Mount St. Mary’s Brian Sagendorf finishes 24th in javelin at NCAA finals

Mount St. Mary’s graduate student Brian Sagendorf added his name to the school’s list of All-Americans on Wednesday night, with an honorable mention in the javelin at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

After fouling on his first attempt, Sagendorf got on the board with a throw over 52 meters. His final throw was his best on the day at 54.23 meters, placing him 24th.

Wednesday’s meet capped a memorable career for the javelin thrower. Sagendorf leaves the Mount as the school’s record holder for the event, setting the mark in his freshman year and besting it three more times. The fourth standard set by the New Jersey native punched his ticket to Oregon, with a 10th place finish at the NCAA East Preliminaries in Florida.

Sagendorf was the first Mount St. Mary’s track and field athlete to reach the NCAA championships since Kelly Yanucil, who competed in the women’s javelin in 2016.

Women’s college lacrosse: Maryland’s Lizzie Colson (Manchester Valley) was named the National Defender of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association on Thursday.

The redshirt senior was also a Tewaaraton finalist, an IWLCA first-team All-American, a Honda Award Finalist, the Big Ten Defender of the Year, a first-team All-Big Ten Selection, an All-Big Ten Tournament team honoree, a two-time National Player of the Week and three-time Big Ten Defensive

Player of the Week.

Colson was consistently the best defender in the nation this year, leading the country with 49 caused turnovers, the second-most in program history, and standing third with 59 ground balls. The team captain had more than three caused turnovers in nine of 17 games this season and had six games of fourplus caused turnovers, while recording at least four ground balls in 10 of 17 games.

She wrapped up her career as a Terp in 2021 with 106 career caused turnovers, the fourth most in program history, 324 draw controls, the third most in program history, and 159 ground balls. Only the 21st Terp in program history to be named a three-time All-American, Colson helped lead Maryland to two national championships (2017, 2019) and three Final Fours (2017 to 2019).

>> Salisbury seniors Alexis Strobel (Bel Air) and Carrie Hesen (Glenelg) were named IWLCA Players of the Year for Division III.

Strobel was honored as the Division III Player of the Year and Attacker of the Year while Hesen earned Defender of the Year. The duo helped the Sea Gulls to an undefeated season and a national title.

College football: Towson announced the fall season’s home game kickoff times.

Towson’s first home game against seventime FCS champion North Dakota State will be on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. It will be the first time Towson football has a home game since Nov. 23, 2019.

The next two home games for the Tigers, Oct. 9 vs. Stony Brook and Oct. 16 vs. Rhode Island, will kick off at 4 p.m.