Event: Lewis & Clark XC Opener Host: Lewis & Clark College Date: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 Location: Milo McIver State Park, Estacada, Ore. Live Results: PortlandPilots.com
Schedule of Events
Women’s 5K: 9:30 a.m.
Men’s 5K: 10:00 a.m.
THIS WEEK
• The RV Portland Pilots men’s and the women’s cross country team will open their seasons this Friday, Aug. 29 at Lewis & Clark XC Opener in Estacada, Ore.
• The women’s 5K will kick off the races at 9:30 a.m., with the men’s 5K event following shortly after at 10 a.m.
• Live results for the meet will be available at PortlandPilots.com.
• The Pilots men’s team will feature seven competitors: Juan Diego Conteras, Hugh Kent, Matthew Cordova, Andrew Gannon, Colin Penuel, Xander Penaflor and Sam Regez.
• The Pilots women’s team will be represented by 10 athletes: Janelle Avilez, Tehya Bailey, Camryn Bishoff, Josie Blackwell, Ava Borsheim, Madi Callo, Julia Ferreira, Madison Griffith, Kate Kabenina and Avery Owen.
THIS SEASON
• The Pilot men are ranked sixth in the NCAA Preseason West Regional Coaches Poll while the women are coming in ranked ninth.
• Nationally, the Pilot men received votes.
• The Pilots women were picked to finish third in the annual WCC Preseason Coaches Poll ahead of the 2025 season with Maebh Richardson making the All-WCC Preseason Team.
• The Pilots men has been selected to finish first in the 2025 WCC Preseason Coaches Poll. This marks the third year in a row that the Pilots have been chosen to finish first in the WCC Preseason Polls. KG Monyebodi, Jonas Price, and Cameron Stein named to the 2025 All-WCC Preseason Team.
• Portland’s women added 17 incoming freshmen to the roster while Pilot men welcomed one freshman to the Bluff.
LAST SEASON
• Head Coach Rob Conner has been named the WCC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year, marking his ninth time earning this prestigious honor.
• Matt Strangio has been recognized as the WCC Co-Runner of the Year for his outstanding performance, securing the title for the second consecutive year.
• Laura Pellicoro and Matt Strangio earned All-American honors at NCAA Cross Country Championships. This marked the first time since 2018 that Portland had both men’s and women’s runners achieve All-American honors.
• Matt Strangio and Laura Pellicoro earned spots at the NCAA Cross Country Championships by finishing as top-four individuals at Regionals among runners not on automatic-qualifying teams; Strangio secured second place, while Pellicoro claimed third. This marks Strangio’s second consecutive appearance and Pellicoro’s third in a row at the national meet.
• The Pilot men finished fifth at the NCAA West Regionals, with four runners earning spots in the Top 30. Strangio and Bodirsky received All-Region honors for their second and 18th-place finishes, respectively.
• The Pilot women claimed fifth at the NCAA West Regionals, with four runners finishing in the Top 30. Laura Pellicoro and Fleur Templier earned All-Region honors for their eight and 11th-place finishes, respectively.
• The top 10 finishers in each race earned All-WCC First Team honors, while those placing 11th through 15th received All-WCC Second Team accolades. Strangio, Bodirsky, Peloquin, Gertsen, and Monyebodi each secured All-WCC First Team honors, while Cameron Stein, who placed 15th with a time of 24:07.8, earned All-WCC Second Team recognition.
• The Pilot men clinched the team title at the WCC Championships with all five runners finishing in the top 10. Matt Strangio led the team, placing second with a time of 23:12.0. Also in the top five were Jona Bodirsky in fourth (23:35.7) and Bradley Peloquin in fifth (23:36.7). Jonas Gertsen finished seventh (23:41.6), and Kgadi Monyebodi took ninth (23:50.7). This was the Pilots’ first title since 2014 and their 35th Conference championship overall.
• Four Pilots finished in the top 10, earning All-WCC First Team honors. Fleur Templier led the team, finishing second with a time of 20:03.6. Laura Pellicoro was close behind in fourth place at 20:07.6. Maebh Richardson and Juliette Forstrom also made it into the top 10, finishing ninth and 10th with times of 20:22.4 and 20:23.8, respectively.
• At the WCC Championships, the Pilot women secured second-place team finish. Last year’s Freshman of the Year, Fleur Templier, led the Pilots with a second-place finish in 20:03.6.
• In Week 7, Bradley Peloquin was named WCC Men’s Cross Country Runner of The Week for his outstanding performance at the George Oja Linfield Invitational. Peloquin dominated the race with a first-place finish in 23:52.2.
• The Pilots men dominated the George Oja Linfield Invitational with a first-place finish of 19 points overall — 62 points ahead of CCC Elite’s second-place finish of 81 points, four runners finishing in the top 10.
• The Pilot women secured a second-place team finish at the George Oja Linfield Invitational, three runners finishing in the top 10. Teresa Perez led the team with a fourth-place finish in 20:57.10 PR.
• The No. 28 Portland Pilots men secured fifth place overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, held at Pine Ridge Golf Club. Senior Estanis Ruiz led the Pilots, finishing 21st with a time of 23:38.9 PR.
• The Pilot women finished fifth place overall at the Charles Bowles Invitational. The Pilots top finisher, Brionna Holso secured 14th-place finish in 17:54.6 PR.
• The Pilot men secured sixth-place team finish at the Charles Bowles Invitational. Dalton Kaines led the Pilots with a top-10 finish in 24:20.5.
• In Week 4, Matt Strangio was named the Credit Union 1 WCC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for his outstanding performance at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, achieving the highest finish by a Pilot runner since 2018.
• The No. 28 Portland Pilots men finished 14th overall at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, a 16-spot improvement from their 30th-place finish last year. The Pilots’ top finisher, Matt Strangio, placed 11th with a time of 23:35.2, marking his best finish at Nuttycombe to date.
• At the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, the Pilot women claimed 22nd place overall. Fleur Templier crossed the line in 23rd-place in 20:37.4, making her the Pilot’s top finisher.
• At the Cascade Collegiate Conference Preview, both Pilot Men and Women secured second-place finish.
• The Pilot men claimed second place overall with 33 points, trailing behind the College of Idaho with just two points. All five scoring runners placed in the top 10.
• The Pilot women scored 46 points with three runners finishing in the top 10 to secure a team second-place result.
• In Week 2, both Pilot Men and Women’s Cross Country dominated the Green River Gator Invitational.
• The Pilot men secured the overall team title with the top-five sweep, totaling 15 points — 59 points ahead of Western Washington’s second-place finish of 74 points.
• The Pilot women won the overall team title with four Pilots runners in the top five, totaling 25 points, surpassing Western Washington’s second-place finish of 50 points.
• Both Pilot Men and Women’s Cross Country opened their season with a win at the Linfield Harrier Classic.
• The Pilot men clinched the overall team title with five runners in the top 10, totaling 20 points — 55 points ahead of Corban’s second-place finish of 75 points.
• The Pilot women claimed the overall team title with a total of 31 points, surpassing Oregon State’s second-place finish of 42 points. Four Pilot runners finished in the top 10.
• Nationally, Portland Pilots men’s cross country team are ranked 16th in the country and second in the NCAA West Regional Coaches Poll.
• The women were picked to finish second in the annual WCC Preseason Coaches Poll ahead of the 2024 season. The Pilots also had Laura Pellicoro, Maebh Richarson and Fleur Templier make the All-WCC Preseason Team.
• The men have been selected to finish first in the 2024 WCC Preseason Coaches Poll, sharing the top spot with Gonzaga. This marks the second year in a row that the Pilots have been picked first in the WCC Preseason Polls. Jona Bodirsky, Bradley Peloquin and Matt Strangio were named to the 2024 All-WCC Preseason Team.
PILOT HISTORY
The Portland men’s cross country team has made 24 appearances at the NCAA Championships, with 19 of those resulting in top-20 team finishes under longtime head coach Rob Conner. Their most impressive performances came in back-to-back years, placing second in 2017 and third in 2018. On the women’s side, the Pilots have qualified for the national meet four times, highlighted by a program-best 12th-place finish led by head coach Ian Solof.
COACHES’ ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Rob Conner enters his 35th year leading Portland’s men’s cross country and track & field programs. During his tenure, the Pilots have earned 24 NCAA Championship berths, 10 Top-10 national finishes, and 51 All-America honors. Conner guided the team to a program-best second place in 2017 and a third place in 2018, while also collecting 35 WCC titles. He has been named West Region Coach of the Year seven times and WCC Coach of the Year ninth times. In 2024, Conner was inducted into the WCC Hall of Honor before leading Portland to another championship title and receiving WCC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year recognition in the Fall.
Since 1995, Ian Solof has directed the Pilot women’s distance program, bringing consistent success and growth. A former standout runner for Portland himself, Solof has guided the women’s team to milestones such as a No. 5 national ranking in 2016 and a 12th-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships. His teams have captured 20 WCC titles, while several of his athletes have achieved All-America status. Solof’s achievements have earned him WCC Coach of the Year honors seven times, underscoring his role as one of the program’s most accomplished leaders.
PILOTS IN THE POLLS
• In the NCAA DI Cross Country National Coaches Preseason Polls, the Portland men received votes.
• In the West Region Rankings, the men are currently sixth in the region, while the women sit at ninth.
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The college volleyball offseason has only just officially begun, but moves are already being made.
Kentucky head coach Craig Skinner kicked things off by signing an All-American honorable mention for next season’s group. UK announced the addition of Notre Dame outside hitter Morgan Gaerte through the transfer portal on Wednesday morning. A 6-foot-5 native of Indiana, Gaerte was named a 2025 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and a First Team All-ACC performer. She’ll help ease the loss of Eva Hudson — the lone senior on Kentucky’s national runner-up team this past season — on the outside.
Gaerte, who will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Wildcats, set a Notre Dame record last season with 4.64 kills per set (13th nationally). She’ll be expected to play on the opposite side of All-American outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye for the ‘Cats in 2026. Skinner is already reloading.
Gaerte was a rare star for Notre Dame volleyball. A team captain, she started all 28 matches in 2025 as a sophomore for the Fighting Irish, finishing the year with 497 kills, the third-most ever in a season in Notre Dame history and the most since Christy Peters in 1997. Her First Team All-ACC nod was the first by a Notre Dame player since 2020. She reached 20 or more kills in 11 matches, also a program record for one season.
But where the transfer portal can give, it can also take. Kentucky lost a piece of this past season’s roster when redshirt sophomore middle blocker Brooke Bultema announced on Wednesday her intentions to transfer out of Lexington. After a redshirt freshman campaign in 2024 that saw her named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, Bultema did not see as much playing time in 2025 as she would have hoped for.
She likely won’t be the last outgoing transfer for Kentucky, either. Skinner is expected to return eight of his top nine rotation players from last season (barring an unexpected transfer), with the only departure being Hudson to graduation. And now that Gaerte is in the fold, the top half of the roster is in good shape once again. Don’t be shocked if other current Wildcats deeper on the bench elect to look elsewhere in the coming days/weeks.
Skinner shows love to the BBN
Coming off a disappointing loss in the national championship match to Texas A&M, Craig Skinner reminded us all how truly magical the 2025 campaign still was. Kentucky won its ninth straight SEC Championship, won the SEC Tournament, finished with 30 wins on the season, and went perfect (15-0) during conference play. UK made just the program’s second-ever national title match and first since winning it all in 2020 along the way.
Skinner sent out a few social media posts on Wednesday morning, thanking the Big Blue Nation for all their support throughout the season. He says over 38,000 total fans showed up to home matches inside Memorial Coliseum in 2025, where the ‘Cats did not drop a single match.
Man. What a ride! This team rejuvenated my fire for coaching and my love for this incredible fan base. Over 38,000 of you came through the turnstiles at HMC and led us to an undefeated home record and a Lexington Regional Championship! pic.twitter.com/Xw7aBDBN4E
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ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. – Four members of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland volleyball team were honored by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) as members of the CSC Academic All-District® Team, the organization announced in a release Tuesday (Dec. 16).
Senior Julia Bobrowski (California, Md./Leonardtown), juniors Camilla Galeano (Germantown, Md./Damascus) and Lauren Panageotou (Baltimore, Md./Mercy), and sophomore Stella Marrero (Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Christian Life) all earned the award for the 2025 season.
Bobrowski is the lone repeat selection.
The 2025 Academic All-District® Volleyball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes volleyball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
Outstanding student-athletes are nominated for Academic All-District® recognition by communications directors and must have a minimum 3.50 GPA plus meet high athletic standards.
Bobrowski owns a 3.74 GPA as a sociology major and business administration minor for her second straight Academic All-District award. The 5-6 outside hitter ranked sixth in the United East Conference with 55 service aces and 14th with 0.52 aces per set. She was named to the United East All-Sportsmanship Team (Nov. 24).
Galeano, a computer science major with a 3.87 GPA, tied for 14th in the conference with 42 service aces while tying for 17th with 0.49 aces per set. The 5-4 setter led the Seahawks with 402 assists while registering 20-plus assists five times this season.
A psychology major and educational studies minor, Panageotou boasts a 3.7 GPA. The 5-10 setter was second on the team with 291 assists while adding 101 digs, 12 service aces, and six kills in 30 matches.
Marrero picked up her first Academic All-District award with 3.96 GPA as a neuroscience and psychology double major and biology minor. The 5-7 defensive specialist ranked 10th in the United East with 303 digs while sitting 20th with 2.78 digs per set. She was also second on the team with 45 service aces.
St. Mary’s College (17-15, 8-2 UEC) captured the program’s first-ever conference tournament championship title by taking the 2025 United East tournament crown with a 3-2 road win over top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg. The Seahawks also gained the program’s first-ever berth in the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
Wellsboro junior Madison Cruttenden was recently named to the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association’s, PVCA, Class 2A All-State team.
Cruttenden was one of three NTL and District IV volleyballers (Aryana Andrus and Alli Bailey from Troy) to make the team.
Cruttenden received 536 serves, made 37 assists and had 341 digs this season. She also scored 163 points to go along with 54 aces.
Over the course of her career she has made 1,197 receptions, 56 assists, 784 digs, 407 points (112 aces) and 6 kills.
“This is a well-deserved honor for Maddy,” head coach Darci Pollock said. “She has been a consistent back row player for us the past two seasons. She continues to work hard in the off season. I’m very proud of her work ethic and dedication to the team!”
Cruttenden is the ninth Wellsboro player to earn a spot on the PCVA All-State team. Cruttenden joins Carrie Gorda, Rachel Patt, Hannah Zuchowski, Kirsten Florio, Caitlyn Callahan, Megan Starkweather, Paige Logsdon and Lexi Urena.
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The 118th Millrose Games women’s 3000 meters on Feb. 1, 2026, at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory will feature a showdown between NCAA distance running’s top stars Doris Lemngole and Jane Hedengren, along with 2025 runner-up Josette Andrews.
Lemngole, competing for Alabama, holds the NCAA championship and record in the 3000m steeplechase. The Kenya native won the steeplechase at the Lausanne Diamond League and finished fourth at the World Championships before claiming her second straight NCAA cross country title — her fifth NCAA championship overall. The junior received the 2025 Bowerman Award last week, recognizing her as collegiate track and field’s top athlete.
“I am excited and looking forward to competing at the Millrose Games, especially given its prestige and historic significance,” said Lemngole in a release by the meeting this week.. “It is a great opportunity!”
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Hedengren broke every American high school distance record from 1500m through 5000m before enrolling at BYU. The freshman went unbeaten in cross country until finishing second to Lemngole at nationals, then shattered the NCAA 5000m record with a 14:44.79 clocking in her indoor debut.
Both runners will chase Katelyn Tuohy’s NCAA 3000m record of 8:35.20, established at the 2023 Millrose Games.
Andrews, from Tenafly, N.J., finished sixth in the 5000m at the 2025 World Championships and has top-five showings at World Indoor Championships and the Diamond League Final.
Several Other 118th Millrose Games Confirmations
The World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet will also feature Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Elle St. Pierre, Jess Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Joe Kovacs, Yared Nuguse, Hobbs Kessler, Cameron Myers, Julien Alfred, Devynne Charlton and Danielle Williams.
Tickets are available at millrosegames.org. More than 85 percent of seats have sold.
DAYTONA BEACH – The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats have officially released their 2026 softball schedule. The schedule includes four in-season tournaments prior to SWAC play along with two separate contests against non-conference foes.
The Wildcats’ season will begin at the USF-Rawlings Classic in Tampa from February 5-7. B-CU will open against Illinois State, followed by matchups with USF, Kansas, Michigan, and Florida.
The Cats’ first game at Sunnyland Park will take place on February 11th against North Dakota State at 5 p.m.
From February 13-15, the Wildcats will be in Leesburg, Florida for THE Spring Games, where they will take on mid-majors LIU, Southern Miss, Loyola Chicago, and St. John’s.
The following weekend, B-CU once again travels to Cathedral City, California for an appearance in the annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 19-21), squaring off against Utah, Rutgers, Texas Tech, Oregon State, and Long Beach State.
For their fourth and final in-season tournament, the Wildcats head to Madiera Beach, Florida for the Make It Happen Games. The event takes place from February 27 to March 1 and features Bellarmine, UMass, UIC, Bowling Green, and Monmouth.
The Wildcats’ SWAC schedule begins on Friday, March 6th with a two-game road series against Alabama A&M. B-CU will then finish up their non-conference schedule following a road contest against UNF (March 11).
B-CU welcomes Alabama State for a three-game series on March 13th & 14th. The following weekend (March 20-21), they will travel to play Jackson State before heading back to Sunnyland. The Cats host rival Florida A&M for a three-game set on March 27th and 28th.
The Wildcats travel to Itta Bena, Mississippi to take on the Delta Devils on April 3rd & 4th. Their final three series include rematches of previous series against Jackson State, Alabama State, and Alabama A&M. B-CU will host the Tigers (April 10-11) and the Bulldogs (April 24-25), while traveling to face the Hornets (April 17-18).
The Southeastern Athletic Conference tournament will again compete in Gulfport, Mississippi, and takes place from May 5th to May 9th.
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