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Women’s track and field fourth at MIAC Outdoor Championships with five event victories

Story Links ST. PAUL, Minn. – Led by five first-place finishes and 10 all-conference performances, the St. Olaf College women’s track and field team finished fourth at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Macalester Stadium. St. Olaf’s five first-place performances […]

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Led by five first-place finishes and 10 all-conference performances, the St. Olaf College women’s track and field team finished fourth at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Macalester Stadium.

St. Olaf’s five first-place performances were the program’s most since 1999-00, as the Oles took fourth in the 12-team standings with 118 points. St. Olaf finished 13.5 points behind third-place Bethel University and 22 points behind second-place Concordia-Moorhead. Gustavus Adolphus College won the team title with 170.5 points.

Over the course of the two-day meet, St. Olaf had 10 All-MIAC performances (places 1-3) and seven Honorable Mention All-MIAC performances (places 4-6), highlighted by senior Alison Bode sweeping the conference titles in the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run. Bode is believed to be the first Ole to sweep the MIAC outdoor titles in those two events.

In addition to Bode’s two first-place finishes, senior Sophie Abernethy won the 1,500-meter run, junior Isabel Wyatt won the 800-meter run, and St. Olaf won the 4×800-meter relay, with three of the Oles’ five first-place performances coming on Friday.

FRIDAY RECAP

St. Olaf earned 26 of its 64 points on the opening day with a 1-3-4-5-8 finish in the 1,500-meter run to sit in second place, just three points behind Concordia-Moorhead.

In the first event of the meet on the track, Abernethy got the Oles started by leading the 1-3-4-5-8 showing in the 1,500-meter run by winning her first MIAC individual title in 4:38.09, which was over six seconds faster than the runner-up. The senior was St. Olaf’s first conference champion in the event since Megan (Daymont) Thomas ’03 in 2002-03.

Junior Ella Landis, junior Lauren Walda, senior Jules Fromm, and first year Abi Lindquist all joined Abernethy in scoring in the event, with Landis also earning all-conference honors in third (4:46.12). Walda and Fromm grabbed two of the three honorable-mention all-conference spots in fourth (4:47.47) and fifth (4:47.84), respectively, while Lindquist scored in eighth (4:50.03). Fromm’s fifth-place finish was the highest individual finish of her career, while Walda ran the event at the conference meet for the first time.

Bode capped the night by winning the 10,000-meter run, which was pushed back a couple of hours due to the 80-degree temperatures, in 35:35.82. The senior won the event by over three-and-a-half minutes to become the first Ole to win the event since Emma Lee ’13 in 2012-13 and claim the first MIAC individual title of her career. The time also ranks 16th nationally, positioning Bode to qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. First year Arabella England earned All-MIAC honors with a third-place finish (39:39.82) to give the Oles two of the top-three finishers in the event.

St. Olaf’s 4×800-meter relay of sophomore Siri Erickson, Fromm, Landis, and Abernethy outpaced second-place Concordia-Moorhead by over eight seconds with a winning time of 9:17.96, which broke the facility record of 9:18.91 established by the College of Saint Benedict in 2015. The quartet’s performance gave the Oles their second consecutive title in the event and their time ranks fifth on St. Olaf’s all-time list.

Wyatt was one of three Oles to qualify for the finals in the 800-meter run with top-nine performances in the prelims. The junior posted the top qualifying time by over five-and-a-half seconds (2:10.25) to better her No. 2 standing on St. Olaf’s all-time list at the time. Sophomores Molly DiNardo (6th, 2:18.33) and Nora Mickelson (7th, 2:18.46) qualified sixth and seventh, respectively, with just over 0.1 seconds between them.

Junior Ashlyn Jore added an honorable-mention performance in the long jump by placing fourth with a mark of 5.36 meters (17′ 7″) on her sixth and final attempt. Senior Emma Johnson moved up to eighth on St. Olaf’s all-time list in the shot put with a seventh-place result (12.01m, 39′ 5″), while first year Erika Nesseth rose to ninth all-time in the pole vault after clearing 3.18 meters (10′ 5 ¼”) to take ninth.

SATURDAY RECAP

After winning the event indoors, Wyatt completed her double in the 800-meter run by breaking the school record of Megan (Daymont) Thomas ’03 by just over three-tenths of a second in 2:09.44. The MIAC title was the second of Wyatt’s career, while her time ranks 14th in the country this season. Wyatt’s win made her the first Ole to win the event since Audrey Weber in 2006. DiNardo (6th, 2:19.40) and Mickelson (8th, 2:21.85) also scored in the event for St. Olaf.

Bode finished off her two-title meet by winning the 5,000-meter run in 17:14.72, which was over eight seconds faster than the rest of the field. The senior became St. Olaf’s first conference champion in the event since Christina Vetter ’00 in 1997-98. Walda gave the Oles two all-conference performers in the event in third (17:33.13).

Sophomore Mara Larson claimed her third MIAC runner-up finish and fourth All-MIAC accolade in as many attempts in the high jump by clearing 1.57 meters (5′ 1 ¾”). Larson had fewer misses than two other competitors to clear 1.57 meters, missing once on 1.54 meters (5′ ½”) and once on 1.57 meters before going out on 1.60 meters (5′ 3″).

St. Olaf’s 4×400-meter relay of first year Izzi Jaeckle, senior Jules Fromm, junior Rachael Wilson, and senior Emma Storbakken landed the final all-conference accolade in third (3:59.14), while junior Grace Moeller added an honorable-mention, fourth-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:20.68). The time was the fastest of Moeller’s career and bettered her No. 6 time on St. Olaf’s all-time list by less than one second.

After finishing 11th in the event as a first year, sophomore Otelia Lighthill moved all the way up to fifth in the discus throw (39.75m, 130′ 5″) to secure honorable-mention honors and break onto St. Olaf’s all-time list in ninth. St. Olaf’s 4×100-meter relay of first year Sophie Herweijer, Storbakken, senior Zoe Matre, and Jaeckle also posted a top-10 time in program history, slotting in in seventh after placing eighth (49.70).

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Cal Elects Eight to Athletic Hall of Fame, Including a Swimmer

Eight accomplished Golden Bears have been elected into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame. The Class of 2025 features: Layshia Clarendon (women’s basketball, 2009-13) – Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year led the Bears to the only Final Four appearance in program history Hana Cutura (volleyball, 2006-09) – Pac-12 Player of the Year is the program’s all-time kills […]

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Eight accomplished Golden Bears have been elected into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame.

The Class of 2025 features:

Layshia Clarendon (women’s basketball, 2009-13) – Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year led the Bears to the only Final Four appearance in program history
Hana Cutura (volleyball, 2006-09) – Pac-12 Player of the Year is the program’s all-time kills leader
Damir Dugonjic (men’s swimming & diving, 2007-11) – Seven-time NCAA champion swam in three Olympic Games for Slovenia
Donna Fong (field hockey head coach, 1976-94) – Program’s first-ever head coach was a three-time conference Coach of the Year
Alex Mack (football, 2005-08) – All-American center went on to 13-year NFL career
Ivan Rackov (men’s water polo, 2008-11) – National player of the year and three-time All-American led Cal to the NCAA title match in 2010
Jeff Tedford (football head coach, 2002-12) – Program’s all-time wins leader led the Bears to seven straight bowl games
Michael Weaver (men’s golf, 2009-14) – All-American was Cal’s first men’s golfer to play in The Masters

The Class of 2024 and 2025 will be formally inducted together during the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame weekend Oct. 17-18. The classes will be honored during the Bears’ home football game against North Carolina on Oct. 17 followed by the Hall of Fame Gala the following evening on Oct. 18. Tables for the gala can be reserved here. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 1.

The Cal Athletics Hall of Fame now has 355 individuals and seven rowing teams. The school’s Hall of Fame, which is located on the west side of California Memorial Stadium, is open to all ticket holders after each home football game.

Here is more on the aquatics members:

DAMIR DUGONJIC – Men’s Swimming & Diving (2007-11)

Dugonjic won seven NCAA championships, including three consecutive individual titles in the 100-yard breaststroke. His final breaststroke crown contributed to the Bears’ team championship in 2011. Dugonjic set the NCAA record in the 100 breast as a sophomore and was an eight-time All-American. He represented his native Slovenia in the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016 and registered a pair of top-20 finishes in the 100 breaststroke.

IVAN RACKOV – Men’s Water Polo (2008-11)

Rackov was named the 2010 winner of the Peter J. Cutino Award, given annually to the top player in NCAA water polo. He was also named the 2010 ACWPC National Player of the Year. Rackov ranks fourth on the program’s all-time scoring list with 235 career goals and fifth on Cal’s single-season list with 79 goals in 20120. Rackov led the Bears to the NCAA championship game in 2010.

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Track and Field Competes on Day One of NAIA National Championships

Story Links MARION, Ind. – The Lindsey Wilson track and field team battled the wind and the rain on day one of the NAIA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor National Championships Wednesday at the Wildcat Track & Field Complex. The women’s 4×100-meter relay team of Kayly Guthrie, Hannah Reid, Jermani Morris […]

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MARION, Ind. – The Lindsey Wilson track and field team battled the wind and the rain on day one of the NAIA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor National Championships Wednesday at the Wildcat Track & Field Complex.

The women’s 4×100-meter relay team of Kayly Guthrie, Hannah Reid, Jermani Morris and Jozlen Brisbon got the day started for the Blue Raiders. The quartet finished fifth in their heat and 14th overall with a time of 47.25 seconds.

Justin Stearns competed in the 1,500-meter finishing in 20th with a time of 4:08.00.

Reid and Guthrie returned to the track later in the afternoon for the 200. Reid posted a 10th-place finish with a time of 24.65 missing out on the finals by .12 seconds. Guthrie finished in 17th with a time of 25.01.

The Blue Raiders return to the track for day two of the NAIA National Championships on Thursday at the Wildcat Track & Field Complex.

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Marshall University

2025 Marshall Volleyball Camps Website HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Under first-year head coach Heather Stout, Marshall Volleyball is set to offer several camps this summer for young volleyball enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. Camps are scheduled to take place throughout July and spots are filling up, so it is advised to go ahead and […]

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2025 Marshall Volleyball Camps Website

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Under first-year head coach Heather Stout, Marshall Volleyball is set to offer several camps this summer for young volleyball enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels.

Camps are scheduled to take place throughout July and spots are filling up, so it is advised to go ahead and lock in a spot for you or your team today.

The following are the listings of 2025 Marshall Volleyball camps:

– July 7-9: Marshall Volleyball Little Herd Camp

Click HERE to register!

This camp highlights training of all basic volleyball skills at the beginner level in an engaging and encouraging environment. Little Herd Camp is designed for beginner volleyball athletes and modified for success at any skill level with an emphasis on fun.

o Ages: 8-12 years old

o Times: Check-in – 8:30 a.m.; Camp 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

o Price: $135 for full camp; $45 per day

o T-Shirt included

– July 11-12: Marshall Volleyball All Skills Camp

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All Skills Camp is an immersive multi-day volleyball experience to enhance volleyball skills in serving, passing, attacking, setting, blocking and defense. This camp serves to enhance skill-set and level of play for each individual athlete best suited for them. Campers are responsible for their own lunch accommodations.

o Ages: 12-18 years old

o Times: Check-in – 8:30 a.m.; Camp – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Lunch from 12-1p)

o Price: $225 for full camp admission per participant

o T-Shirt included

– July 14: Marshall Volleyball Serve & Pass Clinic

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This clinic specializes on the breakdown of passing and serving techniques to enhance the skill-set of each athlete. Through a focus of ball control improvement, serving technicalities and serve/receive fundamentals, this camp provides new skills for athletes to practice and great learning opportunities for all volleyball players. Campers are responsible for their own lunch accommodations.

o Ages: 12-18 years old

o Times: Check-in – 8:30 a.m.; Camp – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Lunch from 12-1p)

o Price: $125 per participant

o T-Shirt Included

– July 15: Marshall Volleyball Hitter & Setter Clinic

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This clinic highlights the proper hitting and setting techniques for each individual athlete’s own skill level. The hitter and setter clinic provides live opportunities to enhance hitting and setting skill-sets and to learn techniques to improve their volleyball knowledge. Campers are responsible for their own lunch accommodations.

o Ages: 12-18 years old

o Times: Check-in – 8:30 a.m.; Camp – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Lunch from 12-1p)

o Price: $125 per participant

o T-Shirt Included

– July 19-20: Marshall Volleyball Elite Camp

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This camp is a multi-day immersive opportunity for elite level training that gives an inside look on a college program training experience. Through accelerated drlls and live gameplay, each athlete is provided with fine tuning of position-specific volleyball technique and advanced aspects of the game. Campers are responsible for their own lunch accommodations.

o Ages: 12-18 years old

o Times: Check-in – 8:30 a.m.; Camp – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Lunch from 12-1p)

o Price: $250 for full camp admission per participant

o T-Shirt Included

– July 25-26: Marshall Volleyball Team Camp

To register, E-mail marshallvolleyballcamps@gmail.com

Through collegiate player and coach-led experience, your high school teams will join us for training, coaching and competing in a Division I collegiate environment. A tournament offers competition for all teams attending with the championship match taking place on Marshall Volleyball’s own home court. Campers are responsible for their own lunch accommodations.

o Ages: H.S. teams

o Times: Check-in – 8 a.m. (More schedule & detail info provided closer to camp date

o Price: $642 per Varsity team; $428 per JV and Freshman team

o T-Shirt Included

For all the latest information about Marshall Volleyball, follow @HerdVolleyball on Twitter and Instagram.

To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.

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University Northern Iowa

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Following a pair of third place team finishes at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 15 athletes from the UNI roster have qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Meet in nine events. The NCAA Preliminary Meets serve as the first round site for the national postseason […]

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Following a pair of third place team finishes at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 15 athletes from the UNI roster have qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Meet in nine events.

The NCAA Preliminary Meets serve as the first round site for the national postseason meet, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field, June 11-14. The two preliminary meets this year will be held in College Station, Texas, hosted by Texas A&M University, and Jacksonville, Florida, hosted by the University of North Florida, both of which will run May 28-31.

To qualify for the preliminary meets, athletes must rank in the top-48 in an individual event and top-24 for relays in their respective regions. Athletes competing in multi-event competitions (heptathlon and decathlon) will not compete at the preliminary site as the top-24 ranked competitors in the nation will automatically qualify for competition in Eugene. Top-12 finishers at the preliminary meets will earn qualification to the finals site in Oregon.

Among Northern Iowa’s qualifiers is a quartet of 2025 MVC outdoor champions, including Katie Fare (women’s shot put) and Brendan Safley (men’s pole vault), the Most Outstanding Field Athletes of last week’s conference championships, as well as Justice Miller (men’s javelin) and Carlie Jo Fusco (women’s 400-meter hurdles). UNI will also send a trio of men to compete in the shot put in David Russell, Spencer Kessel and Carson Lienau, while Drake Hanson and Chase Knoche both qualified in the men’s 800 meters.

Distance standout Emma Hoins qualified in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Josie Moreland punched her ticket in the women’s high jump. The Panthers will also see one relay run next week in Texas as Zack Butcher, Hanson, Parker Kiewiet and Jake Bosch run the men’s 4×400-meter relay (Zach Fall and Knoche as alternates).

Live coverage of the meet will be available on ESPN+.

UNI’s 2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifiers

2025 NCAA West Preliminary Schedule

Wednesday, May 28

2:30 p.m. CT – Men’s Javelin (First Round) [Safley]

5:30 p.m. CT – Men’s Pole Vault (Semifinals) [Miller]

6 p.m. CT – Men’s Shot Put (First Round) [Russell, Kessel, Lienau)

7:50 p.m. CT – Men’s 800m (First Round) [Hanson, Knoche]

Thursday, May 29

6 p.m. CT – Women’s Shot Put (First Round) [Fare]

8:20 p.m. CT – Women’s 400m Hurdles (First Round) [Fusco]

Friday, May 30

7:05 p.m. CT – Men’s 800m (Quarterfinals)***

8:45 p.m. CT – Men’s 4x400m Relay (Quarterfinals) [Butcher, Hanson, Kiewiet, Bosch]

Saturday, May 31

3:30 p.m. CT – Women’s High Jump (Semifinal) [Moreland]

5:40 p.m. CT – Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase (Quarterfinals) [Hoins]

7:25 p.m. CT – Women’s 400m Hurdles (Quarterfinals)***

*** Pending qualification

UNI track and field action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Track and Field), X (@UNITrackFieldXC) and on Instagram (@uni_tf_xc). Schedules and rosters, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.

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Vote for central Ohio’s top regular season player

The Ohio high school boys volleyball postseason is in full swing, so it is time to determine the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice. Here are the 12 candidates. The deadline is 4 p.m. May 28. All candidates and their statistics were submitted by area coaches. In addition, look […]

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The Ohio high school boys volleyball postseason is in full swing, so it is time to determine the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice.

Here are the 12 candidates. The deadline is 4 p.m. May 28.

All candidates and their statistics were submitted by area coaches.

In addition, look for the annual All-Metro teams for spring sports in the days following the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards show, which is June 18 at Upper Arlington High School.

Yashas Devulapally, New Albany

The 6-foot-5 junior middle hitter has 267 kills, 49 blocks, 47 digs and 18 aces.

Jordan Dyer, Pickerington North

The 6-3 senior outside hitter, a Lincoln Memorial commit, has 342 kills, 112 aces, 119 digs and 20 blocks. He helped the Panthers win the OCC-Ohio title and earn the top seed in Division I, Region 1.

A.J. Harvey, Watterson

The 5-10 senior setter powered the Eagles to the second seed in the Division II, Region 5 tournament. He has 691 assists, 143 digs, 34 kills, 21 aces and 12 blocks.

Dylan Johnson, Thomas Worthington

The 6-3 senior middle blocker and right-side hitter helped lead the Cardinals to the OCC-Cardinal title and the No. 1 seed in Division I, Region 3. The Wentworth Institute of Technology commit has 207 kills, 80 blocks, 31 digs and 22 aces.

Michael LaSusa, St. Charles

The 6-2 senior outside hitter was instrumental in helping the Cardinals capture the CCL title and earn the top seed in Region 5. He has 322 kills, 295 digs, 77 assists, 62 aces and 51 blocks.

J.T. McGuire, Thomas Worthington

The 6-1 senior outside hitter, a North Greenville, commit has 183 kills, 73 digs and 25 blocks.

Will Poth, Upper Arlington

The 6-6 senior outside hitter helped the Golden Bears earn a share of the OCC-Central title and the second seed in Region 3. He finished the season with 326 kills, 174 digs, 61 aces, 34 assists and 25 blocks.

Jahan Rasekhy, Dublin Jerome

The 6-0 junior outside hitter has 212 kills, 97 digs, 17 blocks and 13 aces.

George Smith, Watterson

The 5-11 senior outside hitter has 380 kills, 171 digs, 57 aces and 19 blocks.

Owen Varsanyi, Westerville North

The senior middle blocker helped the Warriors earn a share of the OCC-Capital title. He finished the season with 321 kills, 144 digs, 58 blocks and 50 aces.

Drew Vensko, Pickerington North

The 5-11 senior setter, a D’Youville University commit, has 645 assists, 90 digs, 46 kills and 39 aces.

Josh Weida, Olentangy Berlin

The 6-0 senior outside hitter played a key role in the Bears earning the No. 3 seed in Region 1. He has 249 kills, 91 digs, 20 aces and 15 blocks.

High school sports reporter Frank DiRenna can be reached at fdirenna@dispatch.com and at @DispatchFrank on X.

(This story was updated to add a photo gallery.)

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Behrend track-and-field athletes set records at outdoor championships

ERIE, Pa. — Members of the Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team set three program records at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Outdoor Championships in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Lions placed fifth in a field of 39 teams. Brandon Konieczki, a sophomore from Erie, won the long jump, clearing a distance of […]

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Brandon Konieczki, a sophomore from Erie, won the long jump, clearing a distance of 7.36 meters.

Carter Tobin, a freshman from Irwin, set a Behrend record in the preliminaries of the 100-meter race. He finished in 10.52, placing second.

Konieczki and Tobin joined two other runners — Marshall Nock, a junior from Aliquippa; and Jake Egizio, a sophomore from Canonsburg — in the preliminaries for the 4×100 relay. They finished in 41.36, placing fourth.

On the women’s side, Caroline Lewis, a freshman from Erie, placed 17th in the javelin throw at the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Outdoor Championships. She completed a 32.83-meter throw.

Lindsey Hartle, a junior from Pittsburgh, placed 18th in the 10,000-meter race, finishing in 40:45.90.

The Behrend baseball team also concluded its season last week. Here are the scores and highlights:

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Penn State Behrend 14, Manchester 3
Keystone 11, Penn State Behrend 5
Keystone 13, Penn State Behrend 1

The Lions concluded their season with a 1-2 record in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament. Daniel Boehme, a senior from Peters Township, hit home runs in the fourth and seventh innings against Manchester. Pitcher Colin Bolla, a sophomore from Fairview, struck out 12 batters — a career high.

Scores, updates and video links for Penn State Behrend athletics are posted at psblions.com.

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