Mouton Extends School Record, Four Women Qualify to Quarterfinals

Thursday, May 23

Fayetteville, Ark.

University of Houston

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds

Mouton Extends School Record, Four Women Qualify to Quarterfinals

5/23/2024 11:25:00 PM | Track and Field

Mouton, Thompson, Beckford and Townsend earn quarterfinal qualifications

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman Michaela Mouton extended her school record in the 400-meter dash and advanced to two quarterfinals on Thursday at the NCAA West Regional at the University of Arkansas.

In her first event of the day, Mouton improved her school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.15 as she won her heat to advance to the quarterfinals. Mouton finished the day with a 22.75 (+2.4) time in the 200-meter for her second qualification of the afternoon.

Junior hurdler Miracle Thompson earned her qualification to Saturday's quarterfinals in the 100-meter hurdles as she recorded a 13.29.

Houston continued to pick up qualifications as graduate Kelly-Ann Beckford sealed her spot in the 800-meter run as she won her heat at 2:05.21.

Graduate Sydni Townsend won her heat in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.02, nearly two seconds ahead of her competitors to earn the automatic qualification.

Graduate Claire Meyer concluded her collegiate career with a 13^th-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at 34:34.38, missing the qualification for the NCAA Championships by five seconds.

UP NEXT

Senior Lusekelo Mwamukonda will open field event action for the men at 10 a.m., Friday in the discus.
Freshman Antrea Mita and junior My'Kell Beck will compete in the high jump at 11:30 a.m.
Houston's 4x100-meter relay team of Ireon Brown, Louie Hinchliffe, Cayden Broadnax and Shaun Maswanganyi will look to be one of the top 12 teams to secure its ticket to Eugene, Ore.
Senior David Ajama and junior Kevin Snyder will compete in the triple jump at 3 p.m.
Senior De'Vion Wilson looks to book his ticket to Oregon in the 110-meter hurdles at 3:15 pm.
Sprinters Hinchliffe and Maswanganyi will continue action in the 100-meter dash at 3:35 p.m., and Maswanganyi will close out action with the 200-meter dash at 4:50 p.m.
Junior Trey East III looks to qualify for his first NCAA Outdoor Championship as he competes at 3:50 p.m. in the 400-meter and at 5:45 p.m., in the 4x400-meter relay alongside freshman Nicholas Byrd, junior Dillon Leacock and freshman Joshua Sims-Waddy.

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