Marion, Ind. – Senior Ayobami Arokoyo (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) capped his collegiate career by making program history for the Saint Xavier University men's track & field team when he recorded the best throw in the Discus at 54.37m to become national champion at the NAIA Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Championships on day two in Marion, Ind. He is the first individual athlete for the men's team to win a national championship, and just the second in program history, joining 2025 SXU Hall of Fame inductee Ellie Willging (2014-17) who won the 10,000m in 2017 in Gulf Shores, Ala. and the 5000m earlier that season at the NAIA Indoor National Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.

It was the eighth time in 2025 that Arokoyo won the Discus in Outdoor competition and the 20^th time overall since his first win in 2022. He is now a three-time NAIA All-American in the discipline, placing sixth in 2022 and fourth in 2023, the most for any SXU men's track & field athlete. The distance of 54.37m was the seventh-best of Arokoyo's career and he now holds the top 26 throws all-time at Saint Xavier. It was the 23^rd time that he has surpassed the 50.00m mark. With the 10 points scored by Arokoyo, the Cougars finished in a tie for 26^th place with five other schools out of 69 scoring teams. University of British Columbia won the national championship for the third time after finishing with 74 points.

Day One:

• Sophomore Connor Whalen (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) competed in the Hammer, the first Cougar athlete to do so at nationals. He logged a throw of 50.47m, the fifth-best toss of his career. Whalen is the only athlete for SXU to surpass the 50.00m in team history
• Senior Isaac Sytsma (Highland, Ind./Indiana Tech/Calumet St. Joseph/Highland) also made program history by becoming the first runner for Saint Xavier to compete in the 1500m at nationals. He recorded a time of 4:06.90 in the preliminaries while running in the second heat.
• Junior Sean Harris (Blue Island, Ill./Eisenhower) also made history for the Cougars as well, becoming the first runner to race in the 200m Dash at nationals. He posted his fourth-fastest career time, and the sixth-best in team history, with a time of 21.84 seconds in heat three of the prelims.

Day Three:

• Senior Ronnie Foster (Peoria Heights, Ill./Peoria Heights) made his second consecutive appearance at nationals in the Triple Jump. He registered a distance of 14.43m, the sixth-best mark of his career. Foster holds the top 19 distances in the Triple Jump in program history.

Saint Xavier established a new program record for points and finish at nationals, earning points for just the fourth time (one point in 2017, three points in 2022 and five points in 2023).