AUSTIN, Texas – SMU long jumper Raelyn Roberson earned Second Team All-America status, while UCF and Houston both qualified an athlete for finals at the 2023 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas.  
 
Roberson jumped 6.04 meters to finish in 14^th place in long jump as the Mustang earned Second Team All-America honors. Fellow American athlete, Jasmine Scott-Kilgo of UCF, earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with a jump of 5.95m to finish in 17^th place.
 
Rayniah Jones returns to the finals of the NCAA Track & Field Championships in the 100-meter hurdles, earning the eight seed with a time of 12.91. Teammate Kaylor Harris finished in 22^nd place with a time of 13.82 to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors.
 
Jones also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 24^th place with a time of 11.52. UCF’s Kiah Williams finished in 21^st place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.34, also earning Honorable Mention honors.
 
Also qualifying for the finals was Houston 400-meter hurdler Sydni Townsend. Townsend clocked a 55.95 to earn the 7^th seed in the finals on Saturday.
 
Cincinnati’s Rylee Penn finished the season an as Honorable Mention All-America honoree in the 1,500-meter run, finishing the race in 20^th place with a time of 23.34. Teammate Leonie Troeger finished in 17^th place in javelin with a throw of 50.02 meters to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors, while Memphis’s Amber Simpson wrapped up her season in hammer throw in 24^th place with a throw of 59.24 meters to earn her Honorable Mention All-America honors.
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2023 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
 
Houston
De’Vion Wilson (Men’s 110m Hurdles) – 5^th Finals Seed; 13.37
Shaun Maswanganyi (Men’s 100m Dash) – 5^th Finals Seed; 9.99; (Men’s 200m Dash) – 6^th Finals Seed; 19.99
 
South Florida
Danelson Mahautiere, Shevioe Reid, Jaleel Croal, Zayquan Lincoln (Men’s 4x100 Relay) – 24^th; 39.82 – Honorable Mention All-America
 
Finals of Men’s Events
 
Cincinnati
Fred Moudani-Likibi (Men’s Shot Put) – 3^rd place; 20.54m (67’4.75”)
 
Houston
Christyan Sampy (Men’s Pole Vault) – 8^th Place; 5.45m (17’10.5”) – First Team All-America
 
Tulsa
Cormac Dalton (Men’s 10,000m) – 10^th place; 28:35.83 – Second Team All-America
Scott Beattie (Men’s 10,000m) – 13^th place; 29:10.31 – Second Team All-America
 
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2023 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – THURSDAY, JUNE 8
 
UCF
Daija Lampkin, Rayniah Jones, Beyonce Defreitas, I’Asia Wilson (Women’s 4x100 Relay) - DNF
Kaylor Harris (Women’s 100m Hurdles) – 22^nd place; 13.82 – Honorable Mention All-American
Rayniah Jones (Women’s 100m Hurdles) – 8^th Finals Seed; 12.91; (Women’s 100m Dash) 24^th place; 11.52; Honorable Mention All-America
Kiah Williams (Women’s 400m Dash) – 21^st place; 52.34; Honorable Mention All-America
 
Cincinnati
Rylee Penn (Women’s 1,500m) – 20^th place; 4:23.34 – Honorable Mention All-America
 
Houston
Sydni Townsend (Women’s 400m Hurdles) – 7^th Finals Seed; 55.95
 
Finals of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Jasmine Scott-Kilgo (Women’s Long Jump) – 17^th place; 5.95m (19’6.25”) – Honorable Mention All-America
 
Cincinnati
Leonie Troeger (Women’s Javelin) – 17^th place; 50.02m (165’1”) – Honorable Mention All-America
Abby Knouff (Women’s Pole Vault) - DNS
 
Memphis
Amber Simpson (Women’s Hammer Throw) – 24^th place; 59.24m (194’4”) – Honorable Mention All-America
 
SMU
Raelyn Roberson (Women’s Long Jump) – 14^th place; 6.04m (19’9.75”) – Second Team All-America
 
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2023 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY, JUNE 9
Finals of Women’s Events
 
Tulane
Kristen O’Handley (Heptathlon)
 
Finals of Men’s Events
 
Houston
De’Vion Wilson (Men’s 110m Hurdles)
Shaun Maswanganyi (Men’s 100m Dash; Men’s 200m Dash)
 
South Florida
Romaine Beckford (Men’s High Jump)
 
Wichita State
Brady Palen (Men’s High Jump)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2023 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – SATURDAY, JUNE 10
Finals of Women’s Events
 
UCF
Rayniah Jones (Women’s 100m Hurdles)
Asherah Collins (Women’s Triple Jump)
 
Cincinnati
Taylor Beard (Women’s High Jump)
Annika Kinley (Women’s High Jump)
 
Houston
Sydni Townsend (Women’s 400m Hurdles)
 
Memphis
Samantha Lenton (Women’s Discus)
 
Tulane
Kristen O’Handley (Heptathlon)
 
Wichita State
Destiny Masters (Women’s High Jump)