These two LSU beach volleyball players grew up together and are now competing side by side on the sand
No. 11 LSU beach volleyball soon heads to the national championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama starting Friday. For two members of the team, it’s the culmination of years of pushing each other in constructive competition as best friends. LSU redshirt sophomore Kate Baker and freshman Camryn Chatellier are childhood best friends who have fueled one […]
No. 11 LSU beach volleyball soon heads to the national championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama starting Friday. For two members of the team, it’s the culmination of years of pushing each other in constructive competition as best friends.
LSU redshirt sophomore Kate Baker and freshman Camryn Chatellier are childhood best friends who have fueled one another from their youth all the way to college.
Both from New Orleans, Chatellier and Baker have been training together since the ages of 15 and 13 years old and now compete side-by-side in the purple and gold uniform under head coach Russell Brock.
“I think it’s super lucky to actually have your best friend on the team,” Chatellier said. “Not that many people get that opportunity – to have someone you grew up with get to actually be on the team with you too.”
Graduating from St. Mary’s Dominican High School, both girls shared a career in basketball and indoor volleyball before jointly choosing to focus on beach volleyball.
While playing indoor volleyball, they played under Chatellier’s mother, St. Mary’s head volleyball coach Jessica Chatellier.
Chatellier’s mother said it was difficult to find the line between being a coach and being a mom to her daughter, but the two have grown to where they are now.
“I’ve never really got the chance to be like ‘mom,’” Jessica Chatellier said. “So this is awesome. It’s so great just to sit back and support her and watch her really live the dream that she’s been working for for so long.”
Volleyballs sit Friday, April 11, 2025, at the LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. (Alexis Persicke)
While Chatellier’s family played a large part in guiding her daughter to her athletic career, she always found that she had her best friend’s shoulder to lean on in times of need.
“A big part of my life here is making sure Cameron’s doing everything she needs to do and just pushing her to be better,” Baker said. “Obviously she has been super successful this season. So any part I can play in making her even better – that’s almost more rewarding for me.”
During her redshirt freshman season, Baker competed in five matches where she finished with a 2-3 overall record. Now that Chatellier has joined her this year at LSU, she has served as anchor for the freshman, who’s been named to the CCSA All-Freshman team.
“When we were really close in a game against Cal, I could hear her on the side,” Chatellier said. “So hearing what feels like my sister’s voice on the side, is just so calming and comforting in the most high pressure movements.”
LSU Beach Volleyball redshirt sophomore Kate Baker (7) sets the ball Friday, April 11, 2025, at the LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
Behind every player’s jersey number is a story. When Chatellier arrived at LSU, she took the No. 3 to honor her great grandmother. It’s the number she once wore when she played the sport.
Chatellier said she grew closer to her great grandmother during her time in high school. She never missed a match, even if she had to watch on Facebook Live.
“She’s got volleyball in her, in her blood, definitely,” Chatellier’s grandmother Debi Perdue said. “I just wish my mother could have seen her, she definitely knew she committed to LSU.”
Chatellier’s great grandmother passed – on the third day of February 2024, also adding to the meaning of the jersey number. Chatellier expressed how difficult the loss of her great grandmother was to her and how grateful she is for being able to continue her legacy through the No. 3.
“I like wearing that number because I want to spread what she gave to me,” Chatellier said. “Like all the good stuff that she passed to me.”
Baker’s jersey number, No. 7, is a nod to the football team’s annual tradition of giving out the No. 7 to the best playmaker.
“I want to make an impact here,” Baker said. “And I think it would be really special to kind of carry that tradition of football’s No. 7 into beach volleyball.”
In awe of her best friend, Chatellier commented on Baker’s work ethic and training definitely backs up the number.
LSU beach volleyball freshman Camryn Chatellier (3) smiles before her match during the Tiger Challenge on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at the LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium on Alaska St. (Jamar Howard)
Baker and Chatellier have competed side-by-side for as long as they can remember, but what led them to choose LSU?
For Baker it was a no-brainer, as she grew up being an LSU fan. Her father Gavin Baker attended the university for an undergraduate and graduate degree in nursing and anesthesiology.
“We can appreciate what it means to be a real Tiger fan,” Gavin Baker said. “She’s grown up as an LSU basketball, gymnastics and football fan, of course, just ever since she was born.”
Chatellier was just as eager to make her way to LSU and compete alongside Baker, but her parents made sure she kept her options open before fully committing to the university.
“We talked to a lot of other schools,” Jessica Chatellier said. “Being a coach’s kid, she knows what the word culture means. She loved the culture here. She could just really see that this is a family.”
There was also one other person ready to welcome Chatellier to the Tiger family: her older brother Quint Chatellier, a sophomore studying electrical engineering at LSU.
“I honestly think Cameron can achieve anything she puts her mind to,” Quint Chatellier said. “And I could never say it in front of her, but I’m extremely proud of her… I love the amazing human being she’s become.”
Chatellier praised her teammate for pushing her to be the best version of herself while balancing her own hard work.
“Kate has always been my role model, since I was six years old,” Chatellier said. “So just the fact that she’s just such a good one from the age of eight – and now she’s 21 – being that person consistently is a testament to the kind of person she is.”
Baker echoed the same idea, while also acknowledging how well Chatellier has balanced the lifestyle adjustment that comes with being a freshman in college.
“Seeing how she’s handled it, and how she’s been so successful this season does make me super proud,” Baker said about her teammate. “Especially since I’ve had a front row seat, watching each day how hard she works, seeing it all come to life and watching her dream come true does make me really proud.”
McManus Advances to Steeplechase Final at NCAA Championships
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EUGENE, Ore. — Two Montana State men’s distance stars showed out on the big stage to open up the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, with Rob McManus successfully carrying the ‘Steeple U’ legacy into the national final and Harvey […]
EUGENE, Ore. — Two Montana State men’s distance stars showed out on the big stage to open up the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, with Rob McManus successfully carrying the ‘Steeple U’ legacy into the national final and Harvey Cramb earning honorable mention All-American honors in the 1,500 meters.
The evening did not go by without significant drama.
McManus qualified for Friday’s final in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by rebounding from a late fall on the last water barrier, popping back up after a hard crash to finish strong and place fourth in his heat with a time of 8:34.54.
McManus was leading going into the final water jump, but lost his footing and splashed down into the pit before quickly getting to his feet and passing a competitor on the home stretch to secure one of the five automatic qualifying spots to Friday.
The three-time All-American jumped out to a quick lead to start the race and never fell out of the top-five throughout the entirety of the seven-and-a-half laps.
“Rob was in control that whole race and looked really good,” head coach Lyle Weese said. “He seemed to be well within himself and seemed to be having as good of a steeple race as he’s ever run. Right through the end he was moving great until that last steeple barrier. That added a little bit of drama to the finish of that race, but overall it was a workman-like race where whenever he needed to react he did and whenever he needed to move forward he did. He ran that race like the vet he is.”
The senior from Cashmere, Washington, felt sweet relief in redemption after just missing out on qualifying for the final in each of the last two seasons—including by a single spot last year in Eugene, when he took 13th behind teammate Levi Taylor.
This year, there was no such disappointment.
With McManus’ qualification, it marks the fifth straight year that a Montana State man has made the national final in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, joining BYU and Eastern Kentucky as the only schools to put someone in the final each season during that span.
Duncan Hamilton finished sixth in 2021 before placing runner-up in 2022 and 2023. Levi Taylor represented the Cats in the final last year, finishing 12th.
Friday, McManus will look to leave his mark in the 12-man final slated for 5:24 p.m. PT/6:24 p.m. MT on ESPN2.
Earlier in the evening, Harvey Cramb closed out a memorable sophomore campaign finishing 17th in the 1,500 meters. The native of Brisbane, Australia, moved up and down throughout the race, keeping a hold of the top pack before fading in the final lap.
In a show of just how different the two heats played out, Cramb’s time of 3:44.57 was still seven seconds faster than the winner of the other section, where Bradley’s Jack Crull won in 3:51.96.
Cramb was competing as just the fourth-ever Bobcat to make it to the national championships in the 1,500 meters, joining Cristian Soratos (2015), Patrick Casey (2011) and Mike Feist (2000).
Cramb’s 17th place result is the third-best finish ever by a Bobcat in the event behind Soratos (7th) and Casey (8th).
“For Harvey to have raced at two NCAA Championships between indoors in the mile and outdoors in the 1,500, it’s really incredibly valuable experience,” Weese said. “He has come so far this year and improved so much, so this whole season was a gigantic step forward. There have been so many highlights for his season—it’s been a pretty special year. It was great for him to as a sophomore get into two NCAA Championships, and I think in future years he will benefit from those experiences.”
This season, Cramb placed 11th in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn Second Team All-American honors, won the Big Sky title in the 1,500 meters, broke the school record in the 800 meters, and ran the second-fastest 1,500 in school history (3:37.31).
“It was special to have two guys competing in different events tonight,” Weese said. “Obviously we’ve had a lot of steeplechase entries in this meet over the last few years, but it was nice to get an entry in the 1,500 meters, where we haven’t had one in a while. I think it just speaks volumes to the strength of that entire men’s distance group.”
UP NEXT
The Montana State women take their turn at Hayward Field on Thursday, with multiple entries competing at the national meet for just the fourth time in program history.
Hailey Coey becomes the first Montana State long jumper ever to compete at the NCAA Championships, taking to the runway at 5:40 p.m. PT/6:40 p.m. MT. The junior from Billings will compete in Flight 1, with the entire event streaming on ESPN+.
Then, the first-ever relay in program history to compete at the national meet races at 7:36 p.m. PT/8:36 p.m. MT as the women’s 4×400 group of Peyton Garrison, Caroline Hawkes, Olivia Lewis, and Giulia Gandolfi lines up in Eugene.
The Cats will compete in the first of three heats, running out of lane two. The top-two teams from each heat advance to Saturday night’s final, plus the next three fastest time qualifiers.
Photos: Day One of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Peyton Bair of Mississippi State celebrates after winning the men’s decathlon 100-meter dash in 10.25 seconds during the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The junior posted a personal best and scored 1,035 points in the event. (Max Unkrich / Emerald) Link 0
Peyton Bair of Mississippi State celebrates after winning the men’s decathlon 100-meter dash in 10.25 seconds during the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The junior posted a personal best and scored 1,035 points in the event. (Max Unkrich / Emerald)
Reynolds and Holtzen Earn All-America Honors on Day One of the NCAA Outdoor Championships – Mountain West Conference
EUGENE, Ore. (June 11, 2025) – Senior Daniel Reynolds and junior Ryker Holtzen earned All-America honors in the hammer throw and 3,000-meter steeplechase on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field, Wednesday. FIELD EVENTS The first individual event of the National Championships kicked off with Reynolds in the hammer […]
EUGENE, Ore. (June 11, 2025) – Senior Daniel Reynolds and junior Ryker Holtzen earned All-America honors in the hammer throw and 3,000-meter steeplechase on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field, Wednesday.
FIELD EVENTS
The first individual event of the National Championships kicked off with Reynolds in the hammer throw. Coming into the meet, he held the No. 9 qualifying throw in the country and was on the fringe for First-Team All-America status. As the last thrower in the second flight, Reynolds had all the competition ahead of him and would know what it would take to make the finals.
On his first toss, the Granby, Colo., native launched the hammer to 68.72 meters. This would be his best throw among his first three, placing him eighth to make the Top-9 final. With three throws left in his hammer college career, Reynolds had more work to do. Right out of the gates, he threw what would be his best of the event at 228’ 7” (69.68 meters), good for seventh overall. After a 66-meter toss and a foul, Reynolds solidified his spot in the Top 8 and earned First-Team All-America honors, the first Cowboy since Colton Paller in the 2021 outdoor season. Reynolds’ busy day was just starting, though, as he still looked to compete in the shot put.
In the shot, Reynolds landed his first and only put fair at 58’ 5 3/4″ (17.82 meters). He would foul on the next two attempts and miss out on the final, landing in 22nd.
Reynolds closed his Cowboy career as an NCAA champion, a two-time All-American and a three-time Wyoming school record holder.
TRACK EVENTS
Holtzen ran in heat one of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, fighting for a Top-5 spot to automatically qualify for Friday’s final. After falling from the top group to start, he found himself fourth with four laps to go. On laps five and six, Holtzen held close with his two fastest splits before falling back from the pack. Coming around the last straight and after crossing 27 obstacles, the Twin Falls, Idaho, native needed an all-out sprint if he hoped to earn a finals spot as a time qualifier.
Holtzen finished seventh. just 0.04 seconds ahead of the eighth-place finisher, in heat one with a time of 8:38.09, eagerly awaiting the results of heat two to see if he would run on Friday.
As fate would have it, heat two ran a much faster race, with its Top-5 finishers crossing the line ahead of the 8:30 mark. Junior Holtzen would finish in 15th overall and “settle” for Second-Team All-America honors, an achievement many athletes dream of, especially in their first appearance at Hayward Field.
Holtzen is the first Cowboy to earn the title of All-American in the steeplechase in Wyoming history, joining two Cowgirls, Audra DeStefano (2017, HM) and Katelyn Mitchem (2023, 2nd) to win the honor in the steeplechase.
In his junior season, Holtzen competed in both the cross country and outdoor track and field national championships and set two school records.
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Wyoming track and field will close the 2024-25 season on Friday when junior Jacob White runs in the 5,000-meter final. The gun will sound at 7:55 p.m. MT in Eugene and will be the second-to-last event at the men’s NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Stay up to date with Wyoming track & field by following @wyo_track on X and Instagram.
Hilary Duff’s ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Co-Star Jake Thomas On Revival Series “Falling Apart”: “It Was Bad Timing”
It’s been over five years since the Lizzie McGuire revival series was officially scrapped, and Jake Thomas is weighing in. The former Disney Channel actor who played Hilary Duff’s little brother Matt in the comedy explained why the sequel series didn’t move forward. More from Deadline “Sometimes that just happens,” Thomas told E! News. “It […]
It’s been over five years since the Lizzie McGuire revival series was officially scrapped, and Jake Thomas is weighing in.
The former Disney Channel actor who played Hilary Duff’s little brother Matt in the comedy explained why the sequel series didn’t move forward.
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“Sometimes that just happens,” Thomas told E! News. “It was bad timing with everything. It was right at the beginning of COVID.”
The sequel series was announced during the Disney D23 Expo in 2019 and was being developed for the new Disney+ streaming service. However, the original series’ creator, Terri Minsky, stepped down in January 2020. Duff took to social media to ask Disney to move the series to Hulu, allowing the character to live more authentically to her age.
Despite the series being canceled altogether, Thomas finds it “crazy how embedded Lizzie McGuire has become within a millennial culture as something that we’re still referencing today,” adding, “It blows my mind, and I’m thankful for that.”
The revival series would’ve brought back the original cast members, and in 2024, one of the writers of the series revealed that two episodes were filmed. Jonathan Hurwitz said in a TikTok video that the first episode found Lizzie living in New York City as an interior designer. Lizzie soon finds out her chef boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend, which prompts her to return to her childhood home in California, where animated Lizzie is waiting for her.
Hurwitz noted that Episode 3 didn’t end up getting filmed, and believed this was the episode that Disney might have had some issues with.
“Episode 3 wasn’t filmed, but there was a script for it,” Hurwitz said. “Lizzie wakes up in Ethan’s bed, in his water polo t-shirt. Animated Lizzie pops up and she has this little checklist, like a to-do list, and Ethan is on the list and she checks it off.”
Hurwitz continued, “I think she says something like, ‘I checked that box –dramatic pause– twice.’ So if I had to guess, I saw another comment about certain storylines [about] why Disney wasn’t comfortable with it, my guess was… that moment was probably one of them.”
In an interview on Watch What Happens Live in 2023, Duff continued to be optimistic about the revival getting another shot, saying the show “lived up to her vision.” She added, “Disney+ was very new and I think they were figuring out their… and we were figuring out our… and I am optimistic.”
Since the launch of Disney+, the lines between Disney’s streaming platforms have been blurred. Subscribers of both services can see Hulu’s content within the Disney+ app. Shows not necessarily Disney+ friendly, like The Kardashians, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Only Murders in the Building, are available on the Disney+ platform for those with the bundle.
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EUGENE, Ore. – The TCU men wrapped up their 2025 season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday at Hayward Field. TCU senior Kashie Crockett led the way, securing Second Team All-American honors in the 200m to end his collegiate career. The Horned Frogs competed in six events on […]
EUGENE, Ore. – The TCU men wrapped up their 2025 season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday at Hayward Field. TCU senior Kashie Crockett led the way, securing Second Team All-American honors in the 200m to end his collegiate career.
The Horned Frogs competed in six events on day one of the championship meet; however, none advanced to the finals of their respective events.
TCU’s 4x100m relay turned in a season best 39.35 to start off the meet. Freshman Justin Frater stepped in as an alternate and didn’t disappoint running the opening leg before passing off the baton to Crocket. Jordan Parker and Sanjay Slamon ran the final two legs to help the Frogs finish 18th overall and earn Honorable Mention All-American honors.
In the javelin throw, freshman Preston Kuznof closed out his rookie campaign. The Big 12 Champion threw 64.62m (214-10) to place 20th and earn Honorable Mention All-America status.
Running in the 800m, Lloyd Frilot went down on the final turn as he attempted to make a move to the outside. Although he was tripped up, the senior got back on his feet and crossed the finish line as an Honorable Mention All-American in Hayward Field.
Sophomore Jayden Douglas made his debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He competed in the 400m hurdles, turning in a time of 54.16 for his first career All-American nod (Honorable Mention honors).
Back at the championship meet for the second straight season in the 200m, Crockett ran a 20.48 (+0.4 m/s), finishing fifth in his heat. His time was good for 12th overall, officially making him a two-time All-American in the event (2025 Second Team Indoor and Outdoor).
The Frogs closed out the meet with a 17th place finish in the 4x400m relay (3:05.16). Ronnie Kendrick, Douglas, Destin Drummond and Frilot finished just over half a second behind Georgia adding Honorable Mention All-American honors to their name.
The TCU women are up next, competing on Thursday, June 12. They will be represented with 11 entries and look to advance to Saturday’s finals.
For all the latest TCU track and field news, follow the Frogs on X at @TCUTrackField, on Instagram at @tcu_track_xc and on Facebook at TCU Track and Field.
McManus advances to steeplechase finals at NCAA Championships | Montana State
Montana State senior Rob McManus took a tumble during the final lap but was still able to finish fourth in his heat and advance to the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase finals at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon. McManus finished in 8:34.54, taking fourth in his heat and 9th overall […]
Montana State senior Rob McManus took a tumble during the final lap but was still able to finish fourth in his heat and advance to the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase finals at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon.
McManus finished in 8:34.54, taking fourth in his heat and 9th overall out of 24 racers. He held the sixth fastest time in the field heading into Thursday’s action. His career-best time of 8:26.83 was set earlier this season at the Bryan Clay Invitational in April.
The Cashmere, Washington native was leading the race during the final lap but took a spill getting through the final water jump, allowing three competitors to pass him down the finishing stretch.
McManus recovered from a fall during the final water jump to finish fourth in his heat and earn an automatic qualifier to Friday’s finals.
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McManus has now advanced to finals for the first time in his career after making his third straight appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The steeplechase finals will take place on Friday at 6:24 p.m. MST.
Earlier on Thursday’s opening fay action, Bobcats sophomore Harvey Cramb competed in the 1500 meter semifinals. The Australian product was in the top half of the pack midway through the race but faded down the stretch to a last place finish in his heat, crossing the finish line in 3:44.57. Cramb’s heat was the faster of the two, so his time ended up ranking 12th out of 24 total runners between the two semifinal races.
Cramb faded during the final lap, taking last in his heat during the 1500 meter semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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Still to come at this week’s national championships meet will be several more Bobcat competitors.
On Thursday, Billings native Hailey Coey will compete in the women’s long jump finals, scheduled for 6:40 p.m. MST.
Also on Thursday, the Montana State women’s 4×400 relay team will be in action for a semifinals race at 8:36 p.m. MST.
On Saturday, Seeley Lake native and Colorado State junior Klaire Kovatch will compete in the women’s discus, set to get underway at 1:30 p.m. MST.
