EUGENE, Ore. – Houston freshman Shaun Maswanganyi closed his rookie campaign with three separate first-team All-America performances on Friday night to close the men’s portion of the 2021 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field.
 
At the conclusion of two days of men’s competition, Houston finished as the top American Athletic Conference team in the standings with 15 points to share 18th place overall. Tulsa added 13 points to finish 24th in the nation.
 
Maswanganyi captured his first All-America scroll of the night alongside Jordan Booker, Travis Collins and Christian Hamberlin in the men’s 4x100-meter relay, as Houston placed eighth with a time of 42.87. The Cougars have now claimed first-team honors in the 4x100 relay in four of the past five NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Maswanganyi narrowly missed a national championship in the men’s 100-meter dash, finishing just .04 off the pace as runner-up in the event with a time of 10.09. He added a second top-three showing in the men’s 200-meter dash, crossing the finish line with a time of 20.10 for a PR and third place.
 
Houston’s Quivell Jordan placed ninth in the men’s 400-meter hurdles for the second straight NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning first team All-America accolades with a time of 50.54.
 
NCAA 10000-meter champion Patrick Dever from Tulsa added another first team All-America performance to his week, placing sixth in the men’s 5000-meter run. Dever crossed the finish line with a time of 13:19.85 to take sixth place.
 
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 (Fifth, 12.85)**
 
Cincinnati
Caisja Chandler, Women’s 100-Meter Dash (19th, 11.57, Honorable Mention AA), Women’s 200-Meter Dash (14th, 23.26, Second Team AA)
 
East Carolina
Sommer Knight, Women’s Pole Vault (Third, 4.35m/14-3.25, First Team AA)
 
Houston
Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Bethel, Evelyn, Rutherford, Samuels; Eighth, 43.57)**
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Bethel, Dumas, A. Taylor, Tamayo-Garza; 23rd, 3;39.61, Honorable Mention AA)
Brianne Bethel, Women’s 100-Meter Dash (18th, 11.49, Honorable Mention AA), Women’s 200-Meter Dash (DNS)
Mikaila Martin, Women’s Hammer Throw (12th, 66.08m/216-9.0, Second Team AA)
Camille Rutherford, Women’s 100-Meter Dash (10th, 11.40, Second Team AA)
Samiyah Samuels, Women’s Long Jump (18th, 6.12m/20-1.0, Honorable Mention AA)
 
Memphis
Mona Jaidi, Women’s Javelin (22nd, 49.27m/161-7.0, Honorable Mention AA)
 
South Florida
Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Allers-Liburd, Benjamin, Desrosiers, Prescott; 15th, 44.15, Second Team AA)
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Benjamin, Desrosiers, Heckstall, Roshofa; 18th, 3:37.64, Honorable Mention AA)
Shaniya Benjamin, Women’s Long Jump (10th, 6.35m/20-10.0, Second Team AA)
 
SMU
Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay (Bolomboy, Iwuamadi, Williams, Woods; 21st, 3:39.21, Honorable Mention AA)
Jernaya Sharp, Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles (20th, 13.49, Honorable Mention AA)
Ashton Woods, Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles (16th, 58.33, Second Team AA)
 
Temple
Emma Gee, Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase (17th, 9:56.19, Honorable Mention AA)
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Friday, June 11
 
Houston
Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Booker, Collins, Hamberlin, Maswanganyi; Eighth, 42.87, First Team AA)
Quivell Jordan, Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles (Ninth, 50.54, First Team AA)
Shaun Maswanganyi, Men’s 100-Meter Dash (Second, 10.09, First Team AA), 200-Meter Dash (Third, 20.10, First Team AA)
 
Tulsa
Patrick Dever, Men’s 5000-Meter Run (Sixth, 13:19.85, First Team AA)
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Saturday, June 12
 
UCF
Asherah Collins, Women’s Triple Jump
Rayniah Jones, Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
Houston
Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Bethel, Evelyn, Rutherford, Samuels)
 
Cincinnati
Taylor Beard, Women’s High Jump
 
*-Qualified for the event final on Friday, June 11
**-Qualified for the event final on Saturday, June 12