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Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, VA On day one of the 2025 DI Indoor Track and Field Championships, Harvard's Izzy Goudros placed sixth in the Women's Pentathlon, earning First Team All-American honors. She had a personal best in the high jump and a seasonal best in the shot put. She scored 4,305 points. __________________________________________________________________ In the women's mile, Boston University's Vera Sjoberg set a school record to finish eighth in Saturday's final. She placed eighth, earning First Team All-American honors. __________________________________________________________________ In the women's 800, two women from Harvard earned First Team All-American honors. Victoria Bossong ran 2:00.93 to finish second, and Sophia Gorriaran finished seventh in the final running 2:02.57. __________________________________________________________________ Providence College's Alex Millard placed twelfth in the 5,000 meter run, earning Second Team All-American honors. __________________________________________________________________ In the men's 1 mile race, Boston University's Foster Malleck and Boston College's Steven Jackson ran fantastic races Friday night to qualify for the final on Saturday. In the final, Foster Malleck placed third, running 3:54.42. Steven Jackson ran 3:56.07 to place seventh. Foster and Steven each earned First Team All-American honors. _________________________________________________________________ In the women's 3000, Kimberley May of Providence finished in sixth place to earn First Team All-American honors. Kimberley passed four runners in the closing 200, finishing in 31.27. Shannon Flockhart, also running for Providence, finished in fifteenth with a time of 9:12.33, earning Second Team All-American honors. _________________________________________________________________ The Harvard women's team of Chloe Fair, Izzy Goudros, Sophia Gorriaran and Victoria Bossong finished sixth with a time of 3:30.49. Victoria caught the runner from Texas (Ramiah Elliot) at the finish line, closing out a five meter advantage. The Harvard team earned First Team All-American honors.

Virginia Beach, VA Isabella Whittaker had the performance of the meet, breaking the NCAA women's record for the 400 meter run. She finished in 49.24, running a scintillating 25.43 for the second 200. The women's 400 meter final was split into two heats. Isabella ran the third fastest time for the opening 200 meters and ran the fastest closing 200. Aaliyah Butler, running for Georgia, and in the second heat, finished with the second fastest time on the day. Her opening 200 (23.18) was the fastest first 200 of all competitors. Since she was in the second heat, she would have been aware of the stunning time Isabella Whittaker had posted in the first heat. Aaliyah had recently beaten Isabella in the SEC championships a couple of weeks ago. __________________________________________________________________ Georgetown's Abel Teffra set a new NCAA championship record in the men's 1 Mile. Teffra was able to close in 26.72 to secure the win and the title. Teffra told letsrun.com that double threshold workouts gave him the strength to win in the final straight.

The 2025 NEICAAA Indoor TracK & Field Championship was held on Friday and Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. In the women's 60 meter dash, Nyasia Dailey of Quinnipiac got a fantastic start and pressed her advantage to the end, posting a very fast time of 7.42. Mariam Nada of New Hampshire finished in the second position with a time of 7.61. UMass Amherst's Faith Richardson took the third spot, finishing in 7.67. In the men's 60 meter sprint Rhode Island's Alex Arbogast blazed to a fast finish (6.80). New Haven's Joshua Stewart leaned for the second position, finishing in 6.88 over Rhode Island's LJ Raye, who secured third in 6.89. _________________________________________________________________ Alex Lusby of Holy Cross won the women's 800 meter run in 2:12.10. New Hampshire's Gabby Deangelis finished second with a time of 2:15.09. Kelsey Wolff of Rhode Island finished in the third position in 2:15.32. _________________________________________________________________ Jaden Enis of Rhode Island won a scintillating 800 meter race in 1:54.42. Bentley's Ryan Orr was right there, finishing just behind in second place. Ryan's time was 1:54.52. Assumption's Colby Medeirosn was also very close to the near victory, but placed third in 1:54.54. _________________________________________________________________ The women's 1000 meter race was won by Rhode Island's Lily Saul in 2:47.11. Erin Hurley, also running for Rhode Island, finished in second place (2:54.78). New Hampshire's Regan Doody placed third, running 2:54.85. __________________________________________________________________ Matthew Armstrong of Rhode Island won the men's 1000 meter race (2:30.53), punching the air in victory. New Hampshire's Samuel Hilts outkicked his teammate to secure the second position in 2:32.59. Ian Smith finished a close third with a time of 2:33.16. __________________________________________________________________ The women's 3000 was very competitive, won by Abigail Hughes of Holy Cross prevailing in a time of 9:41.40 over Quinnipiac's Alessandra Zaffina (9:42.81). Grace Sousa of Sacred Heart finished third in 9:54.79. __________________________________________________________________ Aidan Shea of New Hampshire won the men's 3000 meter run in 8:14.33. Aidan was able to outduel UMass Amherst's Erik Unger (8:15.97). Liam Lyons of Holy Cross finished in the third position, running 8:17.18. __________________________________________________________________ Courtney Rowland of UMass Amherst won the women's high jump, clearing 5' 8¾". Sacred Heart's Magdalena Brogioli placed second, leaping over 5' 7¾". Hannah Santos of Stonehill cleared 5' 6½" to secure third place.

The New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) 2025 Indoor Track & Field Championship was held on Friday and Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center (the Reggie!) The women's 60 meter hurdles semi-final and final was contested on Saturday. Celia Kulis of Holy Cross won the event in a time of 8.56 seconds. Magdalena Brogioli running for Sacred Heart finished closely behind in second (8.61). Stonehill's Madison Rousseau ran 8.84 to finish third in the finals. __________________________________________________________________ In the men's 60 meter hurdles race, John Elie of Merrimack won the event in a time of 8.08 seconds, closely followed by MIT's Walter Truitt (8.10). New Haven's Jordan Emile finished in third place in 8.27 seconds. __________________________________________________________________ The women's Rachel St. Germain from Quinnipiac ran to first place with a time of 4:57.95. Stonehill's Jordan Malloy closed for second place in 4:58.38. Ava Mahoney running for Merrimack College finished in the third position in 5:01.45. __________________________________________________________________ The men's mile had some fast times. Holy Cross' Joseph Mahon battled for first place with a very fast time, finishing in 4:10.29. New Hamphire's Kevin Finn stayed with the leader for most of the race and finished in the second position (4:12.01). Kevin's teammate John Murphy ran with the leaders for most of the race and finished third in a time of 4:13.75. __________________________________________________________________ The women were flying around the track in the 400 meter run. Sadai Headley-Mawasi representing UMass Amherst sprinted to victory, posting the fastest time of the day in 55.03. Quinnipiac's Isabella Anzaldo finished strong for second place, with a time of 55.93. Running in the first heat, Molly O'Connor of Holy Cross finished with the third fastest time on the day (56.86). _________________________________________________________________ Holy Cross' Tristan Miller had a strong run in the men's 400 meters to post the fastest time of the day (48.25). Tristan ran in the first heat. Camden Rose of Rhode Island, running in the second heat, ran 48.62 to secure second place. Stonehill's Jack Dougherty ran 49.10 for the third position. __________________________________________________________________ Rylie Smith of Quinnipiac won the women's 500 meter run in 1:12.77. Sydney Federico of Rhode Island finished second with a time of 1:13.69. Stonehill's Kaytlin Encarnacao posted the third fastest time of day, 1:14.00. _________________________________________________________________ The men's 500 meters run was quite competitive. Lance Hayes of Sacred Heart won the second heat and posted the fastest time of the day, finishing in 1:03.50. Colin Kirn of UMass Amherst finished in second with a time of 1:04.24. Rhode Island's Cooper Mitchell finished closely behind in third (1:05.10).

Presented by meet director David Callum, the Last Chance Indoor National Qualifier held on Sunday at BU gave collegiate athletes one more chance to set a qualifying mark for the NCAA national championships. The meet, however, was not limited to college athletes. The pros were in attendance in abundance because, you know, it's BU! 24 of the 25 fastest times in the US in the 5K were run on BU's track. In the men's 5000 meter run, Nico Young ran one of those fast times, winning the race and finishing in 12:51.56. Only Grant Fisher's 12:44 (run at BU, of course) is faster than Nico's run on Sunday. (Yared Nuguse AND Ollie Hoare paced the race early.) Adriaan Wildschutt placed second and ran a personal best of 12:55.02. On's Ky Robinson also ran a personal record (13:02.34) and placed third in the race. __________________________________________________________________ A few more images from a fantastic meet

David Callum presented the Last Chance Indoor National Qualifier at Boston University on Sunday. It was a great time to be in Boston. There were so many fast times and exciting races. Graham Blanks ran the third fastest time in the country for the 3000 meters. Only Grant Fisher and Cole Hocker ran faster this indoor season (in that duel at the Millrose Games.) Valentin Soca finished in the second position with a time of 7:34.10. Graham's New Balance teammate Sam Gilman finished third (7:34.69) ______________________________________________________________ In the women's mile, Heather MacLean faced a challenging field and ran two fast times in one race. Her finishing time for the mile stands as the second fastest time all-time in the women's mile. On her way to the outstanding finish in the mile, she clocked 3:59.6 to break the US women's record in the 1500 meters. Sintayehu Vissa running for On finished second in 4:21.51 in a personal best. Maia Ramsden placed just behind Sintayehu for third in 4:21.56, which was also a personal best for Maia. __________________________________________________________________ On Sunday, On's Josette Andrews ran a very fast 5000 meters, taking the win and running 14:44.80. She led New Balance's Emily Mackay , who finished second in 14:45.81 and third place Lauren Ryan (Under Armour) in 15:05.68. All three women recorded personal bests in the event on BU's fast track! __________________________________________________________________ Yared, we don't think you're petty... In the men's mile, Yared Nuguse sought to reclaim his short-lived mile record by running a fast time at the fastest track in the world. He did run a fast time but it was off the world record. (If you would've closed your eyes, and listened to the cheering crowd, you would have been convinced the world record had been taken back!)

The USATF-NE Indoor Championships were held at Harvard's Gordon Track on Sunday. It was an exciting day with comebacks and thrilling finishes. The women's 5000 meter race was won by Brianne Gallagher in a time 17:23.56. Courtney Hawkins (BAA) finished second (17:33.37) and Sydney Bulatao was third in a time of 17:57.44. _________________________________________________________________ Aaron Willingham (Valor Track Club) won the men's 5000 meter race, posting a time of 14:21.27. Running unattached, Ryan Smith placed second and finished in 14:28.40. GBTC's Michael Creedon finished third (14:52.68). __________________________________________________________________ In the men's 60 meter dash, Miles Lewis posted the fastest time of the day to win the event (6.67.) Melique Garcia ran the second fastest time in 6.81 with his Boston North Track Club teammate just behind in 6.84. The women also ran excellent times in the 60 meter event. Victoria Knight blazed to a winning time of 7.69. Caitlin Ly ran slightly behind to post the second fastest time on the day in 8.84. Robin Tashjian ran 7.97 to place third. _________________________________________________________________ Battle Road Track Club's Sarah Flynn won the women's one mile run in 4:53.19. Brianne Gallagher (back from the earlier 5K) placed second with a time of 5:14.09. Suri Kautz posted the third fastest time of the day in 5:15.19. _________________________________________________________________ John Mieszczanski from Battle Road Track Club won the men's mile in 4:17.52. Jarrod Hopper got the better of Matthew Giardina to place second in 4:19.02. Matthew grabbed the third spot with a time of 4:19.18. __________________________________________________________________ Phillips Exeter Gianna Phipps won the women's 400 meters in a time of 57.37. Serena Hooker posted the second fastest time of the day in 57.77. Eliza Martin of Austin Prep finished third with a time of 59.30. On the men's side, August Doetsch won the 400 meters with a time of 49.95. Brody Smith finished in second place in 50.51. Lucian Gleiser grabbed the third spot in 52.10. __________________________________________________________________ And a few more highlights from the action-packed meet.

Providence, RI The men's events in the Little East Indoor Championships were also held on Saturday. The men's 60 meter hurdle final had a very close finish! Eastern Connecticut's Adam Schimmelpfenning finished just ahead of Elijah Thomas of Plymouth State. Michael D'Amico of Southern Maine finished third in a time of 8.79. _________________________________________________________________ The men's mile had a close finish with Plymouth State's Dylan Fleming injecting just enough pace into the last three last laps to clinch the win by a narrow margin over Cameron Thompson of UMass Dartmouth. Keene State's Griffin Urnezis finished third in the race. ________________________________________________________________ The men of Southern Maine had a strong showing in the 400 meter race, talking the top two spots. Joey Richards won the event in 49.38 and his teammate Maddox Cahill placed second in 50.25. UMass Dartmouth's Zane Gordon came in third place with a very good time, 50.52. ________________________________________________________________ In the men's 5000 meter run, Jake Velazquez of Keene State ran a splendid race to win in 15:06.46. UMass Dartmouth's Jacob Paris finished second in a time of 15:18.95. Plymouth State's Connor Wilcox finished third with a very good time of 15:24.01. _______________________________________________________________ Michael Collins Jr. of Eastern Connecticut State jumped close to his personal best and tantalizingly close to twenty-four feet. Michael won the competition with a leap of 23' 10.25"! Keene State's Aidan Law jumped to second with a final mark of 23' 5.25". Rhode Island College's Gabriel Dosunmu jumped to 23' 2.5" (season's best) to secure third place in the long jump competition. _________________________________________________________________

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of covering the Little East Indoor Championships at the Providence Career & Technical Academy. The Little East Conference consists of nine Division III schools: Castleton, East Connecticut, Keene State, Plymouth State, Rhode Island College, Southern Maine, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth and Western Connecticut State. I apologize to the competitors that I did not get a chance to cover. I did my best to hustle around the venue but missed quite a bit of the throwing competition. ________________________________________________________________ In the women's high jump, Plymouth State's Ani Flynn cleared 1.59 meters to win the competition. Dorinda Okorji (UMass Boston) also cleared 1.59 but came in second on count backs. Olivia Jalbert of Southern Maine cleared 1.53, the same height as three other competitors but secured the third spot on missed attempts. __________________________________________________________________ The women's 5000 meter run featured the teammates of Keene State securing the top two positions. Margaret St. John won the event in a time of 18:42.13. Her teammate, Kalle Warner ran a personal best of 18:26.2 to place second. Emily Philbrook of UMass Dartmouth came in third place and ran a personal best in 18:53.41. __________________________________________________________________ In the 60 meter hurdles, Aryianna Garceau of UMass Boston ran an impressive race to win the championship title and hurdle to one of her fastest times of the year. Keene State's Molly Lu McKellar had a clean hurdle race to finish in the second position. Saya Breiting-Brown of Southern Maine ran a personal best in the heats. Saya followed up that fantastic time in the finals with a third place finish. Aryianna Garceau followed up her victory in the hurdles with a win in the 60 meter dash. Aryianna ran a personal best in the finals to secure the win. Keene State's Keely Giordano also ran a personal record to place second in the final. Multi-talented Khalsa Hammith of Southern Maine finishe third in the race (also running to a personal best.) Khalsa would also win the long jump competition. __________________________________________________________________ Rose Karow of Plymouth State ran one of her fastest times of the year to win the women's 800 meter run. Sarah Ames of Keene State ran a personal best to place second with Julia Latura of UMass Dartmouth finishing third in the final of the 800 meter run. __________________________________________________________________ In the 200 meter run, Aryianna Garceau (UMass Boston) recorded the same time as Janiah Young of Southern Maine but got the win with an outstanding lean. Janiah's teammate Isa Moustakas finished with the third best overall time for the day, while winning her heat. __________________________________________________________________ Haley Oliver of Rhode Island College won the 3000 meter race in a season's best performance (10:31.36) UMass Boston's Shea Roche came in second place and Gwen Catalano from Southern Maine finished in third, setting a personal best.

TRACK at New Balance RunnerSpace & Trials of Miles Racing collaborated to present The Circuit , an indoor track series which made its third stop in Boston on Friday. 60 meter women's and men's sprints started the evening's activities. Heats were run in the open field with the girls and boys having heats and finals. Jhanelle Thomas of the MetroCobras Track Club winning the girls 60 meter race. Platt TC's Love Thompson finished second with Amaya Pastor Norales (New Bedford TC) finishing third. On the boy's side, Archbishop Carroll Track Club swept the top three spots with Jake Odey-Jordan finishing first in an outstanding time of 6.76. His teammates Elijah Amenra and Farraj Al-Amin placed second and third, respectively. _________________________________________________________________ In the girl's High Voltage 3000 meter run, Colorado's Keegan Edwards edged out New York's Zariel Macchia for the win. Pennsylvania's Mackenzie Skelly came in third in 9:37.69. _________________________________________________________________ In the boy's 3000 meter run, TJ Hansen ran a fantastic last lap to secure the victory. Jack Graffeo ran a superb race to place second in the event with Louisiana's Aiden Monistere placing third in the thrilling event. __________________________________________________________________ In the Mixed 2 Mile run, Jake Pitre of New Hampshire ran a fast final lap to secure the victory in 10:11.09. Ethan Dryden finished in second with a a time of 10:15.46, with Ryan Sacca seconds behind in third at 10:19.89. On the girls side, Keaney Bayha ran uncontested and finished in a very quick time of 10:59.05. __________________________________________________________________ In the Girls High Voltage One Mile Run, New York's Sophia McInnes (4:47.26) ran away with the race, clenching the victory on the final straightaway. Texas' Elin Latta (4:48.83) fought off Libbey Castelli (4:48.95), taking second place by about a tenth of a second. _________________________________________________________________ It was a special event and night in Boston at the TRACK at New Balance! Thanks RunnerSpace and Trials of Miles Racing.

Boston, MA This indoor season, only two US women (Shelby Houlihan and Elise Cranny) have run faster than the top four finishers in the mile race and no Canadian runner has run faster this year than Lucia Stafford. Lucia Stafford finished first in the first heat and recorded the fastest time of the day, winning in 4:21.74. New Balance’s Danielle Jones finished second, recording a very fast time of 4:22.45, setting her personal best. Gabija Galvydyte of the Nike Bowerman Track Club ran 4:22.76 to finish third and also set her personal best for the mile. As you would expect from the fastest track in the world, Adidas’ Taryn Rawlings ran a personal best at 4:22.80. Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz set the NCAA mile record in the race, finishing in 4:23.46. Lucia Stafford winning the women's one mile race Danielle Jones (2526), Gabija Galvydyte (2555) and Taryn Rawlings Lucia Stafford leading Danielle Jones with three to go Oregon Duck Silan Ayyildiz on her way to the NCAA record Post-race laughs _________________________________________________________________ Lauren Ryan and Doris Lemngole stayed within a stride of each for most of the 3000 meter race. Each ran hard to the finish line, with Lauren Ryan leaning for the win. Lauren Ryan crossed the finish line in 8:41.80 with Doris Lemngole finishing in 8:41.83 (setting a school record Alabama.) Annie Rodenfels finished third in the heat and also posted the third fastest time of the day. Lauren Ryan (3061) and Doris Lemngole Big pack, start of the race Quickening of the mid race pace Racing has really begun Doris Lemngole, near textbook knee lift Post race interview ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even his warm-up strides look awesome! On Friday evening, Grant Fisher set the indoor world record in the 5,000 meters at the 2025 David Hemery Valentine Invitational. It was a masterful display of running, but looking at the split times is really impressive. Only four of his 200 meter laps was above 31 seconds. He ran his last lap at 29.28 with his first and second laps also in 29 seconds.

Boston, MA On Friday, Boston University held the David Hemery Valentine Invitational 2025 featuring men's track and field events. Thirty-six (yes, 36) competitors in the men's mile race dipped under four minutes! What an outstanding number. _________________________________________________________________ In the men's 60 meter high hurdles, the top three places were swept by the men from Rowan University. Jamir Brown dipped under eight seconds to win the finals with a time of 7.92 seconds. His teammate Kwaku Nkrumah ran 8.01 for second with Marquis Young coming in third in 8.05. (Practices must be quite competitive at Rowan!) In the men's 60 meter dash, unattached Mikkel Bassue ran the fastest time in the final to win the race, running 6.88. Sprint Tech BVI J'den Jackson placed second in 6.89 with Dwayne Fleming from Monroe University just one one-hundreth behind in 6.90. What a race and what a finish! Mikkel Bassue (1407) in first with J'den Jackson (1224) in second with Dwayne Fleming (843) in third You would have run (or jumped or thrown) really, really fast (or far) when you set a BU facility record. Tinoda Matsatsa of Georgetown did just that when he ran 1:45.21 to win the men's 800 meter run. That is the top time by a collegiate athlete in the 800M and only the professional competitors in the men's race at Millrose produced faster times. Cian McPhillips finished in second place, just a fraction behind Matsatsa, in 1:45.33. Hazem Miawad from Empire Elite TC finished in third in a fantastic time of 1:47.09 Tinoda Matsatsa heading into the final lap of the 800M race Lean at the tape, Tinoda Matsatsa just ahead of Cian McPhillips "Yes, that was me"