AUSTIN, Texas – Three Conference USA student-athletes earned first team All-America honors last weekend at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. UTEP’s
Victor Kibiego had a third-place podium finish in the 3,000m steeplechase. Rice’s
Tara Simpson-Sullivan placed fifth in the hammer throw, while UTSA’s
Jack Turner earned seventh place in the decathlon.
Kibiego clocked a time of 8:32.49 to earn his first career All-America honor. Kibiego positioned himself as the top five runners for the first five laps, finishing behind BYU’s Kenneth Brooks and Montana State’s Duncan Hamilton.
In the hammer throw, Simpson-Sullivan threw a 67.00m (219-10) on her fourth attempt to jump from eighth to fifth place. Simpson-Sullivan earned her second first team All-America honor and fifth overall.
Turner scored the second-best total in program history with 7,851 points, earning seventh place in the decathlon. In the final event, Turner ran a personal best 4:33.47 in the 1500m race to solidify his first-team All-America honor finish.
C-USA All-American Honors Results
First-Team All-America
Men’s 3,000m Steeple Chase
3.
Victor Kibiego, UTEP – 8:32.49
Women’s Hammer Throw
5.
Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Rice – 67.00m (219-10)
Men’s Decathlon
7.
Jack Turner, UTSA – 7,851 points
Second-Team All-America
Men’s Decathlon
9. Grant Levesque, Rice – 7,739 points
Men’s Pole Vault
11. Alexander Slinkman, Rice – 5.45m (17-10.50)
Men’s 10,000m
12. Nick Scudder, Charlotte – 28:58.15
Men’s 100m Semis
13. Alaba Akintola, Middle Tennessee – 10.07s
Men’s 200m Semis
16. Alaba Akintola, Middle Tennessee – 20.46s
Women’s Discus
10. Michelle Valentin, FIU – 56.12m (184-1)
Women’s Shot Put
10. KeAyla Dove, North Texas - 17.54m (57-06.50)
11. Erna Gunnarsdottir, Rice
- 17.24m (56-06.75)
Women’s Javelin
11. McKyla Van Der Westhuizen, Rice – 52.29m (171-6)
14. Arianne Morais, UTEP – 51.43m (168-8)
Women’s Pole Vault
16. Riley Felts, Charlotte – 4.00m (13-01.50)
Women’s 100m Hurdles Semis
16. Marissa Simpson, UTEP – 13.21s