SAN ANTONIO -- A total of 11 UTSA track & field student-athletes earned All-Conference USA accolades, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.
The 2020 C-USA Indoor Track & Field All-Conference teams were determined with finishes at the Air Force Reserve Indoor Championships, held in Birmingham last weekend. Individuals placing first in their events were named First Team All-Conference, those placing second in their events were named Second Team All-Conference and those placing third in their events were named Third Team All-Conference.
On the men's side, UTSA had three first-team honorees by virtue of their gold-medal performances, including Bashiru Abdullahi, Andre Douglas and Jack Turner. Grant Szalek earned second-team accolades, while Paul Bouey, Mikael Dawkins and Jake McDaniel were named to the third team.
The UTSA women had four all-league selections including Maia Campbell, who earned first-team and third team accolades after shining in multiple events. Ingeborg Gruenwald, Sigrid Kleive and Danielle Spence each were named third-team All-Conference USA.
A native of Benin City, Nigeria, Abdullahi won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.80 to equal his own school record, set earlier in the year. A two-time C-USA Track Athlete of the Week selection, Abdullahi also ran a 7.80 time at the Charlie Thomas Invitational on Feb. 8 in College Station, Texas.
Douglas, a junior out of Kingston, Jamaica, won the triple jump crown on Sunday in Birmingham. He leaped to a mark of 15.52m (50 feet, 11 inches) to win the gold and become the fourth UTSA athlete to win the event at a conference meet and the first since 2003.
Turner, a freshman from Exeter, England, claimed the men's heptathlon title. He went wire-to-wire as the winner with a two-day total of 5,142. He posted an 8.58 time in the 60m hurdles, had a clearance of 4.20m (13-9.25) in the pole vault and clocked a time of 2:56.92 in the 1,000m. He became the second straight, and seventh overall, Roadrunner to win the league crown in the heptathlon.
A native of Perth, Australia, Szalek was named second team in the high jump. Szalek, a junior, finished second in the high jump with a 2.06m (6-9) measurement to pace four Roadrunners in the top eight in the standings.
Dawkins, a junior out of Leander, was named third-team all-league after claiming the bronze medal in the 60m dash with a time of 6.83.
Campbell pulled down multiple honors, winning the shot-put title to finish first team and placing third in the weight throw to earn a third-team mention. A product of Converse's Judson High School, Campbell posted a career-best mark of 16.12m (52-10.75) on Saturday at the league meet. She registered her personal record on the third of six attempts, becoming UTSA's fourth conference indoor championship in the event and the first in three years. Campbell also placed third in the weight throw on Saturday to earn a third-team accolade.
A junior All-American out of Kingston, Jamaica, Spence skipped to a mark of 12.87m (42-2.75) in the triple jump to claim the bronze medal. She has earned a spot on the podium in the triple jump at all six C-USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships over her career.
The Roadrunners will return to action with the NCAA Indoor Championships, hosted in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 13-14.
Men's Indoor Track & Field
First Team All-Conference USA
Terrell Adams, Charlotte: Shot Put
Keon Howe, Charlotte: Pole Vault
Gabriel Nash, Charlotte: 60m Dash
Denzel Harper, Louisiana Tech: Long Jump
Kigen Chemadi, Middle Tennessee: 3000m
Jacob Choge, Middle Tennessee: Mile, 5000m
Brian Rono, Middle Tennessee: 800m
Rice: Distance Medley Relay
Eric Richards, Southern Miss: High Jump
UTEP: 4x400 Relay
Sean Bailey, UTEP: 400m
Karol Koncos, UTEP: Weight Throw
Bashiru Abdullahi, UTSA: 60m Hurdles
Andre Douglas, UTSA: Triple Jump
Jack Turner, UTSA: Heptathlon
Dartez Hamlin, WKU: 200m
Second Team All-Conference USA
Charlotte: Distance Medley Relay
Elijah Cole, Charlotte: Pole Vault
Jayon Woodard, Charlotte: 400m
Queshun Watson-Riggins, FIU: Long Jump, Triple Jump
Middle Tennessee: 4x400 Relay
Jacob Choge, Middle Tennessee: 800m, 3000m
Brian Rono, Middle Tennessee: Mile
Karlington Anunagba, North Texas: 60m Dash
Corbett Fong, Rice: Heptathlon
Nick Hicks, Rice: Weight Throw
Lucas Ribeiro, Rice: Shot Put
Sean Bailey, UTEP: 200m
Titus Cheruiyot, UTEP: 5000m
Shakeem Smith, UTEP: 60m Hurdles
Grant Szalek, UTSA: High Jump
Third Team All-Conference USA
Charlotte: 4x400 Relay
Christian Bass, Charlotte: 200m
Keon Howe, Charlotte: High Jump
Justin Leaston, Charlotte: 60m Hurdles
Murphy Bavinga, Louisiana Tech: Triple Jump
Colin Butler, Louisiana Tech: Long Jump
Maurice Moore, Louisiana Tech: Weight Throw
Middle Tennessee: Distance Medley Relay
Kigen Chemadi, Middle Tennessee: 5000m
Willington Wright, Middle Tennessee: 400m
Jason Bugg, Rice: 800m
Elliot Metcalf, Rice: Mile
Alex Slinkman, Rice: Pole Vault
Titus Cheruiyot, UTEP: 3000m
Mikael Dawkins, UTSA: 60m Dash
Paul Bouey, UTSA: Shot Put
Jacob McDaniel, UTSA: Heptathlon
Women's Indoor Track & Field
First Team All-Conference USA
Charlotte: 4x400 Relay
Riley Felts, Charlotte: Pole Vault
Chandler Horton, Charlotte: 5000m
Maya Singletary, Charlotte: 400m
Cecilia Francis, Middle Tennessee: 60m Dash
Esther Isa, Middle Tennessee: High Jump
Michelle Fokam, Rice: Triple Jump
Grace Forbes, Rice: Mile, 3000m
Hannah Jackson, Rice: 200m
Zinedine Russell, Rice: Pentathlon
Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Rice: Weight Throw
Southern Miss: Distance Medley Relay
Chantoba Bright, UTEP: Long Jump
Maribel Caicedo, UTEP: 60m Hurdles
Carolyne Chepkosgei, UTEP: 800m
Maia Campbell, UTSA: Shot Put
Second Team All-Conference USA
Tracey Manigault, Charlotte: 60m Dash, 200m
Ashley Josue, FIU: Weight Throw
Marshall: 4x400 Relay
Safiyyah Mitchell, Marshall: 60m Hurdles
Middle Tennessee: Distance Medley Relay
Eusila Chepkemei, Middle Tennessee: 800m
Joice Jebor, Middle Tennessee: Mile, 3000m
Pamela Kosgei, Middle Tennessee: 5000m
Bailey Ashmore, North Texas: Pole Vault
Aneesa Scott, North Texas: 400m
Michelle Fokam, Rice: Long Jump
Erna Gunnarsdottir, Rice: Shot Put
KC Nwadei, Rice: High Jump
Brittany Floyd, UAB: Pentathlon
Chantoba Bright, UTEP: Triple Jump
Third Team All-Conference USA
Chandler Horton, Charlotte: 3000m
Macie Majoy, Marshall: Pole Vault
Middle Tennessee: 4x400 Relay
Patience Akanwogba, Middle Tennessee: 800m
Shawkia Iddrisu, Middle Tennessee: 400m
Lyric Choice, North Texas: 60m Hurdles
Sydney Salinas, North Texas: Pole Vault
Aneesa Scott, North Texas: 200m
Jaleisa Shaffer, North Texas: Shot Put
Hannah Jackson, Rice: 60m Dash
Callie Jones, Southern Miss: Pentathlon
Lina May, Southern Miss: 5000m
UAB: Distance Medley Relay
Carolyne Chepkosgei, UTEP: Mile
Maia Campbell, UTSA: Weight Throw
Ingeborg Gruenwald, UTSA: Long Jump
Sigrid Klieve, UTSA: High Jump
Danielle Spence, UTSA: Triple Jump
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