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Gay runner helps team win NCAA cross country trophy

By Erik Hall

ELSAH, Illinois — Midway through his 8-kilometer race at the NCAA cross country national championships, Tucker Meijer picked up his pace. The Amherst College junior estimates he passed 30 runners the final 4 kilometers.

He finished 112th, and those 30 runners he passed moved the Amherst Mammoths into fourth place as a team.

In Indiana, LGBT runner focused on enjoying final race

By Erik Hall

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — As the runners prepared to start the race, Kelsey Tyler stood in the front and center of the seven IUPUI women’s runners at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 10.

The Jaguars were one of 34 teams along the starting line, and as Tyler looked down the 1,000-meter opening straightaway, she knew she was likely less than 25 minutes from being done with cross country.

From national champion gymnast to college diving team captain

By Erik Hall

Standing less than 10 feet off the ground, Simon Carne had something to conquer his first day of diving practice at Drexel University — the 3-meter springboard.

Carne had dabbled in diving since he was 8 years old, but he never dove off anything higher than a 1-meter springboard.

LGBT goalie key to Duke soccer’s
11-match win streak

By Erik Hall

The No. 4-ranked Duke women’s soccer team has won 11 consecutive matches, setting a program record for consecutive wins.

EJ Proctor protected the goal for the last seven wins and for nine of the 11 wins overall.

College swimmers are brother and sister and
both are gay

By Erik Hall

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Kennedy Lohman quit taking her medication at the end of her sophomore year of high school. She started taking Lexapro about six months earlier to help with anxiety and depression. But the prescription took away her personality. She thought emotional highs and lows would be better than feeling flat. READ MORE

College Roundup: Transgender athlete makes
all-conference team

By Erik Hall

Konrad Eiring (sophomore, Illinois men’s track & field) ran a personal-record 800-meter time of 1:50.41 to finish ninth in a field of 130 runners at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14. He won the 800 meters (1:52.31) on Saturday at the Illinois Twilight for his first win of the season.

Four out gay divers compete at NCAA postseason meet in Virginia

By Erik Hall

Zone A, which spans from Virginia to Maine, was one of five zone meets held last week. Divers had to qualify for the zone meet during the regular season, and 40 men’s divers competed in Zone A, making the rainbow contingent 10 percent of the competitors. READ MORE

Old Dominion Univ. diver: ‘I like to be fierce like Beyoncé’

By Erik Hall

“I try to be myself 24/7,” Old Dominion diver Cory Moreno said. “That’s just been very hard for me. … I still struggle a little bit trying to remember to be who I am and to not be afraid of what people say about me or think about me and to not let it hold me back.” READ MORE