2023 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Maswanganyi, Shaun

Shaun Maswanganyi
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Major:
- Economics
- High School:
- St. Alban's College
Bio
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Olympic Games Qualifier: 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris
2024 Paris: 4x100-meter relay Silver medalist, 100 and 200-meter semifinalist
2020 Tokyo: Two-time Olympic Semifinalist
2023 World University Games Silver Medalist - 100m
2023 World University Games Bronze Medalist - 4x100m relay
2019 African U20 Championships Gold Medalist - 200m
2019 African U20 Championships Silver Medalist - 100m
COLLEGIATE ACHIEVEMENTS
15x NCAA All-American (OTF - 11, ITF - 4)
2024 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Seventh Place, First Team All-America – 100m
2024 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Sixth Place, First Team All-America – 200m
2024 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Bronze Medalist, First Team All-America – 4x100m relay
2024 Outdoor Big 12 Men's Performer of the Year
2024 Outdoor Big 12 Men's High Point Performer of the Meet
2024 Outdoor Big 12 Conference Champion - 100-meter dash
2024 Outdoor Big 12 Conference Champion - 200-meter dash
2024 Outdoor Big 12 Conference Champion - 4x100-meter relay
2024 Indoor NCAA Championships – Ninth Place, Second Team All-America – 60m
2024 Indoor NCAA Championships – 13th place, Second Team All-America – 200m
2024 Indoor Big 12 Conference Championship – Silver Medalist – 60m
2024 Indoor Big 12 Conference Championship – Silver Medalist – 200m
2023 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Bronze Medalist - 100-meter dash
2023 Outdoor NCAA Championships – fifth place finish - 200-meter dash
2023 Indoor NCAA Championships fourth place finish - 60-meter dash
2023 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - 100-meter dash
2023 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - 200-meter dash
2023 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - 400-meter relay
2023 American Athletic Conference Indoor Champion - 60-meter dash
2023 American Athletic Conference Indoor Champion - 200-meter dash
2023 American Athletic Conference Indoor Most Outstanding Performance
2022 American Athlete Conference Indoor Track & Field – Champion – 60-meter
2022 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Bronze Medalist, First Team All-America – 4x100m relay
2022 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Ninth Place, Second Team All-America – 100m
2022 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Sixth Place, First Team All-America – 200m
2022 Outdoor American Athlete Conference – Champion – 200m
2022 Indoor American Athlete Conference – Silver Medalist – 100m
2022 Indoor American Athlete Conference – Silver Medalist – Long Jump
2022 Indoor American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Performance
2021 Indoor American Athletic Conference Championships Freshman of the Year
2021 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Runner Up (100m), First Team All-America
2021 Outdoor NCAA Championships – Bronze Medalist (200m), First Team All-America
2021 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field – Champion – 100-meter
2021 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field – Champion – 200-meter
2021 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field – Champion – 4x100-meter relay
2021 Outdoor American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Performance
2021 Outdoor American Athletic Conference Championships Freshman of the Year
GRADUATE (2025 INDOOR)
- Competed in one meet during his final season of indoor eligibility
- Placed fifth in the 60-meters at the Big 12 Championship
SENIOR (2024)
Academics
- Spring Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Earned First Team All-America honors in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 7).
- Placed third in the 4x100-meter relay (38.25) at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 7).
- Ran a wind-assisted time of 9.89 in the 100-meter at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 24).
- Selected by the Big 12 coaches as the Big 12 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Year (May 16).
- Named Big 12 Men’s High Point Performer of the Meet after winning the 100-meter (10.11), 200-meter (20.10) and 4x100-meter relay (38.44) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (May 12).
- Won the 100-meter with a mark of 10.12 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (April 12-13).
- Ran the anchor leg of Houston’s winning 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:2155 at Texas Relays (March 30).
- Won the 100-meter at Texas Relays with time of 10.09 (March 30).
- Ran the anchor leg of Houston’s winning 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:2155 at Texas Relays (March 30).
- Won the 60-meter with a time of 6.65 at the Ted Nelson Invite (Jan. 20).
- Won the 200-meter with a time of 20.64 at the Charlie Thomas Invite (Feb. 3).
- Placed first in the 60-meter with a mark of 6.57 at the Air Force Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16).
- Set a personal best time in the 60-meter at 6.54 in the prelims at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (Feb. 23).
- Placed second in both the 60 and 200-meter at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (Feb. 24).
- Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 60-meter and 200-meter at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (March 7).
- Set the school record in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Championships with a time of 9.91 seconds.
- Earned All-American First Team honors in the 60-meter dash, 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash.
- Earned his third-straight All-America First Team honor in the 200.
- Finished third overall at the NCAA Championships in the 100.
- Finished sixth overall at the NCAA Championships in the 200.
- Finished third overall at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60.
- Ranked as high as 10th in the world in June in the 100 after running 9.91.
- Ran the third-fastest 200 in program history at the NCAA Championships, posting a 19.99 second time.
- Ran the anchor leg of Houston’s ninth-consecutive American Championships 400 relay title.
- Ran the anchor leg of the fourth-consecutive Penn Relays winning 400 relay, becoming the third school to win four-straight Penn Relays wheels in the 400 relay (Morgan State, LSU).
- Posted the fourth-fastest 60-meter dash time in program history with a 6.56 second time at the NCAA Championships.
Indoor- Began the season with a first place in the 200m at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitation… Recorded a personal best long jump of 7.52m at the American Indoor Track and Field Championship finishing second, and finished first in the 200m…
Outdoor- Finished first in the 4x100m relay and second in the long jump at the Houston Spring Break Invitational… Clocked a first place finish in the 4x400m relay at the Tom Tellez Invitational… Finished first in the 200m and second in the 100m at the American OutdoorTrack and Field Championship… Competed at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries and qualified for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay… Finished the outdoor season at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship, competing in the 100m and 200m, and finishing third in the 4x100m relay…
FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Indoor- Kick-started the indoor season by finishing first in the 60m and second in the 200m at the H-Town SpeedCity Series II… they continued to finish first in the 60m at both the H-Town SpeedCity Series III and IV, recording their personal best in the 60m with a time of 6.58…
Outdoor- Finished first in the open 100m at the Houston Spring Break Meet… At the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, they finished first in the 4x100 relay… Finished second in both the 100m and 4x100 relay at the LSU Boots Garland Invitational… Bounced back at the Drake Relays Meet with a first place finish in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays… Had an amazing outing in the American Outdoor Track and Field Championship by finishing first in 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m relay… They followed up with placing 2nd in the 4x100m relay and the 100m, with a personal best time of 10.04, as well as placing 1st in the open 200m at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary …Finished the outdoor season by finishing third in the 200m, with a new personal best time of 20.10, and finishing 2nd in the 100m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships…
HIGH SCHOOL
2019 African Junior Champion... 2019 African Junior Silver medalist... four-time African National Champion... current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record hold (6.65)... current South African 100m record holder (10.06)... Finished second in the 100m and first in the 200m at the 2019 CAA Outdoor African Youth and Junior Championships.... picked up a trio of podium finishes at the 2019 South African Outdoor Championships including a second-place finish in the 100m, a first-place finish in the 200m and a third-place finish in the Long Jump.... won both the 100m and the Long Jump at the 2019 U20 South African Schools Championships... finished third in the Long Jump at the 2018 U18 South African Championships... secured a first-place finish in the Long Jump and third-place finish in the 100m at the 2016 U16 South African Championships.
PERSONAL
- Competed for South Africa in the 2020 Toyko and 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Son of Lucette Muila.
- Majoring in Economics.
Interview - Shaun Maswanganyi
Tuesday, August 06
1PM - Track & Field, Outdoor | Tom Tellez Invitational
Friday, May 03
Track & Field, Outdoor | Cameron Burrell Alumni Invitational:
Saturday, April 06
Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational
Thursday, March 14