EUGENE, Ore. – The Houston men’s 4x100-meter relay team returned to the national podium for the first time in four years to highlight American Athletic Conference performers on night three of the 2022 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships on Friday at Hayward Field.

The top overall seed in the men’s 4x100 following preliminary action, the Houston lineup of Jordan Booker, Dylan Brown, Edward Sumler IV and Shaun Maswanganyi ran a season-best time of 38.64 to capture third place and a bronze medal. The Cougars previously were the NCAA champion in the event in 2017 and 2018 to go along with a runner-up showing during the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Maswanganyi added a pair of All-America performances in individual sprint distances, clocking a time of 20.26 in the men’s 100-meter dash final to finish ninth before running the men’s 200-meter dash in 20.51 to place sixth. Maswanganyi has earned six combined All-America citations (five on the first team) in his first two career starts outdoors at the NCAA Championships.
 
Teammate Quivell Jordan-Bacot closed his Houston career with a career-best fifth-place showing in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line with a championship heat time of 49.52. Jordan-Bacot landed on the top two All-America teams in the 400 hurdles in each of his final three NCAA Outdoor Championship starts.
 
South Florida’s Romaine Beckford finished in 13th place in his first career NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance, clearing 2.15m/7-0.5 in the men’s high jump. Beckford’s performance landed him on the All-America second team, the first male Bulls athlete to earn All-America honors at the outdoor national meet since Matthew O’Neal in the triple jump (2014-16).
 
Michael Power from Tulsa was the last American athlete to take part in a men’s final, placing sixth in the men’s 5000-meter run with a time of 13.31.23 to end the season as a First Team All-American.
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2022 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
 
Cincinnati
Steven McElroy; Men’s 400-Meter Dash (19th Place, 46.30, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
Houston
Jordan Booker, Dylan Brown, Edward Sumler IV, Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay (38.66, Top Finals Seed)
Trey Johnson, Tyrell Valentine, Jordan Booker and Quivell Jordan-Bacot; Men’s 4X400-Meter Relay (22nd Place, 3:07.60, Honorable Mention All-America)
Quivell Jordan-Bacot; Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles (13th Place, 13.75, Second Team All-America), Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles (49.52, Sixth Finals Seed)
Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 100-Meter Dash (10.15, Fifth Finals Seed), Men’s 200-Meter Dash (20.26, Fifth Finals Seed)
Edward Sumler IV; Men’s 100-Meter Dash (20th Place, 10.30, Honorable Mention All-America), Men’s 200-Meter Dash (23rd Place, 20.86, Honorable Mention All-America)
De’Vion Wilson; Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles (24th Place, 14.53, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
Finals Of Men’s Events
 
Houston
Antonio Ruiz; Men’s Pole Vault (12th Place, 5.40m/17-8.5, Second Team All-America)
 
Memphis
Cole Riddle; Men’s Pole Vault (14th Place, 5.30m/17-4.5, Second Team All-America)
Robby Watson; Men’s Hammer Throw (23rd Place, 65.24m/214-0, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
Wichita State
Michael Bryan; Men’s Hammer Throw (Fifth Place, Conference Record 71.56m/234-9.0, First Team All-America)
Taran Taylor; Men’s Javelin (Fourth Place, Conference Record 78.76m/258-5.0, First Team All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – THURSDAY, JUNE 9
 
UCF
Rayniah Jones, Ciara Holback, Beyonce Defreitas, I’Asia Wilson; Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay (43.22, Eighth Finals Seed)
Rayniah Jones; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles (12.95, Eighth Finals Seed)
 
Cincinnati
Ellie Leather; Women’s 1500-Meter Run (4:14.20, Sixth Finals Seed)
 
Houston
Naomi Taylor; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles (10th Place, 12.97, Second Team All-America)
 
South Florida
Shaneylix Davila; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles (20th Place, 13.31, Honorable Mention All-America)
Sanique Walker; Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles (17th Place, 58.42, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
Cincinnati
Leonie Troeger; Women’s Javelin (21st Place, 50.34m/165-2.0, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
East Carolina
Sommer Knight; Women’s Pole Vault (Eighth Place, 4.30m/14-1.25, First Team All-America)
 
Memphis
DeeNia McMiller; Women’s Hammer Throw (19th Place, 64.36m/211-2.0, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
South Florida
Shaniya Benjamin; Women’s Long Jump (20th Place, 5.90m/19-4.25, Honorable Mention All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY, JUNE 10
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Brittany Floyd; Women’s Heptathlon (23rd Place, 2,308 Points)
 
Finals Of Men’s Events
 
Houston
Jordan Booker, Dylan Brown, Edward Sumler IV, Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay (Third Place, 38.64, First Team All-America)
Quivell Jordan-Bacot; Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles (Fifth Place, 49.52, First Team All-America)
Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 100-Meter Dash (Ninth Place, 10.26, Second Team All-America), Men’s 200-Meter Dash (Sixth Place, 20.51, First Team All-America)
 
South Florida
Romaine Beckford; Men’s High Jump (13th Place, 2.15m/7-0.5, Second Team All-America)
 
Tulsa
Michael Power; Men’s 5000-Meter Run (Sixth Place, 13:31.23, First Team All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – SATURDAY, JUNE 11
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Rayniah Jones, Ciara Holback, Beyonce Defreitas, I’Asia Wilson; Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay
Adrienne Adams; Women’s Discus
Asherah Collins; Women’s Triple Jump
Brittany Floyd; Women’s Heptathlon
Rayniah Jones; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
Cincinnati
Ellie Leather; Women’s 1500-Meter Run