Local track and field athletes are taking their talents to the next level at various national competitions this weekend.

Lakeland junior Kaylyn Davis, Mid Valley’s Natalie Talluto and Olivia Thomas, and a contingent from Abington Heights will be in action, aiming for experience against the top athletes in the country.

Davis, the Times-Tribune Girls Track and Field Performer of the Year, is set to throw the javelin in the Championship Division at the New Balance National Championship meet Sunday at University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field.

Davis won a bronze medal at the PIAA Class 2A Championship meet in the javelin with a distance of 124 feet, 1 inch. Her personal-best mark is 128-1, which she hit to win the District 2 Class 2A gold medal. She also won the title at the Robert Spagna Championships with a distance of 127-5.

Abington Heights graduate Tomara Seid, an All-Region performer, competes in the Championship Division of the pole vault Saturday at the New Balance meet. Seid has a career-best height of 12-2 from the Friendship Games on May 9. She also cleared 12-0 to win a silver medal at the District 2 Class 3A Championships and recently finished third at the Warwick Valley Fast Times Relays with a height of 10-7 in early June.

Abington Heights will also be represented by this year’s All-Region 3,200 relay team of Erin Bartell, Anna Pucilowski, Maggie Coleman, and Reese Morgan; the distance medley team of Pucilowski, Coleman, Morgan, and Marley Gilboy; middle school hurdler Rachel Regan; and middle school shot putter Justin Lezinski at the meet.

Thomas, who dominated at the junior high level for Mid Valley, will race in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump on Thursday and Friday, respectively, in the Middle School Division at the New Balance meet.

Thomas set a meet record to win the 100 hurdles in 15.07 seconds and won the gold in the long jump with a distance of 16-5.5 at the Phil Tochelli Junior High Championships.

Talluto, also an All-Region athlete, travels to North Carolina to compete at the adidas Track Nationals at Greensboro. She will race on Friday in the 100 hurdles and in the 400 hurdles.

Talluto emerged as one of the top athletes in the Lackawanna Track Conference this season. Last weekend, she finished fourth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.75 and was fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:14.40 at the East Coast Track and Field Championships. Talluto has a personal-best time of 15.25 in the 100 hurdles that she ran at the Jack Roddick Invitational in April.

Buckhorns shine

Wallenpaupack’s Aiden Janowicz had a strong start to the summer season.

The District 2 Class 3A champion in the 1,600, who missed most of his junior year with an injury, finished fourth in the 800 (1:56.23) at the East Coast Track and Field Championships on June 13-14 at Kenny Armwood Stadium at Piscataway, New Jersey.

Earlier, Janowicz posted a career-best time of 1:55.69 in the 800 and finished 12th at the John Hay Pennsylvania Distance Festival at West Chester Henderson High School.

June Brown, a LTC Division I-II Coaches’ All-Star, finished second in the 800 at the East Coast Track and Field Championships, running a personal-best time of 2:19.18.

Kelcie Fillebrown finished ninth in the 800 (2:30.30).

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Western Water Polo Association announced the 2025 WWPA Women’s All-Academic Team on Wednesday with 11 members of the Gannon women’s water polo team recognized. A total of 96 student-athletes were honored for their performances in the classroom. Cal State Monterey Bay led the conference with 22 total selections and Biola followed with 19. Salem led the East Region with 16. To qualify, a student-athlete must meet the following: Be an active participant of their team having competed in at least 50 percent of games; maintain over a 3.0 cumulative GPA; classified as a full-time student for…

By: Tim Flynn

CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team

– The Colorado School of Mines golf trio of Max Lange, Carter Lolli, and Lukas Taggart have been named to the College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District At-Large team. 

It’s a repeat honor for both Lange and Taggart while Lolli earns his first career honor. All three are juniors majoring in mechanical engineering, and they each earned First-Team Academic All-RMAC honors in late May.

Lange appeared in 10 tournaments averaging 73.62, topped by a 15th-place finish at the 2025 RMAC Championships. He finished the season strongly going under par in the final three tournaments of the spring, including a two-under T47 showing at the NCAA West/South Central Regional.

Lolli had three top-15 finishes in eight tournament starts including T10 at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic, T11 at the RMAC Championships, and T13 at The Writz at Mile High. He shot the year’s lowest round by an Oredigger with a 66 at the RMAC Championships, and averaged a career-best 74.05 for the season. 

Taggart, a Second-Team All-RMAC selection, averaged 74.07 as a junior as he notched four top-25 individual finishes. Taggart had a run of three straight top-20s around the winter break finishing 16th at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite before T14 showings at both the Otter Invitational and Las Vegas Desert Classic; he finished 23rd at the RMAC Championships, as well.

The trio were named to the At-Large Team, which combines candidates from a number of sports including fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. All nominees must have a 3.5 or above GPA while holding sophomore or higher academic standing. They were joined on the At-Large All-District team by Mines wrestler Grayston DiBlasi. Academic All-District recipients will go on to the ballot for the Academic All-America award, which will be announced later this summer.

The 2024 USC Athletics season season has officially come to an end. It was another successful year for the Trojans, highlighted by bringing two more national championships home to Heritage Hall.

Last week, USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen shared her latest State of Troy update. Included in it was a recap of the Trojans’ 2024-2025 athletics season.

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“USC is synonymous with broad-based excellence across all sports,” Cohen wrote. “And our accomplishments in 2024-25 rank with any in school history. “

“Heading into this week’s NCAA Division I Outdoor National Track & Field Championships, we are poised to secure USC’s highest-ever finish in the Learfield Directors Cup. After USC ranked fifth following the winter rankings, baseball’s remarkable run to the NCAA Tournament and the final of the Corvallis Regional – plus postseason runs from men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, and a national runner-up finish for women’s water polo – highlights how spectacularly our coaches and teams have performed across this spring.

“That success also helped us win the Crosstown Cup for the 14th time. It’s always a thrill to Beat the Bruins, and points from women’s volleyball, women’s soccer, football, women’s rowing, women’s golf, women’s basketball, men’s volleyball, beach volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, and women’s water polo bring the Cup back where it belongs.

“Our success this year also extended into the classroom. During the Spring 2025 semester, our student-athletes earned a 3.240 cumulative GPA, with 61 student-athletes earning a 4.0 and 440 student-athletes earning a 3.0 or better – all department records.

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“I’m so incredibly proud of our student-athletes, faculty, coaches, and staff for all they have accomplished this year, and we couldn’t do it without our donors, fans, and the entire Trojan Family.”

With the 2024-2025 season in the books, attention now shifts to 2025-2026. The USC football team will kick off fall camp in early August, marking the start of what should be another exciting year in Troy.

This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: Jennifer Cohen shares State of Troy on 2024-2025 USC Athletics season

“I’m encouraging whānau to spread the word about flippa ball,” she said.

“Kids aged 7 to 10 can get involved these school holidays by coming along to a one-day flippa ball camp on July 1 from 10am to 2pm at Kiwa Pools.”

The special session will be run by international professional water polo players Eve Weston – Aggie’s sister – and András Sári.

“So it will offer the community a unique opportunity to learn from the best,” Aggie Weston said.

Regular Sunday flippa ball will also return in Term 3, starting on July 27 and running from 2–3pm.

“The goal is to build participation across the region and get a school-based competition going in Term 4.

“So grab your mates, give something new a go and be part of growing a fun, fast-paced sport in Tairāwhiti,” Weston said.

People keen to learn more or sign up can go online to www.tairawhitiwaterpolo.fmweb.nz or the Tairāwhiti Water Polo Facebook page.