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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - World Athletics and Visit Tallahassee announced Friday morning that Apalachee Regional Park - the home of the Florida State cross country program - will be the host for the 2026 World Cross Country Championships. Winning this bid is huge! The World Championships are the Olympics of cross country. They don't contest the sport at the Olympics, so this is as big as it gets, Head Coach Bob Braman said. It's going to be awesome to show our incredible course to the entire world. Leon County should be incredibly proud to bring this amazing championship to Tallahassee, the state of Florida and the United States. Tallahassee will be the first American city to host the World Cross Country Championships since 1992 when the championships were held in Boston. The 2026 championships will be just the third time the championships have been contested on American soil. Apalachee Regional Park has been home to the Seminole cross country program since 2009 and was the host of the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The facility was originally designed by Coach Braman and Brian Corbin, and it began to take to shape in 2008. The facility got an upgrade before this year's NCAA Cross Country Championships, making it one of the top cross country courses in the country. “Tallahassee, Florida, is beyond excited to have been chosen to host the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships,” said Visit Tallahassee Executive Director Kerri Post. “Over 10 years ago we set out to build a premier cross country facility and create a new event standard to drive more athlete participation, attract more spectators and fans, and expand the visibility and viability of the sport of cross country. The World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee will rival the largest athletics competitions around the world and leave a lasting footprint on the sport. The specific date of the competition will be announced at a later date. For updates and exclusive content for both the Florida State track and field and cross country programs, follow the Seminoles on Twitter (FSU_Track), Instagram (fsu_track), and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field).
NEW ORLEANS, La. - 19 Florida State track and field athletes were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Wednesday afternoon. 10 women and nine men were named to the team. Four athletes accomplished a 4.00 GPA for the spring semester. I'm very proud of all of our athletes on this list. We have had great academic success over the years in our program, and this year was no different, Head Coach Bob Braman said. On the women's side, three athletes recorded 4.0 GPA's. CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Maudie Skyring and Ruby Stauber were each named to the list. Stauber is getting her masters in sport management while Skyring is pursuing her degree in exercise physiology. Alyson Churchill also had a 4.0 during the spring as she pursues her degrees in psychology and international affairs. Three more Seminoles, Amanda Beach, Ka'Tia Seymour and Sara Zabarino, each earned a 3.9 GPA or higher. Among the 10 athletes who were named to the team, eight of them earned a 3.7 GPA or higher. On the men's side, Matt Owens led the way with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Owens is pursuing his degree in public health. Owens qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 3000m steeplechase. Silas Griffith had the second-best GPA among the group with a GPA of 3.938 in his pursuit of a degree in social work. The ACC indoor and outdoor scholar-athlete of the year, Trey Cunningham and Caleb Pottorff each finished the semester with a 3.667 GPA. Cunningham is pursuing his masters in Sport Management. For updates and exclusive content, follow the Noles on Twitter (FSU_Track), Instagram (fsu_track) and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field). Men Trey Cunningham (Sport Management) Sam Field (Sport Management) Silas Griffith (Social Work) Ahmed Muhumed (International Affairs) Riley Ott (Sport Management) Matt Owens (Public Health) Caleb Pottorff (Exercise Physiology) James Rivera (Interdisciplinary Social Science) Adriaan Wildschutt (Business Administration) Women Amanda Beach (Public Health) Alyson Churchill (Psychology and International Affairs) Rebecca Clark (Exercise Physiology) Jen Lima (Exercise Physiology) Kelechi Nwanaga (Economics) Erin Phelps (Exercise Physiology) Ka'Tia Seymour (Athletic Coaching) Maudie Skyring (Exercise Physiology) Ruby Stauber (Sport Management) Sara Zabarino (Food and Nutrition Science)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Three Seminoles took home ACC awards Thursday afternoon. Head Coach Bob Braman was named the ACC Men's Coach of the Year. Trey Cunningham was named ACC Men's Track Performer of the Year, and Sean Watkins Jr. was named ACC Co-Freshmen of the Year. The Noles led all teams with three winners.
Coach Braman picked up his 14th ACC coaching accolade across the cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field seasons. Braman just completed his 19th season with the Seminoles and picked up his 32nd ACC title, the most among active coaches. Braman led the men to one of the most dominant performances in ACC Championship history this past season. The Noles scored 149 points and won by 56 points, the most since league expansion. The Noles also finished fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, its highest finish since 2012.
Cunningham added another award to his resume. The Bowerman semifinalist became the first Nole to be named ACC Men's Track Performer of the Year since Andre Ewers in 2019. Cunningham won the 110m hurdles national title and put together one of the greatest hurdle seasons in NCAA history. Cunningham ran 13.22 or faster nine times in his 10 races, the first athlete to accomplish that feat.
Watkins Jr. made a splash in his first season with the Seminoles. The Opa Locka, Fla., native, finished third in the 400m dash at the ACC Outdoor Championships and helped the 4x400m relay team to a second-place finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships and helped them qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Watkins Jr. became the ninth Seminole to win the award.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State hurdler Trey Cunningham was named one of 10 semifinalists for The Bowerman Tuesday afternoon. Cunningham becomes the third Nole to be named a semifinalist for the award, joining Maurice Mitchell and Ngoni Makusha. Makusha won the award in 2011. This is another great honor for Trey. He is now on a short list of people in school history who have been in the running for this prestigious award. He put together a special season and is very deserving of this honor, Head Coach Bob Braman said. Of the 10 semifinalists, Cunningham is the only athlete to go undefeated against collegiate competition in their primary event. Cunningham went a perfect 20-for-20 in the 60m hurdles and the 110m hurdles during the indoor and outdoor season. Cunningham holds the second-fastest times in NCAA history in both the 60m hurdles (7.38) and the 110m hurdles (13.00). Cunningham is tied for the 11th-best performer in world history in the 60m hurdles and is tied for the No. 23 performer all-time in the 110m hurdles. Cunningham put together arguably the greatest season in collegiate history between the 60m hurdles and the 110m hurdles. Cunningham became the only collegiate to ever run 7.42 or faster in the 60m hurdles four times during a single season. He also ran 13.22 or faster in the 110m hurdles nine times during his 2022 season which had never been done before. The Bowerman finalists will be announced Tuesday, June 28 with the winner being announced in December. The Bowerman debuted in 2009 and is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman. It is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation. For updates and exclusive content, follow the Noles on Twitter (FSU_Track), Instagram (fsu_track) and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field).
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State track and field athletes Maudie Skyring and Ruby Stauber were both named COSIDA Academic All-Americans Tuesday afternoon. Skyring was named a First-Team Academic All-American for the first time in her career while Ruby Stauber earned Second-Team Academic All-America honors. Skyring is the first Seminole to earn first-team honors since Stefan Brits in 2016.
"We've been fortunate to have many Academic All-Americans throughout our history, and it is exciting to be able to add to that tradition with Maudie and Ruby. I believe this is the highest honor our student-athletes can receive while they are here at Florida State, and I'm really proud of both Ruby and Maudie for their work both academically and athletically," Head Coach Bob Braman said.
Both Skyring and Stauber were exceptional in the classroom. Both boasted a 4.0 GPA with Skyring majoring in exercise physiology and Stauber majoring in sport management. Skyring left her mark for the Garnet and Gold cross country and track and field teams.. Skyring finished second at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 1500m run to earn First-Team All-ACC honors. During the cross country season, Skyring earned All-ACC honors and All-South Region and helped the Noles to a third-place finish at the ACC Cross Country Championships.
Stauber picked up an ACC outdoor title in the 800m run and finished second at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 800m run in her first season as a Nole. Stauber holds the school record for the indoor 800m run (2:04.31) and is No. 5 on FSU's all-time list in the outdoor 800m run (2:03.54).
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Trey Cunningham picked up another award on Thursday afternoon, as he was named the Men's South Region Track Athlete of the Year. Cunningham won the award in the indoor season but becomes just the third Seminole to win the award during the outdoor season joining Maurice Mitchell (2012) and Walter Dix (2007). Cunningham put together one of the greatest seasons in NCAA hurdle history during his 2022 campaign. Cunningham went undefeated during his season that was capped off with a national title in the 110m hurdles. In the championship race, Cunningham ran 13.00, tied for the second-fastest race in NCAA history, to become one of four athletes to run 13.00 or faster. In his 10 races this season, Cunningham ran 13.22 or faster nine times which has never been done in NCAA history. The Winfield, Ala., native is now tied for 23rd all-time on the world list. The USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year will be announced tomorrow at noon. For updates and exclusive content, follow the Noles on Twitter (FSU_Track), Instagram (fsu_track) and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field).
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Florida State track and field and cross country programs each posted top 15 finishes in the USTFCCCA's Program of the Year standings. The men finished sixth while the women finished 11th. The men posted their best finish since the 2018-19 season when they also finished sixth in the standings.
"I'm extremely proud of how high our program places in this prestigious award. Many programs have pockets of excellence, but very few are competitive in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Our goal every year is to be one of the ten best all-around programs in the country," Head Coach Bob Braman said.
The USTFCCCA Program of the Year award recognizes the top programs across the cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field seasons based of a team's finish at the NCAA Championships. On the men's side, the Noles were the top ACC team in the standings, as the Noles finished 20th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, 14th at the NCAA Indoor Championships and fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
On the women's side, they finished 19th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, 33rd at the NCAA Indoor Championships and 25th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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EUGENE, Ore. - The 4x100m relay began the night off with a bang with a record-breaking performance. Edidiong Odiong, Savy'on Toombs, Ka'Tia Seymour and Ashley Seymour combined to break the ACC record and the 29-year-old school record with a time of 42.78. The Noles had the fifth-fastest time of the three heats and finished second in their heat to automatically qualify for the finals. The finals will take place on Saturday at 5:32 p.m. on ESPN.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Three Noles punched their tickets to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at the NCAA East Preliminary in Bloomington, Ind. Jeremiah Davis and Isaac Grimes were the first duo to punch their tickets with solid performances in the long jump. Davis had a mark of 7.75m while Grimes posted 7.71m to finish sixth and seventh respectively. The Noles had three entries in the 100m dash and all three of them are moving onto Friday's quarterfinal race. Jo'Vaughn Martin ran a season-best 10.05 to finish third among qualifiers while Don'dre Swint ran a personal best 10.14 to finish eighth. Taylor Banks also ran a personal best 10.17 to finish 14th. In the men's 400m dash, Sean Watkins Jr. (46.18) and DaeQwan Butler (46.84) each advanced to Friday's quarterfinal race. James Rivera ran a gritty race in the rain in the 400m hurdles to qualify for the quarterfinal race. Rivera clocked a time of 51.50 to finish second in his heat.
DURHAM, N.C. - The Florida State men's track and field team put together one of the most dominant performances in ACC history in route to their second-straight ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The Noles scored 149 points, the most since the league expanded to 15 teams, and won by 56 points, the largest margin of victory since league expansion. The women's team finished third with 99 points. Jeremiah Davis (men's field) and Edidiong Odiong (women's track) were each named Most Valuable Performers which is given the athlete who scored the most points throughout the championship. It takes everyone to accomplish something like this. Coaches, support staff, trainers, massage therapists and administration, everyone is a part of this, Head Coach Bob Braman said. We didn't miss much. We had a great meet. I'm so proud of both our men and women of how they competed. The Noles crowned seven individual ACC champions on the final day of competition along with a women's 4x100m relay title. Trey Cunningham (110m Hurdles), DaeQwan Butler (400m Dash), Edidiong Odiong (100m Dash; 200m Dash), Jo'Vaughn Martin (100m Dash), Ruby Stauber (800m Run) and James Rivera (400m Hurdles) each captured individual titles. All but Cunningham picked up their first ACC outdoor titles of their career. The women's 4x100m relay of Odiong, Savy'on Toombs, Ka'Tia Seymour and Ashley Seymour combined to post a meet record 43.16 in the 4x100m relay to start the championship onslaught for the Noles. The Noles best event of the day came in the 100m dash where the Noles went first, third, fourth and fifth in the event led by Martin, Amir Willis, Don'dre Swint and Taylor Banks. Adriaan Wildschutt finished second in the 5000m run with an outdoor personal best time of 13:28.03. Maudie Skyring tied her personal best of 4:09.83 in the 1500m run to finish second in the event. Sean Watkins Jr. ran another personal best in the 400m dash to finish third with a time of 45.74. In Saturday's field events, Amani Heaven (54.41m) posted a personal best in the discus to finish second while Milton Ingraham posted a season-best mark of 58.47m to finish fourth. The Noles will now await to see who will be chosen for the NCAA East Preliminaries in Bloomington, Indiana. The top 48 athletes in each event from the east region will qualify for the preliminaries. For updates and exclusive content, follow the Noles on Twitter (FSU_Track), Instagram (fsu_track) and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field).