EUGENE, Ore. – Wichita State athletes Taran Taylor and Michael Bryan enjoyed stellar championship showings and the Houston men’s 4x100-meter relay entry earned the top seed into finals competition on night one of the 2022 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships Wednesday at Hayward Field.
 
The Houston relay lineup of Jordan Booker, Dylan Brown, Edward Sumler IV and Shaun Maswanganyi won the second semifinal heat with a time of 38.66 to lock up the number one qualifying position in Friday’s 4x100-meter relay final. The Cougars repeated as the national champions in the event in both 2017 and 2018.
 
Taylor secured fourth place for Wichita State in the men’s javelin final, unleashing an American Athletic Conference record throw of 78.76m (258-5.0) in the sixth and final round to lock up First-Team All-America honors. Bryan added the best league mark in the men’s hammer throw on his way to fifth place, opening the finals flight with a 71.56m (234-9.0) effort to join Taylor on the top All-America team.
 
Other top American finishers from finals action on the opening night of the 2022 NCAA Championships were pole vaulters Antonio Ruiz from Houston (12th place, 5.40m/17-8.5) and Cole Riddle from Memphis (14th place, 5.30m/17-4.5), who each secured Second-Team All-America scrolls.
 
Houston’s Maswanganyi advanced to Friday finals in both the men’s 100-meter dash (10.15) and the men’s 200-meter dash (20.26), locking up the number five seed in each event. Teammate Quivell Jordan-Bacot moved on to the final heat in the men’s 400-meter hurdles after clocking the sixth-best semifinal time in 49.52.
 
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
Rayniah Jones; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
Cincinnati
Ellie Leather; Women’s 1500-Meter Run
 
Houston
Naomi Taylor; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
 
South Florida
Shaneylix Davila; Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
Sanique Walker; Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
Cincinnati
Leonie Troeger; Women’s Javelin
 
East Carolina
Sommer Knight; Women’s Pole Vault
 
Memphis
DeeNia McMiller; Women’s Hammer Throw
 
South Florida
Shaniya Benjamin; Women’s Long Jump
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY, JUNE 10
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Brittany Floyd; Women’s Heptathlon
 
Finals Of Men’s Events
 
Houston
Jordan Booker, Dylan Brown, Edward Sumler IV, Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay
Quivell Jordan-Bacot; Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles
Shaun Maswanganyi; Men’s 100-Meter Dash, Men’s 200-Meter Dash
 
South Florida
Romaine Beckford; Men’s High Jump
 
Tulsa
Michael Power; Men’s 5000-Meter Run
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – SATURDAY, JUNE 11
 
Finals Of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Adrienne Adams; Women’s Discus
Asherah Collins; Women’s Triple Jump
Brittany Floyd; Women’s Heptathlon