American Athletic Conference/Simone Amaduzzi

Record Number Of American Athletic Conference Competitors Ready For 2021 NCAA Track & Field Championships

06.07.21

IRVING, Texas – Athletes from across the American Athletic Conference are set to compete at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which are scheduled for June 9-12 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. ESPN3 will anchor coverage of the meet all four days, with national linear windows also available on June 9 at 8 p.m. (ET) on ESPNU, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2, June 11 at 8 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2 and June 12 at 6 p.m. (ET) on ESPNU.
 
A total of 52 athletes representing The American are scheduled to compete at the NCAA Championships, a conference record for a single season. Houston leads all American members with 22 entrants (11 women, 11 men) eligible to take part in individual and relay events. South Florida has nine women’s athletes and two men’s athletes for a total of 11 team members who advanced to Nationals; SMU has six women in the field; Cincinnati has two women and two men who qualified for the NCAA meet; UCF has a pair of women; Wichita State has a pair of men; East Carolina has one woman and one man due to compete; and Tulsa (one man); Memphis (one woman); and Temple (one woman) have a single athlete in the field.
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Wednesday, June 9
 
Cincinnati
Damon Berthenet, Men’s Decathlon
Aaron Bienenfeld, Men’s 10000-Meter Run
 
Houston
Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Alexander, Booker, Collins, Hamberlin, Maswanganyi, Sumler IV)
Dayo Akindele, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles
Jordan Booker, Men’s 200-Meter Dash
Travis Collins, Men’s 100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash
Christian Hamberlin, Men’s 200-Meter Dash
Quivell Jordan, Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles
Shaun Maswanganyi, Men’s 100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash
Benjamin Okafor, Men’s Long Jump
Antonio Ruiz, Men’s Pole Vault
Christyan Sampy, Men’s Pole Vault
 
South Florida
Duncan Agyemang, Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles
Stone Baker, Men’s Pole Vault
 
Tulsa
Patrick Dever, Men’s 10000-Meter Run
 
Wichita State
Antonio Norman, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles
 
American Athletes At The NCAA Championships – Thursday, June 10
 
UCF
Rayniah Jones, Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
Cincinnati
Damon Berthenet, Men’s Decathlon
Caisja Chandler, Women’s 100-Meter Dash, Women’s 200-Meter Dash
 
East Carolina
Ryan Davis, Men’s Hammer Throw
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
 
Wichita State
Michael Bryan, Men’s Hammer Throw
 
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