PITTSBURGH – Duquesne's
Colm Matheney,
Louie Liberatore and
Rose Kuchera are set to compete in the 2025 USA Track & Field U20 Championships beginning Thursday, June 19, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The trio each posted qualifying marks during standout freshman seasons on the Bluff.
Matheney will compete in the decathlon (Thursday and Friday), while Kuchera (triple jump) and Liberatore (javelin) are scheduled to compete on Thursday.
Matheney qualified at the Susquehanna River Hawk Multi with a score of 6,300 points, recording personal bests in the long jump, 400 meters, 110-meter hurdles, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters. He placed fifth in the decathlon at his first Atlantic 10 Championship appearance.
Kuchera punched her ticket to Eugene with a first-place, school-record mark of 12.51 meters (41-0.5) in the triple jump at the George Mason Dalton Ebanks Invitational in April. The Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, native improved that record to 12.52 meters (41-1) the following week at Bucknell. She earned bronze in the triple jump at the Atlantic 10 Championship and claimed gold at the ECAC Outdoor Championships. Kuchera also picked up A-10 bronze in the long jump and ranks tied for fourth in program history at 5.91 meters (19-4.75).
Liberatore hit the U20 qualifying standard in just his second meet, throwing over 60 meters in the javelin at Carnegie Mellon. He broke the 60-meter barrier six times during the season and became the first NCAA Outdoor Championships men's javelin qualifier in program history. His school-record mark of 64.50 meters (211-7) came at the IC4A Championships, followed by a 61.08-meter (200-5) performance at the NCAA East First Round.
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