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 5th place with 4,353 points, while Wichita State’s Destiny Masters finished just behind her in 6th 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 7th 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 6th place. SMU’s Funminiyi Olajide earned Second Team All-American honors with a 10th place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters.
In the men’s 60-meter dash, South Florida’s Saminu Abdul-Rasheed became the first Bull to qualify for the finals in a men’s track event, running a 6.62 to finish in 8th 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 11th 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 12th 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,12th Place, 20.92m
Eliza Kraule – Women’s Pentathlon, First Team All-America, 5th Place, 4,353
Alexander Slinkman – Men’s Pole Vault, First Team All-America, 7th Place, 5.40m
South Florida
Saminu Abdul-Rasheed – Men’s 60m, 8th place prelims, 6.62
Shevioe Reid – Men’s 200m, 11th place prelims, 20.81
SMU
Funminiyi Olajide – Women’s Long Jump, 10th Place, 6.32m
UTSA
Ida Breigan – Women’s Long Jump, First Team All-American, 6th Place, 6.38m
Wichita State
Destiny Masters –Pentathlon, First Team All-American, 6th Place, 4,338
Women’s High Jump,
