Morris and Staley Earn Honorable Mention Honors

Thursday, June 9

Eugene, OR

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TCU

NCAA Outdoor Championships

Morris and Staley Earn Honorable Mention Honors

6/9/2022 10:57:00 PM | Men's Outdoor Track, Women's Outdoor Track

Day Three begins for the Frogs tomorrow at 8:02 p.m. CT

EUGENE, Ore. — Gracie Morris and Kasey Staley both earned Honorable Mention honors on Day Two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Staley placed 18th overall with a height of 4.05m (13-3.50). The Central Michigan transfer finishes her first season at TCU with Honorable Mention honors.

✅ Two school records
✅ Big 12 Bronze Medalist
✅ NCAA Honorable Mention

See you back in Eugene next June 👀 @kcjstaley #GoFrogs | #NCAATF pic.twitter.com/ZiFYFphbpO
— TCU Track & Field (@TCUTrackField) June 10, 2022

She currently holds both indoor (4.27m) and outdoor (4.30m) school records. Earlier this season, she garnered a bronze medal at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.

Morris finished 22nd in the 1500m semifinals with a time of 4:25.53, garnering Honorable Mention honors in her NCAA Outdoor Championships debut.

What. A. Season. 👏

Gracie finishes her first year as a Horned Frog owning three school records and earning Honorable Mention honors in the 1500m! #GoFrogs | #NCAATF pic.twitter.com/B29JFEkohb
— TCU Track & Field (@TCUTrackField) June 10, 2022

The Texas transfer finished her first season as a Horned Frog owning three school records: indoor mile (4:40.81), outdoor 800m (2:05.38) and outdoor 1500m (4:14.59). She also placed fourth at this year's Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 1500m.

Up Next
The Horned Frogs have four athletes competing on Friday. The men's 4x100 team will run in the finals at 8:02 p.m. CT, and Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya and Jaren Holmes begin the triple jump finals at 8:20 p.m. CT. Robert Gregory Jr. takes on the 200m finals at 9:37 p.m. CT.