DULUTH, Minn. – The Vikings had a successful Saturday at the conference championships, collecting three NSIC Champions with 15 total athletes claiming All-Conference honors. 

The women’s 4×100-meter relay consisting of Jennifer Noutsougan, Nyanas Kur, Kylee Sallee, and Lily Juhnke started the final day of conference with a third-place finish and a time of 46.59. 

 

Ryan Hartman took the NSIC champion title in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:49.24. Tyson Rucker earned All-Conference with a time of 3:50.30 for third. 

 

Four Vikings had personal bests in the 1500-meter including Payton Brown (3:51.27), Bryant Keller (3:52.23), Nick Batchelor (3:58.38), and Kieran Weigelt (3:59.15). 

 

Ramsey Karim and Ally Sample both had personal bests in the 1500-meter run as they took seventh in 4:41.98 and 10^th in 4:45.74, respectively. Tenley Nelson also was 12^th in 4:59.58. 

 

Andrew Martens took home an NSIC champion title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.76. His time gives him the eighth spot on the DII College Outdoor Rankings. 

 

Jude Jarding took seventh had in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.69, taking seventh as Sydnee Serck and Caroline Sudbeck took seventh and eighth in the women’s 800-meter run with times of 2:15.93 and 2:17.32, respectively. 

 

Maria Pedroso gathered a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles, taking sixth with a time of 1:03.02 while on the men’s side, Martens continued his success by taking fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.90. 

 

Kur took home her second All-Conference honor in the 200-meter dash after placing third with a time of 24.13. 

 

The Vikings swept the top four spots in the 5000-meter run with Hartman taking his second NSIC title of the day in 14:40.75. Erik Gunderson (14:42.13) followed in second and Bryant Keller (14:42.25) in third, both garnering All-Conference honors. Payton Brown (14:42.33) came fourth, Kadin Groen (14:47.73) and Isaiah Anderson (14:49.49) rounded out the top 10, finishing eighth and ninth. 

 

On the women’s side, Taylor Melton led with her fifth-place finish in 17:29.22 for a new personal best. Lindsey Young (17:32.85, PR) came seventh, Ally Sample (17:56.69) was 11^th and Tenley Nelson (18:07.61) took 14^th to round our AU in the top 15.

 

The women’s 4×400-meter relay with Sudbeck, Maia Peterson, Ella Heinitz, and Kur took third place with a time of 3:51.18 as the men’s squad of Martens, Ethan Boyens, Tyler Christianson and Jarding finished eighth in 3:19.15.

 

In field events, Sallee was 21^st in the javelin throw with her mark of 107-00.00 while three Vikings competed in the women’s triple jump. Lexi Olderbak (36-00.25) was 14^th, Mackenzie Hemmer (35-03.25) was 18^th and Nyamal Changson (34-06.75) was 23^rd.

 

The women’s team took third place overall with 88 points as the men were fifth with 80 points. 

 

UP NEXT

Should any athletes qualify, the Vikings will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Pueblo, Colorado on May 22 through 24.

 

–GoAugie.com–

PREVIEW: Wilson Girls’ Volleyball

Wilson girls’ volleyball might have its most naturally talented squad since coach Carlos Briceno inherited Rebecca Strehlow in 2011, but he said his players need more time together in order to reach the peak of their potential. “We have a lot of talent and a lot of height, but we’re still young,” Briceno said. “We’re […]

On day one, two Tigers claimed individual titles while six other Tigers scored. 

After the day’s preliminary events, Princeton has athletes competing in 16 of tomorrow’s 17 events.

With five of 22 events scored, Princeton leads in the team standings with a score of 60. Harvard is in second with 50 points. 

Day One – Finals

The first individual title won by the Tigers belonged to senior captain Shea Greene, who set a new meet record on just her second throw with a mark of 52.81m. With four attempts left, though, Greene wasn’t done. On her last attempt, with three of her teammates cheering her on, Greene threw a remarkable 53.44m/175-4″, setting a new Heps meet record. And with the throw, Greene clinched her third consecutive Ivy League Outdoor Javelin Championship title. 

But over in the corner of Yale’s track where the javelin throwers were at work, Greene was not the only Tiger to see success. Princeton went on to finish first, second and fourth as Niki Woods took silver with a throw of 48.21m/158-2″. With a season best, first-year Kameil Crane put up a mark of 43.36/142-3″ to take fourth. Together, the trio racked up a whopping 22 points for Princeton. 

Continuing to shine in the field events, Princeton’s other exciting triumph on day one happened at the sand pit, as a pair of Tigers finished first and second in the long jump. 

On her second attempt, Georgina Scoot launched an impressive 6.51m/21-4.25″ in the long jump to set a new Outdoor Heps meet record and set a new program record. Her mark cleared her own Princeton record of 6.49m/21-3.5″, set last year, and put her in first place in the event.

With four attempts left, she and teammate Alex Kelly continued to jump as Scoot looked to protect her lead and Kelly looked to place higher. With Harvard’s Marta Amani holding second with a jump of 6.29m, Kelly took her last jump. She cleared 6.32m/20-9″, quite literally jumping into second place on the podium. Medals on their necks, Scoot and Kelly stood together on the award stand, beaming with pride at their own performances that was only added to with pride for each other. Together, the pair added a critical 18 points to Princeton’s team score. 

In the hammer throw, Angela McAuslan-Kelly threw 62.53m/205-2″ to clinch silver. She also had time, as she shared at team dinner, to finally make it to the merch table and get an Ivy Heps sweatshirt to match her brand new medal. 

Tessa Mudd also shined for Princeton, earning bronze in the pole vault with a mark of 4.02/13-2.25″

In the 10000m, sophomore Anna McNatt ran a resilient, tactical race to finish third and earn another six points for Princeton with her time of 34:41.72. 

Prelims

In the 1500, Mena Scatchard automatically qualified for tomorrow’s final with a first place time of 4:26.40. Hannah Riggins will join her in the race after automatically qualifying with a time of 4:33.99 for second in her heat.

Senior Adelaide Asante took care of business, qualifying for both tomorrow’s 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles in today’s prelims with times of 13.73 and 1:00.01, respectively. 

Maisha Atkinson will represent Princeton in the 200 and the 400 tomorrow, after winning her 200 prelim heat today with a time of 23.85. 

Lastly, a Princeton dynamic duo of “Liv & Maddie” will compete in tomorrow’s 800 final as Olivia Martin and Maddie Cramer qualified in today’s prelims. Cramer advances with her time of 2:09.12, while Martin automatically qualified after pushing in the final kick to win her heat today with a time of 2:08.41. 

Now looking to day two to finish the job, of not just winning the meet but completing the year-long goal of a Triple Crown, the Tigers are laser focused with one mantra in mind: compete. 

As Assistant Coach Brad Hunt said, “day one is about setting the table so that you can feast on day two,” and that’s just what the Tigers will pursue tomorrow. 

After setting the table today with great successes, Princeton will hope to reap the rewards of a year of hard work and full team effort as they close out Outdoor Heps on Sunday. 

 

HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Texas State men and women swept the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, contested at Sentara Park on the campus of James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., for the first time in school history.

The Texas State men won the program’s second Sun Belt title with nearly 100 points on the final day of competition to lead the field with 145. Arkansas State finished second with 126 as Louisiana finished third with 114. The Texas State women nearly doubled their score on the final day to earn the program’s fourth outdoor title and repeat as champions with 119 points. Louisiana finished second with 108 points as Southern Miss finished third with 97. 

 

Texas State’s Abigail Parra was named the women’s top meet scorer with 23 points with her performance across the distance races. Arkansas State’s Jacob Pyeatt and App State’s Ethan Lipham were named men’s co-top meet scorers with 20 points as the pair each earned two gold medals.

 

Over the three day championship, there were 268 personal-best performances with 110 season-best times and marks.

The women’s discus started the final day in Virginia, as Louisiana’s Kimola Hines earned gold in the fifth round with a mark of 49.26m/161-7. The men’s triple jump was decided in the sixth round, as Louisiana’s Jeremy Nelson leapt to the top spot on the podium with a distance of 15.98m/52-5.25. The women’s high jump podium featured a trio of personal-best performances with Alana Simon from Southern Miss earning the gold with a personal-best clearance of 1.77m/5-9.75.

 

Arkansas State’s Menachem Chen launched himself atop the podium in the men’s discus in the sixth round with a mark of 54.05m/177-4. The women’s triple jump also saw a podium full of personal-best marks as Imani Moore from Georgia Southern earned the gold with a distance of 12.81m/42-0.5.

 

The final field event of the day did not lack in dramatics as Texas State teammates Aiden Hayes and Kason O’Riley both set personal-best marks, and tied both the Sun Belt and Championship Meet record in the event. A record that had remained untouched since 1994 was challenged as the pair of Bobcats finished first and second clearing 2.25m/7-4.5.

 

As the championship moved to the track, both the men’s and women’s team races were margined in the single digits. Georgia Southern came out blazing with a new Sun Belt and Championship Meet record time of 43.73 in the women’s 4x100m relay. The Louisiana men captured the title in 39.55, which sits just 0.10 from tying the Meet Record.

Parra claimed the top spot in the women’s 1500m in 4:23.76 as Lipham won his second gold medal of the championships on the men’s side in 3:50.83. The women’s 100m hurdles featured Amanda Kinloch from Coastal Carolina powering through in 13.16 to claim gold. Arkansas State’s Colby Eddowes claimed the top podium spot in the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.51.

 

The women’s 400m saw a pair of Southern Miss athletes finish atop the podium as Kennedi Sanders won the gold in 53.22. Louisiana’s Lawson Jacobs led a podium filled with personal-best marks for the men’s 400m with a personal-best time of 45.57.

 

Georgia Southern’s NaJ Watson ran a personal-best 11.30 in the 100m to claim the gold medal. Troy’s Tydreke Thomas entered the championships with a seeded time of 10.13 and ran a 10.14 in the finals to earn gold.

 

Jaellene Burgess led the 800m from wire to wire in 2:07.41 to finish first as Louisiana’s Joseph Patterson claimed gold in the men’s 800m in 1:50.46. ULM’s Katerina Natsiopoulou earned the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles in 59.55. South Alabama’s Kendal White ran a personal-best 50.02 in the men’s 400m hurdles to finish atop the podium.

 

Georgia Southern swept the women’s 200m podium as Devine Parker ran 23.07 to finish first. Texas State’s Drew Donley won the men’s 200m final with a time of 20.75. Coastal Carolina’s Molly Jones captured a season-best time of 16:52.56 in the women’s 5000m to win gold. Arkansas State’s Pyeatt set a new Championship Meet Record in the men’s 5000m with a time of 13:50.83.

 

Down to the final relay events, the Southern Miss women’s 4x400m relay team ran a season-best time of 3:36.08 to set a new Championship Meet Record. On the men’s side, Louisiana’s relay team captured the final gold medal with a time of 3:08.65.

 

The 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field preliminaries will run from May 28-31. The East preliminary will be hosted by the North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., while the West preliminary will be hosted by the Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The selection will be announced the week prior to First Round competition on Thursday, May 22.

 

The top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each individual event. The top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each relay event.

 

Combined events do not attend the preliminary meets. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the championships.

 

The NCAA outdoor track and field championships run from June 11-14. Both the men’s and women’s championships will be run simultaneously at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.

2025 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 10, 2025)

Men’s Team Scores (Final):

1. Texas State (145)

2. Arkansas State (126)

3. Louisiana (114)

4. South Alabama (108)

5. App State (97)

6. Southern Miss (72)

7. ULM (67)

8. Troy (40)

9. Coastal Carolina (36)

10.  Marshall (9)

Women’s Team Scores (Final): 

1. Texas State (119)

2. Louisiana (108)

3. Southern Miss (97)

4. Georgia Southern (91)

5. Arkansas State (69)

6. South Alabama (68)

7. Coastal Carolina (63)

8. App State (50)

9. Troy (43)

10. Marshall (36)

T11. ULM (30)

T11. James Madison (30)

13. Georgia State (15)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball team’s national title hopes ended with a sweep at the hands of rival UCLA in the semifinals of the National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship on Saturday at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio.
 
The second-seeded and Big West champion Rainbow Warriors closed the 2025 season at 27-6 following the No. 3-seeded Bruins’ 25-14, 25-23, 25-23 victory in the 97^th all-time meeting and 10^th postseason matchup between the storied programs.
 
A shorthanded UH rotation hit .188 while UCLA (22-6) hit .370 in advancing to face top-seeded Long Beach State in the national championship match on Monday. The Beach defeated Pepperdine in four sets in Saturday’s first semifinal match.
 
UH outside hitter Adrien Roure led the Warriors with 12 kills while hitting .333 and had two aces in closing out an All-America freshman season. Setter Tread Rosenthal, also an All-American, finished with 19 assists and four kills. Redshirt freshman Justin Todd was in on all four of UH’s blocks.

UCLA had the advantage from the service line and at the net with six aces and 11 blocks. Sean Kelly led the Bruins with a match-high 13 kills while hitting .435.

UH’s run to the NCAA’s final four punctuated the careers of five Rainbow Warrior seniors in ‘Eleu Choy, Kawai Hong, Kurt Nusterer, Zachary Thompson and Clay Wieter.

 

After falling short of the NCAA Championship last year, the Warriors returned to the bracket this season by claiming the Big West Championship title and advanced to the national semifinals for the ninth time.

 

Saturday’s loss was UH’s first in the NCAA semifinals since 2017, also in Columbus. The Warriors had advanced to the title match in their last four opportunities dating back to 2019.

 

As in Thursday’s quarterfinal win over Penn State, the Warriors fell behind early in the opening set as UCLA jumped out to a 10-4 lead with an eight-point run. This time, UH couldn’t overcome the deficit and UCLA’s third ace of the set pushed the lead to 16-8. The Bruins remained in control through the end of the set while hitting .417 to UH’s .048.

 

Freshman Kainoa Wade started the second set at opposite and his first kill gave UH an 8-7 lead. A successful challenge by UH coach Charlie Wade resulted in an ace for Finn Kearney, but UCLA strung together a 5-0 run to take a 13-10 lead. UH rallied to catch the Bruins at 17-17 and there were five more ties until Roure made a diving save and Wade finished the point to push UH ahead 23-22. UCLA answered back to reclaim the lead and closed out the set with its seventh block.

 

The HUSTLE pic.twitter.com/LJKg8kFYN8

— Hawai’i Men’s Volleyball (@HawaiiMensVB) May 11, 2025

 
UH shuffled the lineup again to open the third set with Wieter and Ofeck Hazan entering the match. UCLA again played from in front early in the set and led 12-6. UH closed to 15-13 but UCLA opened up a 20-15 lead on back-to-back blocks. Roure put away three consecutive kills to cut the deficit to 21-18 and later delivered his second ace of the match to bring UH within two. A kill by Louis Sakanoko brought UH to 22-21, but after the teams traded service errors UCLA scored the next two points to close out the match. The Bruins were assessed a red card following the final point to account for the final margin.
 

Left it all on the court#WarriorBall25 x #GoBows pic.twitter.com/iBy8DRD38u

— Hawai’i Men’s Volleyball (@HawaiiMensVB) May 11, 2025

#HawaiiMVB

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia outdoor track and field team has wrapped up day one of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted this year by Yale at Cuyler Athletic Complex.

Joshua Adams provided the highlight on Saturday, winning silver in the long jump with a mark of 7.51m. 

Parker Kim scored in the hammer throw, placing fourth in the finals with a mark of 61.09m. 

Madison Williams scored a point in the long jump for the women, finish sixth with a jump of 6.11m. 

Rory Clare advanced to the finals of the 1500m, finishing third in the first round with a time of 4:27.16. 

Haydn Brotschi finished third in the first round of the 400m, qualifying for the finals tomorrow with a time of 47.25. Kylie Castillo also qualified for the finals in the 400m on the women’s side with a time of 55.79. 

As a team, the men currently reside in fourth place with 14 points and the men sit in seventh with 1 point. Princeton is in first on the women’s side after day one; Harvard paces the men’s standings.

Full results from day one of the Ivy League Indoor Heps can be found HERE. 

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

Visit the Ivy League’s championship central for up to date information on the championships including ticket information, media credential forms, and more. 

Every day of the championships will be streamed via ESPN+. You can stream day two of the competition HERE. 

Live results for every day of the competition will be available HERE, along with a full schedule of events HERE.  

Follow CULionsXCTF on Twitter and Instagram for a recap of each day’s events and announcements about any major accomplishments from the Lions. 

UP NEXT

Ivy League Heps resumes tomorrow with the second and final day of competition. The first event will be the women’s high jump and men’s triple jump at 11:0 a.m.

After the conclusion of Outdoor Heps, the Lions will compete at the Princeton Elite Meet on Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

Columbia’s schedule for the rest of the 2025 season can be found HERE. 

 

Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).