Texas A&M Track & Field Total 48 Entries to NCAA West Regional

COLLEGE STATION, TX - May 14, 2021 - during the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, TX. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Sunsetting over E.B. Cushing Stadium

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

May 20, 2021 | Track and Field

By: Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications

INDIANAPOLIS – The Texas A&M men's and women's track & field teams totaled 48 entries to the NCAA West Regional Preliminary rounds beginning Wednesday, May 26-29 in Aggieland at E.B. Cushing Stadium.

Thirty-nine Aggies, 22 men and 17 women, and both the men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m relays account for 48 entries to the prelims. Four Aggies on the women's side are entered in multiple individual events including Deborah Acquah (triple jump and long jump), Lamara Distin (triple jump and high jump), Tyra Gittens (high jump and long jump) and Zhane Smith (100m and long jump). Devon Achane is the lone Aggie on the men's side entered in multiple individual events, he is scheduled to run in the 100m and 200m, as well as a member of the 4x100m.

Gittens, the nation's leader in the heptathlon at 6,418 points has already punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships in the event.

The Marron & White have five No. 1 rankings in the west region, including the fastest women's 4x400m at 3:26.17. The foursome of Tierra Robinson-Jones, Charokee Young, Jaevin Reed and Athing Mu, not only lead the west region but are ranked No. 1 overall in the NCAA.

Individually, Mu (400m, 49.84), Gittens (high jump, 6-4.75/1.95m) and Moitalel Mpoke (400m hurdles, 48.89) lead the west region and NCAA in their respective events they've entered for the prelims. Bryce Deadmon leads the west in the 400m at 44.50 and is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA.

Other Aggies ranked in the top 10 in the west region include Brandon Miller (No. 2 800m), Acquah (No. 2 triple jump and No. 3 long jump), Distin (No. 2 high jump), Gittens (No. 2 long jump), Devon Achane (No. 3 200m), Young (No. 7 400m), Dominique Mustin (No. 9 400m hurdles) and Robinson-Jones (No. 10 400m).

The Aggies men's 4x100m (38.79) and 4x400m (3:01.73) each are ranked No. 2, while the women's 4x100m is No. 6 (43.87).

Texas A&M has three or more entries in multiple events including the women's 400m (five), women's triple jump (four), women's long jump (four), men's 400m hurdles (four), men's 100m (three), men's 800m (three) and men's high jump (three).

Texas A&M's Declared Entries (By Event)
Name – Time/Mark – West Regional Ranking

Men
100m
Emmanuel Yeboah - 10.17 – No. 10
Ryan Martin - 10.23 – No. 19
Devon Achane - 10.30 – No. 27

200m
Devon Achane - 20.31 – No. 3
Lance Broome - 20.66 – No. 17

400m
Bryce Deadmon - 44.50 – No. 1
Omajuwa Etiwe - 46.61 – No. 30

800m
Brandon Miller - 1:45.95 - No. 2
Carlton Orange - 1:48.40 – No. 20
Devin Dixon - 1:48.97 – No. 27

110m Hurdles
Connor Schulman - 13.76 – No. 16

400m Hurdles
Moitalel Mpoke - 48.89 - No. 1
James Smith II - 49.95 – No. 10
DeWitt Thomas - 51.23 – No. 26
Kirk Collins Jr. - 51.49 – No. 31

4x100m
38.79 – No. 2

4x400m
3:01.73 – No. 2

High Jump
Carter Bajoit – 7'0.5" (2.15m) – No. 20
Mason Corbin – 6'11.5" (2.12m) – No. 28
Jake Lamberth - 6'11.5" (2.12m) – No. 28

Pole Vault
Sean Clarke – 17'9" (5.41m) – No. 13
Michael Schmuhl – 17'1" (5.21m) – No. 37

Discus
Josh Brown – 186'1" (56.72m) - No. 19

Javelin
Sam Hankins – 230'1" (70.13m) - No. 15
William Petersson – 215'10" (65.80m) – No. 28

Women
100m
Zhane Smith - 11.45 – No. 27

200m
Laila Owens - 23.21 – No. 20

400m
Athing Mu - 49.84 – No. 1
Charokee Young - 51.46 – No. 7
Tierra Robinson-Jones - 51.94 – No. 10
Syaira Richardson - 52.42 – No. 16
Jaevin Reed - 53.44 – No. 34

100m Hurdles
Kaylah Robinson - 13.05 - No. 13
Summer Thorpe - 13.15 – No. 17

400m Hurdles
Dominique Mustin - 57.52 – No. 9

4x100m
43.87 – No. 6

4x400m
3:26.17 – No. 1

High Jump
Tyra Gittens – 6'4.75" (1.95m) – No. 1
Lamara Distin – 6'2.25" (1.89m) – No. 2

Long Jump
Tyra Gittens – 22'10" (6.96m) – No. 2
Deborah Acquah – 22'4.25" (6.81m) – No. 3
Zhane Smith – 21'2" (6.45m) – No. 17
Taryn Milton – 20'6.5" (6.26m) – No. 33

Triple Jump
Deborah Acquah – 46'4.25" (14.13m) – No. 2
Lamara Distin – 43'5.25" (13.24m) – No. 18
LaJarvia Brown – 43'4.5" (13.22m) – No. 19
Ciynamon Stevenson – 43'3.75" (13.20m) – No. 20

Javelin
Jenna Ellis – 151'7" (46.20m) – No. 47