EUGENE – The Texas A&M women’s track & field team secured a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships Saturday evening at Hayward Field. An individual national champion and runner-up finisher highlighted the individual performances.
 
Winny Bii headlined an action-packed day, capturing A&M’s first NCAA title in the women’s triple jump. The junior hit the ground running, leaping 13.96m/45-9.75 on her first attempt to capture the lead. Bii’s opener held throughout the entire competition, landing her at the top of the podium for the championship crown.
 
The women’s 4x100m relay quartet of Jasmine Harmon, Camryn Dickson, Bria Bullard and Jasmine Montgomery set the tone on the final day of the season and put the team on the scoreboard, taking third in the event with a season-best time of 42.89.
 
Debora Cherono held the momentum for the Maroon & White, as the standout steeplechase freshman broke her own school record for the fifth time this season with a time of 9:32.10 to place fifth in the event, dropping her semifinal time by a staggering 10 seconds.
 
Jaiya Covington continued to separate herself as one of the nation’s premier short hurdlers, as the Aggie junior ran out of lane seven in a stacked event and crossed the line in 12.93. This was Covington’s first NCAA outdoor individual final and delivered eight points to the total.
 

Yakushina capped off her historic rookie campaign, as she finished third in the women’s heptathlon with 6,058 points. The freshman added on to her day one total (3,492 points) starting in the long jump where she won the event with a personal-best leap of 6.47m/21-2.75 which jumped her to No. 4 in the A&M record books. She followed that up with ninth in the javelin (40.38m/132-6), leaving only the 800m on deck. Yakushina concluded her seven-event competition placing ninth in the 800m in 2:14.93 to ensure her third-place overall finish.
 
Montgomery added her second First Team All-America honor of the evening in the 200m, as the junior clocked a time of 22.61 which was good for fifth in the final.
 

Concluding the championships for the Maroon & White was the 4x400m team consisting of Latasha Smith, Dickson, Montgomery and Jaydan Wood. The group ran a season-best time of 3:27.11 to capture fourth in the event and secure the final five points for the women’s team to place third in the championships with 43 points.
 

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Zagreb, Croatia – June 15 – The USA Men’s Junior National Team lost to Hungary 13-12 today at the U20 World Championships. Ryder Dodd and Jonathan Carcarey led the team in scoring with three goals each while Charles Mills went for nine saves in the cage. Team USA returns to action tomorrow as they conclude group play with a meeting against Montenegro at 11:30am et/8:30am pt. All matches are scheduled to stream live on the World Aquatics YouTube. Live statistics will be available for every match from MicroPlus Timing Services.

Hungary opened the scoring in this one but Carcarey tied the game moments later on a man-advantage. Ryan Ohl gave Team USA its first lead before Hungary leveled the score with 1:31 to play. Landon Akerstrom had a response on the ensuing possession, giving the United States a 3-2 lead after one. The Hungarians opened the second quarter scoring nearly three minutes in but that was all they could manage in the period. Team USA rallied for three goals in the final 2:33 of the half courtesy of Dodd (2) and Carcarey to hit the halftime break up 6-3.

Hungary flipped this match on its head in the third, outscoring Team USA 6-2. They opened the period with three straight scores to tie the game before William Schneider put the Americans back in front midway through the frame. Hungary retook the lead with back-to-back goals and then Dodd knotted things with 1:11 to go but the European side beat the buzzer when they scored on a counter attack to head into the fourth up 9-8. Things would stay within a single goal for the entire fourth quarter as the two sides traded scores. Carcarey, Benjamin Liechty, Schneider, and Bode Brinkema dented the twine for the United States leaving the score all square at 12-12 with 2:45 remaining. From there, each team had attempts sent away and possessions lost to turnovers before Hungary called timeout with 0:13 to play. On its final possession, Hungary earned an exclusion with 0:04 left and sent the game-winner into the back of the net with just 0:01 on the clock to come away with the 13-12 win.

Team USA went 6/12 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while Hungary went 3/9 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties. 

Scoring – Stats

USA 12 (3, 3, 2, 4) R. Dodd 3, J. Carcarey 3, W. Schneider 2, R. Ohl 1, B. Brinkema 1, B. Liechty 1, L. Akerstrom 1

HUN 13 (2, 1, 6, 4) C. Lugosi 3, O. Leinweber 2, B. Balogh 2, M. Zeman 2, A. Toth 1, A. Peocz 1, V. Varga 1, Z. Porge 1

Saves – USA – C. Mills 9 – HUN – G. Szabo 8

6×5 – USA – 6/12 – HUN – 3/9

Penalties – USA – 0/1 – HUN – 2/2

 

It has been another strong year for the USC women’s track team. Having won the Big Ten Championship and sending multiple athletes to Eugene for the NCAA Championships, the Trojans were always going to be in a prime position to make a lot of noise on the national stage.

USC earned a second-place finish during the NCAA Championships with 47 points. Georgia won the outdoor title for the 2025 outdoor season.

In order to do so well in the final standings, a team needs to have incredible athletes that have big-time performances. Among the Trojans to do so was Samirah Moody. The senior won the 100m race in a tight photo finish that saw her edge out the Trojan victory over the South Carolina, LSU, and Florida participants. Dajaz DeFrand and Brianna Selby also qualified for the final heat and finished in seventh and eighth, respectively.

The 4x100m relay team that consisted of Moody, DeFrand, Madison Whyte, and Jassani Carter earned first place and had a season-best performance, beating South Carolina, Texas A&M, and TCU’s squads.

Whyte came in second during the 200m race. DeFrand followed closely behind with a third-place finish. The 4x400m relay team, which consisted of Yemi John, Carter, Cenci, and Whyte, also ran a season-best time. They finished behind Georgia and Arkansas.

Earlier record-setting feat from USC freshman

On the field side of things, Ashley Erasmus further set the USC school record in the shot put. Her fifth-place finish in the event on Thursday provided the team’s first points of the week and capped off an excellent freshman year for her.     

For Director Quincy Watts, this is a Trojan squad that has done exceedingly well throughout the year and is poised to continue to maintain this momentum. Considering that there are not too many seniors on this team, USC will have to like their chances to get even better as a team next year. 

San Tan Charter School has hired  Kristal Harris as the school’s new varsity girls volleyball coach, varsity sand volleyball coach and P.E. instructor.

As Athletic Director Kristofer Sippel Jr. noted, Harris is a highly accomplished volleyball coach and educator with more than two decades of experience in both indoor and beach volleyball.

“We are super excited to have Kristal on campus to lead our high school girls volleyball program,” he said in  a release.

“We have an opportunity to send multiple girls to the next level in the coming years, and I feel with all of Kristal’s experience and connections, she can help elevate our program to heights we have not seen before. I think she fits right into our family environment mentality and we are looking forward to the upcoming year!”

Harris brings a deep level of technical knowledge of the game to her new role at San Tan Charter School, along with a strong dedication to youth development and a championship background, according to the school.

A standout athlete at Marcos de Niza High School, Harris was a two-time state champion, named State Player of the Year, Region Co-Player of the Year and earned MVP honors.

At the collegiate level, Harris competed as a Division I athlete, playing for Northern Arizona University as well as Arizona State University, where she earned all-tournament honors and academic awards. She went on to a successful professional career on the beach volleyball circuit.

Harris began her coaching journey in 1997 and has worked with athletes of all ages across club, high school, and collegiate settings.

She served as a physical education teacher and coach at Mesquite and Casteel high schools, as well as assistant beach volleyball coach at ASU.

Most recently she served as the college placement recruiter and a head coach for Club One Beach, helping student athletes pursue opportunities at the next level.

Harris’ teaching credentials include a master’s degree in education from NAU, a bachelor of arts in sociology from Arizona State University, and a physical education teaching certificate from Ottawa University.

As Harris noted, she is excited to join San Tan Charter School because of its positive community, strong values and student athlete philosophy.

“I was inspired by the small community, the culture of the school, and it’s in Gilbert, where I live,” she said. “It seemed like a great fit for me.

“I am looking forward to coaching and teaching at a school where everyone has fun and learns the value of teamwork, compromise, winning and losing.”

Brandon Tauscher, principal of the San Tan Charter School 7-12 Power Campus, said Harris is an ideal addition to the San Tan Charter School community.

“Coach Harris’ experience as a player and coach from the prep ranks to the pros provides our student-athletes the kind of mentorship many high schools could only dream about,” he said.

“We are certainly blessed to have her and welcome her into the San Tan family.”