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Take A Look At Nitish Kumar Reddy's Net Worth, Salary, Endorsement Deals, And Much More

Nitish Kumar Reddy, the talented Indian cricketer, has been making a name for himself in the cricket world. But have you ever wondered what his net worth is? Let’s dive into his net worth, salary, endorsement deals, and more. Net Worth: Nitish Kumar Reddy’s net worth is estimated to be around ₹8-15 crore as of […]

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Net Worth:

Nitish Kumar Reddy’s net worth is estimated to be around ₹8-15 crore as of 2025, primarily driven by his IPL contracts, BCCI salary, brand endorsements, and investments. This substantial amount is a testament to his success in cricket and his ability to leverage his brand value.

Salary:

Representing India in international matches, Reddy earns match fees that contribute to his overall earnings. His performances in these matches have been impressive, making him a valuable asset to the team. Additionally, he earns ₹1 crore annually from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as part of his Grade C contract. This contract further supplements his income and recognizes his contributions to Indian cricket.

IPL Salary:

Reddy’s impressive performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have significantly contributed to his earnings. His salary from the Sunrisers Hyderabad has increased over the years, reflecting his value to the team. As a key player for the SRH, Reddy’s IPL salary is reportedly around ₹6 crore per annum. This significant amount contributes substantially to his net worth.

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Endorsement Deals:

The 21-year-old has partnered with several prominent brands, including Dream11, Puma India, ARC – ATHLETE RECOVERY, Mountain Dew, Wrogn, Country Delight, among others. These endorsement deals significantly contribute to his annual income.

Future Prospects:

With his talent and dedication, Reddy is likely to continue succeeding in cricket, potentially leading to increased earnings and brand opportunities.

Nitish Kumar Reddy’s rising star status in the cricketing world has translated into significant financial gains. With a substantial net worth, lucrative IPL contract, and endorsement deals, he is well on his way to building a successful career. As he continues to perform on the field, his earnings and brand value are likely to grow, cementing his position as one of the promising young talents in Indian cricket.

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Delorenzi Named to PSAC Spring Top 10 Team

Story Links LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Gannon men’s golf standout Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena) has been selected as a PSAC Spring Top 10 honoree. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced the ten recipients early this afternoon. In addition to Delorenzi, Gannon women’s golfer Ditte Petersen also earned a spot on […]

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LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Gannon men’s golf standout Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena) has been selected as a PSAC Spring Top 10 honoree. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced the ten recipients early this afternoon. In addition to Delorenzi, Gannon women’s golfer Ditte Petersen also earned a spot on the coveted team.

The five men’s PSAC Top 10 honorees also included Jacob Houtz of Mansfield, Seton Hill’s Ian Korn Ryan Miller and Matthew Muthler of Lock Haven

The Top 10 Awards, selected by the PSAC’s sports information directors, recognize student-athletes who distinguish themselves in the classroom as well as in the arena of competition. The conference designates Top 10 Award winners (five men and five women) after each of the sports seasons: fall, winter, and spring.

To be a candidate for the Top 10 Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average and must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials.

A junior, Delorenzi is an Environmental Engineering major with a 3.968 GPA. He was named to the 2023-24 CSC Academic All-America At-Large Team as a third team selection. He helped the Golden Knights win a first-ever PSAC Championship and finish tied for first place at the NCAA Div. II Atlantic/East Regional to earn a berth at the NCAA Div. II National Championships for the fourth time in five years.

The native of Reggio Emilia, Italy previously earned PING All-Atlantic Region honors for the third straight season. He also earned first team All-PSAC honors for the second straight year and was a second team choice in 2023-24.

In 13 tournaments and 32 rounds Delorenzi finished with a 73.1 average, the second-best average on the team. He had three top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes, including a second-place showing at the PSAC Championships while shooting a 3-under par 213. He finished tied for fifth at the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional, helping Gannon earn a berth as one of 20 teams in the National Championships. He finished at 5-over par 221 at the Regional.

Delorenzi had three rounds in the 60’s, including a low of 66 in the UC Golden Eagle Fall Invitational, and 14 rounds of par-or-better.

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Blue Wahoos honor Gulf Breeze beach volleyball for defending state title

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The Gulf Breeze Dolphins beach volleyball team was recognized at Blue Wahoos Stadium for repeating as FHSAA state champions and national champions.
Seniors Izzy Beech and Karmyn Ferguson threw ceremonial first pitches.
The team achieved a 21-3 record in 2025, following a perfect 22-0 season in 2024.
The Dolphins have reached the state tournament three consecutive years.

A little less than a month after repeating as FHSAA state champions, and staying on top the MaxPreps national rankings, the Gulf Breeze beach volleyball team has had a few busy weeks.

The end of the school year had something to do with that.

Players had to go through their end-of-year testing, along with just the general festivities that come with being a graduating senior for the six on the team Dolphins that walked the stage at the Pensacola Bay Center.

But for a few minutes on June 5, in front of a few thousand fans at Blue Wahoos Stadium, the Dolphins took a chance to recognize just what happened during the 2025 season.

Gulf Breeze came into the season as defending champions, looking to have a good season once again. The team wasn’t exactly looking to stay on top as state champions, but just have a successful season. “And success can look a bunch of different ways,” Gulf Breeze head coach Chelsea Kroll added.

“We were successful in a lot of ways. Then it was just the jewel on top to be able to call ourselves state and national champions again,” Kroll said.

The recognition at Blue Wahoos Stadium included ceremonial opening pitches from seniors Izzy Beech and Karmyn Ferguson, who played together throughout the season and initially gave the Dolphins a 1-0 lead in championship match against New Smyrna Beach.

“It’s weird to think that we are done with our high school career,” said Beech, who was also on the Dolphins’ indoor volleyball team in the fall that made it to the state title game. “We’re excited to see what the future holds for us.”

“I don’t think it’s really set in for me, especially being a graduating senior,” Ferguson said, referring to repeating as champions. “It’s surreal that our high school careers have ended. It’s just crazy that it’s over. We accomplished a lot. But I feel like we should be accomplishing more.”

The cheers were plenty loud from the stands, and from the backstop where the rest of the beach volleyball team stood in support, as both players threw their pitches from just in front of the mound.

“I didn’t know how it was going to go. I was just hoping I wouldn’t toss it into the stands,” Ferguson said with a laugh.

Said Beech: “I was too worried about bouncing it (off the dirt), so I threw it a little high.”

Beech and Ferguson, along with the rest of the senior class, accomplished a lot with the Dolphins. For those who were with the team since the beginning, starting in 2023 when the group was in their sophomore year, Gulf Breeze has been to Tallahassee for the state tournament three years in a row.

The Dolphins, in their first year as a program, made it to the state quarterfinals before falling to New Smyrna Beach, which ultimately won the state championship. Gulf Breeze achieved an immaculate 22-0 season in 2024 to claim the state crown, before finishing 21-3 and defending that crown this season.

“Man, I’m going to cry. I’m going to miss them so much,” Kroll said when asked about the senior class. “All six of them have had enormous contributions to this team, both on and off the sand. It’s just an incredible group of girls that started this program with us, and now they’re moving on to bigger and better things. They’re leaving some really big shoes to fill next year.”

Both players and Kroll all acknowledged how special it was to be honored by the Blue Wahoos again. The team was recognized after their first state championship, as well. Allie Hepworth and Sydney Sutter, instead of an “opening pitch,” had an ceremonial bump-set-spike.

Sutter bumped the volleyball to Hepworth, who set up Sutter for a spike to home plate. But that doesn’t take away how special it was to be recognized, again, as national champions by the hometown professional baseball team.

“It’s pretty incredible that they want to give these girls the platform to be recognized in the community,” Kroll said. “We’re really grateful that the Blue Wahoos have that community outreach and are willing to do something like this.”

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From 'nude parades' to Imane Khelif

Less than a week before Imane Khelif was poised to return to competitive women’s boxing, the sport’s new global governing body set up a potential roadblock. World Boxing announced last Friday that Khelif cannot participate in any future women’s events unless the Olympic champion takes a gender verification test to prove that Khelif is biologically […]

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Less than a week before Imane Khelif was poised to return to competitive women’s boxing, the sport’s new global governing body set up a potential roadblock.

World Boxing announced last Friday that Khelif cannot participate in any future women’s events unless the Olympic champion takes a gender verification test to prove that Khelif is biologically female.

The International Olympic Committee ignited global outcry in Paris last summer when it allowed Khelif to march to a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division. Only a year earlier, Khelif was disqualified before the gold-medal bout of the International Boxing Association’s world championships. The IBA, then recognized as amateur boxing’s global governing body, claimed that a sex test showed the presence of Y chromosome and ruled Khelif ineligible to compete against women.

Three months later, the IOC stripped the IBA of its governing status for multiple reasons, after which IOC leaders chose to overlook Khelif’s alleged failed gender test because they had questions about the fairness of the IBA’s process. That turned the IOC into a piñata for critics at last summer’s Olympic Games as Khelif pummeled an overmatched Italian fighter into quitting in 46 seconds, then toyed with her remaining opponents while displaying superior reach and punching power.

In February, the IOC recognized World Boxing as its new governing body for the sport — and assessing how to be fair to Khelif and her potential female opponents instantly moved atop World Boxing’s to-do list. The solution that World Boxing chose was making sex testing mandatory for all boxers who compete in events it sanctions. The organization announced the policy change ahead of this week’s Eindhoven Box Cup to get ahead of the tournament Khelif was targeting for her potential return.

“This decision reflects concerns over the safety and well-being of all boxers, including Imane Khelif,” World Boxing said in last Friday’s statement. “It aims to protect the physical and mental health of all participants in light of some of the reactions that have been expressed in relation to the boxer’s potential participation at the Eindhoven Box Cup.”

The Khelif controversy exemplifies why dividing athletes into male and female categories for competition isn’t always straightforward. Gender policing has existed in women’s sports for nearly a century as administrators have grappled with deliberate cheating, transgender athletes and complex medical conditions resulting in ambiguous development of sex organs.

Sports governing bodies have used anything from invasive visual examinations, to testosterone tests, to chromosome analyses in their long-running attempts to distinguish men from women. The most common outcome has been humiliation for female athletes confronted for the first time with the possibility that their genitalia, internal anatomy, hormones or chromosomes developed differently than most of their peers.

That presents a conundrum for sporting governing bodies: How should they treat an athlete who was classified female at birth and identifies as a woman yet possesses a Y chromosome? How should they handle it when that athlete’s differences in sexual development offer a potential advantage in sporting performance over other female competitors?

Dr. Richard Holt, professor of endocrinology at the University of Southampton, describes that decision as a “minefield.”

Says Holt, “There is no easy solution — all have potential pitfalls.”

(Original Caption) 8/8/1936-Berlin, Germany: Helen Stephens, of Missouri, smiles for the camera man after setting a new world record of 0.11.5, in the 100 meter finals which she won at the Olympic games in Berlin. — Helen Stephens smiles for the cameraman after setting a world record in the 100 meter finals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. (Getty Images)

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‘The nude parade’

The desire to define who counts as a woman for the purpose of sports dates back to Hitler’s Olympics. On the night of Aug. 4, 1936, 18-year-old Helen Stephens of Fulton, Missouri, went to bed the newly crowned fastest woman in the world. The next morning, Stephens awoke to an international firestorm.

A Polish newspaper correspondent could not accept that Stephens had defeated famed Polish sprinter Stella Walsh to win Olympic gold in the 100-meter dash. He published a story discrediting Stephens’ world record performance by alleging that the tall, muscular American with an unusually deep voice was really a man masquerading as a woman.

Rather than dismissing the Polish sportswriter’s accusation as sour grapes, Olympic officials responded by revealing that they had anticipated such a controversy. They told reporters they had Stephens examined before the Olympics and cleared her to compete after confirming she was female.

At least one U.S. media outlet reached out to Stephens’ mother seeking her response to the speculation about her daughter’s gender.

“Helen is absolutely a girl,” Bertie May Stephens told the reporter by telephone from Missouri, adding that she better not say what she thinks of “anyone who would charge that she is anything else.”

The scandal reflected the growing unease at the time over the physical appearance of female athletes enjoying success in sports once deemed too strenuous for women. They were often perceived as suspiciously masculine because they didn’t conform to the era’s notion of femininity.

In early 1936, American Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wrote to IOC colleagues expressing concern about “various female (?) athletes in several sports” who seemed to possess “apparent characteristics of the opposite sex.”

“Perhaps some action has already been taken on this subject,” Brundage added. “If not, it might be well to insist on a medical examination before participation in the Olympic Games.”

The first known gender verification rule in women’s sports took effect less than a week after Stephens’ gold medal win in Berlin. Track and field’s international governing body implemented a policy requiring female athletes to submit to physical examination should any protest be filed regarding their sex.

When the Olympics first became a stage for Cold War tensions in the 1950s, familiar concerns about female athletes deemed too man-like suddenly were seen through a geopolitical lens. Rumors flew that the brawniest female athletes from the Soviet Union and other Eastern-bloc nations were taking performance-enhancing drugs or were actually men in disguise.

Soviet track and field stars Irina and Tamara Press, sisters who combined to claim five Olympic gold medals and set 26 world records, aroused the most suspicion. Western media outlets derisively labeled Irina and Tamara “the Press brothers.” In 1964, a New York Times reporter wrote that Tamara “was big enough to play tackle for the Chicago Bears” and that “they could probably use her, too.”

In 1966, international track and field officials responded by enforcing a mandatory sex testing policy often referred to by athletes as “the nude parade.” Every female participant at that year’s Commonwealth Games had to undress on-site before the meet and display themselves to doctors for visual inspection.

Irina and Tamara Press hung up their track spikes and retired. Other athletes gritted their teeth and endured the humiliation. In an interview with NPR’s “Tested” podcast last year, Canadian discus thrower Carol Martin described being taken into a large room underneath the stands and having “to pull my pants down in front of this woman so she could see I had a vagina.”

“I remember thinking, ‘What the [expletive] is this?’” Martin told the podcast. “And I was a nice person. I never said that at the time, but I remember thinking, ‘Whoa, this seems a little invasive. This seems a little inappropriate. I mean, can’t you see I’m a girl?’”

Nude parades, unsurprisingly, proved deeply unpopular. Athletes successfully campaigned to abolish the practice after only two years.

FILE - Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, looks at Italy's Angela Carini, following their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) — Algeria’s Imane Khelif, right, defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in their women’s 66 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Carini abandoned the fight after just 46 seconds. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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‘There’s definitely not an easy solution’

Modern methods of sex testing may only require a swab to the cheek or a few drops of blood, but critics contend they’re still traumatic.

Athletes rights advocate and Humans of Sport founder Payoshni Mitra has worked on behalf of numerous high-profile athletes revealed to have unusually high testosterone levels. Some battled through severe depression, Mitra said. One family even lost their daughter to suicide.

About a decade and a half ago, Caster Semenya became the unwilling face of a complex, emotionally charged debate over what to do with athletes who don’t fit neatly in the “male” or “female” category. The muscular South African middle-distance star blew away the women’s 800 meters field at the 2009 World Championships, but she couldn’t outrun the whispers and innuendo that followed.

“For me she is not a woman,” said one beaten fellow finalist, Italy’s Elisa Cusma Piccione.

Another overmatched rival, Russia’s Mariya Savinova, sneered, “Just look at her.”

At the request of track and field’s governing body, Semenya submitted to a gender verification test and found out along with the rest of the world that she was different. While Semenya was born with a vagina and assigned female at birth, her test results showed XY chromosomes, no uterus and unusually high testosterone levels.

Stunned and devastated, Semenya weighed her options. Either she had to quit track at age 18 on the heels of winning World Championship gold or consent to hormone treatment to lower her testosterone to a predetermined level.

The hormones felt like “poison,” Semenya wrote in her 2023 memoir “The Race To Be Myself,” but she fought through panic attacks, night sweats and nausea to keep flourishing. Second place finishes at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics were later upgraded to gold medals when Savinova was found guilty of doping. Semenya also led a podium sweep by DSD runners at the 2016 Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport temporarily forced World Athletics to suspend its testosterone regulations.

On the eve of the 2016 Olympic final in the women’s 800, Yahoo Sports asked American 800-meter runner Ajee’ Wilson how she felt about Semenya. Should Semenya be free to compete without being forced to take testosterone suppressants? Or should her basic rights be infringed on to avoid unfairly disadvantaging the other female competitors?

“There’s definitely not an easy solution,” Wilson conceded. “There’s a saying that says you shouldn’t really come hard at a problem unless you have a solution. I don’t have one at this point, so I have to go with the flow of things.”

While World Athletics now administers gender tests to all female athletes, from 1999 to 2024, track and field’s governing body tested only targets of suspicion. Human Rights Watch condemned that approach in 2020, pointing out that the athletes being ensnared by sex testing were “overwhelmingly women of color from the Global South.”

Among those is Annet Negesa, a promising Ugandan middle-distance runner targeted under sex testing regulations and found to have unusually high testosterone levels. Negesa agreed to undergo what she was told was minor surgery in late 2012 in hopes of altering her body and saving her career.

When she awoke in a hospital bed, she told Human Rights Watch in 2020 that she had scars on her belly and discharge papers mentioning an orchiectomy — a procedure to remove testicles. The recovery from the surgery was long and painful. Never again did Negesa regain her previous fitness levels. Her manager dropped her and her university yanked away her scholarship.

Today Negesa lives in Germany, where she was granted asylum in 1999. The athlete ambassador to Humans of Sport shares her story as often as possible in hopes that it can help others. She has been following Imane Khelif’s story from afar.

“I am extremely disappointed to see how another athlete from a different sport is being made to face such a public trial,” Negesa said this week in a statement to Yahoo Sports. “It is devastating for the athlete. Federations must act responsibly. They have played with our lives for too long.”

Outgoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (R) smiles next to IOC spokesman Mark Adams during a closing press conference during the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, on March 21, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) — Both IOC president Thomas Bach (R) and IOC spokesman Mark Adams defended the IOC’s decision to allow Imane Khelif to participate in the Paris Olympics, calling tests that showed Khelif has a male karyotype not legitimate. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

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IOC has egg on its face

Thirty-six hours after World Boxing ruled that Khelif would need to pass a gender verification test to be eligible to fight against women again, the document at the heart of this entire saga may have surfaced.

American sportswriter Alan Abrahamson, formerly of the Los Angeles Times, published to his website 3wiresports.com what appears to be a leaked image of Khelif’s sex-test results from the 2023 IBA world championships in New Delhi.

The chromosome analysis says that Khelif has a “male karyotype” (an individual’s complete set of chromosomes). IBA officials had previously alleged without offering proof that Khelif was XY.

It’s unclear how Abrahamson attained the apparent leaked document or whether it is legitimate. Neither Khelif nor anyone with the Algerian Boxing Federation have publicly addressed the 3wiresports.com report or World Boxing’s mandatory sex testing policy.

The test results carry the letterhead of Dr. Lal Path Labs in New Delhi, accredited by the American College of Pathologists and certified by the Swiss-based International Organisation for Standardisation. That appears to fly in the face of claims made last August by IOC spokesman Mark Adams, who during a news conference at the Paris Olympics took the stance that any test administered by the IBA was essentially fruit from a poison tree.

“The tests themselves, the process of the tests, the ad hoc nature of the tests, are not legitimate,” Adams said.

Also left with egg on his face is IOC president Thomas Bach, who several times insinuated that the Khelif test results were part of a Russian disinformation campaign. The IBA is run by Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman with close ties to the Kremlin.

“This was part of the many, many fake news campaigns we had to face from Russia before Paris and after Paris,” Bach told Reuters last March.

If the leaked test results put pressure on IOC officials to explain why they believe they’re illegitimate, they also increase the burden on Khelif to make a public comment.

When speaking to reporters in Paris after her gold-medal match victory last summer, Khelif brushed aside questions about her gender.

“I am a woman, like any other woman,” Khelif said. “I was born a woman. I have lived as a woman. I compete as a woman.”

Khelif has previously said she wants to win a second gold medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. For now, the notion of her receiving clearance to fight against women again at a future Olympics is becoming more difficult to envision.

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Carcarey Named to USA Water Polo Junior National Team Squad for World Aquatics U20 Junior World Championships

Story Links IRVINE, Calif. – Pepperdine water polo rising junior Jon Carcarey has been named to the USA Water Polo Junior National Team roster for the upcoming World Aquatics U20 Junior World Championships later this month in Zagreb, Croatia, as announced Thursday by head coach Jack Kocur. “It’s definitely a big honor,” […]

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IRVINE, Calif. – Pepperdine water polo rising junior Jon Carcarey has been named to the USA Water Polo Junior National Team roster for the upcoming World Aquatics U20 Junior World Championships later this month in Zagreb, Croatia, as announced Thursday by head coach Jack Kocur.

“It’s definitely a big honor,” said Carcarey. “It’s something I’ve looked forward to and always wanted to do. Representing the USA is such a great honor for any individual to be able to do and being able to do it with my brothers in Croatia will just be an awesome experience.”

The roster consists of 15 athletes, as the United States is one of 20 countries competing for the junior world championship.

Team USA will compete in Group A, drawing group play fixtures with Croatia, Hungary and Montenegro across the first three days of action.

Carcarey has competed with the national team across various levels, including with the youth national team during his high school career. “I’m looking forward to seeing what other talent is out there in those countries and to see where I am at and where team USA is at for this level,” Carcarey added.

The Americans will open with a matchup against the host nation, Croatia, at 10 a.m. PDT on Saturday, June 14. The squad will return for an 8:30 a.m. PDT tilt with Hungary on June 15 before concluding group play at 8:30 a.m. PDT on June 16 against Montenegro.

The tournament will continue into the knockout stages with a champion set to be crowned on June 21.

Carcarey posted 35 goals and 18 assists during his sophomore campaign for the Waves in 2024 to go along with 20 steals as a key utility for the Waves. He recorded a point in 24 of 27 games played in 2024 and has accumulated 60 goals career goals at Pepperdine.

“We are very excited that Jon gets to represent Team USA and Pepperdine in the U20 World Aquatics World Championships,” said Pepperdine head water polo coach Merrill Moses. “He has been an integral part of our success at Pepperdine and now he gets to showcase his skills and talent on the world stage. He was voted Defensive Player of the Year for Pepperdine last year and we know that he will help Team USA achieve its goals of being successful in this tournament.”

Live streaming and statistics information for the tournament will be available at a later date.

Men’s Junior National Team (Hometown/School/Club)

1. Charles Mills (Tiburon, CA/USC/San Francisco Water Polo)

2. Baxter Chelsom (Los Angeles, CA/UC Davis/Los Angeles Premier)

3. Peter Castillo (Costa Mesa, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)

4. William Schneider (San Clemente, CA/Stanford/Mission WPC)

5. Jon Carcarey (Santa Maria, CA/Pepperdine/SOCAL)

6. Gavin Appeldorn (Newport Beach, CA/Princeton/Newport Beach WPC)

7. Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)

8. Ryan Ohl (Greenwich, CT/Stanford/Greenwich Aquatics)

9. Landon Akerstrom (Costa Mesa, CA/UC San Diego/SOCAL)

10. Connor Ohl (Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor HS/Newport Beach WPC)

11. Benjamin Liechty (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)

12. Bode Brinkema (San Juan Capistrano, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)

13. Kiefer Black (San Diego, CA/Naval Academy/La Jolla United)

14. Max Zelikov (Boca Raton, FL/Stanford/South Florida WPC)

15. Corbin Stanley (Yorba Linda, CA/Long Beach State/SOCAL)

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Jack Kocur – Head Coach

Felix Mercado – Assistant Coach

Alex Rodriguez – Assistant Coach

Derek Clappis – Assistant Coach

2025 World Aquatics Men’s Junior World Championships Schedule (subject to change)

June 14 – USA at Croatia 10:00 a.m. PT

June 15 – USA vs Hungary 8:30 a.m. PT

June 16 – USA vs Montenegro 8:30 a.m. PT

June 17-20: TBD

June 21 – Championship

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Emy Ntekpere jumps into the record books – The Observer

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Emy Ntekpere is finishing her second year at Central and has already written her name not only in Central Washington University’s Track and Field record book but also in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s (GNAC) and National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division II (NCAA DII) record books. In 2025 alone, Ntekpere won the Women’s GNAC Athlete of the year in both Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, won three national championships, won four individual gold medals at the GNAC Outdoor Championships (the first woman to do so in the league’s history), and has broken three school records along with two GNAC records. In 2024, Ntekpere won GNAC’s Indoor Track and Field Female Freshman of the Year award.

Ntekpere’s record breaking feats started in High School at Washington State’s Skyview High School where in her senior year, Ntekpere placed third in the school’s all time 100 meter hurdle and 300 meter hurdle. While current athletes have placed ahead of her in both hurdle events, Ntekpere set the school’s record for High Jump that still stands at the time of writing. Ntekpere never planned on continuing her Track and Field career to the collegiate level until June of 2023. “I kind of thought after high school, that would just be it,” Ntekpere said. “Then I get a call from a college and I’m like ‘oh my gosh, I can still keep doing track’… it was like a dream come true for me.”

While the opportunity was beyond exciting, Ntekpere knew the challenges it would bring. “The competition is obviously much harder,” Ntekpere said.

Emy Ntekpere celebrating National Championship win on March 15.

“When I was in High School, it was kind of easier until I got to state [competitions]. But now it’s hard all the time, and I always have competition. And that’s really good, I’m always being pushed constantly. So I just really love that I can come to college and still do what I love.”

Despite being outside of the top three of the Triple Jump event only twice, Ntekpere never competed in the Triple Jump at Skyview. It was at CWU where the 5-foot-7-inch sophomore discovered her hidden talent. “It was kind of crazy because I was like ‘okay, I like to jump, so I’ll do these jumps anyways, and see how it goes.’ Like it was kind of fun for me because I’ve never done it before but I actually turned out to be pretty good,” Ntekpere said. Since starting the Triple Jump event for the first time last year, Ntekpere has already broken both the CWU record and the GNAC record.

On May 22, The Observer released a story recapping the events of the GNAC Outdoor championship. During their respective interviews, freshman David Brown, sophomore Lauryn McGough, and junior Carley Huber all gave a shout out to Ntekpere, showing the overwhelming amount of support the Track and Field team has for the sophomore Sprinter. Ntekpere responded to the shoutout during her interview, specifically Huber. “They make you better in all types of ways, in and out of sports, especially Carley [Huber],” Ntekpere said. “She is somebody I met last year and I didn’t know how big of an impact she would have on me… They’re amazing support systems. Every single [teammate]. All of them are going to be in my heart always.” Ntekpere went on to describe how even when teammates couldn’t make the event, they would still text her plenty of support and keep up with every result as they were announced.

Success does not come without fear however. Many great athletes become afraid that they’ve reached their peak once they taste success and Ntekpere isn’t an exception. “I am afraid [this is the peak],” Ntekpere said. “But I don’t know, ever since I was little, I just had this feeling each year is just gonna be better than the year before. I thought last year was my peak, honestly. Then this year came. As long as you have the mindset of the work’s not done yet… you’ll never feel like you’re at your peak.”

Ntekpere finished this year with the GNAC Field Athlete of the Year for both indoor and outdoor competition. She also won three national championships, two for outdoor and one for indoor.

For preparation of the various meets, invitationals, and championships through the year, Ntekpere has plenty of superstitions but regardless, she pushes through. “I try to tell myself, it’s gonna be a great day regardless of what you do and how you feel. You just have to trust yourself,” Ntekpere said. “No matter what happens, I’m still a great athlete, and I can accomplish a lot of things.”

Earlier in the quarter, The Observer did an investigative piece on the Track and Field coaches and the difference of their relationships between the top athletes and the rest. According to Ntekpere, there is little difference. “They care about us in all types of ways,” Ntekpere said. “Sure, there may not be as much focus, but [the coaches] treat us all with the same amount of respect and time and friendship.”

While Ntekpere plans to rest and practice her workouts over the summer, she left a message for all the CWU students. “I’m proud of all of the Wildcats that are here, that are in athletics or not. Everybody is here doing something, they’re all on a mission. I’m so proud of everyone here at CWU. They’re all doing great, fantastic things and they’re all trying their hardest and that’s all you can really ask for.” Ntekpere will be returning to CWU in the fall quarter to start her junior year.

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