Peyton Bair was the first Bulldog to compete in the championships, kicking the day off in the decathlon.

Bair broke the NCAA Decathlon 100m record in his first race of the day, earning a personal best of 10.25. He also broke the meet record, which he set at last year’s championships.

He has maintained the lead throughout the day, after earning a wind-legal long jump personal best of 7.28m. He also matched his high jump personal best with a 2.01m clearance.

Bair finished the day in the 400m, running another personal best of 46.00. He leads the field by 287 points, closing out day one with 4,479 points next to his name. He will resume competition in the 110m hurdles decathlon tomorrow morning.

Sam Navarro made his NCAA debut in a big way, running a massive personal best of 1:45.32 for the fastest time qualifying spot in the 800m final. This performance makes Navarro’s third consecutive personal best performance in as many meets, dropping over a second off his East First Rounds time. Navarro will compete in the 800m final on Friday evening.

Rémi Rougetet and Tuomas Närhi continued competition in the javelin, with Rougetet earning second-team All-American honors.

The women will begin competition tomorrow afternoon, beginning with Marie Rougetet in the hammer. She enters the field seeded 17^th nationally and will be the final thrower in the first section.

Nelly Jemeli will touch the track later that afternoon in the 3000m steeplechase, with Jessicka Woods closing out the day in the 400m hurdles, both being semifinals.

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EUGENE, Ore. – Graduate student Marcus Johnson was 22nd overall in the first round of the 400 hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday evening at Hayward Field. In the process, he concluded his prolific career at Binghamton and will earn honorable mention All-America honors when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) makes their official announcement following the four-day meet. 

Running in the second of three eight-runner heats, Johnson was seventh with a time of 52.27. The top two finishers in each heat – plus the next three fastest times, advanced to Friday’s final round. 

The USTFCCCA will make its All-America announcement on Monday. Places 1-8 in each individual event earn first-team accolades while finishers 9-16 receive second-team status. Places 17-24, meanwhile, earn honorable mention distinction.

Johnson is the first Binghamton men’s track & field athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships since Dan Schaffer in the 5,000 during the 2022 season. He is also the team’s fifth NCAA Division I outdoor qualifier all time, joining Schaffer, pole vaulter Rory Quiller (2006-08) as well as middle distance runners Erik van Ingen (2010-12) and Jesse Garn (2015-16).

For his career, Johnson is a five-time America East champion and two-time NCAA East Region qualifier. At last month’s conference outdoor meet, he was named the Most Outstanding Men’s Track Athlete.

The Park Center boys volleyball team qualified for the first MSHSL sanctioned state tournament.

The Pirates are the eighth seed for the tournament and though they were competitive in the first two sets, they lost to top seed Eden Prairie 25-19, 25-18, 25-14 in the quarterfinal round.

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