COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins women’s outdoor track team closed out its 15^th consecutive Centennial Conference title on Sunday at Ursinus as the Blue Jays rolled up 338.5 points to easily outdistance runner-up Dickinson, which totaled 125.5 points.  Swarthmore (109 points), Ursinsu (66.5) and Franklin & Marshall (47) rounded out the top five in the final team standings.

The 338.5 points the Blue Jays rolled up shatter the previous Centennial Conference record of 281.5, which Johns Hopkins set a year ago.  In addition, the title this season is the sixth of the 15 that the Blue Jays have won at Ursinus.

In addition to the team title, the Blue Jays also nabbed the Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet in junior Erika Ezumba.

 

Johns Hopkins added seven gold medals on Sunday to help fuel its run final-day surge.  First-place finishes and top performances in those events on the final day of the three-day championship included:

 

• Erika Ezumba (Shot Put) – The first of Ezumba’s six attempts went for 12.10-meters, which would have been good enough for third at the end, but she added tosses of 12.85-meters on her fourth attempt and what proved to be the winning mark of 12.92-meters on her sixth and final toss.  She adds her first-place showing in the shot put to her previous gold medal in the hammer throw.  Phoebe Williams added a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 11.55-meters.
  
   
• 4×100-Relay – The Blue Jays’ 4×100-relay team of Mirra Klimov, Lianne Saussy, Anna Zinsser and Lauren Phillips set Johns Hopkins, Centennial Conference a CC Championship meet records and punched up the 25^th-best time in the nation to date as they crossed in 47.30 seconds to beat runner-up Bryn Mawr by nearly two seconds.
  
   
• Annie Huang (1500) – Huang led a dominant performance in the 1500-meter run as the Blue Jays grabbed the top four spots and nine of the top 10 finishers, including seven of eight scoring positions. Huang eased to a first-place finish in 4:31.84 and she was followed closely by Emma Kothari (4:34.02), Harrinee Senthilkumar (4:34.53) and Adriana Catalano (4:35.63).  In all, the Blue Jay grabbed 35 of the 39 team points available in the event.  This is the third consecutive year and the ninth time overall that JHU has produced the 1500-meter champion.
  
   
• Lauren Phillips (400) – Phillips claimed her third consecutive 400-meter title and the seventh title in the event all-time for Johns Hopkins as she was 1.36 seconds ahead of Dickinson’s Maddie Brown when she crossed in 56.48.  Ryan Bigelow added a fifth-place finish with a season-best time of 1:01.06.
  
   
• Mirra Klimov (100) – For the fourth consecutive year and the 11^th time in program history, the Blue Jays produced the 100-meter champion as Klimov as she clocked a personal-best 12.06 seconds to grab gold. Ellie Lewis (3^rd / 12.53), Anna Zinsser (4^th / 12.63) and Claire Wang (6^th / 12.76) rounded out the four scoring runners for Johns Hopkins.
  
   
• Aisling Callahan (5000) – In a race she never trailed, Callahan crossed in 17:44.61 to beat runner-up Liza Barbash of Dickinson by just under six seconds.  The title is the second straight in the event for Callahan, who joins Elle Clawson (2017, 2018) as the only two-time champions among Johns Hopkins’ 13 all-time 5,000-meter gold medalists.
  
   
• 4×400-Relay – Johns Hopkins closed out its title in style as the Blue Jays won the final event of the championship – the 4×400-meter relay – by more than 10 seconds.  The team of Lauren Phillips, Annie Huang, Harrinee Senthilkumar and Lianne Saussy crossed in a meet-record time of 3:49.28.  The time, the second-best in Johns Hopkins history, also ranks 18^th in the nation this season.

  In addition to events in which the Blue Jays produced the champion, they also got four runner-up finishes to lead the way in four other events.  Williams placed second in javelin (33.64-meters), Sara Bartlett (11.66-meters) added a bronze in the triple jump, Lorna Arcese (1:05.96) was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles and Lewis was second in the 200 (25.46).

The final medal on the day for Johns Hopkins came in the 800-meter run from sophomore Lily Tremba (2:18.41), who grabbed bronze.
 

Ocean View’s grand boys’ volleyball campaign was coming to its end, two sets down and six points behind as Lakewood served for the final point in what would be an impressive road sweep of the No. 1 seed.

The Seahawks weren’t going to go so easily though, reeling off eight straight points to force another set, then reaching the brink of a decisive fifth set before falling, 25-16, 25-21, 24-26, 26-24, in Friday evening’s CIF Southern Section Division 7 second-round clash.

Defeat stings, but first-year head coach Steven Morales, who guided Ocean View (16-9) to the postseason for the first time since a Division 5 semifinal run in 2019, was beaming when it was done. He’s been working since fall toward creating a volleyball culture on campus, and here was the reward. Here was the response to talk “all across campus, everywhere” that the boys’ volleyball team “doesn’t win.”

Ocean View’s Alexander Campos goes down for a dig against Lakewood on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Ocean View didn’t win this time, conquered by a school twice its size from a superior league that has played a tougher schedule, but the Seahawks’ fight before a small but vocal crowd was a sign, he said, that this team has arrived.

“Hopefully, this sets a new culture for this program and the school,” he said. “Hopefully, it sets a day where we mean business. It’s our first year. We’ll see what the summer looks like, and fall, then come back next year.”

An Nguyen, coupling a ferocious swing with a 45-inch vertical leap, led the charge, delivering seven kills and two blocks as Ocean View survived six game points and then led seven times in the fourth set, the last with two shots to pull even.

Ocean View’s Max Dalton (3) keeps a long rally alive against Lakewood on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

“I just want to say all of our guys, all the dedication we put in morning practices, every 6 a.m. from December, January and February, all of us are trying to put our best work in,” said Nguyen, who posted 17 kills and five blocks. “I’m just proud for them. It’s been six years since we made playoffs, they did everything they can, and this is where we are.”

Lakewood (12-10), which will be home for the quarterfinals against Brea Olinda (17-11), dominated the first two sets — Ocean View led just twice, 1-0 in the first set and 16-15 in the second — behind a balanced group led by Carlo Tautai-Reyes (12 kills), Christian Newquist (11 kills, three blocks), Ivan Mandujano (nine kills, five aces) and setter J.J. Fernandez.

The Seahawks, who had gifted the Lancers 17 points through two sets, kept it close into the second rotation in the third before falling behind, 19-13, as Newquist provided two kills and two blocks in an 8-2 run. Valentino Saenz-Castruita’s block on Nguyen 10 points later made it 24-18.

Ocean View’s Tilo Voelkmann (24) puts away a kill past Lakewood’s Ivan Mandujano (4) on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Nguyen repelled the first game point with a block on Dereon Groce, Quan Duong served an ace between two Lakewood spikes into the net, two more balls went out of bounds from Lancer touches, and it was even. Nguyen again blocked Groce to push Ocean View ahead, and a misplay on a simple ball extended the game a set.

“These guys refused to lose,” Morales said. “I told them, ‘Hey, at this point, it’s not even volleyball. You’re down to your last point, and you’re down six. Dig deep.’ And that’s what they did. They came back.”

First-year Lakewood coach Daniel Lozada, also directing a turnaround, called the sequence “unacceptable” and discussed it with his team at length after the handshakes. He thought Ocean View committed a double-hit violation on the first game point and said the “down” referee agreed with him.

Ocean View’s Tyler Chiangtong (11) blocks Lakewood’s Valentino Saenz-Castruita (8) on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

“She said the [chief] ref didn’t want to finish the [match] on that,” said Lozada, who coached the Seahawks during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. “Which to me is unacceptable, but it is what it is. We battled through it. We got bad calls, but some calls went our way in that fourth set.”

The fourth set featured a dozen lead changes, half of those from 15-15, and only one lead (Ocean View at 7-4) greater than two points, and Ocean View surged ahead, 24-22, from a ball off the ceiling that the Lancers couldn’t corral and Tyler Chiangtong’s ace.

Lakewood scored the last four points, the equalizer and winner on Mandujano aces.

Ocean View’s Alex McCarrick (4) and An Nguyen (1) make a key block for a point against Lakewood on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to close that fourth set. But great year, great year,” Morales said. “I feel like this is just a taste. This is the beginning of what could be. We only lose one starting senior — An, our best player and an amazing player — and return everybody else. So it’s just a taste of what next year can be.”

Nguyen is hopeful.

“Sometimes it takes time to change,” he said. “People say that we’re not good, but then we just practice day in and day out and try our best on game day. … Hopefully, [we] can start showing our school that we’re a volleyball school. We’re not some school that has no name in volleyball.”

Ocean View’s Alex McCarrick (4) puts away an overpass kill for a point against Lakewood on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Fairfax, Va. – (May 4, 2025) – The Fordham men’s track & field team finished in a tie for fifth place at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship, held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
 

The Rams finished with a score of 62 points along with Duquesne.  It is Fordham’s highest point total at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship since 2019.
 
Fordham had plenty of highlights on Sunday, none bigger than Njam Abdul-Latif being named the Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Championship, as well as earning the Most Outstanding Rookie Performer.  He is only the second person to capture both awards, joining Darius Law of Charlotte in 2008.
 
Abdul-Latif kicked off his day by anchoring the 4×100 relay to a fourth place finish with Dakota Strain, Matthew Nurse, and Liam Volz in a time of 41.48 seconds.  He then earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors by picking up the silver medal in the 100-meter dash at 10.51 seconds.  He ended the day by winning the 200-meter dash event in 21.17 seconds.
 
The parade of podium finishes continued with the 1,500-meter final, where the trio of Rodolfo Sanchez, Nathan Bezuneh, and Sean Reidy all scored points for the Rams.  Sanchez took Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors and the silver medal in 3:49.55, with Bezuneh taking the bronze for third at 3:49.81 and Reidy in fourth at 3:50.03.
 
Ben Borchers continued the scoring for Fordham in the 800-meter final, placing eighth in 1:56.26.
 
Each of those runners, Sanchez, Borchers, Reidy, and Bezuneh, later returned to the track in the 4×800 relay, taking the bronze medal and a third place finish in 7:32.10.  The 4×400 relay also scored for the Rams, as Kevin Callaghan, Nelson Lindsay, Matthew Nurse, and Sam Freeman placed fifth in 3:12.96.
 
The final Fordham scorer for the Championship was George Pomer in the decathlon, finishing seventh with a score of 5,858 points.  On day two, he was second in the 1,500 meters (4;39.08), seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (16.37) and pole vault (11′ 3 ¾”), and eighth in the discus throw (93′ 0″) and javelin throw (129′ 3″).
 
The last events with Fordham competitors were the 5,000-meter run and the triple jump.  Luke Cramer was 15^th in the triple jump with a mark of 42′ 2 ¾”, while Matthew Mason was the top Ram in the 5,000 meters in 18^th place at 14:48.57.
 
The Rams will now prepare for the IC4A Championship, May 17-18, which is back in Fairfax, Virginia at George Mason University.

York, PA (May 3, 2025) – First-year Brooke Signorella was named the MAC Rookie of the Year leading the DeSales University women’s track & field team to a ninth place finish out of 15 teams at the MAC Outdoor Championships on Thursday thru Saturday at York College (PA).

The Bulldogs posted a team total of 50.5 points to place ninth overall.

Signorella was named the MAC Rookie of the Year, the first Bulldog to earn the honor since Kristy Radcliffe back in the 2008 season and just the second overall to earn the honor.

Saturday’s Results

First-year Brooke Signorella had another outstanding day taking fourth in the 100-meters with a time of 12.60 and senior Emma Ribeiro placed seventh in the 100-meters with a time of 12.86.

First-year Kay Wiscount also ran well taking third in the 800-meters with a time of 2:17.08.

Two relays earned points as the 4×100 meter relay placed third with a school-record time of 49.15 seconds. First-year Ashley Carrier, Ribeiro, senior Melissa Peller, and Signorella ran the relay.  The 4×800 relay placed eighth with a time of 4:08.77 including Wiscount, Ribeiro, first-year Sarah Campbell, and junior Lindsay Bednarek.

In the field events, Signorella broke the school-record in the triple jump, placing third with a mark of 11.37m.  Sophomore Catherine Crampton also earned points in the triple jump with a mark of 11.05m.

Friday Results

Friday, the Bulldogs had a few more top finishes. First-year Brooke Signorella and senior Emma Ribeiro each qualified for the 100 Finals with times of 12.65 and 12.75 and first-year Kay Wiscount qualified for the 800 final with a time 2:18.67.

Signorella earned points in both the high jump and long jump, tying for seventh in the high jump with a mark of 1.54m and she shattered the school-record in the long jump with a second place finish and a mark of 5.74m.  Ribeiro also earned points in the long jump taking sixth with a mark of 5.17m.

Thursday Results

On Thursday, DSU earned eight points as first-year Ellie Kozich finished second in the 10K with a time of 37:43.36.

COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins men’s outdoor track & field team wrapped up the second day of the Centennial Conference Championship on Saturday at Ursinus College in strong form, finishing the day in second place with 91 points—just behind host Ursinus, who leads with 93.
 
Two Blue Jays were crowned conference champions: sophomore Sebastian Tangelson in the decathlon and junior Connor Oiler in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
 
Tangelson built on his dominant day-one lead with a commanding performance on Saturday, securing the decathlon title with 6,436 points—the fourth-highest total in program history. He won four of the five day-two events: the 110-meter hurdles (15.99), discus throw (33.61 meters), pole vault (3.80 meters), and 1500-meter run (4:34.71). He becomes the 10^th athlete in Johns Hopkins history to win the decathlon. Sophomore Owen Takahashi also impressed, finishing as the conference runner-up with 5,556 points.
 
The Blue Jays picked up 20 points in the steeplechase as Oiler crossed in 9:13.21 to beat runner-up Seamus Fraser of Haverford by just over 10 seconds (9:23.96). Oiler’s win grabbed 10 points in the team standings for the Blue Jays, who added six points with a third-place showing from Andrew Myers (9:30.17) and a fifth-place effort from Lance Nicholls (9:36.47). 
 
Oiler becomes the third consecutive Johns Hopkins champion in the steeplechase and he adds gold to his previous bronze (2023) and silver (2024) efforts in the last two years. Myers and Nichols both punched up personal bests in the event.
 
The Blue Jays’ 4×800-meter relay squad of Rowan Cassidy, Zachary Martin, Anirudh Krishnan and Peter Murray delivered a standout performance, capturing silver in 7:43.45—the third-fastest time in program history and the fourth time a Hopkins team has claimed silver in the event.
 
In the high jump, junior Wech Ring secured a bronze medal with a leap of 1.83 meters, adding six points to the team total. Ted Richards chipped in one more point with his eighth-place finish (1.78 meters).
 
Ethan Oluwole placed seventh in the long jump (6.49 meters) and Ryan Braga claimed fourth in the discus throw (43.87 meters), combining for seven points on to the team total.
 
Four Blue Jays secured spots in multiple finals heading into the final day of competition. Jack Maier qualified in both the 110-meter hurdles (15.52) and 400-meter hurdles (59.08), while Spencer Ye advanced in the 200-meter dash (22.17) and 400-meter dash (49.95). Alex Colletti earned spots in the 100-meter (10.69) and 200-meter (21.68) dash finals. Additionally, Josh Lee qualified for the 100-meter dash final with a time of 10.96.
 
The Blue Jays return to action Sunday May 4, for the final day of the Centennial Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with action scheduled to begin at 11 AM in the javelin throw.
 
 
 

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Dickinson men’s track and field team capped off a stellar weekend at the Centennial Conference Championships by claiming three golds and multiple other medals on Sunday to secure a third-place finish on Patterson Field at Ursinus College. Due to his great success over the three days, Red Devils first-year sprinter, Franklyn Akabi-During was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet.

Sprints
The Red and White claimed gold during the 100m as Franklyn Akabi-During clocked in at 10.62. The first-year added his second gold of the day when he hit the line in 21.55 for the 200m to set a conference meet record. Darian Crim joined Akabi-During in the event and took home eighth (23.47).

In the 400m, Crim won the title with a time of 48.28, while Owen Buroker and Ian Gormley claimed seventh (51.30) and eighth (51.37) respectively. When hurdles were added to the distance Brendan Regan secured fifth place with a time of 57.28.

Distance
Dickinson’s second conference meet record-breaking performance of the day came during the 800m thanks to Trevor Richwine and his 1:51.01. Jeremy Sallade clocked in at 1:53.43 for sixth, while James Masterson hit on 2:00.89 to seize eighth.

Nolan Meincke completed the podium for the 1500m by posting a personal best of 3:57.04. The duo of Avi Ghorai and Atticus Fair finished two seconds apart stopping the timer at 4:07.43 (17th) and 4:09.53 (18th).

The Red and White sent a large group of athletes to the track to do battle in the 5000m with Luke Knestout rounding out the Top-10 with a time of 15:13.28, followed by: Nathan Caldwell (12th – 15:21.06), Brock Overlander (13th – 15:21.09), Benjamin Moseman (17th – 15:33.91), Matthew Dietrick (20th – 15:40.87), William Kane (25th – 15:56.27) and Mason Macek (28th – 16:07.19).

Relays
The team of Akabi-During, Crim, Gormley and O’Connor earned another medal for the boys from Carlisle as the took third for the 4x100m thanks to a time of 41.74.

In the 4x400m, Akabi-During, Crim, Gormley and Richwine locked up a silver by hitting the line in 3:17.32.

Field
Damon Buchanan finished off the Top-5 for the javelin by posting a toss of 52.00m.

Team Standings
Johns Hopkins won the title with a score of 218, followed by Ursinus (171), Dickinson (109), Gettysburg (72), Muhlenberg (71), Haverford (68), McDaniel (58), Swarthmore (50) and Franklin & Marshall (41).

Up Next
A select group of individuals will head to Chester, Pennsylvania a week from Monday to take part in the Widener University Final Qualifier.