Okeke, Clare Highlight All-Ivy Honorees for Outdoor Track & Field
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the completion of the 2025 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships on Sunday, student-athletes from the men’s and women’s teams were recognized with postseason All-Ivy accolades. Obiora Okeke, Joshua Adams, […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the completion of the 2025 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships on Sunday, student-athletes from the men’s and women’s teams were recognized with postseason All-Ivy accolades. Obiora Okeke, Joshua Adams, Rory Clare, Haydn Brotschi, and the men’s 4×800 relay all received All-Ivy honors, while Adams and Seraiah Bruno were also lauded for their academics.
Okeke was named Men’s Field Performer of the Meet and First Team All-Ivy in shot put after a historic performance over the weekend. Okeke made headlines, capturing the Shot Put Ivy League Championship with a historic toss of 20.17m, which set a new meet record as well as a program record. He also placed fourth in the discus with a mark of 52.21m and seventh in the hammer.
Rory Clare represented the women with a Second Team All-Ivy selection in the 1500m, winning a silver medal with a time of 4:25.64.
Joshua Adams was named Second Team All-Ivy in the long jump, winning a silver medal in the event after locking in a jump of 7.51m.
Haydn Brotschi also garnered Second Team All-Ivy Honors in the 400m, after he won a silver medal with a time of 46.80 — just under two tenths of a second away from gold.
The final Second Team All-Ivy selection from Columbia was the men’s 4×800 relay, consisting of Ben Bergey, Justin Gottlieb, Matt Gatune, and Jacob Van Orden. The team finished with a time of 7:23.90 to claim the silver medal.
In addition, Seraiah Bruno and Adams were named Academic All-Ivy.
For a full recap of the 2025 Indoor Track & Field Championships, click HERE. Full results from the Ivy League Indoor Heps can be found HERE.
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With the conclusion of Outdoor Heps, the Lions will now look ahead to the Princeton Elite Meet on Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.
Columbia’s schedule for the rest of the 2025 season can be found HERE.
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Record-Setting Season: Lahey and Colombo Top NCAA Volleyball Stats
June 26, 2025 Deonna Starks INDIANAPOLIS (June 24) –-The University of Mount Olive men’s volleyball team produced two NCAA Division I statistical champions for the 2025 season. Junior Jackson Lahey led the nation in assists per set with 10.85, while freshman Luca Colombo topped the country in digs per set […]
INDIANAPOLIS (June 24) –-The University of Mount Olive men’s volleyball team produced two NCAA Division I statistical champions for the 2025 season. Junior Jackson Lahey led the nation in assists per set with 10.85, while freshman Luca Colombo topped the country in digs per set with 2.96. Both players will be honored with plaques from the NCAA.
Lahey, also an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Year, set the all-time assists record at Mount Olive. Colombo made history as the first player in Conference Carolinas to be named both Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same season, recording double-digit digs in 13 matches, including a career-high 18 at Erskine.
SIX ATHLETES NAMED TO 2025 CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® MEN’S AT-LARGE TEAM
2025 CSC Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Teams Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/26/25) Six Dominican University New York student-athletes were named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Team which was released announced by the organization. Alexander Lundvall, Brikke Decoster and Joseph Benesch of the men’s golf team received the honors, along with men’s lacrosse player, […]
2025 CSC Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Teams
Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/26/25) Six Dominican University New York student-athletes were named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Team which was released announced by the organization.
Alexander Lundvall, Brikke Decoster and Joseph Benesch of the men’s golf team received the honors, along with men’s lacrosse player, Ryan Gonzalez. Tyler Roukey and Ayden Shaw of the men’s volleyball team were the other honorees.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
For at-large teams, each institution is allowed a maximum of six total nominations among the following sports and meet certain athletic and academic eligibility requirements.
Men’s and Women’s Fencing (Eligible nominees must compete in four competitions OR finish top-eight in their weapon at a conference championship meet)
Men’s and Women’s Golf (Eligible nominees must be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution’s TEAM SCORING events OR in the lineup at the conference championship tournament)
Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics (Eligible nominees must be ranked in the top-75 in an event within their division according to Road to Nationals rankings AND/OR eligible nominees must have competed at their divisional national championship event)
Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey (Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games)
Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse (Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games)
Men’s and Women’s Rifle (Eligible nominees must compete in 75 percent of institutions events OR compete at the NCAA championships)
Men’s and Women’s Skiing (Eligible nominees must compete in four carnivals OR compete at the NCAA championships)
Men’s Volleyball (Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s matches played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s matches. Liberos, although not counted in stats as a starter, may be counted as such for nominating purposes)
Men’s and Women’s Water Polo (Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games)
Men’s Wrestling (Eligible nominees must be in the lineup for at least 70 percent of TEAM SCORING events (open tournaments, duals) OR compete in their weight class at a conference championship meet. NOTE: Women’s wrestling is only eligible for nomination in the NAIA. Women’s wrestling is expected to become eligible under NCAA At-Large in 2025-26, when the NCAA begins sponsoring a championship for the sport)
Women’s Beach Volleyball (Student-athletes must be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution’s TEAM SCORING events)
Women’s Bowling (Student-athletes must be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution’s days of competition)
Women’s Crew/Rowing (Eligible nominees must compete in four competitions OR compete as a member of an NCAA boat (1V8, 2V8, 1V4) at a conference championship)
Women’s Field Hockey (Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games)
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
Arizona track and field’s Zach Extine eyes Team USA spot
No more frozen Walmart pizza and doomscrolling for Zach Extine — at least for now. The Gilbert Perry High School alum has gone from walk-on athlete to finishing runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Track and Field Championships for the Arizona Wildcats, crediting a turnaround in his diet and approach to the sport. Extine […]
No more frozen Walmart pizza and doomscrolling for Zach Extine — at least for now.
The Gilbert Perry High School alum has gone from walk-on athlete to finishing runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Track and Field Championships for the Arizona Wildcats, crediting a turnaround in his diet and approach to the sport.
Extine was a once-overlooked recruit. His high school coach had to practically beg the University of Arizona to give him a look.
But Extine has developed into one of the fastest in the country.
Arizona’s Zach Extine reacts after finishing second in the men’s 110-meter hurdles on Day 3 of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 13, 2025, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
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Extine ran 13.13 seconds to come in second at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 13, breaking his school record for the event and moving up to No. 13 all-time in collegiate history. Former Phoenix Brophy Prep legend Devon Allen, who became an NCAA champion before making two Olympics in the 110-hurdles, ran a best of 13.16 while in college.
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The coach who discovered Extine while in high school at Perry was Clif McKenzie, who was on the Arizona State University 4×400-meter relay team that set the NCAA record in 1977 and is in the school’s Hall of Fame.
There was something then — work ethic, high hips — that told him Extine would be an excellent hurdler in college.
“This is what I always say to coaches before you cut anyone: ‘Look at it as a piece of coal and there’s a diamond there. All you got to do is knock that coal off and you got a diamond.’ And that truly was Zach. You could just see he was going to blossom,” said McKenzie.
Extine didn’t really take the sport too seriously his first two years as he was still dabbling in football. His junior year he began to put more focus in, but then COVID canceled most of that season. Extine was a good hurdler in high school, running 14.10 in the 110-hurdles and 39.24 in the 400-hurdles, but never won a state title.
It was McKenzie’s belief in Extine that changed his outlook.
“He made me realize I could be really good at track if I put in my effort into it,” Extine said. “When someone who had been around the sport for so long said that, for me, it was like, ‘Wow.’ He’s not just saying that to make you feel good, he’s being real. From that moment, it was like, ‘OK. Let’s see what we can do with this.’”
And it was that belief that led McKenzie to push Arizona coach Fred Harvey to sign Extine. At first, McKenzie pitched Extine as a 400-hurdler to Harvey. But it became apparent soon in the fall on campus that Extine was struggling in the event.
“I called Clif and I was like, ‘I’m not sure what you see, but please help me. He doesn’t have it,’” recalled Harvey.
Harvey made the decision to have Extine focus on the short hurdles only, eventually getting him back down in the low 14-second range and a third-place finish at the Pac-12 championships. After changing his hurdle form, Extine’s sophomore season was looking good. He opened up with a strong performance, finishing third in the Island Relays Bahamas in a race with a powerful headwind.
But the following week, disaster struck. At practice in Tucson with a heavy tailwind, the speed pushed Extine into a hurdle and onto the track, snapping his clavicle in the process.
“It wasn’t very fun,” Extine said. “It was the last rep, 10th hurdle. I hit it and went right onto the shoulder.”
He was just coming off a hamstring injury, as well. Extine missed the rest of the season.
Extine rehabbed his way back, but an additional flare-up of the hamstring threw another roadblock in the process. It was toward the end of his junior year in 2024 when Extine began to round into form, recording his first sub-14-second race in the 110-hurdles at the Pac-12 championships.
After hitting a hurdle in the NCAA West Regionals and missing out on the national championship meet, Extine vowed then he was going to do whatever it took to make it the next year. That included cutting out one of his favorite foods, pizza, and limiting the time spent scrolling on his phone, which he would often do until 3 a.m.
The second-place finish at the NCAA Championships was a moment of validation for Extine, and those around him who held their faith. Extine’s story is also one that likely won’t happen again — a 14.1-second high school hurdler being given the chance to compete at a Division I program.
UA track and field athlete Zach Extine, center, broke the school record for the third time at the Big 12 Championships.
John Moore III, for Arizona Athletics
With new roster limits and revenue-sharing as a result of the House settlement now in effect, making a track and field roster in college out of high school has never been harder.
Extine is an example of someone being given a chance and running away with it. Harvey is glad he listened to McKenzie because he believes this is the start of Extine’s story, rather than the culmination. While Harvey has stepped down as the director of the program for the Wildcats, he is still coaching Extine and has big expectations.
“Having a guy like Zach, to be able to have your own homegrown athletes here, is so exciting because he’s an Arizona kid, he did develop here,” said Harvey. “His upside is tremendous because I know that he can run — without us doing anything more than what we’re doing and having a clean race — 13.0 later this year.”
Because he used a redshirt, Extine still has a season of eligibility left. He’s coming back to Arizona for one last season with one goal: an NCAA title.
Before that, Extine will focus this summer on trying to make Team USA for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.
“Coach Harvey keeps saying, ‘This is only the beginning. We got a lot to still do,’” Extine said. “Being a runner-up is great. But next year, I want to win. And I want to try and make that World Championship team this summer. It’s a tall task, especially in this country. I’m up for it. I’m confident that when it comes down to it, I can run that time and I know I won’t freeze under the pressure.”
Extine will have a race in Memphis on July 12 at the Ed Murphy Classic before the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the end of July.
Head Coach Beach Volleyball in Miami, FL for FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Details Posted: 26-Jun-25 Location: Miami, Florida Type: Full-time Categories: Coaching Coaching – Volleyball Sector: Professional Sports Florida International University in Miami is seeking applications for the Head Coach Beach Volleyball. FIU is a member of Conference USA and offers eighteen (17) NCAA Division I sports programs. The successful candidate will provides the overall leadership for […]
Florida International University in Miami is seeking applications for the Head Coach Beach Volleyball. FIU is a member of Conference USA and offers eighteen (17) NCAA Division I sports programs. The successful candidate will provides the overall leadership for the Beach Volleyball program including recruiting, skill instruction, student- athlete development, budget management, developing a competition schedule, monitoring the academic performance, community involvement, fundraising, managing staff, and practice and competition coaching.
-Provides leadership, organization, and supervision for all aspects of Beach Volleyball program at the University.
-Develops a schedule for competition.
-Coaches, evaluates, and demonstrates proper sport techniques and designs training and practice strategies for both injury avoidance and optimizing individual and team performance. Observes and evaluates the performance of student-athletes in both practice and competition.
-Recruits, hires, and supervises assistant coaches and program staff. Responsible for the actions of all assistant coaches, all program staff and the sport’s compliance with NCAA rules.
-Evaluates and recruits student-athletes locally, nationally, and internationally from high school, and others in the transfer portal or junior college. Maintains frequent and consistent public contact with high schools, junior colleges, 4-year schools, and academies and clubs for recruitment and public relations.
-Responsible for the direct interface with all athletic department support units to ensure the successful operation of the program. Assists with program promoting and marketing.
-Maintains confidentiality for the department. Treats with utmost confidentiality and sensitivity any matter pertaining to medical, academic, and personal data of student-athletes and any information either directly or indirectly impacting the University and/or Athletic Department.
-Maintains confidentiality for the department. Treats with utmost confidentiality and sensitivity any matter pertaining to medical, academic, and personal data of student-athletes and any information either directly or indirectly impacting the University and/or Athletic Department.
-Monitors the academic performance and academic progress of student- athletes in conjunction with the staff of the Student-Athlete Academic Center (SAAC). Maintains requirements for student-athletes to ensure successful Academic Progress Rate (APR) status of the program.
-Responsible for fostering and maintaining a healthy team culture to ensure a positive student-athlete experience.
-Promotes and encourages student-athlete development opportunities. and create and maintain a nurturing and positive culture and participation in community service activities. Coordinates community service and FIU athletics-to-school programs.
-Works within an authorized budget and actively pursues outside fundraising.
-Transports student-athletes when necessary. Duties may include the transportation of prospects and student-athletes to events, practices and competitions.
-Adheres to all State of Florida, University, NCAA, Conference, and department rules and policies pertaining to the position of Head Beach Volleyball Coach. Reports any known NCAA violations or concerns to the Director Athletic Compliance and be responsible for the education and monitoring of any subordinate as it relates to NCAA regulations. Reviews, understands, and abides by all department procedures.
Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of related coaching experience at the high school level or above or Master’s degree and two (2) years of related coaching experience at the high school level or above. Successful experience as a graduate assistant or intern in an athletic program is acceptable with one (1) year of the required experience.
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Florida International University is a top public university that drives real talent and innovation in Miami and globally. Very high research (R1) activity and high social mobility come together at FIU to uplift and accelerate learner success in a global city by focusing in the areas of environment, health, innovation, and justice. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers. FIU serves a diverse student body of more than 56,000 and 290,000 Panther alumni. U.S. News and World Report places dozens of FIU programs among the best in the nation, including international business at No. 2. Washington Monthly Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good.
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New Olympics chief calls for 'protecting' women's category amid global trans athlete wave
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, addressed the topic of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports at her first official news conference since taking over on Thursday, and said that there is “overwhelming support” by IOC members to protect the female category. […]
The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, addressed the topic of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports at her first official news conference since taking over on Thursday, and said that there is “overwhelming support” by IOC members to protect the female category.
“We understand that there’ll be differences depending on the sport … but it was very clear from the members that we have to protect the female category, first and foremost to ensure fairness,” Coventry said.
“But we need to do that with a scientific approach and the inclusion of the international federations who have already done a lot of work in this area.”
Kirsty Coventry laughs during a press conference after she was elected as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee’s 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
The new president added that there is “unanimous” support for coming to an agreement about how to amend the policy, and suggested the IOC may take inspiration from the World Athletics policy, which restricts biological males from competing in women’s sports if those males have gone through male puberty.
“It was very clear from the membership the discussion around this has to be done with medical and scientific research at the core, so we are looking at the facts and the nuances and the inclusion of the international federations that have done so much of this work … having a seat at table and sharing with us because every sport is different,” she said.
Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
“But it was pretty much unanimously felt that the IOC should take a leading role in bringing everyone together to try and find a broad consensus.”
However, Coventry also said any changes likely wouldn’t result in retroactively changing the results of past competitions that featured athletes with gender-eligibility questions. The 2024 Paris Olympics featured two boxers winning gold in women’s competition, despite previously failing gender-eligibility tests for international competitions.
“We’re not going to be doing anything retrospectively. We’re going to be looking forward. From the members [it] was ‘What are we learning from the past, and how are we going to leverage that and move that forward to the future?’” Coventry said.
Last year, the United Nations released study findings that say nearly 900 biological females have fallen short of the podium because they have been beaten out by transgender athletes.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential handover ceremony at Olympic House on June 23, 2025, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Kirsty Coventry will succeed the ninth IOC President, Thomas Bach. Coventry was elected in March 2025 and is the first female President in IOC history. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
The study, titled “Violence against women and girls in sports,” said that more than 600 athletes did not medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, totaling over 890 medals, according to information obtained up to March 30.
“The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males,” the report said.
Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He previously worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
CCIW Places Dozens on Academic All-District® Women’s Track & Field Team
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2025 CSC Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams
NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was represented by multiple student-athletes from all nine league institutions on the 2025 Academic All-District® Women’s Track & Field team, selected […]
NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was represented by multiple student-athletes from all nine league institutions on the 2025 Academic All-District® Women’s Track & Field team, selected by College Sports Communicators and announced on Tuesday.
The honor recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men’s track& field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members and announced on July 15.
The Division III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions III Academic All-America® programs.
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).
