CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri track & field will host the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships May 15-17 at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.

The meet will begin on Thursday and Friday, at 9:00 a.m. with the Heptathlon and Decathlon. The field events are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. while the running events are slated for 5:00 p.m. both days.

Saturday’s events are slated for a 11:00 a.m start with the women’s shot put. The running events commence at 12:30 with the 4x100m relay race. 

Graduation recognition will start around 4:40 p.m. with the awards ceremony to follow.

Records Broken

Brianna Dixon cleared a height of 5′ 10.75″ in the women’s high jump at the Memphis Invite to break her old SEMO record height of 5′ 10.5″ which she broke last outdoor season.

Anna Thomason jumped over hurdles for 100m in a time of 13.54 for first and a new SEMO record at the Memphis Invite, breaking the old record of 13.6 held by her teammate Brianna Dixon in 2024.

Team Rankings

The Southeast Missouri men’s track and field team is ranked 118th in the nation with 5.46 points coming from Luke Hatfield Jackson’s high jump (7′ 1.75″) and Paden Lewis’ hammer throw mark of 212′ 1″.

The Southeast Missouri women’s track and field team is ranked 141st in the nation with 1.42 points coming from Anna Thomason’s 5260 points in heptathlon and Brianna Dixon high jump mark of 5′ 10.75″. 

The men’s team is ranked 18th in the Midwest Region with 95.43 total points and second in the conference with 1,123.57 points, behind Little Rock with 1,125.99 points.

The men’s squad teams that are ranked in the top 50 in the nation are the discus team (25th), high jump team (28th), long jump team (50th), shot put team (23rd), and the triple jump team (7th).

The women’s team is ranked 18th in the Midwest Region with 102.13 total points and first in the OVC with 1,110.40 points, 202.8 points ahead of Little Rock in second.

The women’s squad teams that are ranked in the top 50 in the nation are the 100m hurdles team (41st), hammer throw team (32nd), high jump team (35th), and the javelin team (37th).

Where We Rank

For each individual event the top 48 performances will be accepted into the NCAA regional which is broken up into East and West. For each relay event, the top 24 relay teams will be accepted into the competition. The top 24 performances in the combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are accepted directly into the Championships. 

The sport is broken up into nine regions, SEMO is in the Midwest Region which includes all the Division One schools from Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Southeast has four marks ranked in the top 50 of the country, 27 marks ranked in the top 25 in the midwest, 15 marks ranked first in the OVC, and 50 performances in the top five in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In the high jump, Luke Hatfield Jackson is ranked 16th in the NCAA, third in the Midwest and first in the OVC, achieving a mark of 7′ 1.75″ at the Clark Wood Open. In the long jump, Hatfield Jackson ranks 13th in the region and first in the OVC witzh a distance of 24′ 7.25″.

Paden Lewis ranks 50th in the nation, 11th in the region, and first in the conference in the hammer throw with a distance of 212′ 1″ with the mark being achieved at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational. Lewis also ranks 14th in the region and first in the OVC in shot put with a mark of 60′ 3.75″. Lewis ranks 14th in the region and first in the conference in discus throwing a distance of 184′ 4″.

Anna Thomason ranks 35th in the nation, seventh in the region, and first in the OVC in the heptathlon, getting 5260 points at the Gibson Invitational. Thomason also ranks seventh in the Midwest and first in the Ohio Valley Conference in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.54. 

Brianna Dixon ranks 25th in the NCAA, ninth in the region, and first in the conference in the high jump, achieving a height of 5′ 10.75″ at the Memphis Tiger Invitational. She also ranks 20th in the Midwest in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.82. 

In the 400m, Sydney Burdine ran a 54.02 to be ranked 12th in the Midwest.

In the 10,000m, Noah Little ranks first in the OVC with a time of 30:27.11.

With a distance of 49′ 7.75″ Kenyon Johnson ranks 13th in the region, Luke Busateri ranks 16th (49′ 1.75″), and Aarion Jackson ranks 24th (47′ 9″)  in triple jump.

In the 400m hurdles Laila Hardin ran a 59.41 time to be ranked 14th in the Midwest and first in the OVC.

The mens and womens 4x100m teams rank 23rd (42.27) and 14th (45.85, 1st OVC) in the region. The men’s team consists of Moore, Bruenderman, Jackson, and Revels. The women’s team is run by Thomason, Burdine, Dwaah, and Lester.

The men’s 4x400m relay team of Primeau, Fuller, Splitt, and Mygatt combined for a time of 3:18.77, ranking 23rd in the region. The women’s squad of Hardin, Dwaah, Burdine, and Lester crossed the line at 3:46.01 to be ranked 21st in the Midwest Region.

Collin Beers cleared a height of 16′ 6″ in pole vault, earning 24th in the regional rankings and Sullivan Gleason vaulted over a height of 17′ 0.25″ for 18th in the region.

18th in the region and first place in the OVC women’s pole vault rankings is held by Clara Billing, who cleared a height of 13′ 8.5″.

Clay Alewelt posted a discus throw of 182′ 5″ ranking 18th in the region.

In the hammer throw Makenzie Williams threw for a distance of 189′ 5″ to take 23rd in the region and first place in the Ohio Valley Conference rankings. Williams also ranks 16th in the region in discus with a distance of 164′ 6″.

Andreese Ortiz ranks 20th in the region in discus, throwing a distance of 161′ 5″

Josiah Kilgore ranks 15th in the region and first in the conference in javelin throwing for a distance of 200′ 3″.

Throwing for a distance of 144′ 0″, Kennedy Zgaynor ranks 24th in the Midwest and first in the conference in javelin.

Weekly Award Winners

Paden Lewis continued his outdoor dominance being named OVC Male Field Athlete of the week, his third of the outdoor season and second in a row. Lewis competed in the shot put and discus this past weekend pacing third and second. In the shot put Lewis threw to the distance of 59′ 2.25″ which ranks seventh all-time in semo records. In the discus throw Lewis recorded a new PR (184′ 04″) which ranks 62nd in the NCAA and first in the OVC.

Makenzie Williams tabbed Female Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after a standout performance in the discus throw.Williams placed first notching a new personal best (164′ 06″) which ranks second in the OVC and third in the SEMO record books. 

Andreese Ortiz claimed her second OVC Female Freshman of the Week award, winning in back-to-back weeks. Ortiz recorded throws of 152′ 00″ and 41′ 10″ in the discus and shot put, placing fourth and seventh this past meet.

Jehchys Brown records his first OVC weekly award being named the Male freshman of the week with his performance in the shot put. Brown tabbed a new PR and placed fourth throwing to the distance of 54′ 5.25″. Brown now ranks third in the OVC with this distance. 

Zach MacBain had 15 kills and Rowan Hunter had 12 service points to pace Tunkhannock to a 3-0 sweep of Mountain View in a nonleague boys volleyball match on Wednesday, May 7.

Logan Zdaniewicz had 18 digs and Luke Hutchins had 11 blocks for the Tigers (4-11, 2-8) in the win.

Holy Redeemer 3, Tunkhannock 0

Josh Rocha had 27 kills, six digs and three blocks as Holy Redeemer swept Tunkhannock to clinch the Wyoming Valley Conference boys volleyball regular season title on Thursday.

Hayden Fleegle had eight service points and two digs. Jake Broda added two kills and two blocks, and Cole Bradley had four service points for the Royals.

CANYON, Texas (KFDA) – Canyon senior volleyball and softball player, Landri Jay, signed with East Texas Baptist University on Tuesday to play beach volleyball.

Jay was a four-year varsity player for the Lady Eagles, helping her team reach at least the third round of the playoffs three out of her four years.

She had over 1,500 career digs and played the libero position for her team.

Jay says she believes ETBU will be a great fit both on an athletic and personal level.

“Honestly, I thought that beach volleyball would be such a fun little change for me,” said Jay. “I’ve played beach volleyball in the past, but obviously, you don’t do that in high school. And so with that, it’ll just be super fun. All of the coaches and it just is really a family build and that’s what I really loved and that it’s centered around the Lord. I know that I’ll become even more of a better person and a better athlete while I’m there.”

The ETSU beach volleyball team ended their last season with an 8-22 record.

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CLEVELAND – Carly Leonard (Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Indiana University HS), Samira Rosenfeld (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg), Roshell Rowe (Manchester, N.J./Manchester) and Olivia Southby (New South Wales, Australia/Therry Catholic) of the Northern Illinois University women’s track and field team have been named to the Academic All-MAC team for the indoor season, announced on Wednesday (May 14). 

This is the third consecutive indoor season in which Rowe has earned Academic All-MAC honors, and her fifth overall Academic All-MAC recognition. The Manchester, N.J. native is a biological sciences major with a 3.366 grade point average.

Southby, a sport management major with a 3.655 GPA, has garnered the academic honor for the second-straight indoor season, she was also an Academic All-MAC honoree during the 2024 outdoor season and the 2024 cross country season. 

For Leonard, a sport and exercise psychology major with a 3.89 GPA, the Academic All-MAC award is her first during an indoor season, she has also received the honor during two cross country seasons (2023 and ’24) along with the 2024 outdoor season. 

This is the first Academic All-MAC honor for Rosenfeld, a psychology major with a 3.37 GPA. 

NIU will be back in action again on Thursday, May 15 through Saturday, May 17, when the Huskies travel to Athens, Ohio, for the MAC Outdoor Championships. 

NIU 2025 Indoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Honorees

Carly Leonard, Fifth Year, Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3.89

Samira Rosenfeld, Senior, Psychology, 3.371

Roshell Rowe, Senior, Biological Sciences, 3.366

Olivia Southby, Senior, Sport Management, 3.655

 

OTTAWA, Kan. – Ottawa University Director of Athletics Janet Eaton-Smith has announced that Ashan Jordan has been named head coach of the OU women’s program.

“I’m thrilled to share exciting news that Coach Jordan has officially agreed to take on the role of our next women’s volleyball coach,” said Eaton-Smith. “His deep volleyball knowledge, combined with his dedication to learning and growing as a coach, bodes well for the future of our teams. Please join me in congratulating Coach Jordan on this new chapter—we’re lucky to have him leading the way!”

Now in his second season at the helm of the men’s program, Jordan has led the team to its second-highest win total in school history, with an impressive 12-match improvement over the 2024 season. Under his guidance, 10 student-athletes have earned All-Conference honors, and the Braves have secured berths in two conference tournaments, including an upset of no. 3 Missouri Valley College in the conference quarterfinals.

“I am extremely grateful to be taking on the responsibility of teaching and training an amazing group of young ladies,” said Jordan. “Ottawa’s women’s program has been very well established in the KCAC and I’m super excited to continue the legacy and take the team further.”

Before being named head coach of the men’s team, Jordan served as a graduate assistant for both the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Ottawa University. In this role, he contributed to daily practice planning and execution, while also helping coordinate the teams’ community outreach initiatives.

As a student-athlete, Jordan was a standout on the court for the Braves. A four-year letterwinner, he earned First Team All-GPAC honors in both 2021 and 2022 and was named to the Second Team All-Midwest Conference in 2019. He was recognized as GPAC Attacker of the Week eight times and earned NAIA Attacker of the Week honors in 2019. Jordan served as team captain in his final two seasons and concluded his career with 819 kills, 30 service aces, 420 digs, and 127 blocks.

Jordan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Leadership and Communication, as well as a Master of Business Administration with a focus in Population Health and Healthcare Management. During his time at OU, he was also an active member of the Student-Athlete Leadership Team (S.A.L.T.). Ashan also helps lead campus wellness activities.