TCU Qualifies Six Entries to NCAA Championships

Friday, May 27

Fayetteville, AR

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TCU

NCAA West Regional

TCU Qualifies Six Entries to NCAA Championships

5/27/2022 10:16:00 PM | Men's Outdoor Track, Women's Outdoor Track

Day Three Results

Gregory and Matiyenga qualify in three events, Mapaya posts NCAA-leading mark

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Horned Frogs punched six tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Day Three of the NCAA West Regional.

Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya qualified for his fourth NCAA Outdoor Championship with a leap of 17.07m (56-0). The senior is fresh off winning his third consecutive Big 12 Triple Jump Championship and his fifth overall title. With that mark, Mapaya takes over as the NCAA leader in the triple jump and is No. 7 in the world.

The 4x100 team of Bryson Stubblefield, Tinotenda Matiyenga, Kundai Maguranyanga and Robert Gregory Jr. clocked a 38.89 to finish third in their heat and automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. It was the fourth sub-39 time the 4x100 team has run this season.

Adding to TCU's stellar day in the relays was the 4x400 advancing to Eugene. The team of Maguranyanga, Simbarashe Maketa, Gregory and Matiyenga ran a 3:02.17, the third-fastest time in school history to win their heat and automatically qualify for the NCAAs.

Gregory and Matiyenga capped off their spectacular day by qualifying in the 200m. Gregory finished fifth overall in the quarterfinals with a time of 20.40 and Matiyenga finished 12th with a time of 20.61.

In the triple jump, Jaren Holmes qualified for Nationals for the first time in his career with a leap of 15.88m (52-1.25). He qualified on his final jump.

Matiyenga ran in four events on the day and finished 14th overall in the 100m quarterfinals with a time of 10.20. In the men's discus, Devin Roberson placed 24th overall with a throw of 52.91m (173-7).

Along with Kasey Staley in the women's pole vault, the Frogs have qualified seven athletes so far to this year's NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Up Next
The final day of the NCAA West Regional will conclude tomorrow with the women's discuss beginning at 1 p.m.