EUGENE, Ore. – South Florida’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu earned First Team All-America honors in two events, including a third place finish in the 200-meter dash during day three of the 2024 NCAA Track & Field Championships at the University of Oregon.
 
Saminu earned his first First Team All-American honor of the night in the 100-meter dash, running a personal best 10.02 to finish in 5^th place. Saminu followed with a podium finish in the 200-meter dash, running a personal-best 20.12 second race to finish in 3^rd place.
 
In high jump, Wichita State’s Brady Palen finished in 8^th place to take home First Team All-America honors, clearing 2.17 meters.
 
UTSA’s Jemuel Miller jumped a mark of 16.02 meters in triple jump to take home 12^th place in the event and be named Second Team All-America.
 
Charlotte’s Nickolas Scudder ended the night for American athletes with a 23^rd place finish in the 5,000 meter run, completing the race at 14:15.40 for Honorable Mention honors.
 
The 2024 NCAA Track & Field Championships will end on Saturday, June 8 with the finals of the women’s events.
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2024 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
 
SOUTH FLORIDA
Devontie Archer (Men’s 400m Hurdles) – 22^nd Place, 51.22 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Jaleel Croal (Men’s 200m Dash) – 24^th Place, 20.99 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Shevioe Reid (Men’s 200m Dash) – 11^th Place, 20.36 (2^nd Team All-America)
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (Men’s 100m Dash; Men’s 200m Dash) – 5^th Place, 10.14 *Finals Qualifier*; 8^th Place, 20.30 *Finals Qualifier*
Tre-Sean Bouie, Nathan Metelus, Shevioe Reid, Devontie Archer (Men 4x400 Meter Relay) – 12^th Place, 3:05.59 (Second Team All-America)
 
UTSA
Nabil Tezkratt (Men’s 400m) – 23^rd Place, 47.16 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Gabriel Binion, Brice Chabot, Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian (Men 4x100 Meter Relay) – 17^th Place; 39.64 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian, Noah Rhodes, Mike Roth (Men 4x400 Meter Relay) – 15^th Place, 3:06.74 (Second Team All-America)
 
Men’s Finals
 
RICE
Ty Hampton (Men’s Javelin) – 14^th Place, 70.15m (Second Team All-America)
Shaun Kerry (Men’s Hammer Throw) – 19^th Place, 66.7m (Honorable Mention All-America)
 
SOUTH FLORIDA
Goodness Iredia (Men’s Long Jump) – 7^th Place, 7.86m (First Team All-America)
 
UTSA
Gabriel Binion (Men’s Long Jump) – 14^th Place, 7.55m (Second Team All-America)
 
TULANE
Jack Jennings (Men’s 10,000m) – 21^st Place, 29:43.16 (Honorable Mention All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2024 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – THURSDAY, JUNE 6
 
CHARLOTTE
Joyasia Smith (Women’s 100m Dash; 200m Dash) 18^th Place, 11.29 (Honorable Mention All-America); 15^th Place, 22.84 (Second Team Al-America
JaNeya Hammond, Joyasia Smith, Aniya Matthews, Ta-Halia Fairman (Women 4x100 Meter Relay) – 16^th Place, 43.88 (Second Team All-America)
 
EAST CAROLINA
Sydni McMilian (Women’s 100m Hurdles) – 17^th Place, 13.03 (Honorable Mention All-America)
 
SOUTH FLORIDA
Shaniya Benjamin, Zahria Allers-Liburd, Terren Peterson, Amenda Saint Louis (Women’s 4x400 Meter Relay) – 14^th Place, 3:31.21 (Second Team All-America)
 
Women’s Finals
 
CHARLOTTE
Elizabeth Bailey (Women’s Javelin) – 21^st Place, 49.96m (Honorable Mention All-America)
Riley Felts (Women’s Pole Vault) – 2^nd Place, 4.55m (First Team All-America)
 
RICE
McKyla Van Der Westhuizen (Women’s Javelin) – 3^rd Place, 57.51m (First Team All-America)
Tara Simpson-Sullivan (Women’s Hammer Throw) – 2^nd Place, 69.94m (First Team All-America)
 
SMU
Funminiji Olajide (Women’s Long Jump) – 6th Place, 6.48m (First Team All-America)
 
UTSA
Ida Breigan (Women’s Long Jump) – 8^th Place, 6.40m (First Team All-America)
 
WICHITA STATE
Lucy Ndungu (Women’s 10,000m) – 17^th place, 34:18.02 (Honorable Mention All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2024 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY, JUNE 7
 
Finals of Men’s Events
 
CHARLOTTE
Nick Scudder (Men’s 5,000m) – 23^rd Place, 14:15.40 (Honorable Mention)
 
SOUTH FLORIDA
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (100m; 200m)
100m – 5^th place, 10.02 (First Team All-America)
200m – 3^rd Place, 20.12 (First Team All-America)
 
UTSA
Jemuel Miller (Men’s Triple Jump) – 12^th Place, 16.02m (Second Team All-America)
 
WICHITA STATE
Brady Palen (Men’s High Jump) – 8^th Place, 2.17m (First Team All-America)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2024 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – SATURDAY, JUNE 8
 
Finals of Women’s Events
 
RICE
Alice Taylor (Women’s High Jump)
Eliza Kraule (Heptathlon)
 
WICHITA STATE
Destiny Masters (Heptathlon; Women’s High Jump)