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The Montana track and field program will wrap up the regular season with the Tom Gage Classic in Bozeman on Friday. The Grizzlies will send a small squad over for a last chance meet before the Big Sky Championships in Sacramento next week.   While many athletes will rest this weekend in preparation for the […]

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The Montana track and field program will wrap up the regular season with the Tom Gage Classic in Bozeman on Friday. The Grizzlies will send a small squad over for a last chance meet before the Big Sky Championships in Sacramento next week.
 
While many athletes will rest this weekend in preparation for the conference meet, the Tom Gage Classic represents an opportunity for plenty of others. Montana’s travel roster is limited, but there are still spots up for grabs for any Grizzlies that have a strong performance in Bozeman.
 
“This is a very meaningful meet for several kids who are trying to grab one of those last couple of roster spots that are available,” head coach Doug Fraley said. “It’s a do-or-die situation for those kids, and it’s very exciting for them to be in that position. It’s going to be interesting how it shakes out and who will step up to grab those last few roster spots.”
 
It’s been a fantastic season for the Grizzlies, carrying over the momentum that they built during indoors. Montana currently has 55 individuals or relay teams ranked inside the top 10 in the Big Sky Conference.
 
They had their biggest week of the season at the Bengal Invitational in Pocatello last weekend. Montana knocked out three school records in Pocatello with Tara Ohlwiler (100m), Samantha Serex (pole vault), and the women’s 4×400-meter relay team all etching their names into program history.
 
The weekend also saw four Grizzlies move into regional qualifying position. The top 48 athletes in the NCAA West Region will compete at the NCAA First Round meet in College Station, Texas at the end of the month.
 
Serex’s school record boosted her into 44th in the region. Ashley Carroll also moved into the top 48 in the women’s javelin with a PR of 152-7. The men also had two athletes jump into the top 48 with Carson Weeden (17-0.25, pole vault) and Patrick Kremer (6-10.25, high jump).
 
While many event groups will be resting this week, Montana’s top pole vaulters will be chasing new bars to either solidify a regional spot or break into the top 48. In addition to Serex, who still may need another centimeter to make regionals in the most talented pole vault region in NCAA history, Shealyne McGee and Molly Chambers are also inside the top 100 in the region.
 
Weeden is currently 37th in the region, and teammates Kevin Swindler, Corbin Luce, and Carson Hegele are all inside the top 80.
 
“The pole vaulters will all be going and we’ve got some kids that are currently inside the bubble and some just outside the bubble for regionals, so those are the highest level performances we’ll be looking to get at this meet because we have vaulters that are really close one way or another,” Fraley said. “It looks like it’s going to be a good day to up that mark by a centimeter or two and either solidify their spots inside the bubble, or move into the top 48 if they are outside of the bubble.”
 
For many of Montana’s athletes making the trip to Bozeman, this meet will cap off seasons or even careers. The forecast calls for sunny weather in the 70s, which should provide a great environment for a final meet.
 
“It’s great that a lot of our athletes will have the opportunity to go up to Bozeman and either close out their season, or in some cases, close out their careers,” Fraley said. “It looks like it’s going to be great weather and a good opportunity for them to finish up their season or career on a positive note.”
 
MONTANA MEN’S ENTRIES
100m- Brody Thornsberry
200m- Brody Thornsberry, Cody Lease
400m- Garrett Dahlke, Landon Shilhanek
800m- Truman Thompson, Keagen Crosby, Morgan Amano, Michael Jump, Colin Shaules
1,500m- Lane Cole, Kanoa Blake, Zachary Giesch, Luke Mest
5,000m- Luke Mest, Zachary Giesch
400mH- Adam Maxwell
Pole Vault- Carson Weeden, Carson Hegele, Corbin Luce, Carter Petersen
Long Jump- Gordon McMillion, Brody Thornsberry
Discus- Tyler Bates
Shot Put- Wade Rykal
Hammer Throw- Tyler Bates, Wade Rykal, Memphis Black
 
MONTANA WOMEN’S ENTRIES
100m- Isabelle Berry, Audrey Smith, Destiny Santiago
200m- Cosley Bruno, Isabelle Berry, Destiny Santiago
400m- Cosley Bruno
800m- Mackenzie Morgan
1,500m- Heidi Olson, Abigail Kotran, Shay Pederson, Olivia Coll, Kayla Ingraham, Sofia Hinderman, Lucy Thompson, Ashtyn Wagner
100mH- Isabelle Berry
Pole Vault- Samantha Serex, Shealyne McGee, Molly Chambers, Emma Zimmerman-Weeden, Hannah Moses, Ani Smith
Long Jump- Emily Maughan
Discus- Mary Mickelson, Cathlene Van Zyl, Morgan Thomas
Shot Put- Cathlene Van Zyl, Calista Ousley
Hammer- Morgan Thomas, Mary Mickelson, Scout Nadeau, Calista Ousley
 



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USA Cadet Men To Battle For Bronze In Colombia After 17-11 Loss To Canada

Story Links Medellin, Colombia – May 24 – The USA Men’s Cadet National Team suffered their first loss at the Pan Am Aquatics Championship with a 17-11 loss to Canada earlier today. Adin Shin scored four goals and Hunter Coleman added three in the loss. Ethan Wallace recorded 11 saves in […]

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Medellin, Colombia – May 24 – The USA Men’s Cadet National Team suffered their first loss at the Pan Am Aquatics Championship with a 17-11 loss to Canada earlier today. Adin Shin scored four goals and Hunter Coleman added three in the loss. Ethan Wallace recorded 11 saves in cage. Team USA will now meet Colombia for the bronze medal on Sunday at 1pm pacific time. Live streaming is available by visiting PanAmSportsChannel.org with live stats at 6-8Sports.com. 

Canada built an early 2-0 lead in the first but Team USA battled back with two straight, the second from Coleman, to tie the game with 2:25 left in the period. Canada closed the period strong with two straight to go in front 4-2 after the first. Canada kept it rolling in the second, building a 6-2 lead with 2:47 to play. Andrew Schneider and Adin Shin scored two of the next three goals to trail 7-4 at intermission.

Shin scored to start off the third quarter, cutting the deficit to two at 7-5. That was the theme for the quarter as the United States would continually get within two goals only to see Canada go back ahead by three. That was the margin after three as Canada led 11-8 going to the fourth. Canada wouldn’t let things get any closer in the fourth, outscoring Team USA 6-3 to keep control of the match on the way to a 17-11 win.

Team USA went 2/8 on power plays with no penalties attempted while Canada went 2/8 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties. 

Scoring – Stats

USA 11 (2, 2, 4, 3) A. Shin 4, H. Coleman 3, J. Davis 1, R. Keane 1, F. Pintaric 1, A. Schneider 1

CAN 17 (4, 3, 4, 6) I. Khramstsov 6, R. Salem 3, A. Rashed 2, D. Wang 2, J. Coxford 1, E. Griffioen 1, N. Porter 1, N. Loo 1

Saves – USA – E. Wallace 11 – CAN – E. King 11

6×5 – USA – 2/8 – CAN – 2/8

Penalties – USA – 0/0 – CAN – 1/1



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Women’s Track & Field: Rogahn-Press Finishes Fourth in 400 to Earn All-American Honors at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Story Links Rogahn-Press GENEVA, Ohio – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) placed fourth in the finals of the 400 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at SPIRE Institute. Rogahn-Press earns All-American honors with […]

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GENEVA, Ohio – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) placed fourth in the finals of the 400 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at SPIRE Institute. Rogahn-Press earns All-American honors with her fourth-place finish.

In a tight race, Rogahn-Press held on to fourth with a time of 54.34, .02 behind Marina Miller of MIT and .02 ahead of Sarah Schermerhorn of Hope. Emory’s Eva Charchidi won the race in 53.94, with McKenzie Reser of Augustana (Ill.) taking second with a time of 54.07.

This is the second All-American award this year for Rogahn-Press, who also was an All-American in the 400 indoors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. The top eight finishers in each event earn All-American accolades.

The race ends an outstanding debut season for Rogahn-Press. She was named the MIAC Rookie of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons, and currently holds the school records in the 200 and 400 indoors and the 100, 200 and 400 outdoors after just one year at Macalester. In Friday’s prelims, Rogahn-Press broke her own record in the 400 with a time of 53.88, the 11th-fastest time ever run at the Division III level. She is the third Macalester women’s track & field athlete to earn All-American honors both indoors and outdoors in the same season and in the same event, joining Phoebe Aguiar ’19 in the 800 meters (2019) and Mary Schlick ’87 in the 1500 meters (1986 and 1987).

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Brown’s National Championship in the 110 Meter Hurdles Sparks #6 Men’s Track & Field to a Third-Place Finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Story Links GENEVA, OHIO — Jamir Brown became #6 Rowan’s second national champion in a row in the 110 meter hurdles as the Profs claimed a second-consecutive third place finish on the final day of the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in […]

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GENEVA, OHIO — Jamir Brown became #6 Rowan’s second national champion in a row in the 110 meter hurdles as the Profs claimed a second-consecutive third place finish on the final day of the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Brown ran a 13.75 in the finals where teammates Jason Agyemang was a close second (13.82) and Anaias Hughes was seventh (14.71) as the trio claimed First-Team All-American Honors. Brown joins Kwaku Nkrumah in giving Rowan its second consecutive national champion in this event. The hurdles crew netted 20 team points, the most by any team in a single event at the meet to help give the Profs a total of 44.5 points in the three-day meet.

FINAL RESULTS

Rowan also claimed First-Team All American honors in the 4×100 relay and the 200 meters on the day.

Shamar Love, Robert McKinney, Elijah Hendricks, and Evan Corcoran ran a 39.72 to break the school record in the 4×100 finals for a national runner-up finish. The foursome previously set the mark in the preliminary round on Thursday (39.97).

In the 200 meters, Rajahn Dixon placed eighth in a season-best time of 21.13 while Hendricks scored his second All-American honor, placing ninth (21.42).

Wisconsin-LaCrosse totaled 84 points to win the team title with Wisconsin-Eau Claire in second place (56 points).

The Profs return to Glassboro with 11 All American accolades including Brown, Agyemang, and Hughes in the 110 meter hurdles, Dixon and McKinney in the 200 meters, the 4×100 relay (Love, McKinney, Hendricks, Corcoran), the 4×400 relay (Jarquil Young, Nana Agyemang, Lowrentzky Ambroise, and Luke Halbruner), the Javelin (Damitrius Hester), and the High Jump trio (Jamile Gantt, Arrington Rhym, and Noah Wampole).

 



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#20 Women’s Track & Field Caps NCAA Outdoor Championships with All-American Honor for Jones

Story Links GENEVA, OHIO — Nyla Jones placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles to earn All-America capping the Rowan Women’s Track & Field Team appearance at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The three-day meet was held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. FINAL RESULTS The […]

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GENEVA, OHIO — Nyla Jones placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles to earn All-America capping the Rowan Women’s Track & Field Team appearance at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The three-day meet was held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

FINAL RESULTS

The freshman ran in the finals 1:01.46 to claim First Team All-American honors, improving on her time of 1:02.36 in the preliminaries.

As a team, the Profs totaled seven points to finish in a tie for 38th place. MIT (56 points) edged Washington University (47 points) for the team title.

In all, Rowan returns home with four All-Americans including Jones, Molly Lodge (400 meter hurdles/Second Team), and two honors for Izzy Deal (Shot/First Team and Javelin/Second Team).

 

 



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The Class of 2025 Is Unveiled

Every year a number of local high school athletes continue their athletic careers in addition to being students. As has been customary in the past, we salute those who either live in or attend school in Burbank and will be continuing to work on developing their skills in sports while enhancing their educational objectives. Here […]

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Every year a number of local high school athletes continue their athletic careers in addition to being students. As has been customary in the past, we salute those who either live in or attend school in Burbank and will be continuing to work on developing their skills in sports while enhancing their educational objectives.

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Here are those that will represent our local community from the class of 2025,

Burbank

The Bulldogs are led by pole vaulter Ogden Lucsik, who was one of the best in the nation as a junior, and got a late start to his senior year due to a broken foot. Lucsik will be the only competing at Cornell University, but he is amongst four Burbank boys who are attending the Ivy League school in New York. Ironically, he will be attending the same university and competing in the same event as Burroughs 2021 grad Eli Gault-Crabb, who jumped 16-feet-6 inches in setting the Bears’ school record.

Lucsik, who holds the Bulldog school record at 16-0, will be essentially taking Gault-Crabb’s spot on the Cornell roster.

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Softball pitcher Madison Kellogg will continue her career at California Baptist University in Riverside.

Football player Daniel Zacariaz will continue his career at Glendale Community College. Zacariaz is multi-talented having been both a quarterback and wide receiver for the Bulldogs.
Nose tackle Paul Sukunyan will continue his football career at Pasadena City College.

Tennis player Amruth Kodumuri will compete for Claremont Mudd-Scripps as he will be part prestigious of the Harvey Mudd engineering school.

Baseball player Robert Snyder will attempt to walk on at either UC Irvine or UC Santa Barbara.

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From the track team Quiana Laughlin will continue her career at UC Davis.

Burroughs Quiana Laughlin, seen playing soccer, will head to UC Davis and compete in track and field. (Photo by Austin Gebhardt)

From the baseball team, Kyle Smith will continue his career at Whittier College.

Representing the Pacific League champion softball team, Chloe Centeno, will continue her career at Fort Hays St. University.

Tennis player Hannah Lewis will continue her career playing in Hawaii at Chaminade University.

Water polo player Harrison Siegel will continue his career at Pomona Pitzer.

The Burroughs football team will be well represented in college.
Mingus Allen will play at Macalester College in Minnesota.

Maximillian Batres, Colin Jimenez and Daniel Ortiz will continue playing at Pasadena City College. Patrick Lima will continue at College of the Canyons.

Providence

The Pioneers have a strong class. Distance runner Aubrey Eaton will continue her career at the University of Portland. She was the 2024 CIF Southern Section Division 4 champion in the 1,600 meters in track.

Softball player Delailah Lopez will continue her career in the Ivy League at Cornell.

Fellow softball player Gloria Galindo will play at Carleton College in Minnesota and teammate Mia Allinson will play at Glendale Community College.

Golfer Samantha Schwimmer will continue her career at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

Beach volleyball player Shannon Ferrell will play at McKendree University in Illinois.

Brendan Jazmines will compete in cheer at Loyola Marymount University.

Village Christian

The Crusaders will send three Burbank residents into major college athletics.

Girls’ volleyball player Nikki Tawil will attend the University of Maryland. Teammate Angelina Dellutri, daughter of former Burroughs and USC football player Todd Dellutri, will attend UC Irvine.

Soccer player Anthony Boyadjian will continue his career at Loyola Marymount University.

Notre Dame

Hayden Bowne, grandson of former Burbank Mayor Bob Bowne, will attend San Jose State University and compete in football and track and field.

Homeschooled

Isabella ‘Maneh’ Nersesyan, who started her high school career at Burbank High, will continue her soccer career at Cal State Long Beach. She left BHS and went on her own due to her busy travel schedule, as she is a member of the Armenian National Team.



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Tara Townsend vaults to first All-American honor to lead Chargers on final day of 2025 NCAA DII Outdoor Championships

Story Links For the second time in a row at a national meet, junior Tara Townsend set a new personal best in the pole vault. This time, her PR earned her the All-American honor she’s been working towards for the past three seasons. Townsend was clean through her first three bars, clearing […]

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For the second time in a row at a national meet, junior Tara Townsend set a new personal best in the pole vault.

This time, her PR earned her the All-American honor she’s been working towards for the past three seasons.

Townsend was clean through her first three bars, clearing on the first attempt at 3.77, 3.92 and 4.07 meters to ensure herself of All-American honors after coming agonizingly close and falling short at the 2025 Indoor Championships in March. Her All-American spot ensured, Townsend also cleared 4.17 meters on her third attempt to set a new high mark for her career, finishing in eighth place to bring home a trophy for Hillsdale. The new personal best means Townsend is just the second vaulter in Hillsdale College history to clear that height, behind only Hillsdale College Athletic Hall of Famer Kayla Caldwell.

Townsend wasn’t the only standout for Hillsdale at the national level in the pole vault this year, as senior Kaylee Jackson also had an impressive day. Jackson was seeded 21st out of 22 jumpers entering the competition but made a massive leap up the standings with smooth first attempt clears at 3.77 and 3.92 meters, helping her finish alone in ninth place on the day in her first ever national meet appearance. Jackson had an excellent attempt at 4.07 meters for what would have been a new personal best, but just barely missed.

On the track, Evyn Humphrey also finished an impressive freshman season at Hillsdale with a 10th place finish in the 1,500m run finals. Humphrey surged late, passing two runners on the final lap, but couldn’t reel in enough of her competitors to get into eighth place and earn All-American honors. Humphrey was one of just two freshmen in the final, and her 4:38.49 time and 10th place show she’ll be in the running to get that first All-American honor again in the future.

Hillsdale junior Averi Parker also contested the shot put for the Chargers on Saturday, just two days after finishing 14th in the nation in the hammer throw. Parker had a solid second throw of 13.97 meters, but came up short of the final in the event, finishing in 18th place.

The future is bright for the Chargers, as Hillsdale loses Jackson but returns both of its All-Americans from the 2025 outdoor campaign, with Townsend and freshman Ally Kuzma, who took third in the 10,000m run on Thursday, both slated to be back. They’ll provide a strong foundation for a squad with a lot of promising young talent that could have a big year in 2026.



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