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Univ. of Utah to discontinue beach volleyball
In Utah, Brandon Judd noted the Univ. of Utah is “discontinuing its beach volleyball program at the end of the academic year.” Utah has fielded a beach volleyball team since 2017. With the elimination of the sport, the school will “sponsor 19 intercollegiate programs moving forward.” Utah AD Mark Harlan said that the decision was […]

In Utah, Brandon Judd noted the Univ. of Utah is “discontinuing its beach volleyball program at the end of the academic year.” Utah has fielded a beach volleyball team since 2017. With the elimination of the sport, the school will “sponsor 19 intercollegiate programs moving forward.” Utah AD Mark Harlan said that the decision was “about the landscape of the sport” and its “limited growth potential.” Harlan said, “There are only 12 beach volleyball programs among power conference institutions, with little evidence of the sport expanding at this time.” He added, “With the sport’s growth stunted, and without the home facilities with amenities that allow us to host championship-level events, we are not providing the world-class experience that we seek to provide to our student-athletes” (DESERET NEWS, 4/29).
SELLING OUT: In Knoxville, Adam Sparks noted the Univ. of Tennessee “has sold out” its 70,500 football season tickets for the third straight season. That included 97.8% “renewal rate by season ticket holders” and a “waiting list of 23,755 fans showing interest in season tickets.” The demand for UT single-game tickets is “just as high to fill all 101,915 seats at Neyland Stadium.” UT will enter the 2025 season on a “streak of 20 consecutive home sellouts.” In the past 24 years, UT has sold out of season tickets four times — once under coach Butch Jones (2016) and three times under coach Josh Heupel (2023-25). Sales “dropped in each” of coach Jeremy Pruitt’s three seasons (KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL, 4/29).
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ONE: Arkansas State Univ. has signed TurnkeyZRG to head its search for a new AD. Outgoing AD Jeff Purinton is leaving the school to join Learfield. TurnkeyZRG Managing Dir Chad Chatlos and VP Katy Staudt will oversee the search firm’s role (SBJ). Rutgers also has retained TurnkeyZRG and formed an advisory committee to “finally begin the process of hiring” a new AD. The school has been without a permanent AD since Pat Hobbs resigned last summer (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 4/29).
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Laguna Open – AVP Beach Volleyball
The 70th Annual Laguna Open returns to Main Beach – this year as an AVP Contender Event. Sunday, September 14– 7:30 a.m. Women’s QF, 8:30 a.m. Men’s QF, 9:30 a.m. Women’s SF, 10:30 a.m. Men’s SF, 11:30 a.m. Women’s Final, 12:30 p.m. Men’s Final and Battle of the Beaches Final at 1:30 p.m. The Laguna […]

The 70th Annual Laguna Open returns to Main Beach – this year as an AVP Contender Event.
Sunday, September 14– 7:30 a.m. Women’s QF, 8:30 a.m. Men’s QF, 9:30 a.m. Women’s SF, 10:30 a.m. Men’s SF, 11:30 a.m. Women’s Final, 12:30 p.m. Men’s Final and Battle of the Beaches Final at 1:30 p.m.
The Laguna Open is free to all. Bring a beach chair and come join the fun to watch many of the top AVP players battle it out for the last event of the AVP calendar.
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Three Medals Guide Track and Field at Big Ten Championships
Story Links EUGENE, Ore. – Rutgers track and field captured three medals and a total of eight podium finishes at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Brian O’Sullivan, Donavan Anderson and Chloe Timberg each secured bronze finishes in their respective events. The Scarlet Knights earned their first medal of […]
EUGENE, Ore. – Rutgers track and field captured three medals and a total of eight podium finishes at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Brian O’Sullivan, Donavan Anderson and Chloe Timberg each secured bronze finishes in their respective events.
The Scarlet Knights earned their first medal of the meet with O’Sullivan finishing third in the pole vault. He cleared a height of 5.49m (18′ 0″), while Nico Morales added a podium finish in the event as well. Morales cleared an identical height of 5.49m (18′ 0″) to finish fifth, needing three attempts to meet the mark.
Steve Coponi placed sixth in the javelin with a throw of 68.68m (225′ 4″) to give Rutgers another podium finish and close out the first day competition.
Rutgers wrapped up day three with two medals as Anderson captured bronze in the triple jump with a distance of 15.58m (51′ 1.5″) and Timberg capped her career with a fourth-straight outdoor medal. Timberg, the school record holder in the pole vault, finished third as she cleared a height of 4.38m (14′ 4.5″).
The Scarlet Knights also received podium finishes from Paige Floriea, who finished fourth in the long jump with a distance 6.14m (20′ 1.75″) and Faith Bethea in the triple jump with a leap of 12.81m (42′ 0.5″). The 4×400-meter relay team of Bryce Tucker, Lathan Brown, Joshua Babe and Jah’Mere Beasley finished seventh, running a time of 3:08.17.
The men’s team collected 21 points to place 15th out of 17 teams, while the women’s squad scored 13 points, finishing 15th out of 17 schools.
Rutgers will gear up for the NCAA East First Round beginning on Wednesday, May 28 through Saturday, May 31 at Jax Track at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
Big Ten Championship Finishes
Men’s Results
Pole Vault
3. Brian O’Sullivan 5.49m (18′ 0″)
5. Nico Morales 5.49m (18′ 0″)
Triple Jump
3. Donavan Anderson 15.58m (51′ 1.5″)
Javelin
6. Steve Coponi 68.68m (225′ 4″)
4x400M
7. Bryce Tucker, Lathan Brown
Joshua Babe, Jah’Mere Beasley 3:08.17
Women’s Results
Pole Vault
3. Chloe Timberg 4.38m (14′ 4.5″)
Long Jump
4. Paige Floriea 6.14m (20′ 1.75″)
Triple Jump
7. Faith Bethea 12.81m (42′ 0.5″)
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Sydney school plunged into lockdown
The school where water polo coach Lilie James was murdered has been plunged into lockdown after reports a man had threatened staff. St Andrew’s Cathedral School, located in Sydney’s CBD, was locked down by police on Monday about 9.45am after reports a person had broken into the grounds. Lilie James was murdered at St Andrew’s […]

The school where water polo coach Lilie James was murdered has been plunged into lockdown after reports a man had threatened staff.
St Andrew’s Cathedral School, located in Sydney’s CBD, was locked down by police on Monday about 9.45am after reports a person had broken into the grounds.
Parents were alerted about the lockdown by text message, the Daily Mail reported.
The man allegedly “threatened staff and then returned to the campus”, a police spokesman told NewsWire.
“The school was placed in lockdown and a search of the building, on the corner of Druitt and Kent streets, was conducted with the assistance of specialist resources,” they said.
Despite “extensive searches”, the man could not be located.
He remains on the run, but the lockdown has since been lifted, according to police.
“An investigation is now under way into the incident, and inquiries continue to locate the man,” police said.
Initial reports from 7News indicate the man was wielding a weapon at the time of the incident, though this has not been confirmed by police.
Ms James was murdered by Paul Thijssen on the evening of October 25, 2023, when he cornered her inside a bathroom of the prestigious Sydney private school where they were colleagues.
The water polo coach died due to blunt force trauma to the head after being attacked with a hammer by her ex-partner, whom she had broken up with a few days before her murder.
Hours after the murder, Thijssen took his own life at Vaucluse, with his remains found in the rocks at Diamond Bay Reserve two days after Ms James’s murder.
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Rodriguez Claims Silver on Day One of IC4A Championships
Story Links FAIRFAX, Virginia—The Marist men’s track and field team raced on Sunday, day one of the ninth meet of the 2025 outdoor season, the IC4A Championships, which occurred at the GMU Field House in Fairfax, VA. Amari Mathis placed second in the 100-meter dash prelims with a time of 10.62, qualifying […]

FAIRFAX, Virginia—The Marist men’s track and field team raced on Sunday, day one of the ninth meet of the 2025 outdoor season, the IC4A Championships, which occurred at the GMU Field House in Fairfax, VA.
Amari Mathis placed second in the 100-meter dash prelims with a time of 10.62, qualifying him for tomorrow’s finals.
Miles Chamberlain (11th) raced a PR of 3:55.46 in the 1500-meter run.
Gabriel Rodriguez brought home a silver medal for the men’s team with a time of 32:02.13 in the 10000-meter run, also earning him All-East honors.
ECAC Outdoor Championships
Sunday, May 17, 2025
GMU Field House
Fairfax, Virginia
400-Meter Dash: 19 – Easton Eberwein, 49.26
100-Meter Dash Prelims: 2 – Amari Mathis, 10.62
1500-Meter Run: 11 – Miles Chamberlain, 3:55.46, 18 – Logan Schaeffler, 4:04.89
3000-Meter Steeplechase: 9 – Kevin Cannon, 9:52.13
10000-Meter Run: 2 – Gabriel Rodriguez, 32:02.13
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Wildcats Finish WAC Championship with Men in 5th and the Women in 6th
Story Links ARLINGTON – On a terribly muggy day in Arlington, the Wildcats had a strong start for Day 3 in the field events as Kailey Roskop topped off her ACU career with a 4 th place finish in the discus (to go with her 3 rd place finish in the hammer). […]

ARLINGTON – On a terribly muggy day in Arlington, the Wildcats had a strong start for Day 3 in the field events as Kailey Roskop topped off her ACU career with a 4 th place finish in the discus (to go with her 3 rd place finish in the hammer). Donovan Ramirez finished 5th in the triple jump in his first outdoor championship after missing the entire 2024 with a medical redshirt. Ja’Dasia Sims completed her stellar ACU career with a 2 nd place finish in the high jump. Stone Smith finished his ACU career with a 5 th place finish in the discus. Luize Velmere just made the finals in the triple jump on her 3rd jump and she went on to finish 2nd in a huge personal best (PB) of 41-5.75/12.64 – moving her into the #8 all time on the ACU performance list.
On the track the premier performance came from Kenan Reil, who finished 3 rd in the 400 hurdles with a time of 52.52 in just his 2 nd time to run the event. Placing 6 th were Miguel Hall in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.91 and Benjamin Cortez in the 800 in a time of 1:53.02. Notching 7 th place finishes were Ethan Krause in the 200 with a time of 21.31 and Andruw Villa in the men’s 5K with a time of 14:59.02. Finishing in 8th place were Hana Banks in the 100 hurdles in a time of 14.27 and Emma Santoro in the 400 in a
57.98.
Note: Late on Friday night, after a 4-hour weather delay ACU had 2 athletes score points in the steeplechase – Peyton Bornstein placed 6 th in the women’s race in a time of 11:18.08 and Mark Barajas finished 7th in the men’s race with a PB time of 9:19.38. To finish up the meet, the men placed 5th in the 4×400 with a time of 3:14.58 – a quartet
composed of Landon Gary, Canaan Fairley, Benjamin Castro, and Ethan Krause. That will give ACU a 5 th place finish in the team race with 56 points. The women’s team finished 5 th in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:52.38, with Ja’Kaylon Record, Emma Santoro, Gracee Whitaker, and Jess Reyes running. The women’s team finished 6th with
59 points.
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Lobos Win First MW Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Team Title in Program History – University of New Mexico Lobos athletics
CLOVIS, Calif. – New Mexico Track & Field completed a sweep of 2024-25 Mountain West Women’s Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Championships with their first outdoor MW team conference title in program history on Saturday night, scoring 153 team points in total. The Lobo men came just shy of an outdoor title of their own […]

CLOVIS, Calif. – New Mexico Track & Field completed a sweep of 2024-25 Mountain West Women’s Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Championships with their first outdoor MW team conference title in program history on Saturday night, scoring 153 team points in total.
The Lobo men came just shy of an outdoor title of their own after scoring 30 points in the 5,000m and holding off Colorado State in the 4x400m final, finishing second in the team score with 171.50 points – the highest-scoring team outing at conference championships since 2011 (177).
The women put some distance between themselves and the second-place Rams in the final two events of the night, scoring 30 points in the women’s 5,000m final before the Lobos won the Women’s 4x400m Relay by nearly two seconds (3:35.54) to tack on 10 more in the final event of the night.
Darren Gauson was named MW Women’s Coach of the Year for the third time this season after leading the Lobos to their first-ever outdoor title, with Mathew Kosgei earning MW Men’s Track Performer of the Meet honors after shattering the steeplechase meet record with a 8:25.56 finish yesterday and contributing five more points on Saturday night with a fourth-place finish in the men’s 5,000 final (13:39.35). Along with teammates Ishmael Kipkurui (1st, 13:26.84), Habtom Samuel (2nd, 13:30.49), Collins Kiprotich (5th, 13:40.93) and Vincent Chirchir (7th, 13:32.09), Kosgei was one of five Lobo men to finish under the previous 5,000m meet record of 13:46.67 set in 2021.
This story will be updated.
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