BOSTON, Mass. – South Florida’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu earned First Team All-American honors, while Wichita State’s Destiny Masters earned Second Team All-America honors during the final day of competition at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston.
After qualifying for the finals in the 60 meter dash, Saminu finished in 8
th place during a highly contested race, running a 6.69 second dash. He finished one-one hundredth of a second out of 7
th place.
Already a First Team All-American in the pentathlon, Wichita State’s Destiny Masters finished with second team honors in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.85 meters to take home 12
th place.
American Athletes At The 2024 NCAA ITF Championships – thursday, march 7 – saturday, march 9
Charlotte
Riley Felts – Women’s Pole Vault, First Team All-America, NCAA Runner-Up, 4.50m
Rice
Tara Simpson-Sullivan – Women’s Weight Throw,12
th Place, 20.92m
Eliza Kraule – Women’s Pentathlon, First Team All-America, 5
th Place, 4,353
Alexander Slinkman – Men’s Pole Vault, First Team All-America, 7
th Place, 5.40m
South Florida
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu – Men’s 60m, First Team All-America, 8
th Place, 6.69
Shevioe Reid – Men’s 200m, 11
th place prelims, 20.81
SMU
Funminiyi Olajide – Women’s Long Jump, 10
th Place, 6.32m
UTSA
Ida Breigan – Women’s Long Jump, First Team All-American, 6
th Place, 6.38m
Wichita State
Destiny Masters –Pentathlon, First Team All-American, 6
th Place, 4,338
Women’s High Jump, 12
th place, 1.85m