EUGENE, Ore. – Florida Gators Track and Field concluded the 2025 season on Saturday, the final day of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
The fourth day of the championship meet saw six Gator entries, combining for 14 more team points to round out the team scoring.
 
Highlights
Throws
Alida van Daalen, after two consecutive third-place finishes in the NCAA Discus event, managed a second-place finish in her junior season. Her 64.94m [213′ 1″] fifth attempt stands as the best Discus mark by a Florida Gator in the History of the NCAA Championship meet.
 
Her runner-up finish is the best finish in the Discus by a Gator athlete, man or woman, in Florida’s program history.
 
Sprints
Florida’s evening session was quickly derailed, as in the 4x100m Relay, Freshman and anchor leg Habiba Harris pulled up with around 80 meters to go, resulting in a DNF.
 
Harris, the collegiate leader in the 100m Hurdles event, was unable to take to the line for the hurdles final later in the session. Her ills drew her season to an untimely ending, though she will enter next season as one of the most promising young stars in the collegiate ranks.
 
Anthaya Charlton, who lit up the preliminary round of the 100m dash with her collegiate-leading 10.87, Faced a difficult headwind in the 100m final on Saturday. She managed to cross the line in 11.19 despite the adverse conditions, earning a fourth-place finish.
 
Charlton’s finish is the best by a Gator in the 100m since 2008, when Lakecia Ealey finished third.
 
Gabrielle Matthews picked up First-team All-America Honors for her eighth-place finish in the 200m final. Matthews, running out of the treacherous lane 1, managed to score after sneaking into the event final with the last time qualifying spot.
 
Jumps
Asia Phillips reached her first NCAA Championship event final, ultimately finishing ninth in the Triple Jump field. With her 13.13m [43′ 1″] effort, she becomes a two-time Second-team All-American, having picked up her first honor this past indoor season.
 
NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Florida Gators Results
Saturday, June 14

 
 

By:

Josh Rizzo


Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 11:47 PM

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Tom Sorce is happy for the Shaler Area sports community. The Titans softball coach did wish he was worried less about the chores around the house and more about what his colleagues in other sports were.

The Shaler softball team joined the boys volleyball and baseball teams in capturing WPIAL championships this spring, but ushered out of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs in the first round following an extra-inning loss.

“I’m kind of jealous right now,” Sorce said. “They are rolling and we got bumped out in the first round. It’s exciting for the school and the community. At our games, when we were in the WPIAL playoffs, we had a lot of younger kids come out and watch games.”

The boys volleyball team won a third consecutive WPIAL crown despite graduating 12 seniors from last season’s Class 3A state championship squad. Shaler fell in the PIAA Class 2A semifinals to Meadville this year.

The baseball team played in the PIAA Class 5A championship game for the second time in four seasons.

The baseball team played District 1 runner-up Upper Dublin for the championship after deadline for this edition.

Shaler athletic director Clint Rausher said the success is a testament to everyone in the district.

It has given the Titans an opportunity to grow, while other districts have seen their numbers decline.

“What I’m most proud of is the consistency in leadership we’ve built within our programs,” Rauscher said. “While many districts across the state and country struggle with coaching turnover, with strong administrative support, we’ve been able to retain head coaches over extended periods. This stability, combined with our intentional outreach to younger grades and the community, has allowed us to not only sustain but actually grow the number of athletes in our program.”

Shaler boys volleyball coach Paul Stadelman said he appreciates the situation he is in.

“I hope the community appreciates how difficult, unique and amazing it is,” Shaler boys volleyball coach Paul Stadelman said. “With spring sports, it can be hard because the season goes past the school year and people aren’t hearing the announcements or bumping into each other. It’s nice the wonderful first responders we have in Shaler have welcomed all the teams back to the school and anyone near a major artery can think that is for the baseball, softball or volleyball team.”

Stadelman inherited the program with the least amount of success historically and slowly built it to the top. Shaler won the WPIAL championship in Class 3A in 2023 and 2024 before finding similar success when the program moved to Class 2A this season.

Stadelman said he had never really built anything from the ground up before.

“I wouldn’t say I had an opportunity to parallel the work with this program,” Stadelman said. “It took some patience at the beginning and believing in the process. We needed to find the right people in the program who were willing to go through that process.”

Brian Junker, the baseball coach, has led Shaler for 16 seasons and leads what has been the most consistent of the spring programs. The Titans have won three WPIAL crowns — 2019, 2023 and 2025 — since Junker took over.

Before Junker’s tenure, the Titans last won the district in 1999.

“It’s a reflection of how we do things. We have high standards,” Junker said. “We work hard in the classroom, and we work hard in the weight room. We’re doing things right on and off the field. We stress that, and we play hard. We don’t think sometimes we’re as talented as some of these teams, but we’ll fight you till the end. They carry that attitude with them, and then, we just focus on our process — throwing strikes, having quality at-bats and sprinting on and off the field.

“That’s how we win games.”

Sorce took over Shaler’s softball program from Skip Palmer, who had won 199 games over 12 seasons in charge, in 2018. Since Sorce has been on the bench, the Titans have won the WPIAL title and played for a state championship.

Sorce feels the pressure to keep up with Stadelman and Junker.

“They’ve built those programs to be competitive every year,” Sorce said. “I wanted to make sure we’re a part of it. This doesn’t doesn’t happen so often and consistently. Those guys are legends.”

Dave Mackall contributed to this report.

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The Athletics have taken advantage of the scuffling Kansas City Royals to find some needed road success.

On Sunday afternoon, the A’s will try to sweep a three-game set and send the Royals to a winless six-game homestand.

The Athletics entered the series mired in a 14-game road skid but won 6-4 on Friday, then rode six brilliant innings and nine strikeouts from starter Jacob Lopez to a 4-0 victory Saturday. That outcome clinched the first winning road series since May 2-4 for the A’s, who will attempt to sweep their second away set of 2025.

They’ve also registered 17 hits, including four home runs, in the last two games.

“As is baseball, it’s just like hitting, same thing with winning, it’s up and down,” Athletics third baseman Max Muncy, who has four home runs and 11 RBIs in nine games since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on June 4, told NBC Sports California.

“You’ve just got to keep pushing through. … Get it done every day.”

Kansas City, meanwhile, has averaged 3.03 runs amid a 10-21 rut that’s dropped it three games below .500. The Royals have batted .201 while being outscored 27-9 by the New York Yankees and A’s through five games of this homestand.

In addition, Kansas City has lost six consecutive series at home, where it has dropped six straight games and is 3-13 since starting 16-5 there.

“There’s frustration because they want to win, but it’s not a give-up attitude,” manager Matt Quatraro said.

That belief amid these struggles is echoed through the Royals’ clubhouse.

“Continue to work, continue to show up. We all believe good things are going to happen to this club,” pitcher Michael Wacha said. “We got the right guys in here, and we firmly believe and have that confidence that we can get a lot of wins with this club.”

Royals left-hander Noah Cameron (2-2, 2.17 ERA) got off to a stellar beginning on his highly anticipated major league career, allowing three earned runs while completing at least six innings through his first five starts. Then he faced the Yankees on Tuesday, and yielded a two-run homer to Aaron Judge, a three-run shot to Austin Wells, and one other run over 5 2/3 innings of a 10-2 defeat.

Though the A’s aren’t nearly as potent as New York, they have 13 home runs and 17 doubles during their current 5-4 stretch. Meanwhile, budding star shortstop Jacob Wilson has four hits in this series.

Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs (5-5, 4.64 ERA) is slated on Sunday to make his first start since May 30, when he allowed six runs, six hits and six walks in two innings of an 11-7 loss at Toronto. Springs’ two outings since then have come after the A’s used an opener, and he allowed four runs — three earned — and five hits in each effort while completing 6 2/3 innings versus Minnesota on June 4 and six at the Los Angeles Angels on Monday.

Springs’ only start against the Royals came last summer, when he yielded eight hits but two runs, one earned, over 4 1/3 innings.

Kansas City star Bobby Witt Jr. is 1-1 against Springs. However, Witt is 0-for-15 in the last four contests overall.

–Field Level Media

EUGENE, Ore.—Senior distance runner Sadie Sigfstead (Eugene, Ore.) wrapped up an impressive 2025 competition season with honorable mention All-America honors in the 5000 meters at Hayward Field on Saturday night. She tallied a time of 16:06.70 and finished 23^rd in her second national championship race in the past three days. Sigfstead became the first Villanova runner in six years to qualify for the outdoor NCAA Championships in both the 10,000 meters and the 5,000 meters.
 
The final individual event on the last of four days of competition at the national championships in Eugene went out at a tactical pace from the very start. Sigfstead ran a steady race throughout and picked up the fourth All-America honor of her career. In addition to being a cross country All-American last Fall, Sigfstead is a two-time second team All-American in the 10000 meters to go along with tonight’s honorable mention accolade. She was running in a national championship 5K race for the first time in her collegiate career.
 
Sigfstead had already qualified for this week’s NCAA meet in the 10000 meters when she ran in the national semifinal round of the 5000 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary two weeks ago. She ran a lifetime PR of 15:33.68 in that race and moved up to third place in school history while advancing on time to punch her second ticket to Eugene. Sigfstead was the bronze medalist in the 5K at the BIG EAST Championships and is a two-time All-BIG EAST performer in that event.
 
Earlier in the week Sigfstead recorded a 13^th place finish in the 10K while recording the third-fastest time in school history of 32:40.13. She is the Wildcats third runner to be an All-American in both the 10K and the 5K, joining Carole Zajac and Caroline Alcorta.
 
In addition to her success on the track, Sigfstead’s 2024-25 collegiate campaign included first team All-BIG EAST honors and Mid-Atlantic All-Region accolades in cross country leading up to her 15^th place finish and first career cross country All-America honor at the NCAA Championships.

EUGENE, Ore. — Junior Vera Sjöberg of the Boston University track & field finished as the national runner-up in the 5000m at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday night at Hayward Field.
 
The second-place finish is the best finish by a female Terrier at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She secured BU eight points, tying the Terriers for 34th place at the Championships.
 
Sjöberg ran a time of 15:34.77 to take second place, using a 64-second final lap — the fastest in the 24-athlete field — to move from seventh to second over the final 400 meters.
 
It was a race where Sjöberg continued to have more in the tank, moving up from 17^th with 2000m to go to 12^th with two laps remaining. On top of the late kick, she had previously competed in the 1500m just an hour and 44 minutes prior to the starting gun of the 5000m.
 
On top of the national runner-up honor, Sjöberg also takes home her second career First Team All-America award after earning the accolade in the indoor mile.
 
Prior to the 5000m Sjöberg finished 11^th in the 1500m final and was named Second Team All-American, crossing the line in 4:12.52. She opened the first 300 meters in fourth place and at the bell held strong in fifth but dropped to 11^th in the final lap.
 
Sjöberg, who will graduate in August of this year, is the first Terrier to ever race in multiple events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
She finishes her undergraduate career at BU with five school records, 13 Patriot League titles between cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and is the 23^rd-fastest indoor miler in collegiate history and is the 24^th-fastest outdoor 1500m runner in collegiate history.