Bearkats claim T&F All-America honors
6/15/2021 1:13:00 PM | Track & Field
NEW ORLEANS — Six Sam Houston student-athletes have earned All-America honors for the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field season from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, the organization recently announced.
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Junior Clayton Fritsch was a first-team selection, seniors Bryan Henderson and Joshua Smith were both named to the second team and the 4x100-meter relay team of Henderson, junior Denzel Downing, sophomore Eric Callaway and freshman Nathaniel McRae were honorable mention for their performances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships earlier this month.
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Fritsch, who is an All-America selection for the fourth time, placed fourth with a height of 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the NCAA championships. He also earned All-America honors for the 2019 outdoor and 2020 and 2021 indoor seasons.
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Joshua Smith just missed out on qualifying for the NCAA championship finals of the 400-meter hurdles. He finished 10th in the semifinals with a mark of 50.21.
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Bryan Henderson was third in his heat in the 100-meter dash semifinals with a time of 10.34 seconds, but he was 15th overall which kept him out of the NCAA championship finals.
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Henderson teamed with Downing, McRae and Callaway to finish 22nd in the NCAA championship semifinals with a time of 40.26.
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