EUGENE, Ore. — Army Track and Field’s Emily Fink concluded her collegiate career on the nation’s biggest stage, competing in the women’s hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The Three Lakes, Wisc. native finished with a final mark of 62.20m in the event after three attempts. 

Fink’s mark was good to finish 22nd in the field, falling just short of earning Second Team All-American honors. 

Emily Fink concludes her season as well as her collegiate career as one of the most decorated field athletes in Army Track and Field’s program history. 

She holds both the indoor and outdoor program record in the shot put plus the outdoor hammer throw, and holds the second-best marks in indoor weight throw. She also holds several records in the Patriot League record book, including indoor and outdoor shot put as well as hammer throw.

Fink’s postseason accolades include earning outdoor track and field First Team All-Patriot League three times in her career (2022; 2024-25) and the indoor track and field All-Patriot League First Team and Second Team twice (2022, 2025) each in her career. She was also named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2022. 

Emily Fink has been named an NCAA Outdoor All-American (2024) after her first appearance in the NCAA Outdoor Championship as well as has participated in Olympic Trials. For all her postseason accomplishments, Fink was also named this year’s Women’s AAA Award winner. 

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Hear From Coach Smith: 

Emily was the first thrower in the second flight of 12 women. The second flight comprised the best women in the field, and I know that Emily relished the opportunity to throw first and put up a good mark for the rest of the field to chase.  Her first throw was far and landed at about the 68-meter mark in the middle of the sector and then we heard the event officially announce, “No mark,”  Emily challenged the call, and the mark was held while the officials conducted a video review of the throw.  After review, the foul call was upheld. Emily knew that she had two more attempts, so she kept her focus and when she was called up for her second attempt, she calmly stepped into the ring and put up an even bigger throw. Her 2nd throw dropped right on the 70-meter line and as we were about to celebrate the throw, we heard the event official call “no mark”.  It was a difficult moment for Emily, but it didn’t change her demeanor.  Her third attempt was a legal throw but not far enough for her to advance to the final. Emily has much to be proud of in her storied career. She leaves as one of the most decorated track and field athletes in the history of the Army West Point program.  She set records that will stand for a long time, she won a U20 USA championship, multiple Star Meet titles, and multiple Patriot League titles. But most importantly, she set a new standard of excellence for other Army Track and Field women to follow. She made everyone around her better. We will miss her.

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Monarch High School’s four-star receiver Jabari Brady officially announced his commitment to the University of Missouri.

Brady is entering his senior year at Monarch. He is ranked as the No. 38 wide receiver nationally and received 41 scholarships throughout his recruitment process. He played on the varsity football team at Monarch, catching 43 passes for 864 yards.

He then went on to catch 70 passes for 1,392 yards and 10 touchdowns before starting his junior season at Chaminade-Madonna Prep, catching seven touchdowns in seven games for the Knights. Brady also participated in the Navy All-American Bowl, catching a pass for nine years.  Brady will have one more year left with the Knights before competing in the SEC with Coach Eli Drinkworth.

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EUGENE, Ore. — The Georgia women’s track and field team exploded for 73 points to win its first national outdoor title by 26 points as the NCAA Championships wrapped up on Saturday.
 
Senior Elena Kulichenko (high jump), junior Aaliyah Butler (400-meter dash) and Butler, Michelle Smith, Dejanea Oakley and Sydney Harris (4x400m relay) captured national crowns while Oakley collected silver in the 400m, Smith managed bronze in the 400m hurdles and freshman Skylynn Townsend posted a personal best to take sixth in the triple jump.  
 
Final Women’s Team Scores: Finishing behind Georgia (73 points) was USC (47), Texas A&M (43), Washington (31) and Illinois (29.5) in the top five.
 
This squad of 16 Bulldogs, including a relay alternate for both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, represent seven different nations and featured six first timers at the meet and four true freshmen.  Georgia finished as the runner-up in back-to-back years in 2017-18 and its 2025 point total of 73 is a school record, topping the 62.2 in 2017.
 
While this is the first NCAA outdoor team title for the Georgia women, they did capture the 2018 indoor team championship.  The Bulldogs’ outdoor crown is the 52^nd overall team national championship for UGA, including the men’s outdoor championship in Eugene in 2018, tying LSU and Arkansas for the second most team titles in the SEC.  This is the fourth national championship for UGA this academic year after women’s tennis won the indoor and outdoor crowns and equestrian captured the championship.
 

Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert adds the 2025 championship to her 2018 and 2021 women’s titles while leading USC’s program.  Smith Gilbert was also on Tennessee’s staff when the indoor squad won the 2005 championship.  With Saturday’s championship, Smith Gilbert becomes the first collegiate female coach to win NCAA track and field championships at two separate schools.
 
“We worked really, really, really hard and we have a team that is starting to form into something that will be a great program,” Smith Gilbert said.  “It’s very important to me for us to have points all over the place.  Track and field is track and field so we made a point this year and for the future to build all parts of the program, not just the sprints.  I have the greatest coaching staff on the planet and a Director of Athletics in Josh Brooks and a president in Jere Morehead who support our program to no end.  I am so proud to bring home this championship to Athens.”
 
Meet Schedule: Other than the decathlon running Wednesday-Thursday and the heptathlon going Friday-Saturday, the meet was set up to be a men’s competition on Wednesday and Friday and a women’s competition on Thursday and Saturday.
 
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday Highlights: Georgia only had a pair of high jumpers compete on Friday and senior transfer Eddie Kurjak tied for eighth place and earned First Team All-America honors after coming from a NCAA Division II program.
 
During the women’s first day of action on Thursday, graduate transfer Stephanie Ratcliffe won her second career hammer throw title and became the first NCAA representative to accomplish the feat at two separate schools and in non-consecutive years.  Freshman Manuela Rotundo and senior Lianna Davidson finished second and fourth in the javelin to give Georgia its first pair of scorers in the event since two Bulldogs were in the top eight in 2005.  Finally, senior Kelsie Murrell-Ross steadily improved during her series to finish sixth in the shot put, becoming the first to earn scoring All-America honors in the event for UGA since 2000.
 
On Wednesday, senior transfer Moustafa Alsherif finished fourth in the javelin to give the Bulldog men a scorer in the event for the fourth straight year.  Also, freshman Jayden Keys complemented his Southeastern Conference long jump title with an eighth-place finish in the event to score for the men.
 
Full Results: To check out live results throughout the four-day season finale, please check: https://gado.gs/da0
 
The Lowdown: Kulichenko, a Ondintsovo, Russia, native, shared the national crown in 2024 but left no doubt as she claimed her first sole title in the high jump.  Coming in at 1.84 meters/6-0.50 on Saturday, Kulichenko went over five heights, including the winning mark of 1.96m/6-5, on her first try and topped Illinois’ Rose Yeboah for the championship.  This is UGA’s fourth national championship in the event.
 
Butler, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native, collected her first individual national championship in the 400m and the second in school history (Lynna Irby, 2018).  She came in as the national leader and left with a fresh school record and became the No. 5 all-time collegiate performer.  Only one member of the field, Butler’s teammate Dejanea Oakley, came within striking distance of her.
 
Oakley, who hails from Clarendon, Jamaica, sped to her own personal record of 49.65 to earn the silver medal as Georgia tallied 18 points in the event to take control of the meet.  Oakley’s time dropped Irby’s previous No. 2 time in the school record books to No. 3.
 
Butler later combined with Smith, Oakley and Harris to win Georgia’s first women’s 4x400m relay outdoors in history.  Topping the school record and taking over the No. 8 spot on the collegiate all-time performer’s list, the Bulldogs passed the baton around for a 3:23.62 to top Arkansas (3:24.25) for gold.  Butler scorched an anchor leg of 48.79 to move into the overall lead during the final 100 meters and put an exclamation mark on Georgia’s point total.
 
Arriving on the Oregon campus seeded 11^th nationally, Townsend, a native of Prosper, Texas, posted six fair attempts in the triple jump and topped out at a personal record to finish sixth at her first Nationals.  Townsend’s second try of 13.52m/44-4.50 situated her in sixth place with a comfortable cushion as she joined the great four-time NCAA outdoor triple jump champion Keturah Orji as a UGA First Team All-American.
 
How To Keep Up With The Dogs: Results and recaps from the NCAA Outdoor Championships will be found at georgiadogs.com.  News and updates from Georgia’s track and field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.
 
Bulldog Day 1 Scorers
Name                                     Event                          Mark/Time – Place
Moustafa Alsherif                 M. Javelin                  76.69m/251-7 – 4^th
Jayden Keys                         M. Long Jump           7.80m/25-7.25 – 8^th
Bulldog Day 2 Scorers
Stephanie Ratcliffe              W. Hammer Throw  *71.37m/234-2 – 1^st
Manuela Rotundo                W. Javelin                  60.35m/198-0 – 2^nd
Lianna Davidson                  W. Javelin                  59.03m/193-8
Kelsie Murrell-Ross             W. Shot Put               17.80m/58-4.75
*national leading mark
Bulldog Day 3 Scorers
Eddie Kurjak                         M. High Jump           2.15m/7-0.50 – T-8^th
Bulldog Day 4 Scorers
Elena Kulichenko                 W. High Jump           1.96m/6-5 – 1^st
Aaliyah Butler                       W. 400m                    *^49.26 – 1^st
Michelle Smith                      W. 400mH                 55.20 – 3^rd
Skylynn Townsend              W. Triple Jump         ^13.52m/44-4.25 – 6^th
Dejanea Oakley                   W. 400m                    ^49.65 – 2^nd
Butler, Smith                         W. 4x400m Relay    *^3:23.62
Oakley, S. Harris
 
Final Team Standings (top 10)
MEN

T-1. Texas A&M (41 pts.)
T-1. USC (41)
3. Arkansas (40)
4. Auburn (35)
5. New Mexico (31)
6. Oklahoma (30.5)
7. Minnesota (25)
T-8. Florida (22)
T-8. Kentucky (22)
T-8. Ole Miss (22)
45. GEORGIA (6.33)
 
WOMEN
1. GEORGIA (73)
2. USC (47)

3. Texas A&M (43)
4. Washington (31)
5. Illinois (29.5)
6. Stanford (29)
7. South Carolina (28)
8. Arkansas (26)
9. New Mexico (25)
T-10. Oregon (23)
T-10. Texas (23) 
 

EUGENE, ORE. – Mena Scatchard earned Second Team All-American honors and Georgina Scoot became an All-American Honorable Mention as the Tigers closed out competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday in Eugene. 

In the 1500m final, Scatchard raced hard, kicking out several runners in the final 200m to clock in at 4:11.04 for ninth place overall. 

The performance capped off an incredible career for the Tiger who graduated last month, while adding “Second Team All-American” to Scatchard’s long list of accolades at Princeton. 

Scatchard now concludes her career in the Orange & Black as an NCAA runner-up, a two-time All-American, eight-time Ivy Champion, and the record holder in eight events across indoor and outdoor track. 

Scoot took to Hayward Field again to compete in the triple jump after earning Second Team All-American honors in the long jump on Thursday.

She cleared 12.56m/41-2½” to be named an All-American Honorable Mention. This trip to Eugene marked Scoot’s second NCAA appearance, and it capped off a dominant season that saw Scoot win two Ivy titles at Heps to become the Ivy League Most Outstanding Field Performer. 

As the Tigers finish their time out West, they close out the 2024-25 year with much success to look back on both as individuals and as a team, including a historic third Ivy League Triple Crown and multiple All-Americans. 

 

EUGENE, Ore. – Senior Laura Pellicoro delivered a record-breaking performance in the women’s 800-meter final at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships this evening at Hayward Field, clocking 2:00.84 to place seventh overall and earn First Team All-American honors.

Pellicoro shattered her own school record and personal best in the final, capping off a historic season among the top mid-distance runners in the nation. The Italy native becomes one of the most accomplished student-athletes in program history, earning All-American recognition across cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track.

A three-time Cross Country All-American (2022, 2023, 2024), Pellicoro was also named to the All-Region Team and earned First Team All-WCC honors every year from 2022 to 2024. She was the 2022 WCC Co-Runner of the Year and a two-time WCC All-Academic First Team selection. As a sophomore, she was honored with the Fr. Chester Prusynski Student-Athlete of the Year award for her outstanding contributions both athletically and academically.

In indoor track, Pellicoro made history at the 2025 UW Preview, where she ran the fastest collegiate women’s 1,000-meter time ever recorded (2:37.04). She also set school records in the mile (4:25.60), 800m (2:00.92), and now holds five indoor school records across the 600m, 800m, 1000m, mile, and 3000m. She was named to the 2025 Bowerman Watch List, becoming the first Pilot ever to earn the honor, and was recognized as the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week in January. Pellicoro is a three-time NCAA indoor mile qualifier (2023–2025) and a three-time Second Team All-American indoors (2022, 2024, 2025).

Internationally, she claimed gold in the 800 meters at the 2023 World University Games, further establishing herself as a world-class competitor.

Outdoors, Pellicoro previously broke the school 800-meter record at the NCAA Semifinal with a time of 2:01.07 before lowering it again to 2:00.84 in the NCAA final. She made two NCAA Outdoor Championship appearances prior to this year (2022 – 800m; 2023 – 1500m).

The full result of women’s 800-meter final is listed below. 

2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships  

Eugene, Ore. (Hayward Field)  

June 11-14, 2025 

 

Thursday, June 12 

Women’s 800m Semifinal 

1. Michaela Rose, LSU, 1:58.95 Q  

2. Lauren Tolbert, Duke,1:59.39 Q 

3. Makayla Paige, North Carolina,1:59.92 Q 

4. Meghan Hunter, BYU, 1:59.96 Q  

5. Roisin Willis, Stanford, 2:00.33 Q  

6. Smilla Kolbe, North Florida, 2:00.70 q  

7. Laura Pellicoro, Portland, 2:01.07 (2:01.061) q (PR, School Record) 

8. Victoria Bossong, Harvard, 2:01.07 (2:01.063) q 

9. Veronica Hargrave, Indiana, 2:01.54 Q 

 

Friday, June 13 

Men’s 5000m Final, 6:55 PM (PT) 

Matt Strangio, 13:24.14 

 

Saturday, June 14 

Women’s 800m Final

1. Roisin Willis, Stanford, 1:58.13

2. Makayla Paige, North Carolina,1:58.97

3. Meghan Hunter, BYU, 1:59.03

4. Michaela Rose, LSU, 1:59.47

5. Lauren Tolbert, Duke,1:59.88

6. Smilla Kolbe, North Florida, 2:00.37 

7. Laura Pellicoro, Portland, 2:00.84 (PR, School Record) 

8. Veronica Hargrave, Indiana, 2:01.00

9. Victoria Bossong, Harvard, 2:03.86

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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Graduate student Sarah Tait of the West Virginia University track and field team earned her second career First Team All-American honor at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon.

Tait soared to a new personal best time of 9:27.80 in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, solidifying her spot at No. 2 all-time in program history. Additionally, she ran 10 seconds faster in the event final than she did in the semifinals on Thursday inside of Hayward Field.

The Edinburg, Scotland, native becomes just the second Mountaineer of all time to earn the First Team All-America accolade in the women’s steeplechase. With the fourth-place finish, she joins her teammate, graduate student Ceili McCabe.

The time was good enough to best the Scottish national record, which has been held by Ellish McColgan since 2013. Tait smashed McColgan’s previous record, 9:35.82, by eight seconds.

With Tait’s finish, the Mountaineers complete the 2024-25 track and field season.

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