Pair of American Athletes All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

BOSTON, Mass. – South Florida’s Saminu Abdul-Rasheed 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, Abdul-Rasheed 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

Saminu Abdul-Rasheed – 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