore and Noah Traverso in the 4×400 relay at SPIRE Institute. Adams, only a sophomore, is the lone non-rookie in head coach Justin Lindsey‘s traveling party.
 
Adams will make his NCAA debut thanks to his second-place time of 52.72 at the NJAC Championships, enough to land him the 22nd and final qualifying spot in the event.
 
Rychkov made a big splash at the NCAA Indoor Championships, running to All-America honors in the 60-meter dash (12th place) and 200-meter dash (7th). He also joined Senatore, Traverso, and Jack Attali to place 8th in the 4×400 relay.
 
Rychkov owns the 8th-best time in Division III in the 200 (20.98), and his record-breaking mark of 10.45 seconds from the AARTFC Championships was enough to move him into 18th in the 100.
 
Adams, Rychkov, Senatore, and Traverso posted a school-record mark of 3:10.70 at Widener earlier this week, which clocks in at 11th nationally.
 
Adams will compete in the 400 hurdles prelims at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday. Rychkov will then take on the 200-meter dash prelims at 6:40 p.m., and the 4×400 prelims are set for 8 p.m.
 
The 100-meter prelims are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
Finals are slated for the following times on Saturday: 100 (2:30 p.m.), 400 hurdles (3:15 p.m.), 200 (3:40 p.m.), and 4×400 relay (4:50 p.m.).



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