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Big 12 Championships
Preview: Big 12 Outdoor Championship
5/13/2021 4:15:00 PM | Men's Outdoor Track, Women's Outdoor Track
FORT WORTH — TCU travels to Manhattan, Kansas, for its eighth Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship. In all, 62 athletes and relay teams rank in the top 10 of their respective events heading into the conference championship.
Meet Day Information
Date: May 14-16, 2021
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Venue: R.V. Christian Track and Field Complex
Teams Attending: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
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Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Big 12 Now on ESPN+ will carry the Championship on Friday and Saturday featuring live running event finals and field event coverage on tape delay. John Kurtz and Johanna Gretschel will provide the commentary. The broadcast schedule is the following: Saturday - 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT and Sunday - 3:00 p. m. - 7:30 p.m. CT.
Tickets
Tickets will be available for purchase on a walk up basis on Friday beginning at 10 a.m., until 8 p.m., CT, Saturday from 9 a.m., to 7 p.m., CT then on Sunday from noon to 7 p.m., CT. Single-day tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth.
General public seating at R.V. Christian Track and Field Complex for the Championships will be limited to the west grandstand as well as in the south end of the facility via standing room only. Fans will be required to wear a face mask over their mouth and nose at all times in the facility.
Big 12 Athletes of the Week
A pair of Horned Frogs were honored as Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week following their standout performances at the TCU Invitational. Gregory Jr. was tabbed the Men's Athlete of the Week, while Destiny Longmire earned Women's Athlete of the Week.
Gregory clocked a 20.67 to win the men's 200m. His mark ranks No. 13 in the nation and third in the Big 12. The freshman was also the anchor of TCU's 4x100 relay.
Longmire, a senior, set a personal best in the long jump, leaping 6.59m (21-7.5) en route to a first-place finish at the TCU Invitational. Her mark is fourth in the country.
Regional Watch
The regional field size has been reverted to 48 while relay events remain at 24 teams per event. TCU owns 21 NCAA Regional-Qualifying marks.
Top 48 Regional Marks:
100m
No. 12 Tinotenda Matiyenga (10.24)
T-No. 17 TJ Brock (10.27)
T-No. 17 Robert Gregory Jr. (10.27)
T-No. 37 Kundai Maguranyanga (10.38)
100mH
T-No. 24 Rainey Anderson (13.93)
200m
No. 4 Robert Gregory (20.42) (20.14 w+4.6)
T-No. 12 Tinotenda Matiyenga (20.66)
400m
No. 4 Derrick Mokaleng (45.36)
No. 41 David Seete (46.69)
4x100
No. 6 Brock, Phillips, Maguranyanga, Gregory (39.16)
4x400
No. 3 Seete, Matiyenga, Gregory, Mokaleng (3:03.59)
High Jump
T-No. 34 Mason Buckmaster (2.10m)
Triple Jump
No. 3 Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya (16.78m) (55' 0.75")
Discus
No. 23 Ryan Camp (184'5") (56.22m)
Women
100mH
T-No. 30 Brittany Brown (13.40)
400mH
No. 25 Kyla Robinson-Hubbard (59.08)
4x100
No. 24 Glenn, Longmire, Brown, Williams (45.40)
4x400
No. 18 Robinson-Hubbard, Williams, Martinez, Banks (3:39.24)
Pole Vault
T-No. 46 Tysen Townsend (13' 1.5") (4.0m)
Long Jump
No. 6 Destiny Longmire (6.59m) (21'7.5")
Triple Jump
T-No. 37 Tosin Alao (12.80m) (42'0")
USTFCCCA Rankings
The Frogs jumped into the Top-25 at No. 21 in the third set of outdoor rankings on April 12th.
The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) ranked TCU's men's track and field team No. 25 at the conclusion of indoor season.
Just Du It
Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya returns for his senior campaign to defend his national title in the outdoor triple jump from 2019 (16.83m / 55-2.75). He also garnered a silver medal at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships (16.95m / 57-7.5) and a bronze medal at the 2019 indoor edition (16.61m / 54-6) as well. As a freshman in 2018, Mapaya reached the indoor championship in the triple jump and finished third with a 16.38m (53-9) jump. His worst finish at the national meet came during outdoor season as a freshman in 2018 when he jumped 16.42m en route to 5th place and First-team All-America honors.
Mapaya secured his national championship in the most dramatic fashion possible. Going into his sixth and final jump of the night, Mapaya was in third place after a jump of 16.94m (55-7) in his fifth attempt. On the final jump of the competition, Mapaya jumped 17.13m (56-2.5) passing up event leader Jordan Scott of Virginia (17.01m, 55-9.75) and winning the national championship. It was TCU's first national title in track and field since Ronnie Baker won the 60m dash in 2016.
The Harare, Zimbabwe, native is a six-time All-American.
Record Breaker
Mapaya's silver medal 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.
Facility Record
Mapaya collected his second triple jump facility record in College Station this past Saturday. The wind finally died down enough for Mapaya to record a wind-legal mark on his final attempt, and he took full advantage of it. The Harare, Zimbabwe, native jumped 16.78m (55.75) to break the E.B. Cushing Stadium Record. Mapaya's mark ranks fourth in the world and third in the NCAA entering the weekend.
His first facility record occurred at Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center during indoor season where he leaped 16.85m (55-3.5), breaking the school record.
The Bowerman
Mapaya received votes in the Mid-Indoor Watch List for The Bowerman.
Mapaya was also named to The Bowerman's Preseason Watch List in 2020. He is the third student-athlete from TCU to appear on the watch list (Ronnie Baker, 2016) (Whitney Gipson, 2012). Charles Silmon was a semifinalist for the award in 2013, but did not appear on a watch list - a distinction that is announced after the season is over.
The Bowerman is the highest honor bestowed to collegiate track & field's most outstanding athletes of the year. This is the 13th year of the award program, having started in 2009.
Only ten men and ten women will be on the official watch list during each update. Semifinalists from the previous year are automatically on the preseason watch list provided they are returning.
Up and Over
Tysen Townsend broke former teammate Kendahl Shue's pole vault school record, clearing 13-1.5 (4.0m) en route to a third-place finish at the Baylor Invitational. Townsend now owns both the indoor and outdoor record.
2021 Indoor All-Americans
Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya - First-Team - Triple Jump
Robert Gregory Jr. - Second-Team - 200m
Tinotenda Matiyenga - Second-Team - 200m
Returning Outdoor All-Americans
Destiny Longmire - First-Team - Long Jump
Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya- First-Team - Triple Jump
Derrick Mokaleng - Second-Team - 400m
Andrews, Bender, Matiyenga and Mokaleng - Second-Team - 4x400
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