South Florida’s Saminu Podiums at 2024 NCAA Track & Field Championships

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 4×400 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 4×100 Meter Relay) – 17^th Place; 39.64 (Honorable Mention All-America)

Nabil Tezkratt, Martin Kouyoumdjian, Noah Rhodes, Mike Roth (Men 4×400 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 4×100 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 4×400 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