Wednesday, May 24
Sacramento, Calif.
University of Houston
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NCAA West Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round Welcomes Cougars
5/23/2023 9:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Houston sends 23 to NCAA West Preliminary Round, sights on Austin, NCAA Championships
HOUSTON – The University of Houston track and field team enters NCAA competition Wednesday-Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, Calif. The Cougars are taking 20-plus student-athletes to the West Preliminary Round for the sixth-straight season.
STARTING LINE NOTES
Cecilia Tamayo-Garza – 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 1,600-meter relay
Shaun Maswanganyi – 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash
Ireon Brown – 200-meter dash
Trey Johnson – 400-meter dash, Men's 1,600-meter relay
Lloyd Frilot – 800-meter run
Adam Mason – 800-meter run
Destiny Smith – 100-meter hurdles
De'Vion Wilson – 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
DJ Akindele – 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
Dillon Leacock – 400-meter hurdles
Sydni Townsend – 400-meter hurdles, 1,600-meter relay
Iman Babineaux – 1,600-meter relay
Linesha Thompson – 1,600-meter relay
Trey East III – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Joshua White – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Jordan Booker – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Destiny Lawrence – triple jump
Priscilla Adejokun – hammer throw
Hailey Pollard – discus
Nu'uausala Tuilefano – shot put
Daisy Monie – shot put
Christyan Sampy – pole vault
Benjamin Okafor – long jump
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JOIN the PODIUM CLUB
The Podium Club serves as a unique and effective way to enhance the level of excitement and support for Houston Cougar Track and Field and Cross Country. Gifts to the Podium Club provide financial support directly to the programs for needs beyond their operating budgets.
Donations made to the Podium Club are used at the discretion of the head coach. For more information or to sign up, click here. To join the Podium Club, fans may call Cougar Pride at 713-743-GoUH (4687).
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates on #HTownSpeedCity by following @UHCougarTF on Twitter and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarTF or on the team's Instagram page at @uhcougartf.
| NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY ROUND | ||||
| Dates | Time | Wednesday-Saturday, May 24-27 | All Day | |||
| Location | Hornet Stadium | Sacramento, Calif. | |||
| Live Stream | Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | |||
| Live Results | Live Results | |||
| Social Media | @uhcougartf  | @uhcougartf  | H-Town Speed City Track and Field  | #GoCoogs | #HTownSpeedCity |
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STARTING LINE NOTES
- Competition alternates, men-women-men-women beginning on Wednesday with the men and Thursday for the women.
- Houston has historically had a strong presence at both the West Preliminary Round and NCAA Championships, taking 20-plus athletes to the regional meet for the past six seasons the meet has been held.
- Coming off Most Valuable Performer and Most Outstanding Performer honors at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday, junior Shaun Maswanganyi will compete in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash races in Sacramento.
- Maswanganyi ran 9.96 in the 100 and 19.99 in the 200, winning both races, at the conference championships. The junior ranks second in the West Region in both events.
- Senior Cecilia Tamayo-Garza ran a new Mexican record in the 200 at the conference championships, beating her own record set this season by running 22.45.
- Tamayo-Garza ranks 10th in the West in the 100 and sixth in the 200.
- Juniors Lloyd Frilot and Adam Mason went one-two in the 800-meter run at the American Championships and rank 24th and 43rd in the 800 but with less than three-quarters of a second separating the two.
- The men's hurdling duo of junior De'Vion Wilson and senior DJ Akindele will run both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
- Wilson and Akindele rank third and ninth in the West in the 110 hurdles and Wilson has won three-straight 110 hurdle races.
- Senior Sydni Townsend ranks second in the West in the 400 hurdles and is coming off a school record in the event at the conference championships.
- Townsend ran 55.99 to break the 32-year-old record set in 1991 by hurdles coach Sandra Glover.
- In the pole vault, senior Christyan Sampy won his second outdoor conference title and brings the fifth-best jump in the West. The senior broke his own school record on Senior Day with a 5.56-meter jump.
- Senior Nu'uausala Tuilefano won both the indoor and outdoor conference shot put titles in 2023 and will make her third-straight West Preliminary Round appearance.
- Tuilefano is a two-time NCAA Indoor All-American looking for her first berth to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
- The top 12 finishers in each event qualify for the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas June 7-10.
Cecilia Tamayo-Garza – 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 1,600-meter relay
Shaun Maswanganyi – 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash
Ireon Brown – 200-meter dash
Trey Johnson – 400-meter dash, Men's 1,600-meter relay
Lloyd Frilot – 800-meter run
Adam Mason – 800-meter run
Destiny Smith – 100-meter hurdles
De'Vion Wilson – 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
DJ Akindele – 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
Dillon Leacock – 400-meter hurdles
Sydni Townsend – 400-meter hurdles, 1,600-meter relay
Iman Babineaux – 1,600-meter relay
Linesha Thompson – 1,600-meter relay
Trey East III – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Joshua White – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Jordan Booker – Men's 1,600-meter relay
Destiny Lawrence – triple jump
Priscilla Adejokun – hammer throw
Hailey Pollard – discus
Nu'uausala Tuilefano – shot put
Daisy Monie – shot put
Christyan Sampy – pole vault
Benjamin Okafor – long jump
SUPPORT HOUSTON RISE
Join Houston Rise, a $150 million fundraising campaign for Houston Athletics dedicated to championship success in the Big 12 Conference. Every Houston Rise contribution prepares our Cougars to compete and win when we start Big 12 competition in July 2023. Click here to rise and be counted.
JOIN the PODIUM CLUB
The Podium Club serves as a unique and effective way to enhance the level of excitement and support for Houston Cougar Track and Field and Cross Country. Gifts to the Podium Club provide financial support directly to the programs for needs beyond their operating budgets.
Donations made to the Podium Club are used at the discretion of the head coach. For more information or to sign up, click here. To join the Podium Club, fans may call Cougar Pride at 713-743-GoUH (4687).
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates on #HTownSpeedCity by following @UHCougarTF on Twitter and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarTF or on the team's Instagram page at @uhcougartf.
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