STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Lauren Roy and Sir Jonathan Sims will be competing for both Tarleton State and their respective countries starting on Wednesday at the 2025 World University Games in Rhine-Rhur at the Lohrheidestadion.
 
The World University Games are comprised of the top athletes across the world currently attending university institutions. Overall, the World University Games expand across 19 sports, ranging from Archery to basketball to volleyball to athletics (track and field). Tarleton State is the only member of the WAC to have athletes representing them this year.
 
Roy will compete first running in the sixth heat of the women's 200 at 5:10 a.m. CT on Wednesday morning. The semifinals will be held on Thursday at 11:40 a.m. CT with the finals later in the day on Thursday at 2:25 p.m. CT.
 
Sims will be competing in the men's long jump. The opening round will be held on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. CT with the finals slated for Thursday at 11:18 a.m. CT.
 
All events will be streamed online here and through Discovery+ (subscription required).
 
Lauren Roy will be running the 200-meter dash while representing Tarleton State and Team Ireland. The senior is one of the 45 women competing in the event, representing 32 different countries. Roy is the only member of Team Ireland racing in the 200. She will be competing against the other 44 women for 24 spots in Thursday's semifinals. Roy will need to finish in the top three in her heat or in the next best six overall among the six heats to be a part of the 24 advancing women. Once in the semifinals, eight will reach the finals with the top two in each heat and the next best two claiming the eight spots.
 
Roy ranks as the second-fastest athlete in her heat this season. Roy's personal and season best of 23.27 is the second best this year to Kristie Edwards of Australia. Overall, Roy ranks eighth this season amongst the 45 athletes.
 
Sir Jonathan Sims will be competing in the long jump for Team USA and Tarleton State. He is one of two members of Team USA competing in the event alongside UConn student-athlete Marc Morrison. Sims is one of 43 athletes competing across 33 different countries. Sims will
 
Sims ranks 10^th overall in the field this season. Sims' best leap of 7.97 meters came at the Michael Johnson Invitational earlier this spring at Baylor University. This will be his first time competing in Germany for Team USA. However, Sims spent four years of his early childhood living across the country of Germany.
 
The pair of Texans will look to add to the international exposure that Tarleton State has already received this year. Last week, Roy was a member of Team Ireland's 4x100 relay squad that set the new Ireland national record. Freshman Prestina Ochonogor earned gold at the African U20 Championships last week in the women's long setting a new meet record of 6.71 meters.
 
Sir Jonathan Sims and Victoria Cameron will be in action from July 31 - August 3 in Eugene, Ore. For the USATF National Championships. Roy, Ochonogor and Lokesh Sathyanthan will also be competing in their national championships later in August. The group will be competing for a chance to represent their countries at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September.