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Shelby Frank stars for Texas Tech track & field at NCAA championships

Two-time NCAA runner-up Shelby Frank on outlook with Texas Tech Shelby Frank was the NCAA indoor championships runner-up in the weight throw in 2023 and 2024. She transferred from Minnesota to Texas Tech for 2025. At the NCAA track and field championships, where points are hard to come by, putting up 10s and 8s — […]

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At the NCAA track and field championships, where points are hard to come by, putting up 10s and 8s — that is, 10 points for first place, eight for second — is key to gaining separation for a really high finish.

The Texas Tech women’s track and field team had only one 8 and no 10s on their latest trip to Eugene, Oregon, and finished 12th — solid, but probably not as well as the Red Raiders had hoped, given their No. 8 national ranking going into the meet.

The four-day competition at Hayward Field concluded Saturday, June 14, with Texas Tech ending up with 22 points.

Shelby Frank delivered 14 with a second-place finish in the hammer throw on Thursday, June 12, and a third-place finish in the discus Saturday. That made the senior transfer from Minnesota an eight-time first-team All-American, status accorded the top eight finishers in each final event at an NCAA championships. Frank threw 233 feet, 1 inch in the hammer and 207-11 in the discus, both personal records.

“What a fabulous weekend Shelby had,” Tech coach Wes Kittley said. “Two school records. Two personal bests.”

Fresno State senior Sierra Jackson threw a meet-record 215-11, and Frank and the throwers right behind her in fourth, fifth and sixth all threw personal bests.

“It’s the most unbelievable discus I’ve ever seen,” Kittley said. “In NCAA history, that was the best competition. It may sound like bad to get third place, but I was so proud of her, nearly throwing 208 feet, just what a great competitor she’s been for us.”

The Red Raiders’ other points came from a pair of fifth-place finishes, by sophomore Temitope Adeshina in the high jump (6-1 1/2) and by senior Victoria Gorlova in the triple jump (wind-legal 44-4 3/4).

Fifth is the lowest Adeshina’s finished in four career appearances at NCAA meets. As a freshman last year, she was fourth at the NCAA indoor, third at the outdoor, and this year she won the title at the NCAA indoor.

Had each Tech athlete competing in Eugene finished exactly as she was ranked going in, the Red Raiders would have scored 27 points, which would have been good for eighth.

Tech’s other entrants Saturday were Tamiah Washington, who got 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 42-10 1/4 into a slight negative wind, and Zoe Burleson, who placed 13th in the discus with a throw of 183-2.

“I felt bad for Temitope and for Victoria and Tamiah,” Kittley said. “They just didn’t have their best day. They weren’t bad. They just weren’t great, and you had to be great today. If we’d have gotten just two to three to four more points out of each one of them, we would have been sixth or so in the country.”

Tech had five entries who competed Thursday and failed to advance to Saturday, led by Fanny Arendt, who was 11th in the 800 meters (2 minutes, 3.13 seconds). In the 100-meter hurdles, Destiny Smith was 14th in 13.18 and Tonie-Ann Forbes was 18th in 13.37, both wind-legal times.

In the 1,600-meter relay, Arendt, Mekenze Kelley, Mercy Umoibang and Vanessa Balde were 20th in 3:35.47.

The Tech women’s top team finishes at the NCAA outdoor were fifth place in 2008, seventh place in both 2022 and 2024 and 10th in 2007. The program’s highest point totals at the outdoor were 36 in 2022 and 32 in 2008.

Arendt, Smith, Washington and Burleson achieved second-team All-America status.

“We got several All-Americans today and scored 22 points,” Kittley said. “That’s not bad. It’s terrible when you feel like 12th is not good, but it’s really good.”



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Bentley Track and Field Recognized as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams; Burmester Named All-Academic Athlete

Story Links WALTHAM, Mass. – For the 15th straight year both the Bentley men’s and women’s track and field teams were recognized as All-Academic Teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Caitlin Burmester, recently named a CSC Academic All-America, was named an All-Academic Athlete by […]

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WALTHAM, Mass. – For the 15th straight year both the Bentley men’s and women’s track and field teams were recognized as All-Academic Teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Caitlin Burmester, recently named a CSC Academic All-America, was named an All-Academic Athlete by the USTFCCCA. She adds to her incredible tally of awards for her senior year that includes the NE10 Scholar Athlete of the Year and three NE10 Sport Excellence Awards, for cross country and indoor and outdoor track.

To qualify as an All-Academic Athlete, the individual must have at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA and have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS

To qualify as an All-Academic Team, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes on the institution’s NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher.

The Bentley men’s team posted the seventh highest GPA among Division II squads.

 



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Men’s Volleyball Earns Second-Straight AVCA Team Academic Award

FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason University men’s volleyball team has earned a 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Monday.   It marked the second time in as many seasons the Patriots have garnered the team accolade. To receive the honor, a team must maintain a year-long grade-point average of […]

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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason University men’s volleyball team has earned a 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Monday.
 
It marked the second time in as many seasons the Patriots have garnered the team accolade. To receive the honor, a team must maintain a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.

The Patriots impressed with a cumulative 3.32 GPA across the program’s 22 student-athletes.

 

“I’m very proud of our team and how they handled their academic responsibilities to achieve at an outstanding level in the classroom,” head coach Jay Hosack said. “Our student-athletes not only found success on the court this season, but also performed as champions off of it as well.”

 

George Mason has now earned the award four times over the past six seasons.

 

The Patriots posted a 16-13 record in 2024-25 and reached the EIVA Semifinals for the third-straight season.

 





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Batenhorst leaves Supernovas for beach volleyball

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Former Nebraska and USC volleyball player Ally Batenhorst is leaving the Omaha Supernovas, and indoor volleyball all together. Batenhorst said on social media that she’s moving to beach volleyball and partnering with Olympian Sara Hughes. Batenhorst finished her rookie season in the Pro Volleyball Federation with 128 kills, nearly three per […]

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Former Nebraska and USC volleyball player Ally Batenhorst is leaving the Omaha Supernovas, and indoor volleyball all together.

Batenhorst said on social media that she’s moving to beach volleyball and partnering with Olympian Sara Hughes.

Batenhorst finished her rookie season in the Pro Volleyball Federation with 128 kills, nearly three per set.

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Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Receive USTFCCA All-Academic Honors

Story Links TYLER, TEXAS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the 2025 NCAA Division II Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams. Both the UT Tyler men’s and women’s track & field programs were recognized as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams, marking the sixth consecutive year each has […]

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TYLER, TEXAS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the 2025 NCAA Division II Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams.

Both the UT Tyler men’s and women’s track & field programs were recognized as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams, marking the sixth consecutive year each has earned the honor. In addition, four student-athletes from each program were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes.

To qualify as an All-Academic Team, programs must hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, as certified by the institution’s registrar.

To be named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete, student-athletes must have at least a 3.25 GPA, be academically eligible for the NCAA Championships, and have finished the season ranked among the top 50 individuals or competed on one of the top 35 relay teams in the country.

Representing the Patriots men’s team were Brandon Arenas, Jackson Crysup, Landon Smith, and Ashton Turner.

Representing the Patriots women’s team were Kamaria Carr, Juliane Frueh, Aerin Thompson, and Bracie Vaughn.



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Women’s Track & Field Posts Highest Team GPA Across All Three NCAA Divisions

The Panthers have had the best GPA across Division III for three-consecutive years. Story Links The Middlebury women’s track and field team posted the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) across all three NCAA divisions. The Panthers, who combined for an impressive 3.89 GPA, garnered United States Track and Field and Cross Country […]

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The Panthers have had the best GPA across Division III for three-consecutive years.

The Middlebury women’s track and field team posted the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) across all three NCAA divisions. The Panthers, who combined for an impressive 3.89 GPA, garnered United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team recognition, while 10 individuals were lauded with the organization’s All-Academic Athlete honors. 

This marks the third-straight year that the squad owned the best GPA among Division III peers, while outpacing every men’s program regardless of division.

Earning individual praise for the second-straight year were Macy Daggitt, Mary Elliot, Anna Krouse, Audrey MacLean and Zoe Wang. Rounding out the honorees were Naomi Atwood, Addie Morrison, Bea Parr and Elle Thompson. MacLean and Parr earned the organization’s recognition in both cross country and track and field this year.



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