Preview: NCAA Indoor Championships

Friday, March 11

Birmingham, AL

4:00 PM

TCU

NCAA Indoor Championships

Preview: NCAA Indoor Championships

3/10/2022 9:34:00 AM | Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track

Meet Schedule NCAA Indoor Notes

Four Frogs represent TCU at this year's national championships

FORT WORTH – The TCU track & field teams qualified four student-athletes for the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The championships will run from March 11-12 in Birmingham, Ala.

Meet Information

Date: March 11-12, 2022

Location: Birmingham, Ala.

Venue: Birmingham CrossPlex

Live Stream
Men's Day 1
Men's Day 2
Women's Day 1
Women's Day 2

Live results can be found here

Schedule
Friday:
200m Prelims – 5:25 p.m.

Saturday:
Men's Triple Jump – 3:45 p.m.
200m Finals – 4:50 p.m.
Women's Triple Jump – 6:45 p.m.

NCAA Qualifiers
Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya earned the No. 1 seed in the men's triple jump with his NCAA-leading mark of 16.80m. He has held the top spot in the country since Jan. 29 when he jumped 16.48m at the Texas Tech Open & Multis. Mapaya is currently No. 9 in the world in the triple jump.

Last season, Mapaya earned the national runner-up spot in the triple jump at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, breaking the Zimbabwe indoor triple jump record and TCU's school record in the process. The 2019 NCAA outdoor triple jump champion is a seven-time All-American.

Tinotenda Matiyenga returns to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 200m. He finished ninth overall last year with a time of 20.88 and garnered Second Team All-American honors. Most recently, Matiyenga finished third in the 60m at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 6.74. He is seeded 16th entering this year's championships.

In the 200m, Robert Gregory Jr. enters the championships with the seventh-fastest time at 20.67. Gregory most recently placed third at the Big 12 Championships in the 200m with a time of 20.85.

Gregory earned his first All-America status at last year's indoor championships as he finished 12th overall in the 200m. He also finished eighth overall in the 200m at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning him first team All-American honors.

Grace Anigbata rounds out the selected Horned Frogs as she is seeded No. 16 in the women's triple jump with a mark of 13.36m. She currently sits at No. 2 in TCU's record book.

In her first season at TCU, Anigbata finishes the regular season with the seventh furthest mark in the Big 12 Conference. She placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a leap of 13.13m.