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NCAA Championships
Mapaya Soars to Silver at Indoor Nationals
3/13/2021 4:56:00 PM | Men's Indoor Track
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya earned the national runner-up spot in the triple jump at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Mapaya's mark (16.95m / 55-7.5) broke Ndabazihle Mdhlongwa's Zimbabwe indoor triple jump record from 1998 (16.89m), as well as TCU's school record.
His jump also noted a new indoor personal best for the Harare, Zimbabwe, native. The senior's previous best indoor jump was 16.85m (55-3.5) at the Texas Tech Shootout that set a TCU record earlier this year.
The 2019 NCAA outdoor triple jump champion becomes a six-time All-American. He also garnered a bronze medal at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships. As a freshman in 2018, Mapaya reached the championship in the triple jump and finished third with a 16.38m (53-9) jump.
Tinotenda Matiyenga and Robert Gregory Jr. both collected second-team All-America honors after placing ninth and 12th overall in the 200m, respectively. Matiyenga became a five-time All-American while Gregory, a freshman, notched his first career honor.
This denotes the first time Matiyenga received an All-America selection in an individual event. All four of his previous entries were as a member of 4x400 and 4x100 relays.
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