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“Ruthless Rugby” – Coaches on Sending a Message Before Finals

Plenty is still on the cards for all teams in the final round of DHL Super Rugby Pacific at the weekend. For those at the top of the ladder pressure is on to secure home advantage while three teams are in contention for the final place in the top six. Comments from coaches and captains […]

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“Ruthless Rugby” – Coaches on Sending a Message Before Finals

Plenty is still on the cards for all teams in the final round of DHL Super Rugby Pacific at the weekend.

For those at the top of the ladder pressure is on to secure home advantage while three teams are in contention for the final place in the top six.

Comments from coaches and captains from Round 15 games at the weekend were:

Chiefs 85 Moana Pasifika 7

Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan

“It was dominant, and a lot of pleasing stuff reflected our preparation, even during the bye week. We were impressed with Moana Pasifika’s performance to take down the Blues, and our performance reflected our preparation.

“They could recycle possession with their big ball carriers on top of you, so we did a great job getting in front of them and stopping that momentum when they got a few opportunities right to the final whistle.

“There’s always the risk that you build a big lead and then start to get a bit loose and invite the opposition back in. We’ve experienced that before and weren’t happy to go through that again. It was great the way we responded.

“Whatever the outcome of the Highlanders game against the Crusaders was, it wouldn’t have changed what we need when we go down there [Dunedin].

“They are a good young side. We’ve been here before but Jamie [Joseph] and his crew will make sure that his boys are there this week.”

On wing, Leroy Carter

“He’s been consistent. He wants to have the ball in his hands and competes for everything. He runs hard. You see his competitiveness when he’s running in close quarters. He probably thinks he can run through brick walls and does a fairly decent job of doing that.

“He scored some nice tries and did a lot of unseen work off the ball that we want to see from our wings. He’s doing an awesome job.”

Chiefs captain Luke Jacobson

“There was alertness from everybody, some good listening, good responses and good actions. It felt like we were all moving in one direction, which is the goal. You want to be cohesive, and tonight was a reflection of that.

“It’s good to see what you plan for and have it transferred onto the field. There are plenty of things we talked about that came out strong in the game. I was pleased with how relentless and ruthless we were. We were able to keep going again and again, keep doing those small things and it ended up looking really flash, but it’s a product of the smaller things done well.”

Moana Pasifika coach Tana Umaga

“You’ve got to give your praise to the Chiefs. The way they played, they didn’t give us an inch. When we tried to take a few of them, they kept coming back at us. We didn’t fire a shot, which is disappointing.

“There is going to be a question around how we come back. The boys are hurt and feel we let ourselves down by being unable to fight. We’ve got to learn from that. The Chiefs showed us what the next level will take, making the top six.

“They’ve put everyone on notice that they’re going to be tough to take on whoever gets them in the playoffs.

“We need to step up, lift our level. It was great to get to this point and compete for a top-six place, but we have to lift.

“We took a lot of emotion from last week’s game [against the Blues] but we felt we broached that. We talked about parking that. Being successful last week gave us an opportunity to get into the playoffs so that was motivating. We had a good working week but as the skip said, we’ve got to figure out why we could not come back.”

Moana Pasifika captain Ardie Savea

“It was a great lesson for everyone about our mental state when we’re under pressure like that. How do we get out of it and find solutions to get back in the game?

“We tried a lot of things, but the Chiefs were too good and squeezed us. They’re ruthless all around the park. It’s a good smack on the nose for us.

“What is the team willing to do in these next seven days to keep our season alive? I want them to hold the feeling and get some fuel for this week. We want to earn another week by doing that.”

Crusaders 15 Highlanders 12

Crusaders coach Rob Penney

“There was lots of effort and courage but not great accuracy, and we were inconsistent.

“It is hard to attack when your legs are gone after making so many tackles. That’s a challenge for us and a great one because we’re digging into it more and more each week. We have some solutions.

“We can still beaver away and get the application from the training track and whiteboard to the field, and we’ll make some improvements.

“You’ve got to give some credit to the Highlanders. Pressure does that to people. We’ll learn and grow; we’ve got a capable group.

“They are frustrated but also rapt for Drummy [halfback Mitch Drummond] and Dallas McLeod to celebrate their 150 games and 50 [respectively] with the victory.

“You would like the combination on both sides of the ball operating as efficiently as you can, and we’ve started the season so well on attack and built our defence. The boys are humming on defence, and it takes great defence to win a title.

“Bit credit to Toddy [Matt Todd] and how he’s got the defence operating. The boys are buying into what he’s doing there, and it’s a pleasure to watch.

On prop, Tamaiti Williams scoring the winning try

“He’s a fabulous player. He’s got a big grin on his face. He’s probably one of the world’s best looseheads and proved he can do 80 minutes [backing up] at tighthead. The front row is working well.

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph

“I feel like I’m repeating myself every game day. It was a short week for us. We had a weekend off, simplified things and got the boys excited to come and play a good game of rugby. I’m proud of how they did that, like last week and the week before.

“As a coaching team, you feel your job is to prepare the guys to go out there and play the kind of rugby they can play. We played that much of the time, but it’s the small moments that are grabbing us, and against a good side like the Crusaders, they made us pay.

“I’m disappointed for the players. They are tough lessons we’ll have to learn.

“There were 18 points that we left out there from missing kicks. In the end, 18 could have been a good game for us. We’ve got to do the business.

“Disappointment is different to morale. Morale is pretty high. They’re young and understand where they are disappointed because they’re taking this big teams right to the edge and not being able to get a win.”

On halfback Folau Fakatava’s game

“He was out for seven rounds with a hamstring injury that didn’t go away. For a team like us, losing a quality player like Folau, one of our All Blacks, it’s impossible to create confidence within the team when you’re losing your key players. Having him back to his best is good.

“It’s a pity that his return has been towards the end of the season.”

Reds 27 Hurricanes 31

Hurricanes coach Clark Laidlaw

“We know it’s a tough place to come and win with huge respect for the Reds and how they’ve been playing. We knew how tough it was going to be.

“At this stage of the year, it’s not always about winning by more or looking for bonus points; it’s more about trying to win. The composure was encouraging. It was a tight battle and an enjoyable game.

“We’re starting to believe in what we’re trying to achieve. We had a slow start to the year with injuries. We’ve picked up a couple in the last few weeks, but we’re confident in our depth, and we’ve just got to trust each other and try to be better every week.

“We’ve had a big test over the last month and we’ve come through it, and we’ll have another next week with Moana Pasifika.”

Hurricanes co-captain Du’Plessis Kirifi

“The actions from our group reaffirmed what we already know about each other and that we work hard for each other. At the minimum, we found a way [to win].

“We’re going to dig deep, and we’re going to push through. We got the job done, and I’m proud of how we did that.

“It’s a pleasure playing with Billy [Proctor], as it is everyone in our team. The calibre of player that he is is not with the ball in hand more than anything; it’s what he does away from the ball, how he makes everyone around him better and brings people with him.

“He’s an exceptional leader on the field, making everyone confident and calm. He’s a strong ball carrier, and deceptively so, at times.”

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Two Fox C-6 graduates competed in the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. on June 11-14. Arkansas State University sophomore Noa Isaia, a 2023 Seckman graduate, threw the hammer 65-08 meters (213-feet, six inches) on the first day. Isaia’s 19th-place finish, in his first NCAA Championships, earned him honorable mention […]

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Two Fox C-6 graduates competed in the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. on June 11-14.

Arkansas State University sophomore Noa Isaia, a 2023 Seckman graduate, threw the hammer 65-08 meters (213-feet, six inches) on the first day. Isaia’s 19th-place finish, in his first NCAA Championships, earned him honorable mention All-American honors. University of Minnesota senior Kostas Zaltos won the event at 78.08, the sixth-longest throw in NCAA history.

Isaia qualified for nationals at a regional meet in College Station, Tex., placing ninth in 65.97 (216-5). He was the Sun Belt Conference champion this spring.

Isaia threw a personal-best 66.22 at the Arkansas State Alumni Classic in April. His PR in the shot put was 15.34 in February, during the indoor season, and he tossed the discus 53 meters, another PR, in March at an outdoor meet.

As a senior at Seckman in 2023, Isaia won the Class 5 state title in the discus with a throw of 59.23 meters and placed seventh in the shot put at 16.55. A high school discus weighs 1.6 kilograms (3.53 pounds) compared to the collegiate weight of 2.0 kilos (4.4 pounds).

Isaia was a freshman last year and took fifth place in the hammer throw at the Sun Belt championships in 56.24. He also was runner-up in the discus at the Music City Challenge and third in both the discus (52.21) and hammer (55.49) at the Alumni Classic.

Luke Hatfield-Jackson, a Fox 2019 alumnus, also made his first appearance at the NCAA Championships for Southeast Missouri State University. Hatfield-Jackson competed in the high jump competition on June 13, finishing 15th in 2.15 meters, earning him second team All-American honors. Athletes who place ninth through 16th earn second team honors.

Hatfield-Jackson earned his NCAA nationals ticket in the regional meet at College Station, clearing 2.17 meters (7-1.5). The national college record of 2.38 was set in 1989 by Hollis Conway of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

“The (regional) competition was really good,” Hatfield-Jackson said before the NCAA championships started. “I snuck in on my last attempt at 2.17. I had missed the two attempts before. It was my first time at a regional meet.”

At SEMO, Hatfield-Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in general education and a master’s certificate in trauma and resiliency. He has a fiancée, lives in Cape Girardeau full time and will be a volunteer coach for the Redhawks in 2026.

During his senior year at Fox, Hatfield-Jackson finished fourth in the state in the triple jump and second in the high jump, at 1.85. The first time he cleared seven feet was when he competed for Maryville University.

“Honestly, (seven feet) became consistent after that,” he said. “I was hitting 2.15 (meters) every other meet. That’s been consistent at SEMO. When you get to a new height, you figure out the different runways because we thought we had hit a plateau at 2.15, but my PR (2.19) was in 2023.”

During an indoor Ohio Valley Conference meet in 2024, Hatfield-Jackson tore an Achilles tendon. That cost him the rest of that season, the 2024 outdoor season and the 2025 indoor campaign. He did earn top OVC male field honors, for the second straight year, before the injury. At the 2024 indoor Redhawk Invitational, he was first in the high jump and long jump at 2.05 and 7.34. He also finished first in the long jump (6.96) at the Bellarmine Classic and placed in three events at the Illini Challenge.

“(I had) no pain (with the tear),” he said. “(It was) a full rip, a very confusing moment. It sounded like a piece of plastic breaking in my shoe. (I had) a lot of anger afterward.”

It was six months before he was able to start running again. Being a student-athlete means compartmentalizing athletics and academics. He still had classes to pass.

“Thankfully, the teachers were very lenient and helpful,” he said. “Now a lot of stuff is done (online).”

He said the injury has robbed him of some run-up speed.

“We’ve been building on that all season. It was a mental battle. My proudest achievement is making it (to Eugene). I was always one step away in regionals. Nothing is close to this.”

In the 2022 indoor season, Hatfield-Jackson had 14 top-five and eight first-place finishes. During the 2023 outdoor season, he broke the SEMO record in the high jump in 2.19 at the Mississippi State Relays. At the OVC meet, he was second in the high jump (2.11), first in the long jump (7.98) and third in the triple jump (15.21).

Once the collegiate season is over, Hatfield-Jackson hopes to qualify for the USA national team trials in August, back in Eugene.

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Samjin Hadzic missed Essex’s graduation to compete in New England meet

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) On June 14, the Essex High School Class of 2025 gathered at the school for graduation, but one senior was missing from the festivities. Senior star hurdler Sanjin Hadzic was in New Britain, Connecticut, competing in the New England track and field championship. Back […]

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(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.)

On June 14, the Essex High School Class of 2025 gathered at the school for graduation, but one senior was missing from the festivities.

Senior star hurdler Sanjin Hadzic was in New Britain, Connecticut, competing in the New England track and field championship.

Back in early May, Hadzic realized that the two events conflicted with each other and took some time to think about his decision.

The senior qualified for the New England meet after setting a personal and state record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.79 seconds at the Essex Invitational, edging out his rival Avery Gilbert from Mount Mansfield (Gilbert earned the state record for the first time at the D-I track championship less than a week later.) His performance at Essex Invites helped Hadzic make his decision.

“I realized I could win it. I was seeded second out of all of New England,” Hadzic said. “Me and that guy from Connecticut were both really close with our times … I’ve been getting faster and faster every single week.”

Even though a high school graduation only happens once, Hadzic’s family was supportive of his decision. Hadzic did not need to race at the New England championship, since he already qualified for nationals early in the season.

“My sister (Nejla) and my mom (Dzenita) were very happy because my sister did track as well,” Hadzic said. “(Nejla) said she would have done the same thing as me if she was in my place.”

With his family and coaches watching, the senior put on a show in the 110-meter hurdles race. Hadzic claimed first place with a time of 13.86 seconds, but not without some drama. Hadzic cleared the first six hurdles before taking a stumble.

“The seventh hurdle, I skimmed it to the point where I almost fell,” Hadzic said. “I took a big stride instead of my normal stride so it messed up my rhythm.”

In the next lane over, the runner-up Delante Senior from Connecticut, nearly fell on the eighth hurdle so both of them were wobbling to the finish line. Hadzic cleared the final hurdle with no issue, however, as he won the race by two-hundredths of a second. MMU’s Gilbert took fourth in the event.

This spring track season was a redemption season for Hadzic in bigger meets. The senior earned fifth place in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2024 New England meet and had a poor run in the preliminary race of 55-meter hurdles at the 2025 Indoor New England Track Championships.

“Sanjin’s goal was to be the best,” Essex hurdles coach Jamaal Hankey said. “He’s like, ‘I want to win it, I don’t want to lose anymore.’ … I was expecting him to win. I didn’t expect it to happen in the way that it did, but it was beautiful.”

Hadzic still found some time on June 14 to wear his cap and gown, but got a special surprise during the award ceremony for the 110-meter race.

“I got my diploma on the podium after I won hurdles,” Hadzic said. “That was pretty cool because there’s probably a couple thousand people there. I got some pictures with my cap and gown on and my trophy I got from winning hurdles.”

It wasn’t just the diploma holder, but a physical copy of the diploma that the Hornets coaches brought with them. The PA announcer made a special announcement to all the fans saying that Hadzic graduated.

Hadzic is doing online community college this summer and will be touring colleges in the fall, but wants to continue his track and field career at the next level. These last two meets of his high school career give him more opportunities to impress college coaches. The senior will be competing in the New Balance Nationals meet at the University of Pennsylvania on June 21, looking to take back the state record. Then, the graduation celebrations will continue.

“I’m just looking forward to what he does at nationals,” Hankey said. “We’ve checked off a lot of boxes on goals this season, but we have one more goal. It’s the state record, so I’m looking forward to that happening.”

Contact Judith Altneu at jaltneu@gannett.com. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter: @Judith_Altneu.

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Beach or mountains? Skiing or golf? California’s dazzling choices

California, the Golden State, is renowned for the beautiful weather that draws people to its stunning landscapes and multiple sports opportunities. Californians are frequently out in the open thanks to their sunny climate, running, hiking, climbing, cycling, paddling, skating, golfing, swimming and surfing. People play beach volleyball at the seaside, or steel their bodies in […]

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California, the Golden State, is renowned for the beautiful weather that draws people to its stunning landscapes and multiple sports opportunities.

Californians are frequently out in the open thanks to their sunny climate, running, hiking, climbing, cycling, paddling, skating, golfing, swimming and surfing. People play beach volleyball at the seaside, or steel their bodies in open-air gyms. The Pacific coastal state in the west of the United States is a paradise for active holidaymakers.

Santa Monica is the Mecca of the body cult. Bikers, inline skaters and joggers prefer to do their sport bare-chested or in extremely skimpy outfits on its lengthy cycle path. With a backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline, the beach is a catwalk for all those who have trained to chisel their bodies to the common ideal of beauty – some perhaps aided by a good dose of silicone.

Everyone meets on the beach

The hustle and bustle on the beach is lively, colourful and diverse. New performances are put on every minute on the free stage. Sometimes muscle packs run through the deep, fine sand in front of the lifeguards’ red Baywatch towers. Then a whimsical bon vivant skates past in the direction of Malibu, where the Hollywood stars from Beverly Hills have their beach villas.

Everyone meets on the beach – celebrities and no-names, up-and-comers and drop-outs, rich and poor. Just like on the parallel Ocean Avenue, the parade mile for horsepower freaks.

Customized souped-up cars with screeching tyres pull away from classic cars and rusty clunkers at traffic lights. Behind them, Harley-Davidson bikers with long beards chug away after casting a longing glance over to the Santa Monica Pier. After all, this is where the famous Route 66 ends, which begins almost 4,000 kilometres in Chicago to the east. Route 66 will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2026.

Surfing hotspot and ‘small sharks’

For those not into motorcycles, there’s a great alternative: Surfing, the most Californian of all sports. At the Aqua Surf School, coaches like Chad Bonsack get beginners on the board in just a few hours. All you need is a bit of fitness, a little talent and some courage. “There are actually only ever small sharks in Santa Monica Bay,” Bonsack tries to reassure his students, who naturally ask about the infamous great white sharks first.

The feeling of happiness when you ride the first small wave for a few metres will dispel any doubts. Until then, countless failed attempts to get onto the board from the lying paddle position to the bent standing position require perseverance and willpower.

“Don’t get discouraged,” says Bonsack. “The ocean always shows us who’s boss!” Gradually, the plunges become fewer and the surf rides longer. Bonsack knows his trade. After all, the surf instructor has already guided two young wave riders into the top 20 in the world.

Where bodybuilding and beach volleyball grew up

To get anywhere near there, most of his surfing students would first have build up their body strength. The place for this is Muscle Beach, a legendary open-air gym originally built in Santa Monica in the mid-1930s. Arnold Schwarzenegger also trained there when the beach area was the centre of the bodybuilding boom in the 1970s. As one of the most successful bodybuilders of all time, Schwarzenegger became a Hollywood star and later governor of California.

But there’s not only body-building on Muscle Beach. There is also beach volleyball, a game invented in Hawaii in 1905. The first club was founded in Santa Monica, where the first official beach volleyball tournament was held in 1944. Beach volleyball will return to Santa Monica for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

The climate in south-west California is perfect for sport, usually sunny and warm, but never hot and humid. If it does get too hot, head to the mountains for climbing, rafting or hiking. From Death Valley to Yosemite, California has nine national parks, more than any other state.

More choices: Skiing or golf?

And when it gets a little chilly on the coast in winter, some sports fans head go skiing at for well-known resorts such as Heavenly and Palisades on Lake Tahoe or Mammoth on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.

Others, namely golfers, are drawn to the warm desert. Their destination is Palm Springs, around 180 kilometres east of LA. The city in the Coachella Valley at the foot of the more than 3,300 metre San Jacinto Peak was long the home of Hollywood stars such as Ava Gardner, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra.

Sven Wiedenhaupt worked there as managing director of the Indian Wells Golf Resort, one of the top golf addresses in California.

Golf is very popular in the US and Pebble Beach on the cliffs of the the Monterey Peninsula is one of the most beautiful courses in the world. But the choice is huge in the greater Palm Springs area, with around 100 golf courses, Wiedenhaupt says.

If all this physical activity is not your thing, there is still the classic way of enjoying California’s stunning scenery and way of life: Motoring on the legendary coastal road Highway 1.

Cyclists in Santa Monica can enjoy the ride if they don't worry too much about all the sand. To effectively navigate sandy bike paths, just adjust your riding technique. Max Whittaker/Visit California/dpa-tmn — Cyclists in Santa Monica can enjoy the ride if they don’t worry too much about all the sand. To effectively navigate sandy bike paths, just adjust your riding technique. Max Whittaker/Visit California/dpa-tmn

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First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, and hiking. David H. Collier/Visit California/dpa-tmn

The Santa Monica Pier offers activities for the whole family from rides to carnival games. Max Whittaker/Visit California/dpa-tmn

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Maxime Grousset Breaks Own French National Record in the 100 Fly in 50.11

2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s 100 Fly – Finals World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021) World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017) French Record: 50.14 – Maxime Grousset (2023) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 51.67 Maxime Grousset broke his own French national record in the 100 fly to defend his title at the […]

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2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men’s 100 Fly – Finals

World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
~~French Record: 50.14 – Maxime Grousset (2023)~~
French World Championship Qualifying Time: 51.67

Maxime Grousset broke his own French national record in the 100 fly to defend his title at the French Elite Championships, closing out his week of racing in style.

Grousset threw down a 50.11, shaving .03 off of the previous record (50.14), which he set at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. He took it out in 23.32, a few hundredths slower than his previous record-setting swim, but managed to come home .11 faster in 26.79 to pull ahead of the record line.

Split Comparison

	Grousset – New French Record (2025)	Grousset – Old French Record (2023)
50	23.32	23.24
100	50.11 (26.79)	50.14 (26.90)

Grousset’s performance marks the fastest time in the world so far this season, bumping him ahead of Noe Ponti‘s 50.27 by .16. It also marked a significant improvement for him this season, as the fastest he had been before tonight was 50.86 back in December.

2	Noe PONTI	SUI	50.27	04/05
3	Ilya KHARUN	CAN	50.37	06/08
4	Josh LIENDO	CAN	50.46	06/08
5	Shaine Casas	USA	50.51	06/06

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Grousset maintains his place as the sixth-fastest performer ever.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Butterfly (LCM)

Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45 – 2021 Olympic Games
Kristof Milak (HUN), 49.68 – 2021 Olympic Games
Michael Phelps (USA), 49.82 – 2009 World Championships
Milorad Cavic (SRB), 49.95 – 2009 World Championships
Josh Liendo (CAN), 49.99 – 2024 Olympic Games
Maxime Grousset (FRA), 50.11 – 2025 French Elite Championships
Noe Ponti (SUI), 50.16 – 2024 Swiss Nationals
Matthew Temple (AUS), 50.25 – 2023 Japan Open
Joseph Schooling (SGP), 50.39 – 2016 Olympic Games
Ian Crocker (USA) / Shaine Casas (USA), 50.40 – 2005 World Championships / 2022 U.S. Nationals

Taking the runner-up spot in finals tonight was Clement Secchi, who was almost a full second behind Grousset in 51.06, while Michel Arkhangelsky took 3rd in 51.24.

Grousset’s record-breaking win in the 100 fly marked his fourth victory and 2nd national record of the meet, having already won the 50 fly (22.70 – French record), 100 free (47.50) and 50 free (21.68).

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