EUGENE, Ore. – South Florida’s Goodness Iredia earned First Team All-America honors during opening night of the 2024 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships on Wednesday night at Hayward Field, while teammate Abdul-Rasheed Saminu qualified for the finals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash for a chance at First Team Honors on Friday.
Goodness Iredia earned First Team All-America status with a 7th place finish in long jump with a jump of 7.86 meters. UTSA’s Gabriel Binion earned Second Team All-America honors in the same event with a leap of 7.55 meters and a 14th place finish.
Saminu qualified for finals in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, finishing in 5th place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.14 seconds, while finishing in 8th place in the 200-meter dash with a preliminary time of 20.30 seconds. Saminu will compete in the finals in both events on Friday. South Florida teammates Jaleel Croal and Shevioe Reid both ran in the 200-meter dash, with Reid earning Second Team All-America honors with an 11th place finish at 20.36 seconds. Croal finished in 24th place at 20.99 seconds for an Honorable Mention All-America honor.
In the 400-meter hurdle, South Florida’s Devontie Archer earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with a 22nd place finish at 51.22 second.
UTSA’s Nabil Tezkratt ran the 400-meter dash at 47.16 seconds for a 23rd place finish and Honorable Mention All-America honors. Tezkratt was also part of the 4×100 relay team with teammates Gabriel Binion, Brice Chabot and Martin Kouyoumdjian that finished in 17th place for Honorable Mention All-America honors.
Rice teammates Ty Hampton and Shaun Kerry competed in field events on the first day. Hampton claimed Second Team All-America honors in javelin with a toss of 70.15 meters to earn 14th place, while Kerry earned Honorable Mention honors with a 19th place finish in hammer throw with a distance of 66.7 meters.
Jack Jennings of Tulane finished with Honorable Mention honors in the 10,000-meter run, taking 21st place with a time of 29:43.16 in the race.
A pair of American 4×400 relay teams finished the night earning Second Team All-America honors. South Florida’s team of Tre-Sean Bouie, Nathan Metelus, Shevioe Reid and Devontie Archer finished in 12th place at 3:05.59, while UTSA’s squad of Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian, Noah Roades and Mike Roth completed the relay at 3:06.74 for 15th place.
The 2024 NCAA Track and Field Championships will continue Thursday, June 6 with the beginning 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) – 22nd Place, 51.22 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Jaleel Croal (Men’s 200m Dash) – 24th Place, 20.99 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Shevioe Reid (Men’s 200m Dash) – 11th Place, 20.36 (2nd Team All-America)
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (Men’s 100m Dash; Men’s 200m Dash) – 5th Place, 10.14 *Finals Qualifier*; 8th Place, 20.30 *Finals Qualifier*
Tre-Sean Bouie, Nathan Metelus, Shevioe Reid, Devontie Archer (Men 4×400 Meter Relay) – 12th Place, 3:05.59 (Second Team All-America)
UTSA
Nabil Tezkratt (Men’s 400m) – 23rd Place, 47.16 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Gabriel Binion, Brice Chabot, Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian (Men 4×100 Meter Relay) – 17th Place; 39.64 (Honorable Mention All-America)
Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian, Noah Rhodes, Mike Roth (Men 4×400 Meter Relay) – 15th Place, 3:06.74 (Second Team All-America)
Men’s Finals
RICE
Ty Hampton (Men’s Javelin) – 14th Place, 70.15m (Second Team All-America)
Shaun Kerry (Men’s Hammer Throw) – 19th Place, 66.7m (Honorable Mention All-America)
SOUTH FLORIDA
Goodness Iredia (Men’s Long Jump) – 7th Place, 7.86m (First Team All-America)
UTSA
Gabriel Binion (Men’s Long Jump) – 14th Place, 7.55m (Second Team All-America)
TULANE
Jack Jennings (Men’s 10,000m) – 21st 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)
Women 4×100 Meter Relay
EAST CAROLINA
Sydni McMilian (Women’s 100m Hurdles)
SOUTH FLORIDA
Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay
Women’s Finals
CHARLOTTE
Elizabeth Bailey (Women’s Javelin)
RICE
McKyla Van Der Westhuizen (Women’s Javelin)
Tara Simpson-Sullivan (Women’s Hammer Throw)
SMU
Funminiji Olajide (Women’s Long Jump)
UTSA
Ida Breigan (Women’s Long Jump)
WICHITA STATE
Lucy Ndungu (Women’s 10,000m)
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT THE 2024 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY, JUNE 7
Finals of Men’s Events
CHARLOTTE
Nick Scudder (Men’s 5,000m)
UTSA
Jemuel Miller (Men’s Triple Jump)
WICHITA STATE
Brady Palen (Men’s High Jump)
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)
