Mokaleng Becomes Five-Time All-American

Wednesday, June 5

Austin, Texas

5:30 p.m.

TCU

NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship

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Mokaleng Becomes Five-Time All-American

6/5/2019 9:00:00 PM | Track and Field, Women's Outdoor Track

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Longmire competes Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas – Derrick Mokaleng and the 4x400m relay team each earned Second-Team All-America honors Wednesday in the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

DERRICK MOKELANG
Entering the event seeded 13^th, Mokaleng finished ninth and earned Second Team All-America honors. The junior ran his second-fastest time of the season, 45.55 seconds. He finished fourth in his heat, and missed advancing to the finals by .01 seconds. Mokaleng became a five-time All-American about two hours later in the 4x400m relay.

4X400M RELAY
The relay team of Jostyn Andrews, Tinotenda Matiyenga, Glenn Bender and Mokaleng finished ninth to earn Second Team All-America honors. The Big 12 Champions finished third in their heat with a time of 3:05.01.

THURSDAY
6:30 p.m. – Destiny Longmire (long jump final) | ESPN3 (flight 2)

FRIDAY
5:30 p.m. – Chengetayi Mapaya (triple jump final) | ESPN3 (flight 2)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- Mapaya, the indoor and outdoor champion of the Big 12, enters the triple jump competition with the third best jump of the 24-person field. His school-record jump of 16.64m (54-7.25) came at the National Relay Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Mapaya earned All-America status last season as a freshman after finishing fifth (16.42m) at the outdoor championships. Mapaya finished third nationally at the indoor championships in each of the last two seasons. He will attempt to become a four-time All-American on Friday.

- Longmire, the Big 12 indoor champion and outdoor runner-up, will attempt to become a three-time All-American on Wednesday. The junior was fourth at the indoor championship and as a sophomore at San Jose State in 2018, finished 14^th in the outdoor season. Her season best of 6.39m (20-11.75) came at the Jim Click Shootout this year.