EUGENE, Ore. – Tulsa’s Patrick Dever claimed the national championship in the men’s 10000-meter run on the opening day of competition on Wednesday at the 2021 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field. An additional five American Athletic Conference athletes from Houston punched their tickets to finals heats that are scheduled for Friday evening.
 
Dever established a meet record in the men’s 10K with a time of 27:41.87, shattering the previous national championship mark established by Texas-El Paso’s Suleiman Nyambui (28:01.30) in 1979. Dever gathered the second men’s 10K national title for Tulsa since the Golden Hurricane joined The American, alongside Marc Scott in 2017. American conference champion Aaron Bienenfeld claimed honorable mention All-America status in 17th place with a time of 28:33.05.
 
The Houston men’s 4x100-meter relay team of Jordan Booker, Travis Collins, Christian Hamberlin and Shaun Maswanganyi finished third in the preliminary heats with a time of 38.84 to advance to Friday’s event final. The Cougars were the second team to the finish line in heat one and will be among the nine teams looking to capture the national championship in the event.
 
Maswanganyi clinched berths in both the men’s 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash finals as well, placing fourth in the 100 dash with a time of 10.14 and third in the 200 dash at 20.18. Collins captured second-team All-America accolades with a 13th-place showing in the 100 dash (10.25) and 16th-place in the 200 dash (20.77). Booker claimed second-team All-America in the 200 dash with a time of 20.71 to finish 13th, and Hamberlin checked in 20th in the 200 dash with a time of 20.89.
 
Fellow Houston teammate Quivell Jordan punched his ticket into the finals of the men’s 400-meter hurdles, clinching the ninth and final championship slot with a time of 50.17. South Florida’s Duncan Agyemang finished 24th in the 400 hurdles with a prelim time of 52.56 to close the year as an honorable mention All-American.
 
Wichita State’s Antonio Norman captured second-team All-America honors by finishing 16th in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 13.88. Houston’s Dayo Akindele was unable to post a time in the event but finished the season as an honorable mention All-American.
 
In the men’s hammer throw, Wichita State’s Michael Bryan closed his year 12th in the country with a top attempt of 70.08m, 229-11 to garner second-team All-America plaudits. Conference champion Ryan Davis of East Carolina placed 18th in the nation (68.79m, 225-8).
 
Christyan Sampy of Houston took home 11th place in the men’s pole vault, as his top clearance of 5.30m, 17-4.50 earned him second team All-America. Teammate Antonio Ruiz and South Florida’s Stone Baker did not post a successful clearance attempt to cap the year as honorable mention All-America.
 
Houston’s Benjamin Okafor finished in 23rd place in the men’s long jump with a top distance of 7.18m, 23-6.75 to end his season as an honorable mention All-American in the event.
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Wednesday, June 9
 
Cincinnati
Damon Berthenet, Men’s Decathlon (DNF – injury)
Aaron Bienenfeld, Men’s 10000-Meter Run (17th, 28:33.05, Honorable Mention AA)
 
East Carolina
Ryan Davis, Men’s Hammer Throw (18th, 68.79m/225-8)
 
Houston
Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Booker, Collins, Hamberlin, Maswanganyi; Third, 38.84)*
Dayo Akindele, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles (DNF)
Jordan Booker, Men’s 200-Meter Dash (13th, 20.71, Second Team AA)
Travis Collins, Men’s 100-Meter Dash (13th, 10.25, Second Team AA), 200-Meter Dash (16th, 20.77, Second Team AA)
Christian Hamberlin, Men’s 200-Meter Dash (20th, 20.89)
Quivell Jordan, Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles (ninth, 50.17)*
Shaun Maswanganyi, Men’s 100-Meter Dash (Fourth, 10.14)*, 200-Meter Dash (Third, 20.18)*
Benjamin Okafor, Men’s Long Jump (23rd, 7.18m/23-6.75, Honorable Mention AA)
Antonio Ruiz, Men’s Pole Vault (NH, Honorable Mention AA)
Christyan Sampy, Men’s Pole Vault (11th, 5.30m/17-4.50, Second Team AA)
 
South Florida
Duncan Agyemang, Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles (24th, 52.56, Honorable Mention AA)
Stone Baker, Men’s Pole Vault (NH, Honorable Mention AA)
 
Tulsa
Patrick Dever, Men’s 10000-Meter Run (NATIONAL CHAMPION, meet record 27:41.87, First Team AA)
 
Wichita State
Michael Bryan, Men’s Hammer Throw (12th, 70.08m/229-11, Second Team AA)
Antonio Norman, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles (16th, 13.88, Second Team AA)
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Thursday, June 10
 
UCF
Rayniah Jones, Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
Cincinnati
Caisja Chandler, Women’s 100-Meter Dash, Women’s 200-Meter Dash
 
East Carolina
Sommer Knight, Women’s Pole Vault
 
Houston
Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Bennett, Bethel, Evelyn, Rutherford, Samuels, Tamayo-Garza)
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Babineaux, Bethel, Dumas, Side, A. Taylor, Tamayo-Garza)
Brianne Bethel, Women’s 100-Meter Dash, Women’s 200-Meter Dash
Mikaila Martin, Women’s Hammer Throw
Camille Rutherford, Women’s 100-Meter Dash
Samiyah Samuels, Women’s Long Jump
 
Memphis
Mona Jaidi, Women’s Javelin
 
South Florida
Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Allers-Liburd, Baxter, Benjamin, Davila, Desrosiers, Prescott)
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Allers-Liburd, Benjamin, Desrosiers, Heckstall, Knowles, Roshofa)
Shaniya Benjamin, Women’s Long Jump
 
SMU
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Bolomboy, Iwuamadi, Roberson, Sharp, Williams, Woods)
Jernaya Sharp, Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
Ashton Woods, Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles
 
Temple
Emma Gee, Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Friday, June 11
 
FINALS OF MEN’S EVENTS
 
Tulsa
Patrick Dever, Men’s 5000-Meter Run
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Saturday, June 12
 
FINALS OF WOMEN’S EVENTS
 
UCF
Asherah Collins, Women’s Triple Jump
 
Cincinnati
Taylor Beard, Women’s High Jump
 
 
*-Qualified for the event final on Friday, June 11