EUGENE, Ore. — Junior Vera Sjöberg of the Boston University track & field finished as the national runner-up in the 5000m at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday night at Hayward Field.
 
The second-place finish is the best finish by a female Terrier at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She secured BU eight points, tying the Terriers for 34th place at the Championships.
 
Sjöberg ran a time of 15:34.77 to take second place, using a 64-second final lap — the fastest in the 24-athlete field — to move from seventh to second over the final 400 meters.
 
It was a race where Sjöberg continued to have more in the tank, moving up from 17^th with 2000m to go to 12^th with two laps remaining. On top of the late kick, she had previously competed in the 1500m just an hour and 44 minutes prior to the starting gun of the 5000m.
 
On top of the national runner-up honor, Sjöberg also takes home her second career First Team All-America award after earning the accolade in the indoor mile.
 
Prior to the 5000m Sjöberg finished 11^th in the 1500m final and was named Second Team All-American, crossing the line in 4:12.52. She opened the first 300 meters in fourth place and at the bell held strong in fifth but dropped to 11^th in the final lap.
 
Sjöberg, who will graduate in August of this year, is the first Terrier to ever race in multiple events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
She finishes her undergraduate career at BU with five school records, 13 Patriot League titles between cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and is the 23^rd-fastest indoor miler in collegiate history and is the 24^th-fastest outdoor 1500m runner in collegiate history.
 

Raud-Gumiel, overcame early setbacks in the grueling seven-event competition. She fouled on each of her three long jump attempts and failed to score in the event. She rebounded in the javelin with a mark of 100 feet, 1 inch on her final attempt to finish ninth in her flight and 19th overall. In the 800 meters, she closed out the competition with a time of 2:23.07, placing 18th.

Raud-Gumiel totaled 4,577 points to finish 21st in the overall standings. Oklahoma’s Pippi Lotta Enok captured the national title with 6,285 points.

With her performance, Raud-Gumiel became the first Long Beach State women’s athlete to earn All-America honors since Bria Palmer placed 19th in the high jump in 2019. She is the first LBSU All-American in the heptathlon since Riley Cooks earned the distinction in 2016 and 2017. Only three Long Beach State athletes have achieved All-American status in the heptathlon, a list that also includes Ami Ice (1991).

Raud-Gumiel’s breakdown

EUGENE, Ore. — Army Track and Field’s Emily Fink concluded her collegiate career on the nation’s biggest stage, competing in the women’s hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The Three Lakes, Wisc. native finished with a final mark of 62.20m in the event after three attempts. 

Fink’s mark was good to finish 22nd in the field, falling just short of earning Second Team All-American honors. 

Emily Fink concludes her season as well as her collegiate career as one of the most decorated field athletes in Army Track and Field’s program history. 

She holds both the indoor and outdoor program record in the shot put plus the outdoor hammer throw, and holds the second-best marks in indoor weight throw. She also holds several records in the Patriot League record book, including indoor and outdoor shot put as well as hammer throw.

Fink’s postseason accolades include earning outdoor track and field First Team All-Patriot League three times in her career (2022; 2024-25) and the indoor track and field All-Patriot League First Team and Second Team twice (2022, 2025) each in her career. She was also named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2022. 

Emily Fink has been named an NCAA Outdoor All-American (2024) after her first appearance in the NCAA Outdoor Championship as well as has participated in Olympic Trials. For all her postseason accomplishments, Fink was also named this year’s Women’s AAA Award winner. 

Hear From Coach Smith: 

Emily was the first thrower in the second flight of 12 women. The second flight comprised the best women in the field, and I know that Emily relished the opportunity to throw first and put up a good mark for the rest of the field to chase.  Her first throw was far and landed at about the 68-meter mark in the middle of the sector and then we heard the event officially announce, “No mark,”  Emily challenged the call, and the mark was held while the officials conducted a video review of the throw.  After review, the foul call was upheld. Emily knew that she had two more attempts, so she kept her focus and when she was called up for her second attempt, she calmly stepped into the ring and put up an even bigger throw. Her 2nd throw dropped right on the 70-meter line and as we were about to celebrate the throw, we heard the event official call “no mark”.  It was a difficult moment for Emily, but it didn’t change her demeanor.  Her third attempt was a legal throw but not far enough for her to advance to the final. Emily has much to be proud of in her storied career. She leaves as one of the most decorated track and field athletes in the history of the Army West Point program.  She set records that will stand for a long time, she won a U20 USA championship, multiple Star Meet titles, and multiple Patriot League titles. But most importantly, she set a new standard of excellence for other Army Track and Field women to follow. She made everyone around her better. We will miss her.

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Jabari Brady. {Top Shot Media}

Monarch High School’s four-star receiver Jabari Brady officially announced his commitment to the University of Missouri.

Brady is entering his senior year at Monarch. He is ranked as the No. 38 wide receiver nationally and received 41 scholarships throughout his recruitment process. He played on the varsity football team at Monarch, catching 43 passes for 864 yards.

He then went on to catch 70 passes for 1,392 yards and 10 touchdowns before starting his junior season at Chaminade-Madonna Prep, catching seven touchdowns in seven games for the Knights. Brady also participated in the Navy All-American Bowl, catching a pass for nine years.  Brady will have one more year left with the Knights before competing in the SEC with Coach Eli Drinkworth.

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