The American Express golf tournament gets underway in La Quinta
One year after becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open, Dunlap will attempt to become the first player to win The American Express in consecutive years since Johnny Miller in 1976. He is the co-13th choice at 55-1. Time to shine pic.twitter.com/IoSMeCnafk […]
One year after becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open, Dunlap will attempt to become the first player to win The American Express in consecutive years since Johnny Miller in 1976. He is the co-13th choice at 55-1.
He missed the cuts at all three majors he played in — the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship and U.S. Open — but had four top 25 finishes in his first 16 starts as a professional, then won the Barracuda Championship, an alternate event played the same week as the British Open, becoming the first player to win as an amateur and professional in the same season.
Dunlap was voted by his fellow players as the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. He tied for 10th in his latest event, the Sony Open in Hawaii, which concluded Sunday. — Kenji Ito (@KenjiitoKESQ) January 16, 2025
The field also includes Rickie Fowler, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour who was born and raised in Murrieta.
All Friday and Saturday tournament tickets include admission to the concerts. There are no concert-only tickets.
The highest-ranked player in the field of 156 is 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, who is ranked seventh.
After the top two top-ranked players in the world dropped out, Justin Thomas is the 12-1 pre-tournament favorite as he seeks his first PGA Tour win since the 2022 PGA Championship and 16th of his career, according to BetMGM, an official betting operator of the PGA Tour.
The concert area on the Pete Dye Stadium Course driving range will open to spectators at 4 p.m., with the concerts expected to start at approximately 5 p.m. Chairs and blankets will only be allowed in designated areas.
Dunlap entered the tournament in 2024 through a sponsor’s exemption as a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama with a goal of “just try to come here and learn” after missing the cuts at his first three PGA Tour starts.
The field also includes Rickie Fowler, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour who was born and raised in Murrieta.
The tournament runs through Sunday. Some of the top players in the PGA Tour will play for the .8 million purse.
Thomas will be making his fourth start at The American Express. He missed the cut in 2014 and tied for seventh in 2015. Last year, he played in the final group in the final round and finished in a three-way tie for third, two strokes behind winner Nick Dunlap.
South Korean Sungjae Im is the second choice at 14-1 and American Sam Burns the third choice at 16-1.
South Korean Sungjae Im is the second choice at 14-1 and American Sam Burns the third choice at 16-1.
Thomas had six top 10 finishes in 2024, 10 top 25 finishes and made 16 cuts. He was 21st on the money-winning list with ,223,561 and 41st in scoring average, averaging 69.62 strokes per round.
Dunlap was voted by his fellow players as the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. He tied for 10th in his latest event, the Sony Open in Hawaii, which concluded Sunday.
Dunlap will begin the tournament at the La Quinta Country Club where he shot a 12-under 60 last year, tying the PGA Tour record for the lowest round by an amateur.
The field will be reduced to the low 65 and ties following the conclusion of the third round. Sunday’s final round will be played at the Pete Dye Stadium Course. The winner will receive .584 million.
The field will be reduced to the low 65 and ties following the conclusion of the third round. Sunday’s final round will be played at the Pete Dye Stadium Course. The winner will receive .584 million.
The 2025 American Express PGA tournament began Thursday morning in La Quinta.
Dhalluin scores 3 goals, Stanford beats USC 11-7 to win NCAA women’s water polo title
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons. No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons.
No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, dating to a 12-11 loss to the Trojans on March 29. The Cardinal beat USC 11-7 on April 27 in the semifinals of the MPSF Championship.
Dhalluin scored with a second left in the first half to make it 6-6 and again with 6:47 left in the third — the only goal of the quarter — gave Stanford the lead for good.
Serena Browne added a goal with 6:04 to play and another with 3:06 remaining to make it 9-6.
Ryann Neushul scored a goal to give her and has 228 — fifth most in program history — in her seven-year career (after winning the 2019 national championship, Neushul stepped away from the Cardinal for two years to train with the U.S. national team) and is the first four-time NCAA team champion in Stanford history.
Christine Carpenter had nine saves for the Cardinal.
Meghan McAninch led USC (29-5) with two goals and Anna Reed finished with 11 saves.
The Cardinal are the all-time leaders in NCAA team championship with 137 and have won at least one team title in each of the past 49 seasons.
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Meet: 2025 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships When: Monday, May 12 – Tuesday, May 13 Start time (track): Monday – 11:00 a.m., Saturday – 1:00 p.m. Where: Birmingham, Ala. Stadium: Shauna Yelton Field at the Samford Track & Soccer Stadium Live Results | Schedule (PDF) *Due to the potential for inclement weather […]
Meet: 2025 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships When: Monday, May 12 – Tuesday, May 13 Start time (track): Monday – 11:00 a.m., Saturday – 1:00 p.m. Where: Birmingham, Ala. Stadium: Shauna Yelton Field at the Samford Track & Soccer Stadium
Live Results | Schedule (PDF)
*Due to the potential for inclement weather on Monday afternoon, the start time for day 1 has been moved to 9:00 a.m. for combined events, 10:00 a.m. for field events and 11:00 a.m. for track events. (updated as of May 11 at 8:30 p.m.)
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men’s and women’s track teams will begin postseason competition with the 2025 Southern Conference (SoCon) Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Monday and Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama, at Samford Track & Soccer Stadium.
Tuesday’s action will air live on ESPN+ beginning at 12:05 p.m.
SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships Central
MEET/FACILITY HISTORY
Last year, the championships were contested at Samford as well.
The Bulldogs swept the men’s and women’s SoCon Championships last year for the fourth-straight year.
This year marks the 100th championship for the men and the 38th for the women.
Monday’s schedule gets under way with the start of the decathlon at 11 a.m., followed by the start of the heptathlon at 11:15. The women’s hammer throw final gets the field events started at 12:30 p.m., with the first track event, the preliminaries of the women’s 1,500-meter run, slated to begin at 4 p.m. In all, 12 champions will be crowned on the first day of competition – four on the track and eight in field events.
Tuesday’s schedule opens with resumption of the decathlon at 9 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming at 9:15. Field events begin with the women’s shot put and women’s high jump finals at 11:15 a.m. and the women’s 4×100-meter relay gets the track events started at 1 p.m. The day concludes with the women’s and men’s 4×400-meter relays at 4:25 and 4:35, respectively, followed by the awards ceremony. Thirty events will crown champions on the final day of the meet.
Record Book
Spartans at the Starting Line (subject to change):
MEN
800m – Samuel Barnard, Andrew Hamilton
1500m – Colin Keck, Lane Prochaska, Logan Ruffner
3000m steeplechase – Spencer Connick
5000m – Pierson Guerrant, Colin Keck, Evan Pena, Luke Ward
10000m – Evan Pena, Mason Rudel, Luke Ward
4x400m – Samuel Barnard, Andrew Hamilton, Glodi Mvovi, Lane Prochaska, Logan Ruffner
WOMEN
5000m – Emma Berrier, Lillian Douglass, Vicky Sosa
10000m – Tenley Douglass, Vicky Sosa
HOW THE MEN LINE UP AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Andrew Hamilton broke the UNCG school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.41 at the Charlotte Invitational this season. The previous school record was 1:51.63 held by Jeff Williams from April 8, 2006. Hamilton’s time is third on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
Samuel Barnard continued to follow Hamilton this season and clocked in a personal best time in the 800-meter run at Charlotte Invitational 1:51.50. His time is fourth on the performance list.
Spencer Connick had a personal best in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic with a time of 9:57.28. This was 35 seconds faster than his previous time this season. His time is seventh on the SoCon Performance List.
Pierson Guerrant ran a personal best time of 14:50.35 in the 5000-meter run at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic which was a minute faster than his previous time this season. Guerrant’s time is 13th on the SoCon Performance List.
Colin Keck ran the 1500-meter run twice this season with a season-best time of 3:58.55 at the VertKlasse Meeting, which is .49 off his personal best time.
He will also be running in the 5000-meter run, which he ran a time of 15:08.91 at the Duke Invitational.
Evan Pena and Luke Ward will both double back, as they will run in the 5000-meter and 10000-meter events. Pena clocked in a personal best of 14:38.64 at the Charlotte Invitational in the 5000-meter which is eighth in the UNCG record book, while Ward ran his personal best time of 14:57.11 at the Duke Invitational this season.
Pena’s time is 10th on the SoCon Performance List, while Ward’s time is 14th on the list.
Lane Prochaska and Logan Ruffner will also compete in the 1500-meter run.
HOW THE WOMEN LINE UP AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Vicky Sosa is looking to double back by running in the 5000-meter and 10000-meter events. Her 5000-meter time of 18:02.54 at the Duke Invitational this season is 19th on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
Emma Berrier’s time of 18:13.06 from the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic is 23rd on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
Lillian Douglass will compete in the 5000-meter run at the championships, while Tenley Douglass will run in the 10000-meter run.
UP NEXT
Those that will qualify will go on to compete at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East Region Championships set for May 28-31 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Bobcats track and field sweep SBC Outdoor Championships – The University Star
The Texas State track and field program swept the annual Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships in Harrisonburg, Virginia from May 8-10. The men’s team racked up 145 points, while the women’s team accumulated 119 points en route to their second straight Conference Outdoor Championship. May 8 Lara Roberts won gold in the hammer throw with […]
The Texas State track and field program swept the annual Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships in Harrisonburg, Virginia from May 8-10. The men’s team racked up 145 points, while the women’s team accumulated 119 points en route to their second straight Conference Outdoor Championship.
May 8
Lara Roberts won gold in the hammer throw with a mark of 68.84m. Roberts was the only athlete to record a throw over 60 meters.
Freshman Charlize Goody took gold in the women’s javelin with a career best mark of 51.09m. Goody dominated the competition as she was the only athlete to record a mark over 50 meters.
Conor Warzecha placed second on the men’s side of the javelin event with a mark of 63.58m. Warzecha contributed eight points to the men’s team.
Two more men Bobcats earning points for the squad were Edward Ta’amilo and Manfred Mannamaa in the men’s hammer throw. Ta’amilo placed fifth earning four points and Mannamaa placed sixth earning three points
Another duo to earn points in the same event were pole vaulters Breanna Brandes and Matilde Poli. Both of them recorded personal best marks of 3.81m and placed seventh and eighth, respectively.
Nyomi Garcia recorded the third fastest time in school history in the women’s 10,000m event with a time of 36:16.62. Garcia placed eighth overall at the meet.
May 9
Easton Hammond took gold in the decathlon with a total of 7,131 points across the 10 decathlon events.
Michael Hermes placed second in the decathlon event as he totaled a personal best of 6,944 points. Hermes and Hammond combined to earn 18 points for the men’s team.
Melanie Duron won her second straight conference outdoor title in the shot put event with a personal best mark of 17.26m to take the gold medal. Duron is the only Texas State athlete to ever win the shot put in consecutive seasons.
Junior Sophia Haberer placed third in the shot put event with a throw of 15.22m. Haberer put more points on the board for the women’s squad.
Chris Preddie recorded a mark of 7.85m to win gold in the men’s long jump for a third straight season.
May 10
Abigail Parra, the woman’s top meet scorer, combined for 23 points in three events. She placed within the top four in the 800m, 1500m and the 5000m.
Parra took gold in the 1500m and recorded the second-best time in school history with a time of 4:23.76s. In the 800m, Parra placed third with a time of 2:08.58s. To cap off her extraordinary day, Parra recorded the third-best time in school history in the 5000m with a time of 17:08.63s and placed fourth overall.
Drew Donley placed within the top three in two events, the 100 and 200m. Donley took gold in the 200m with a time of 20.75 and third in the 100m with a time of 10.28.
Shedrack Akpeki won silver with a season-best time of 10.27 in the 100m for the Bobcats.
in the 100m for the Bobcats.The dynamic duo of jumpers Aiden Hayes and Kason O’Riley put together historic performances. Both finished with marks of 2.25m which tied a conference record set back in 1994. Hayes took gold while O’Riley took silver as a result of missing more jumps throughout the event.
Preddie made his second trip to the podium this meet after he placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 15.30m.
Graduate student Daniel Harrold recorded a season-best time of 13.58m in the 110m hurdles that earned him silver in his final Sun Belt Championship appearance.
Mihaljo Katanic placed third in the 400m hurdles to rack up some more valuable points for the men’s squad.
Charlize Goody and Danie Strooh both found the podium after their performances in the discus event. For the women, Goody placed second with a mark of 46.98m, while on the men’s side Strooh placed third with a mark of 52.72m.
Next Meet
The Bobcats will look to carry the momentum from this meet into the Texas State Twilight Meet. The meet will be hosted by Texas State at the Bobcat Track and Field Complex on May 17.
Dhalluin scores 3 goals, Stanford beats USC 11-7 to win NCAA women’s water polo title |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons. No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons.
No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, dating to a 12-11 loss to the Trojans on March 29. The Cardinal beat USC 11-7 on April 27 in the semifinals of the MPSF Championship.
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On the field in Queens, the Mets scored a 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs, but that wasn’t the only bit of action on Sunday. Paul Blackburn makes second rehab start at Triple-A The Mets hope that the injury bug has stopped biting Blackburn as the right-hander pitched for the second time with the Syracuse […]
The Mets hope that the injury bug has stopped biting Blackburn as the right-hander pitched for the second time with the Syracuse Mets as he continues to work his way back from knee inflammation that flared up at the end of spring training and kept him off the Opening Day roster.
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The 31-year-old got the start Sunday against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and had issues with his command while allowing three runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in three innings. Blackburn threw 60 pitches (31 strikes).
He used his sinker on half of his offerings and got five whiffs (12 swings) and six called strikes. The curveball and slider accounted for nine balls on 10 pitches.
Blackburn’s average velocity was up for his sinker (0.8 mph to 92) from his previous start at Jacksonville on Tuesday. He had better success on that occasion, allowing one run on three hits and a walk in 3.2 innings with five strikeouts, throwing 35 of 54 pitches for strikes.
His rehab assignment began with two outings at High-A Brooklyn, where he allowed three runs on six hits and two walks over 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts and two home runs.
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Manager Carlos Mendoza said Friday that the goal is for Blackburn to reach 70-75 pitches (which would be after one to two more starts after Sunday), before the Mets make a decision.
Leading off the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday, Clifford got a 2-1 breaking pitch that hung around the middle of the plate and did not miss it, launching it deep over the right-center wall for a 400+ foot dinger.
It was his third home run of the series against the Reading Fightin Phils and sixth in his first 30 games with Double-A Binghamton. And after an RBI single earlier in the game, he now has 19 batted in on the year. He is heating up, going 9-for-19 with nine RBI and five runs scored in his last five games.
It has been 19 months since Mauricio last played a big league game, after suffering a torn ACL while playing winter ball in December 2023. Speaking to Matt Levine of the Binghampton Rumble Ponies, the infielder said his knee feels “really good” as he continues to build back toward rejoining the Mets.
“He’s working so hard, being in that situation that he’s in right now, that the knee feels really well,” Mariano Duncan, Binghamton’s bench coach, said, who was serving as Mauricio’s interpreter for the interview.
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The 24-year-old has played just seven games in his rehab stint so far, but is “very excited” to have moved up the ranks to Double-A and continue progressing.
“The process has been a lot of ups and downs,” Mauricio said, via Duncan. “There’s a lot of setbacks since the injury. In the beginning, after the first surgery, the knee felt swollen, and they had to go to the second surgery.”
But he’s “so happy” to have worked hard and made it back to the field. And during the time out rehabbing, Mauricio “dedicated more time to his body,” and he learned a lot about how to take care of it.
“Really tough, but so glad that everything is over,” he said.
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As far as some of the other young Mets – Mark Vientos, Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez – Maurico said he’s “very happy to see them perform at the Major League level” and that is making him “push a little bit harder to try and go back an stay healthy” and join them in the big leauges.
In two games at Double-A so far, Mauricio has one hit (a double) in six at-bats with an RBI and a strikeout.
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