The red-shirt senior at Kansas University, finished 13th in the men’s heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships last month at the University of Arkansas, earning the Sherman native Second-Team All-American honors.

Following are his results in each event: 15th in the 60 meters (7.15 seconds); 15th in the long jump (6.93 meters); a personal-best in the shot put (13.69 meters); a 1.94 meter leap in the high jump; 15th in the 60-meter hurdles; a personal-best 4.67 in the pole vault; and a 2:49.27 clocking in the 1,000 meters.

For the seven events, Swabik finished with 5,447 points.

“We were hoping for a little bit more in the events, but as the final results show, it was the strongest heptathlon field in the history of the NCAA where it took over 5,900 points to score,” Kansas multi events coach Paul Thornton said following the meet. “I was very proud of the way Tayton and John were able to rebound from negative events and turn the next ones into positive ones … continuing to fight through the grind is the nature of the heptathlon. You have to have a short memory and move on to the next task and I thought they both did a good job with that.”

Sherman’s John Swabik, middle, takes off in the 100-meter dash during the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships last month for the University of Kansas. Photo courtesy of Kansas Athletics

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Conner Dean (Jamestown/Jamestown High School) helped the New York University swimming and diving team to a program-best second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships last month at Indiana University.

After four days of competition, the Violets, whose previous-best finish was fourth last season, compiled 388.5 points, just 48.5 behind first-place Denison University.

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Jamestown’s Conner Dean, second from left, helped New York University take second place at the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships last month at Indiana University. Photo courtesy of NYU Athletics

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“The guys truly stepped up and delivered,” said NYU head coach Trevor Miele, according to the school’s athletic website. “I couldn’t be more proud. They came ready to race and absolutely rose to the occasion.”

Dean, a freshman, finished fifth in the 200 breaststroke (1:58.74) to earn First-Team All-American honors.

Edinboro freshman and Mayville native Jada Cole earned NCAA Division II indoor track and field Second Team All-American honors in the high jump after placing 15th in the country. Photo courtesy of Edinboro Athletics

“There were so many incredible performances, records and wins,” added Miele. “It’s hard to put into words just how much they accomplished this year.”

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Jada Cole (Mayville/Chautauqua Lake CS) has had no problem adjusting to the collegiate level, after leading NCAA Division II Edinboro University women’s soccer in scoring this fall with 10 goals and two assists as a freshman before seamlessly transitioning into indoor track and field where she placed 15th in high jump at the national championships.

Cole’s placement at nationals earned her a selection as a Second Team All-American and she posted an Edinboro record jump of 1.74 meters or 5-feet and 8.5-inches.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference took notice of Cole in both soccer and indoor track and field.

On the pitch, Cole was named the PSAC West Freshman of the Year and was named to the All-PSAC West First Team. Then finishing her indoor track and field season, Cole was named the PSAC Freshman of the Year.

Now in the outdoor track and field season, the 2025 OBSERVER/Post-Journal Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year has continued her success at the NCAA Division II level.

This past weekend for the Fighting Scots she won the high jump at the Dave Labor Invitational in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Cole reached a height of 1.76 meters or 5-feet and 9.25-inches, clearing the runnerup by over two inches and setting a new Edinboro record in the process.

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Roan Kelly (Randolph/Randolph) set a meet record at the UVA Grand Prix last week in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Virginia Tech sophomore won the 3,000 meters in a personal-best 8:06.29, which was also a facility record.

Last outdoor season, Kelly competed at the NCAA East Region First Round in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 3:47.46. At the 2025 ACC Championships, he posted a season-best 1:49.28 in the 800 meters. His best time in the 1,500 meters last spring was 3:40.84 at the Hill City Twilight.

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SUNY Fredonia freshman Leah Marsh (Fredonia/Fredonia) participated in her first collegiate diving regional meet in late February at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Off the 1-meter board, she placed 23rd with a score of 337.45 and, off the 3-meter board, she moved up one spot with a total of 349.15.

At the SUNYAC Championships a week earlier, Marsh finished third off both boards.

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Abby Rice (Silver Creek/Silver Creek) has completed her junior basketball season at SUNY Canton.

In 26 games, including 20 starts, she averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, shot 53% from the field and 64% from the foul line.

Canton finished with a 19-7 record, including 12-6 in the SUNYAC.

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Teghan Trocki (Frewsburg/Frewsburg), a freshman guard at Houghton University, helped the Highlanders to a 23-8 record, including a berth in the National Christian College Athletic Association National Championship tournament.

In 31 games, including three starts, Trocki averaged 6.4 points and shot 37% from beyond the arc.

Teammate Riley Pascoe (Sinclairville/Chautauqua Christian Academy) turned in a stellar season, averaging 12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists. She shot 49% from the floor and 72% from the foul line.

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Zed Williams (Irving/Silver Creek) is now in his eighth season of National Lacrosse League action since being drafted fourth overall in 2017 by the Georgia Swarm.

After three seasons with the Swarm, Williams had plenty of success with the Colorado Mammoth including winning the NLL Cup in 2022, but this year the lacrosse legend is a little closer to home.

Suffering a season-ending achilles injury, the Mammoth later that summer traded Williams to the Rochester Knighthawks and in his return he has not missed a beat. Through 15 games, Williams has provided the Knighthawks with 21 goals and 13 assists for 34 points. Rochester (6-9) is still fighting for a playoff spot as the No. 10 team in the league, needing some help and a strong finish for the postseason.

That path to the postseason comes close to home as Williams and the Knighthawks travel to the KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Bandits Saturday night at 7 p.m.

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Christian Storms contributed to this report.