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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Nicholas Bendtsen and Stella Kermes of the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country program were named the first ACC Performers of the Week for the 2025 season after a successful season opener at the 2025 Spider Alumni Open, the league office announced Tuesday (Sept. 2). Virginia dominated the Spider Alumni Open in Richmond, Va. for the third consecutive year as graduate student Nicholas Bendtsen and sophomore Stella Kermes won the men’s 6k and women’s 4k. In his Virginia debut, Bendtsen led the Cavaliers to a 1-2-3-4-6 finish. The Wolcott, Conn. native crossed the line in 17:57.6, just 0.1 ahead of Justin Wachtel (17:57.7), Andrew Jones (17:57.8) and Will Daley (17:57.9). Hard to beat Bendtsen 😎 Congratulations to Nicholas Bendtsen on being named the 𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗔𝗖𝗖 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸⤵️🗞️: https://t.co/5qwemxpDTW #GoHoos pic.twitter.com/s6rs7G9Vuh — Virginia Track & Field and Cross Country (@UVATFCC) September 2, 2025 In the women’s race, Kermes bettered her season opener finish from a year ago breaking the tape in 13:17.3. The Waxhaw, N.C. native finished 10th clocking 13:56.9 on the same course last season. Led by Kermes, the Virginia women occupied six of the top ten spots with Mary Ellen Eudaly (13:20.0) and Ella Woehlcke (13:26.1)

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If you really like football and the process of becoming a great player, you won’t find a better place to go than here. - Head Coach Barry Odom I want to give a lot of thanks to the crowd. The student section was off the charts, and they created energy in the stadium. The band was tremendous. It felt like college football, and it’s exciting. I know our guys appreciated it. - Head Coach Barry Odom speed down the field on kickoff coverage really helped in a lot of ways. He was good on punt return, and he’s making progress. - Head Coach Barry Odom on his Special Teams Player of the Week Head Coach Barry Odom Offensive Coordinator Josh Henson Defensive Coordinator Mike Scherer Linebacker Charles Correa Wide Receiver Michael Jackson III

The report contains sensitive content that may be upsetting for some readers.  X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has contributed to the spread of targeted hate against LGBTI people in Poland, Amnesty International said in a new report analyzing the platform’s business model for the first time.  The report, ‘ A Thousand Cuts’: Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Poland’s LGBTI Community on X , details how X’s business model and content moderation failings enabled the spread of technology facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV).  “Through inadequate content moderation practices and a lack of human rights due diligence, X has contributed to human abuses against members of Poland’s LGBTI community,” said Alia Al Ghussain, Amnesty International Researcher and Advisor on technology and human rights.   These failures, coupled with the unjustifiable removal of safeguards against harmful speech, means X has now become a breeding ground of content constituting TfGBV.  This has affected LGBTI people’s rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association, non-discrimination and their ability to feel safe in society.    Poland’s LGBTI community has experienced a range of TfGBV on X, including threats of violence, online harassment, doxing (the sharing of a person’s private information online, with malicious intent) and

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MARQUETTE, Mich. - The 2025 Marquette Marathon, powered by NMU, has come to its conclusion. Today saw over 1,200 runners take advantage of the perfect Upper Peninsula weather, including 460 racers for the marathon, 596 in the half marathon, 15 teams of three in the marathon relay, and 105 in the Wildcat 5K.  One of the fastest marathons in the country, the Marquette Marathon qualified 116 racers for the Boston Marathon, broken into 57 men and 59 women. The complete results from every race can be found here . Winning the 2025 Marquette Marathon and earning one of those BQ's was Jesse Greenhagen (M30-39, Mount Pleasant, Mich.), with a time of 2:34:59.2, just around five and a half minutes quicker than the next racer. Greenhagen was in second place through the 17.7 mile marker before leapfrogging Samuel Parlette (M30-39, White Lake, Mich.) at the 21 mile mark, and Greenhagen would eventually cross the line as the overall top finisher. Grace Hayward (F20-29, Weston, MA) paced the female field, finishing as the first overall female with her time of 2:55:38.8. Similar to the men, Grace was behind Olivia Hayward (F20-29, Weston, MA) until the 17.7 mile marker, before Grace and Olivia swapped

While we can't endorse what X has become, we can bring you the worthwhile moments that still exist there, curated and free of the surrounding chaos. Hello, world! We're back with another week of exceptional Black laughs from Black Twitter. So, let's get into it: 1. @__ItsKen_ / Bravo / Via x.com Related: 50 Extremely Rare "Before And After" Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Change Your Perspective On The World 2. ABC News / Twitter: @Belcardi11 Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 3. Variety / @Thugg_Speedman / Via x.com 4. @RubbBandGrant / Via x.com Related: 15 Funny Tweets By Women That Are So Hysterical, They Nearly Cured My Existential Crisis 5. Club Shay Shay / @_50kgold / Via youtube.com 6. Popeyes / @OptimusGrind__ / Via x.com Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 7. @lifeinchaos_ / Via x.com Related: 42 Brides Who Were So Completely Self-Absorbed That Their Wedding Planners Probably Needed Therapy Afterward 8. @Osirisassad / Via x.com 9. @terrishabailey / Via x.com 10. @prayyouucatchme / Via x.com Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 11. @Brieyonce / Via x.com Related: Here Are 15 Jaw-Dropping Moments That Made Highly-Paid Employees Say "I Quit" 12. @iamsharnay / Via x.com 13. @justgiveurmoney / Via x.com That's all

EMMITSBURG, Md. (August 29, 2025) – Mount St. Mary's cross country hosted their home meet to kick off the 2025 season, earning a fifth place finish for the men and seventh for the women at the Mount 5K Duals.   The men's side were led by the duo of EJ Villaver and Nicholas Willis , who crossed the finish line within a second of each other. Villaver crossed at 17:05.68 followed by Willis at 17:06.75. After them, Duke Ebert finished in 17:21.46, Evan DeVoe in 17:23.55, and Diego Herrera in 17:31.82 to complete team scoring.   Chloe McCarthy – running cross country for the first time in two years – paced the women's side with a time of 19:51.31. Fellow teammates factoring into the scoring were Alyssa Pongracz at 20:23.78, Riley Bell at 21:07.10, Isabella Pla at 21:35.78, and Audrey Musmeci at 22:34.43.   Post Meet interviews with Mount's top finishers in the men's EJ Villaver and Nicholas Willis , and the women's Chloe McCarthy !!!#GoMount pic.twitter.com/Tg3HBrG62l — Mount Athletics (@MountAthletics) August 29, 2025 UMBC won the men's race in a clean 1-5 sweep while Delaware took the women's race with 30 points. Daniel Danilovitz and Alexis Tepper of UMBC

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia baseball head coach Chris Pollard announced the hiring of Casey Scott as the director of operations on Friday (Aug. 29). Scott comes to Virginia after spending time at Bishop Verot Catholic High School in Florida and USA Baseball. “We are thrilled to have Casey Scott joining our staff as director of operations here at the University of Virginia. Through his experiences as an assistant and head coach at the college level, Casey has built a tremendous skill set from both a baseball and organizational standpoint,” Pollard said. “Over the last several years, Casey has built Bishop Verot into one of the most respected high school programs in the country. He also brings a strong relationship with USA Baseball from his time serving with the 15U National Team.” Before he arrived in Charlottesville, Casey spent five seasons as the head baseball coach at Bishop Verot in Fort Myers, Fla. During his tenure, the Vikings went 114-42 and appeared in back-to-back FHSAA 3A state semifinals during the 2024 and 2025 campaigns. In 2025, Bishop Verot tallied a school-high 32 wins and was ranked ninth nationally. Most recently, Scott was the manager of the 15U national team for USA