BOSTON, Mass. – Nine student-athletes from The American competed in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston on Thursday and Friday night, with five securing First Team All-America honors.
 
Charlotte’s Riley Felts was the highest finisher among the athletes, finishing as the NCAA Runner-Up in the women’s pole vault.  Felts cleared a personal best 4.50 meters to earn second place.
 
A pair of pentathlon athletes earned First Team All-American honors as Rice’s Eliza Kraule finished in 5^th place with 4,353 points, while Wichita State’s Destiny Masters finished just behind her in 6^th place with 4,338 points. Masters will compete in the high jump on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.
 
Rice’s Alexander Slinkman secured First Team All-American honors in men’s pole vault, clearing 5.40 meters for a 7^th place finish in the event.
 
Two athletes competed in the women’s long jump as UTSA’s Ida Breigan earned First Team All-American honors with a jump of 6.38 meters to finish in 6^th place.  SMU’s Funminiyi Olajide earned Second Team All-American honors with a 10^th place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters.
 
In the men’s 60-meter dash, South Florida’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu became the first Bull to qualify for the finals in a men’s track event, running a 6.62 to finish in 8^th place and earn the final qualifying seed. He will run in the finals on Sunday at 4:40 p.m. ET.
 
In the men’s 200-meter dash, South Florida’s Shevioe Reid finished in 11^th place in the preliminaries, running a 20.81 second race.
 
Rice’s Tara Simpson-Sullivan competed in the women’s weight throw on Thursday, finishing in 12^th place with a throw of 20.92 meters.
 
 
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, 8^th place prelims, 6.62
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,