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Owls Take Two from Tulane on Marathon Saturday

Next Game: at Tulane 5/4/2025 | 1 p.m. ESPN+ May. 04 (Sun) / 1 p.m. at Tulane History NEW ORLEANS, La.  – Florida Atlantic baseball won the first two games of its three-game series against Tulane on Saturday in New Orleans. A long day at the ballpark included the last four innings of a 16-12 victory […]

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NEW ORLEANS, La.  – Florida Atlantic baseball won the first two games of its three-game series against Tulane on Saturday in New Orleans. A long day at the ballpark included the last four innings of a 16-12 victory that began on Friday but was suspended until Saturday due to weather. The Owls (31-15, 12-8) then rallied from a six-run deficit to knock off the Green Wave (27-20, 10-10) in the nightcap by a 10-8 final.
 

Friday’s series opener lasted one inning before a two-hour and 35-minute weather delay caused a halt to play.  When the game resumed, the Owls exploded for nine runs in the top of the second inning, highlighted by a grand slam off the bat of Nick Romano.
 
Tulane chipped away and cut a 10-3 FAU lead down to 10-8 with a five-run third inning. The Owls reasserted their dominance with six runs in the fifth. The Green Wave responded with four runs in the ensuing half-inning before weather interfered again. This time, the game was suspended until Saturday afternoon.
 
After the teams combined for 28 runs in five innings on Friday, neither side could generate offense when play resumed 15 hours later. Carter Holjes held Tulane scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings, and MJ Bollinger followed suit in the eighth and ninth to finish off a four-run victory.
 

Tulane opened the scoring in game two with a three-run second inning. They added one in the third and three more in the fourth to lead 7-1 entering the fifth inning.
 
The Owls cut into the deficit with two runs in the fifth. With Danny Baez on second, a Marshall Lipsey bunt resulted in a wild throw from Tulane pitcher Trey Cehajic. Baez scored on the play, and Lipsey followed him across home plate two batters later when Romano lined a base hit up the middle. Emilio Gonzalez launched a two-run home run in the sixth to bring the Owls another two runs closer (8-5).  
 
Fifth-year senior reliever Braden Ostrander – in his first appearance on the mound in over a month – held Tulane scoreless in the sixth and seventh frames. That set the stage for the offense to complete the comeback in the eighth.
 
Ayden Garcia sparked a rally with a leadoff single. Lipsey and John Martinez each singled with two outs to load the bases for John Schroeder. The senior teed off on a 1-1 pitch and sent it off the light pole beyond the left field wall for a go-ahead grand slam. Jake Millan would later contribute an opposite-field RBI single to stretch the lead to 10-8.
 
Now leading for the first time in the game and needing six outs, the Owls turned to an unconventional option for the late innings. Friday night starter Trey Beard threw just 15 pitches in the series opener, making him available to come out of the bullpen if needed on Saturday. Beard struck out two and worked around a two-out double in the eighth inning.
 
In the ninth, he retired the first two batters in short order. Tulane then strung together three consecutive singles to load the bases and put the winning run at first base. A mound visit from pitching coach Jordan Tabakman re-centered Beard, who proceeded to strike out Tulane’s Tanner Chun on three pitches and end the Green Wave’s hopes of a dramatic finish.
 

  • The Florida Atlantic offense has recorded 33 hits and 26 runs in the first two games of the series.
  • Four different Owls have five hits in the series – Schroeder, Lipsey, Martinez, and Brando Leroux.
  • Romano is 4-for-9 in the series. He had five RBI in the series opener and added another in game two.
  • Romano’s grand slam on Friday was his second grand slam in the last 10 games.
  • Lipsey was 4-for-4 and reached base six times in the series opener

 

  • With his second strikeout in the eighth inning of game two, Beard became the first Owls’ pitcher since 2013 (Austin Gomber) to record 100 strikeouts in a season.
  • He finished with four strikeouts in his two innings of work. The save was the first of his career in just his second relief appearance.
  • Ostrander earned the win in the nightcap to improve to 2-0.

 

 

The Owls will go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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EUGENE, Ore. – The Oklahoma women’s track and field team wrapped up the 2025 season Saturday night in 14th with 19 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Pippi Lotta Enok highlighted the final day of the national meet with the second NCAA heptathlon title of her career.   The OU men’s team also capped an […]

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EUGENE, Ore. – The Oklahoma women’s track and field team wrapped up the 2025 season Saturday night in 14th with 19 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Pippi Lotta Enok highlighted the final day of the national meet with the second NCAA heptathlon title of her career.
 
The OU men’s team also capped an impressive performance at nationals Friday night in sixth place with 30.5 points. This marks the first time in program history that both the men’s and women’s teams have finished in the top 15 at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
Enok headlined the fourth day of NCAAs, earning a personal best and Oklahoma school record of 6,285 points in the heptathlon for the national title. Her excellent performance broke the Estonian national record by five points and ranks No. 10 all-time in NCAA collegiate history. Enok’s score is the seventh-best count posted by an athlete in NCAA Outdoor Championships history and ranks No. 11 in the world in 2025.
 
The Estonian earned her first title in June 2023 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. At the time, Enok’s final score of 6,165 points was good for the school record and still ranks No. 18 all-time in NCAA collegiate history. The Estonian becomes one of three women in Oklahoma history to earn two outdoor national titles during their time as a Sooner. Enok, NCAA shot put champion Tia Brooks (2012, 2013) and javelin national champion Brittany Borman (2011, 2012) tie for most individual titles in program outdoor history.
 
Enok entered Saturday in second place, just 25 points behind Notre Dame’s Jadin O’Brien. In the Sooner’s first event, Enok captured a season-best 6.39m (20’11.75″) mark in the long jump for second place in the field and 972 points, helping her climb into the lead with a score of 4,657 with two events remaining. The senior held the lead through the javelin, tossing 42.89m (140’8.00″), which was good for 723 points. She secured the title on the seventh event, clocking 2:14.12 in the 800-meter run to maintain her lead with an additional 905 points.
 
The Sooner was helped by three career bests on Friday, getting off to a quick start with 13.65 in the 100-meter hurdles (1,085 points). She went on to secure another personal record in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.81m (5’11.25″) for 991 points. The jump helps her climb to No. 5 on OU’s all-time performance list. Enok’s last PR of the day came in the 200m where she clocked 24.08 for 972 points.
 
Triple jump duo of Agur Dwol and Ashley Moore secured third and seventh place, respectively, to earn NCAA Outdoor First Team All-America awards. Dwol, the reigning NCAA indoor triple jump champion, recorded a 13.77m (45’4.25″) mark on her first attempt for the bronze medal. Moore also registered her best jump on her first attempt, posting 13.30m (43’7.75″) to conclude her collegiate career in Eugene.
 
Freshman Leah Jeruto competed in her first NCAA Outdoor Championships final, clocking 9:38.94 in the steeplechase. She finished eighth in the event, taking home an NCAA First Team All-America award and becoming the first Sooner in program history to earn the honor in the steeplechase.
 
Senior and school record holder Paige Low capped her collegiate career with an NCAA honorable mention award, finishing 21st in the discus throw with a mark of 51.53m (169’0.00″).  
 
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Mediacorp Actor Zhai Siming Shows Off Hot Bod… & Speedo Tan Line On IG

Last year, Mediacorp actor Zhai Siming went topless as he bashfully hawked durians to us during an on-set visit for drama Uniquely Yours last year. Well, so much for being shy. The 28-year-old has now stripped down to his Speedos for his role as a water polo team captain in upcoming Mediacorp drama, Cell Phone Swap. And […]

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Last year, Mediacorp actor Zhai Siming went topless as he bashfully hawked durians to us during an on-set visit for drama Uniquely Yours last year.

Well, so much for being shy.

The 28-year-old has now stripped down to his Speedos for his role as a water polo team captain in upcoming Mediacorp drama, Cell Phone Swap.

And we know his fans are lapping it up.

Now, we are not just talking about Siming casually posing in his trunks.

In a cheeky IG boomerang with Star Search 2024 finalists Jona Chung and Tan Zisheng, plus actor Calvert Tay, the crisp-looking quartet gave an eyeful, flashing their Speedo tan lines.

Nosebleed, anyone?

But it doesn’t stop there. The Emerald Hill actor has also been flooding his IG Internet with a wave of topless thirst traps lately.

Not that anyone’s complaining.

Scroll down for all of Siming’s thirst traps.

Now we are wondering if Siming been picking up a thing or two from his buddy, resident Medicorp hunk Tyler Ten, on how to catch our attention.

In an interview with Shin Min Daily, Siming revealed that he prepped for his many topless scenes by sticking to a strict clean diet and hitting the gym every day.

For his role as a durian seller, he was already doing that and visiting the gym five times a week.  

Of course, netizens took notice and flooded the comments with a furry of hearts and kisses.

One even hilariously wrote, “Hello mister! Need a #nsfw disclaimer next time!”

Another commented, “I just had a nosebleed. Can I claim my doctor’s visit from you?”

Even Yes 933 DJ Kunhua chimed in, “Just wear this for the Star Awards”.

Not a bad idea as viewers will be able to vote for the evening’s best dressed during the Walk of Fame at the upcoming Star Awards 2025.

Less is more, right?





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SOUTH FLORIDA MEN’S 4X400M RELAY WINS FIRST NATIONAL TITLE; BULLS FINISH TOP-15 AT NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Story Links EUGENE, Ore., June 14, 2025 — The University of South Florida men’s track and field team made history at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, held June 11–14 at Hayward Field, by capturing the program’s first-ever national title in the men’s 4×400-meter relay and securing a top-15 finish in the team […]

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EUGENE, Ore., June 14, 2025 The University of South Florida men’s track and field team made history at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, held June 11–14 at Hayward Field, by capturing the program’s first-ever national title in the men’s 4×400-meter relay and securing a top-15 finish in the team standings.

The Bulls’ 4x400m relay squad — Devontie Archer, Alexavier Monfries, Corey Ottey and Gabriel Moronta — closed out the final day of competition in emphatic fashion, claiming the national title with a program-record time of 3:00.42. The blistering performance earned the quartet First-Team All-American honors and delivered a historic moment for USF track and field.

Monfries and Moronta powered the win with the two fastest splits of the championship final, clocking 44.11 and 44.23, respectively.

“This is a monumental moment for our program and these young men earned every bit of it,” said USF Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Erik Jenkins. “They ran with heart, poise and purpose on the biggest stage in collegiate track and field. To bring home our first national title and place among the nation’s top teams is a testament to the commitment and character of our entire group.”

USF’s success extended well beyond the relay. The Bulls’ 4x100m relay team — featuring Shomari Pettigrew, Jaleel Croal, Monfries and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu — also earned First-Team All-American honors after placing fourth with a time of 38.73.

In field events, Vincent Ugwoke earned First-Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the discus throw, recording a mark of 60.58 meters (198-9).

Individually, Saminu claimed First-Team All-American honors in the 200m dash with a time of 20.55, and Second-Team All-American honors in the 100m dash after posting a 10.11. The Ghana native now owns three All-American honors at the 2025 championships alone.

Croal earned Second-Team All-American status in the 200m (20.58) and honorable mention in the 100m (10.38) to close out a strong showing on the national stage.

Overall, South Florida totaled 18 points to finish 14th in the final team standings — one of just two non-Power Four programs (alongside New Mexico) to finish in the top 15.

Top-15 Final Team Standings & Points:

Texas A&M – 41, USC – 41, Arkansas – 40, Auburn – 35, New Mexico – 31, Oklahoma – 30.5, Minnesota – 25, Florida – 22, Kentucky – 22, Ole Miss – 22, BYU – 19, Oklahoma State – 19, Oregon – 19, South Florida – 18, Tennessee – 18.

Fans can access final results HERE.

For complete coverage of USF Track and Field, follow the Bulls on social media (Twitter | Instagram).

ABOUT USF TRACK AND FIELD

The USF men’s track and field team captured back-to-back American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships in 2024 and 2025 and also claimed the 2024 AAC Outdoor Championship. This past season, 10 Bulls athletes earned All-America honors, including Shevioe Reid, Shaniya Benjamin, Gabriel Moronta, Nathan Metelus, Terren Peterson, Amenda Saint Louis, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Goodness Iredia, Zahria Allers-Liburd, and Tre’Sean Bouis. Additionally, Romaine Beckford represented USF by winning the 2023 NCAA indoor and outdoor national titles in the men’s high jump.

The Bulls’ achievements extended to individual accolades, with Saminu Abdul-Rasheed earning the 2025 Indoor Most Valuable Performer award and Nikodem Pochopien being named Freshman of the Year. The USF coaching staff also received high honors, earning the AAC Indoor Staff of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025. USF boasts a remarkable track record, with 56 All-America selections and at least one All-American honoree in 10 of the past 12 years. In 2021, eight athletes combined for 11 All-America distinctions. Tampa native Shaniya Benjamin set a program milestone by earning three All-America honors during the 2021 outdoor season, while triple jumper Matthew O’Neal, a 2016 graduate, became USF’s first six-time NCAA All-American. Since 2013, USF has produced two NCAA runner-up finishes: O’Neal in the triple jump (2016) and Courtney Anderson in the high jump (2013). Head coach Erik Jenkins, who took over in July 2019, has played a key role in the program’s success, guiding USF to seven program records and 40 top-10 all-time program marks during the 2021 outdoor season. USF has also hosted major track and field events at its USF Track & Field Stadium, including the 2018 NCAA East Preliminary and the AAC Outdoor Championships in 2021 and 2023.

– #GoBulls –





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MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota concluded its 2025 campaign in Eugene, Ore., at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on Friday night. The men’s team finished seventh overall, its highest finish since 1948 while the women’s team gathered two All-America finishes.  Prior to Minnesota’s seventh-place team finish in 2025 the best […]

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MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota concluded its 2025 campaign in Eugene, Ore., at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on Friday night. The men’s team finished seventh overall, its highest finish since 1948 while the women’s team gathered two All-America finishes. 

Prior to Minnesota’s seventh-place team finish in 2025 the best men’s program finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1948 was eighth place back in 1971. Minnesota opened the meet with an NCAA title in the men’s hammer throw. For a recap of Wednesday’s hammer throw title from Kostas Zaltos, click here. 

Minnesota’s men earned two final team points in the men’s 4x100m relay final on Friday. The Maroon and Gold had its quartet of Zion Campbell, Kion Benjamin, Aaron Charles and Devin Augustine finish seventh overall in a time of 38.88 to help the Gophers score two of its final 25 team points in Eugene. Despite an anchor-leg injury forcing Minnesota to pull up with about 20 meters to go the Gophers put forth its best finish in the event in program history, besting its previous best finish in 2023 of 10th overall. 

Minnesota’s best finish on the women’s side at Hayward Field was Ali Weimer in the 10,000m on Thursday night. The junior posted her second 10,000m school record of the season with a 32:42.31, becoming the first Gopher to break the 33-minute barrier in history. Weimer’s 15th-place NCAA finish in the 10,000m is the second-highest in program history, and the best since 2009 (Amy Laskowske). 

Dyandra Gray ended her Minnesota career with her first All-America finish at 22nd overall on Thursday. With her performance at Hayward Field Gray is just the third Gopher woman to earn All-America honors in the 400m hurdles, joining Emma Spagnola (2018) and Abigail Schaaffe (2022). 

Finishes by Individual

1st. Kostas Zaltos, men’s hammer throw, 78.08m (256-2)

2nd. 
Angelos Mantzouranis
, men’s hammer throw, 76.96m (252-6)

4th. Charles Godfred, men’s long jump, 7.91m (25-11 1/2)

7th. Men’s 4x100m relay (Campbell, Benjamin, Charles, Augustine), 38.88

10th. Hakeem Ford, men’s triple jump, 15.89m (52-1 3/4)

12th. Jak Urlacher, men’s pole vault, 5.43m (17-9 3/4)

15th. Ali Weimer, women’s 10,000m, 32:42.31

17th. Christian Martin, men’s 110m hurdles, 13.61

22nd. Dyandra Gray, women’s 400m hurdles, 58.86

For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.



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Marc-Antoine Olivier Tops Men’s 10km Podium in Setúbal World Cup Stop

The podium was far from decided during the race, which saw the race leader and top five positions rotate frequently throughout. Olivier was a constant in the lead pack and went out fast, posting the quickest first lap of the field to also win the sprint lap award. Olivier (1:53:28.10) was joined on the podium […]

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The podium was far from decided during the race, which saw the race leader and top five positions rotate frequently throughout. Olivier was a constant in the lead pack and went out fast, posting the quickest first lap of the field to also win the sprint lap award.

Olivier (1:53:28.10) was joined on the podium by countrymate Sacha Velly (1:53:29.80), who matched his best ever World Cup finish with a silver in this event. A superb second-half of the race from Germany’s Oliver Klemet (1:53:33.60) secured him the final spot on the podium.


Image Source: Race winner Marc-Antoine Olivier, centre, was joined on the podium by Sacha Velly, left, and Oliver Klemet, right (World Aquatics)

Now 2025 series-lead, and overall World Cup series winner from 2024, Olivier said of the race: “I’m very happy because I’m in good shape, last week we had qualification at the French National Championships for the World Championships so I tried to keep my swim on plan today – I’m very happy to win this award.”

With the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore fast approaching, the versatile Frenchmen admits he has one eye on the pool, saying:

“Now, I need to have a good recovery because next week I have the French Championships to qualify for the pool so I need to swim well in the pool and after we will see what happens at the World Championships in Open Water.” 

Bronze-medal winner Klemet, who has taken a break from an altitude camp to race this weekend, admits he had a slower-than-planned start to the race. “My coach told me to start strong,” he said. “But I slept a bit at the start and then worked my way back to the top”.

The Olympic silver medallist did just that, working his way through the pack in the latter five kilometres to secure his seventh Open Water World Cup medal.

Three-time World Championship medallist and current second-ranked open water athlete in the world, Logan Fontaine, was the fourth athlete home (1:53:35.20) in what was a tightly packed finish, with the top six completed by Kristof Rasovsky (1:53:35.30) and Florian Wellbrock (1:53:36.50).

It was reigning 10km Olympic Champion, Rasovsky, his Hungarian teammate David Betlehem, and Tokyo’s Olympic champion in the same event, Wellbrock, that commanded the majority of the race, showcasing their experience and unwavering strength over this distance.

The calm conditions of the race start played to the German’s favour, and he led or was in the top five until the final strait. An uplift in the wind soon made the waves choppier on the far side of the course, offering the Hungarian veteran a chance to make a break.


Image Source: There were calm conditions at the start of the Men’s 10km race (World Aquatics)

In the midst of the fourth lap, Rasovsky’s stroke rate spiked as he put the burners on to move into first place. Using the conditions to his advantage, which he and teammate Betlehem have trained specifically for, he made a marked change in pace at this point in the race.

Silver medallist Velly matched this effort in the fifth lap, charging to the front of the race and showing his intent to his competitors.

“It was a good race today. It’s my best place in a World Cup so I’m very happy”

By Sacha Velly

“[Finishing hard] wasn’t the plan but it was a good finish, a strong finish and it’s good training for the rest of the season,” Velly said.

In what was a chaotic final lap, countrymates Olivier and Sacha Velly both surged to the front of the pack. With almost 10 minutes left to race, the outcome was far from decided at this point, but a strong showing from the Frenchmen, who followed a different line into the finish than the rest of the pack, provided an exciting finish on the Portuguese coast.

The Setúbal stop of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup will continue next with the highly anticipated Women’s 10km today, which kicks off at 17:00 local time, followed by the 3km knockout sprints tomorrow.

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NCAA Track And Field National Championship Photo Gallery

The NCAA Track and Field Championships began on June 11 with the start of the men’s track and field meet and ended on June June 14 with the final women’s races as new champions were crowned to end the 2025 college track season.  Hundreds of athletes over dozens of events competed for championships and FloTrack shot […]

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The NCAA Track and Field Championships began on June 11 with the start of the men’s track and field meet and ended on June June 14 with the final women’s races as new champions were crowned to end the 2025 college track season. 

Hundreds of athletes over dozens of events competed for championships and FloTrack shot the action all week long. 

Take a look at the latest photos from the NCAA Track and Field Championship. 

NCAA Track And Field National Championship 2025 Photo Gallery

All photos by Andrew Brown for FloTrack

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