Millie Quin and Itziar Almeda of Sun Devil Water Polo received accolades in the 2025 ACWPC All-American teams. Quin was named to the third team, while Almeda earned an honorable mention, both contributing significantly to the team’s 19-9 record. This achievement marks the second consecutive year that a pair of Sun Devils scored over 100 points each in a season. Their performances were recognized by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches based on head coach nominations. Quin led offensively with a record 116 points, while Almeda had impressive stats as well in her freshman campaign.

By the Numbers

• Millie Quin recorded 89 goals and 116 points, ranking second in program history for goals and fifth for total points in a season.
• Itziar Almeda tallied 117 points, with 71 goals and 46 assists, leading the team in both categories during her freshman year.

Yes, But

While both players excelled this season, the team’s overall performance can still improve despite strong individual achievements. The challenge remains to translate individual success into collective wins in future seasons.

State of Play

• Sun Devil Water Polo finished the season with a 19-9 record, showcasing strong performances from Quin and Almeda.
• Quin enjoys her second accolade of the season following her selection to the 2025 MPSF All-Third Team.

What’s Next

Looking forward, expectations are high for both Quin and Almeda as they continue with Sun Devil Water Polo. With Quin returning as a junior and Almeda entering her sophomore year, both players will aim to improve their performances and lead the team towards a deeper postseason run.

Bottom Line

Quin and Almeda’s accomplishments highlight the rising talent within the Sun Devil Water Polo program, signaling a strong future as they build on this season’s success and aim for greater achievements in the upcoming years.

Over 250 NCAA member institutions sponsor Division I track and field teams, and each year, these teams hope to compete in the championship meet. With over 20 events for both men and women, the championship meet will cap off an exciting outdoor season. 

LIVE UPDATES: Click or tap here to follow along for live updates from the first round through the championship

The final site championships begin June 11 in Eugene, Oregon.

Here’s all you need to know about the 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships.

 When is the championship field selected?

The 2025 DI men’s and women’s outdoor track and field final site selections will be announced on Tuesday, June 3.

First round selections

Qualifying performances for the 2025 first rounds can begin March 1. The qualifying window closes for every meet that isn’t a conference championship on Sunday, May 18. The qualifying window closes for conference championship meets on Monday, May 19.

Athletes accepted into the first rounds will be announced on Thursday, May 22.

Selections for the first round were May 22. Click or tap here to view the selections.

Championship selections

Combined event athletes (heptathlon and decathlon) accepted into the championship meet will be announced on Thursday, May 22.

The top 12 competitors from each individual event and the top 12 teams from each relay event advance from each first round. The list of qualifiers from each event contested in the first rounds will be announced by 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 1. The final list of the championship competition participants will be announced by 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 3.

How are championship participants selected?

The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee will select and announce the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the first-round competitions for each individual event. The top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the first-round competitions for each relay event.

Combined events do not attend the first round. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the Championships. 

There are two first rounds, one for the east region and one for the west region. The qualifiers out of these two regions will compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

: Here are the DI track and field teams with most NCAA championships

 When are the 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships?

The 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships are from Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14. Both the men’s and women’s championships are held simultaneously.

Where are the 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships?

The 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships will be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It will be the 16th time the outdoor championships have been held in Oregon.

You can purchase tickets to the 2025 championships here.

MORE: Here’s how the outdoor track and field championships work

What is the schedule of events?

The NCAA has announced the 2025 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships schedule of events. Times are subject to change.

Click or tap here for the schedule of events in pdf form

How to watch the 2025 NCAA DI outdoor track and field championships

The 2025 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships will air on the ESPN family of networks.

* All broadcast times and networks are subject to change.

Click or tap here for the latest updates to broadcast information.

When are the 2025 NCAA first rounds?

The NCAA first rounds run Wednesday, May 28, through Saturday, May 31. Both the DI men’s and women’s first rounds are held simultaneously.

Click or tap here to recap first round action

Where are the 2025 NCAA first rounds?

The meets will be held in two locations for the east and west regions. The NCAA East first round will be located in Jacksonville, Florida, with North Florida serving as the host school. The NCAA West first round will be located in College Station, Texas, with Texas A&M serving as the host school.

: Here are the future dates and sites for DI outdoor track and field through 2026

What is the schedule of events for the first rounds?

You can find the schedule of events for the 2025 NCAA East and West first rounds below:

• East: May 28-31
• West: May 28-31

What are the current outdoor track and field rankings?

Click or tap here to view the latest men’s track and field USTFCCCA rankings. Click or tap here to view the latest women’s track and field USTFCCA rankings. Both will be updated throughout the season.

Who are the past outdoor track and field team champions?

Here are the previous winners of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. The women’s championship began in the 1982 season while the men’s championship began in the 1921 season.

DI women’s track and field championship history

#Participation in the championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions
History of scoring in championships—1982-84 (15-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1); 1985-present (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).

DI men’s track and field championship history

* Unofficial championship
& Participation in the championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

SPRINGFIELD — Boys volleyball has only been a sanctioned sport by the Ohio High School Athletic Association since 2023.

But Mount Vernon High School has already made a statewide impression.

The Yellow Jackets finished as Division II state runner-up on Saturday after falling to Cincinnati McNicholas 25-11, 25-4 and 25-17 at Wittenberg’s Pam Evans Smith Arena.

The loss snapped a 10-match winning streak and left coach Chad Sivewright’s squad with a 17-11 record. The Rockets conclude a spectacular season with a 27-1 record.

It took the best team in Ohio to turn back Mount Vernon, which hadn’t lost a match since a straight-set defeat at the hands of Lakota East on April 26.

Before Saturday, the Yellow Jackets had won 12 of their last 13 outings. In fact, MV had claimed 15 of their last 16 sets over the past five contests.

But McNicholas, which has now won back-to-back state titles, was an entirely different beast. The Rockets have reached all three state tournaments.

McNicholas senior Gavin Gerhard led in scoring with 13 kills. Seniors Ethan Gundrum had 18 assists and Ben Jones had four service aces. 

For Mount Vernon, Zach Black and Hunter Thompson recorded 9 and 7 kills, respectively. Senior Isiah Campbell had 19 assists. Black chipped in 7 digs, while Evan Kimitau added 6.

A Cinderella season

Unfortunately, the glass slipper did not fit, and the Mount Vernon boys’ Cinderella volleyball season ended at the hands of Cincinnati McNicholas in the state finals.

While disappointed, head coach Chad Sivewright looked at a season where his team was the first in the history of Mount Vernon High School to compete for a state championship in any sport.

“How can you be upset?” the coach said.

Looking at some of his players as they embraced one another and fought back tears. 

“It’s super emotional,” Sivewright said. “It’s (going to be) hard not to be together as much but it’s hard to be upset because it has been such a great year.”

MV lost to the very best.

In the first set, the Rockets came from behind to outscore the Jackets 25-21 in a game that saw 14 lead changes.

The second set was a different story with McNicholas taking the Jackets out 25-4.

The third set,  the Jackets were able to stay with the defending champs most of the set, finally succumbing to the relentless offense, 25-17. 

Sivewright had no misconceptions about his team’s opponent.

“We felt that we had a pretty good gameplan coming in. We knew it was going to take everything we were going to have to match them point for point,” he said. “We knew there were not going to be any easy points.”

Sivewright felt that his team started out strong.

“The first set, we were in it and it felt really good,” the coach said. “Looking back on it, we just got tripped up a bit in the second set and I should have made some adjustments a little bit quicker.”

The Yellow Jacket mentor was well aware that playing catch-up with a team like McNicholas is never good.

“In the second set, it was just digging ourselves out of a hole, and that is a really good team, and with competition like that, you cannot make mistake,” he said.

The third set gave the Jackets a glimmer of hope,

“All the credit goes to them (McNicholas) but in the third set I felt like the guys got back into it mentally and they started getting after it again,” Sivewright said. “I believe they left it all on the court and that is all we could ask for, so it is good.”

Sivewright said he was proud of his squad.

“Just seeing the community getting behind the guys was great,” Sivewright said. “The last time I was here we had a police escort and there is something special about that, too.

“Being a part of a community like Mount Vernon and seeing everyone come out there, that will never get old.”

Milford school superintendent Kevin McIntyre did not immediately return the Globe’s request for comment Saturday. In a statement to WCVB-TV, he confirmed that a high school student had been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents somewhere off campus on Saturday.

School committee chair Matthew Zacchilli deferred comment to McIntyre’s office on Saturday night.

Craig, an interim assistant principal at Stacy Middle School, declined to share the student’s name, but called him “an integral part” of the school and town community. She said she had first heard the news from several other educators in the district.

In a phone call Saturday night, boys’ volleyball coach Andrew Mainini said the rest of the team was “devastated” when they heard the news.

“I expected them to be upset,” Mainini said. “But they were more upset than I could have ever imagined.”

Mainini said the detained student was a “model citizen” who was enrolled in honors classes and, as a member of the school band, an “exceptional musician.”

Describing the student as a “great kid,” Craig said the student had his “issues” in middle school, but stressed that he had “matured” since then. Aside from his role on the boys’ volleyball team, she said he was known for helping coach girls’ volleyball and taking care of his younger siblings, who also attend Milford Public Schools.

The news of his detention, she added, was “heartbreaking.”

“He’s been in this country since he was 5,” Craig said. “Where is he going to be sent? He can’t function [on his own].”

The student’s country of birth was not made public on Saturday.

According to a post circulating on social media, a rally to “support our students” is scheduled to be held in front of Milford Town Hall at noon Sunday — immediately after the conclusion of Milford High’s graduation ceremony, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

“Please join us for a peaceful, community-led demonstration in front of Milford Town Hall as we come together to show support for our students and families who are facing unjust treatment and fear,” reads the post.

It’s not clear from the post who is organizing the rally, but school committee member Michael Aghajanian described it as a “student and community lead grassroots event.”

Craig said that many educators and school community members plan to attend to show their support for the detained student and his family.

Nicholas Molinari, president of the Milford Teachers Association, said in a brief phone call Saturday night that he intended to discuss the situation with the association’s executive board.

As part of the rally, students are planning to march from Milford High, where graduation is being held, to town hall at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, according to the school’s first-year student council.

Camilo Fonseca can be reached at camilo.fonseca@globe.com. Follow him on X @fonseca_esq and on Instagram @camilo_fonseca.reports.

CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) — A transgender athlete bested the competition Saturday at the California high school track and field championship to take home her first gold in the girls high jump at a meet that has stirred controversy and drawn national attention.

AB Hernandez — a trans student who on Friday finished ahead in the girls high jump, long jump and triple jump qualifying events — competed under a new rule change that may be the first of its kind nationally by a high school sports governing body.

On Saturday, she finished the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 7 inches (1.7 meters), with no failed attempts. The co-winners, Jillene Wetteland and Lelani Laruelle, also cleared the bar at that height after each logged a failed attempt. The three shared the first-place win and the podium because of a new policy in California.

Hernandez placed second in the girls long jump and was a top contender in the girls triple jump.

Olympians Marion Jones and Tara Davis-Woodhall previously set state championship records in the long jump in 1993 and 2017, respectively, both surpassing 22 feet (6.7 meters). This year’s winner, Loren Webster, topped 21 feet (6.40 meters), with Hernandez trailing by a few inches.

The California Interscholastic Federation announced the new policy earlier this week in response to Hernandez’s success. Under the policy, the federation allowed an additional student to compete and medal in the events where Hernandez qualified.

The two-day championship kicked off Friday in the sweltering heat at high school near Fresno, and more hot temperatures followed Saturday for the finals.

The atmosphere was relatively quiet despite critics — including parents, conservative activists and President Donald Trump — calling for Hernandez to be barred from competing with girls. Some critics wore pink bracelets and T-shirts that read “Save Girls’ Sports.”

During Friday’s qualifying events, an aircraft circled above the stadium for more than an hour, carrying a banner that read: “No Boys in Girls’ Sports!” Two groups — the Independent Council on Women’s Sports and Women Are Real — that oppose transgender athletes participating in women’s sports took credit for flying the banner.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) — A transgender teen is competing in the California high school track-and-field finals on Saturday, one day after advancing in the competition as a protest plane circled about the meet that has drawn national attention, including criticism from President Donald Trump.

AB Hernandez — a trans student who on Friday finished as the top qualifier in the girls high jump, long jump and triple jump — is in the finals Saturday, competing under a new rule change that may be the first of its kind nationally by a high school sports governing body.

The California Interscholastic Federation announced the policy earlier this week in response to Hernandez’s success. Under the policy, the federation will let an additional student compete and medal in the events where Hernandez qualified.

The two-day championship kicked off Friday in the sweltering heat at high school near Fresno, with more hot temperatures on tap for Saturday’s finals. The atmosphere has been relatively quiet despite critics — including parents, conservative activists and Trump — calling for Hernandez to be barred from competing with girls.

A man used a megaphone to shout “No boys in girls’ sports” as Hernandez and her group prepared for the long jump final. Other critics in the stands wore “Save Girls’ Sports” T-shirts. The day before an aircraft circled above the stadium for more than an hour during the qualifying events, carrying a banner that read: “No Boys in Girls’ Sports!”

Separately, one person was arrested outside the competition on Friday after getting in a confrontation with another protester that turned physical, according to the Clovis Police Department.

In the long jump final, Hernandez faulted on her first attempt but spanned just over 20 feet (6.10 meters) on her second to take the lead. The field had four more tries to go.

On Friday, she led in the long jump qualifier with a mark close to 20 feet (6 meters) to advance to the final. She also advanced in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 5 inches (1.7 meters) with ease and finished the triple jump with a mark close to 41 feet (13 meters) — nearly 10 inches (25 centimeters) ahead of her closest competitor, San Francisco Bay Area junior Kira Gant Hatcher.

California at center of national debate

The federation’s rule change reflects efforts to find a middle ground in the debate over trans girls’ participation in youth sports.

“The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law,” the group said in a statement after announcing its rule change.

A recent AP-NORC poll found that about 7 in 10 U.S. adults think transgender female athletes should not be allowed to participate in girls and women’s sports at the high school, college or professional level. That view was shared by about 9 in 10 Republicans and roughly half of Democrats.

The federation announced the rule change after Trump threatened to pull federal funding from California unless it bars trans female athletes from competing on girls teams. The federation said it decided on the change before then.

The U.S. Department of Justice also said it would investigate the federation and the district that includes Hernandez’s high school to determine whether they violated federal sex discrimination law by allowing trans girls to compete in girls sports.

Some California Republicans also weighed in, with several lawmakers attending a news conference to criticize the federation for keeping Hernandez in the competition.

California law allows trans students to compete on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

The federation said the rule opens the field to more “biological female” athletes. One expert said the change may itself be discriminatory because it creates an extra spot for “biological female” athletes but not for other trans athletes.

The federation did not specify how they define “biological female” or how they would verify whether a competitor meets that definition.

Hernandez told the publication Capital & Main earlier this month that she couldn’t worry about critics.

“I’m still a child, you’re an adult, and for you to act like a child shows how you are as a person,” she said.

Another student breaks a record

California’s state championship stands out from that of other states because of the sheer number of competitors. The state had the second-largest number of students participating in outdoor track and field in the nation during the 2023-2024 school year, behind Texas, according to a survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Olympians Marion Jones and Tara Davis-Woodhall previously set state championship records in the long jump in 1993 and 2017, respectively, both surpassing 22 feet (6.7 meters).

The boys 100-meter dash heats also were a highlight Friday. Junior Jaden Jefferson of De La Salle High School in Concord finished in 10.01 seconds, about 0.2 seconds faster than a meet record set in 2023. Jefferson’s time won’t count as a record unless he can replicate his results in the final.

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Austin is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Austin on X: @sophieadanna