NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The Northeast 10 Conference landed multiple student-athletes on the NCAA Division II All-America Track & Field squads at the association’s championship this weekend in Pueblo, Coloardo.  Cameron Belton headlined the group, taking second in the men’s shot put with a career-best throw.

Belton entered the NCAA Championship seeded 10th through the regular season but having come in third at the NCAA Indoors.  He then launched an 18.87 throw for his sixth 18m+ effort this academic year.  The throw was 0.05m short of an NCAA Championship for Belton.  Southern Connecticut State teammate, Natanael Barbosa Torres took home 20th in the chotput at 16.38m.

Hannah Caiola claimed the league’s best finish on the women’s side with a sixth place crossing in the women’s 400m.  Caiola ran in 53.03 seconds.  She earns All-America status for the second consecutive season.

SCSU’s cohort in Colorado wrapped up with Lawrence Hicks high jumping 2.07m — third-best of any freshman male and good for 11th overall.  Hicks is a Second Team All-American.  Osaretin Osagie finished 11th in the prelims of the men’s 110m Hurdles.

Returning All-American Malina Bohlmann checked in at 10th in the women’s Javelin from Assumption.  Bohlmann threw 46.16m.  It was her best throw since her career-high at last year’s NCAA Championship.  She was named All-American again.

Finally, Nile Love placed 18th in the men’s Long Jump at 7.18m while Gabrielle Teel went 13th in the Triple Jump and Jada Kamtha 15th in the prelims of the 100m Hurdles.  Jordany Dely earned the league’s final of three All-American nods, running the 110m Hurdles in 14.03 seconds in the athletic competition for his school as a member of the NE10.

His finish in the final earned Dely All-America honors, but his performance in the prelims earned him a new career high.  Dely’s 13.77 sec time is his new best.

ABOUT THE NE10
The NE10 is an association of 11 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.

Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay is seeking NCAA approval to compete in The Basketball Tournament, an event that typically features former college basketball players and offers a $1 million prize to the winning team.

ESPN says that Green Bay is seeking an NCAA waiver that would enable it to compete in this event rather than going on an international tour. NCAA rules allow college teams to make an overseas trip to play in exhibition games once every four years.

Green Bay athletic director Josh Moon told ESPN that the request was about providing the team more opportunities to play and suggested the prize money could go to a charity if the Phoenix happened to win the single-elimination tournament.

According to ESPN, Green Bay made the same request last year but received a denial that arrived too late for the school to file an appeal. Green Bay went 4-28 last year in the inaugural season of Doug Gottlieb’s coaching tenure.

The Basketball Tournament started in 2014 and often features teams of former college or pro players representing their alma maters.

This year’s championship game will take place Aug. 3.

Colleges cutting sports programs

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Purdue Fort Wayne joined a line of schools dropping sports because of budget cuts and the looming era of revenue sharing with athletes, announcing Friday it would discontinue its baseball and softball programs immediately.

The university announced $6 million in budget cuts Thursday, and discontinuing the two sports will save about $1 million.

The Mastadons are members of the Horizon League and Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and will sponsor 14 Division I sports.

Athletic director Kelley Harley-Hutton said budget challenges across the university, in combination with changes in the NCAA model, led to a re-evaluation of the athletic program.

Stephen F. Austin announced Thursday it would drop bowling, men’s and women’s golf and beach volleyball. Eastern Illinois announced on May 12 it would discontinue men’s and women’s tennis.

Berlin thinking 2036 Games

BERLIN — Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympics again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 Games under the Nazis.

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner is to present bid plans, with help from four other German states, on Tuesday at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

The invitation sent on Friday to the presentation does not mention which Games the city is bidding for, but the next available edition will be in 2036 — the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Games. The German Olympic Sports Confederation has said a German bid for the 2040 Games is also possible.

Los Angeles is hosting the 2028 Olympics and Brisbane the 2032 Olympics.

Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, known as Olympiastadion in German, was built for the 1936 Games.

Isles hire new GM from Tampa

The New York Islanders hired Mathieu Darche as their general manager on Friday.

Darche joins the Islanders after spending the past six seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has two Stanley Cup rings during his time as director of hockey operations and was also assistant GM to Julien BriseBois for the past three years.

The 48-year-old former player was considered the top NHL assistant who has never held a job running a team in the league.

Darche beat out more experienced executive Marc Bergevin for the job. He succeeds Lou Lamoriello in the role after the 82-year-old longtime executive’s contract was not renewed.

He played 268 regular-season and playoff games from 2001-12 as a winger with Columbus, Nashville, San Jose, Tampa Bay and Montreal.

Geneva, Ohio – May 24, 2025 – Springfield College senior Samantha Paul (Albany, N.Y.) represented the Pride at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships on Saturday afternoon in the triple jump.

Paul, who entered her second appearance this year on the national stage seeded 13th in the triple jump, registered a mark of 11.54-meters (37 feet, 10.5 inches) this afternoon to finish in 20th place.

Paul had a very successful senior campaign that saw her claim NCAA Second Team All-America honors in the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships. She also set the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship meet record and claimed a gold medal in the triple jump with a leap of 11.93-meters.

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MANHATTAN BEACH — Sequels rarely live up to the standard set by the original and that was evident in the rematch between the Huntington Beach and Mira Costa boys volleyball teams.

Eight days ago in the CIF-SS Division 1 final, Huntington Beach went toe-to-toe with the Mustangs in a five-set thriller that the Mustangs won.

But on Saturday night, the Oilers were swept by MaxPreps’ top-ranked team in the nation, 26-24, 25-20, 25-16, in the CIF Southern California Regional Division I final at Mira Costa High.

With the victory, the Mustangs (36-2) earned a trip to Fresno for the inaugural CIF State Championships for boys volleyball on Saturday May 31.

Huntington Beach (36-5) was rolling in the first set but was unable to hold on to its nine-point lead and also lost Colin Choi at a crucial point in the frame.

According to Oilers coach Craig Pazanti, Choi didn’t step on his teammates’ foot, he just rolled his ankle on his own after a big swing at the net. He returned in the second set but was unavailable for the final part of the first set.

“You know, we lose our best passer at the end of set one,” Pazanti said, “and who knows, would’ve, should’ve, could’ve, but I’m guessing if he doesn’t get hurt, we win set one. And you know, maybe it’s a different mental approach to the rest of the match. But give them (Mira Costa) a ton of credit.”

Mira Costa coach Greg Snyder concurred with Pazanti about Choi’s brief absence from the court.

“I think Colin injuring his ankle in that first set really was a change.” Snyder said. “I think we were coming back, but that opened the door and just our momentum completely shifted when that happened. And I honestly think that first set probably would have been won by Huntington if that didn’t happen. And this match would have been completely different.”

Oilers outside hitter Logan Hutnick had a match-high 17 kills and opposite Ben Arguello had nine kills.

Cooper Keane had a team-high 16 kills and Grayson Bradford added seven kills and 5.5 blocks.

The 6-11 Bradford was a towering figure at the net for Mira Costa, which had a 7-4 advantage in total blocks over the Oilers.

Pazanti looked back on the Oilers’ accomplishments this season, which include winning the Sunset League for the first time since 2016 and finishing the season 36-5 as a CIF SoCal Regional finalist.

“We played, including tonight, and if you include the Top 10 in CIF, including the two teams that finished in the finals of Division 2, played 21 matches against the Top 10 in CIF this year and we were 17-4, against the top (teams),” Pazanti said. “So we don’t duck anybody. Year to year, we’re going to play against the best competition, and that’s how we get better. It would have been nice to get one more match, but you can’t be disappointed when you have that kind of a season.”

RESULTS

GENEVA, Ohio – The Bethel Royals earned two national titles – one from Grant Nelson in the 400m dash, and 4x400m relay. 

Nelson won his first individual national title as he ran down John Carroll’s Barsheer Alharami in the final 80m and held off UW-LaCrosse’s Collin Conzemius to win in a time of 46.678 seconds. Conzemius was 2nd in 46.680, Alharami was 3rd in 46.80, and Bethel’s Jacob Parent was 4th in 47.01.

The 4x400m relay team of Jacob Parent, Josh Thomsen, Victor Lelinga, and Grant Nelson earned the Royal’s back-to-back  national titles in the event, this time, in a Division III record time of 3:06.52. Parent got out to a strong start and handed off to Thomsen in the lead. Thomsen battled with UW-LaCrosse’s Andrew Hackbarth through leg 2, and closed hard to hand off in the lead. Victor Lelinga had the fastest split of his life (46.84) to hold onto the lead into the final exchange. Grant Nelson once again held off UW-LaCrosse’s Collin Conzemius with the best split of the race, 45.34 seconds to give the Royals the title.

Jayson Ekiyor wrapped up his Bethel career with a 4th place finish in the 110H. Ekiyor hit hurdle 2 in the 110H, but managed to work his way through the field and into 4th with his time of 14.24. Ekiyor also placed 9th in the 400H with his time of 53.35.

Kelsie Sealock added two more All-Americans to her trophy case as she totalled 15 All-Americans in her career. Sealock placed 4th in the 100H with a time of 13.90 seconds, and 8th in the 400H with a time of 62.01.

Shalom Sulungaine made Bethel history, becoming the 1st Royal to earn All-American status in the women’s outdoor 400m dash. Sulungaine ran a program record 54.69 seconds to place 8th.

Anna Speratos ended her season with a top-10 finish in the hammer throw. Speratos had the 2nd best mark of her career with 52.00m / 170’7″, placing her 10th overall.

Scenes of a previous ‘Monday Night at the Pit’ where Lab summer interns and the like meet and greet and enjoy a free picnic and play sand volleyball. Courtesy/UCLA

By GEORGIA STRICKFADEN
The United Church of Los Alamos

• Food and sand volleyball, at The United Church of Los Alamos

Starting June 2, The United Church of Los Alamos is kicking off our tradition of “Monday Night at the Pit” where Lab summer interns and the like meet and greet and enjoy a free picnic.

We’ve got sand volleyball and a place to hang out and meet each other. This will continue every Monday all summer.

Join us at the volleyball court picnic tables near the corner of Canyon and Central, across from the Aquatic Center.

Dinner’s on us starting at 5:30 p.m. – we’re all about having fun and making you feel welcome!

Check us out at www.UnitedChurchLA.org.