Collegians Continue To Star At International Championships

Two international championships that concluded this weekend saw several collegians from NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA earn individual medals (those who competed for their institutions in 2023):

World University Games – 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze.

Pan American U20 Championships – 13 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze.

Of course, this doesn’t include athletes who will be incoming to college for the future.

World University Games (Chengdu, China, Aug. 1-6)

m100 – Shaun Maswanganyi (RSA/Houston) silver – 10.06.

m5000 – Simon Bedard (FRA/Butler) gold – 14:14.10.

mHT – Decio Andrade (POR/Miami) silver – 73.43m (240-11).

w400 – Barbora Malikova (CZE/Virginia Tech) bronze – 52.66.

w800 – Laura Pellicoro (ITA/Portland) gold – 2:04.20.

w1500 – Laura Pellicoro (ITA/Portland) gold – 4:15.82; Silan Ayyilddiz (TUR/South Carolina) bronze – 4:17.26.

wHJ – Elena Kulichenko (CYP/Georgia) silver – 1.91m (6-3¼).

Pan American U20 Championships (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Aug. 4-6)

m200 – Garrett Kaalund (USA/Nebraska) silver – 20.57.

m400 – Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN/Georgia) silver – 46.34.

m1500 – Riley Flemington (CAN/Michigan) gold – 3:50.70.

mSteeple – Caleb Jarema (USA/Michigan) gold – 9:05.92.

m5000 – Ethan Coleman (USA/Notre Dame) gold – 14:44.58; William Ryan (USA/Iowa) bronze – 14:52.06.

m110H – Blaise Atkinson (USA/North Carolina) gold – 13.46.

m400H – Yan Vazquez (PUR/UCLA) silver – 51.57; Damon Frabotta (USA/Boston College) bronze – 52.19.

mHJ – Brion Stephens (USA/Louisville) silver – 2.17m (7-1½); Brandon Pottinger (JAM/Tennessee) bronze – 2.11m (6-11).

mPV – Jack Mann (USA/Texas A&M) gold – 5.00m (16-4¾).

mTJ – Divine (Praise) Aniamaka (CAN/Purdue) bronze – 15.25mw (50-0½w).

mSP (U20 implement) – Gary Moore (USA/Baylor) gold – 19.60m (64-3¾); Michael Pinckney (USA/UCLA) silver – 17.39m (57-0¾).

mDT (U20 implement) – Seth Allen (USA/Purdue) gold – 60.58m (198-9).

mJT – Mike Stein (USA/Iowa) gold – 71.38m (234-2); Blake Orr (USA/Florida International) bronze – 65.12m (213-7).

w100 – Kaila Jackson (USA/Georgia) silver – 11.41; Camryn Dickson (USA/Texas A&M) bronze – 11.48.

w200 – Emily Martin (CAN/Utah) bronze – 23.75.

w400 – Christine Mallard (USA/Southern California) gold – 51.88; Dejanea Oakley (JAM/Texas) bronze – 52.50.

wSteeple – Veronica Huacasi (PER/Brown) gold – 10:23.60; Catherine Garrison (USA/William & Mary) silver – 10:28.34.

w5000 – Nimrit Ahuja (USA/Brown) silver – 17:19.65.

w400H – Sanaa Hebron (USA/Miami) gold – 56.90; Allyria McBride (USA/Vanderbilt) bronze – 58.32.

wHJ – Lauren Barnes (USA/Cincinnati) bronze – 1.65m (5-5).

wPV – Kenna Stimmel (USA/Virginia Tech) gold – 4.30m (14-1¼); Alyssa Quinones-Mixon (PUR/Auburn) bronze – 4.10m (13-5¼).

wTJ – Tolu Akinduro (CAN/Maryland) silver – 13.03m (42-9); Agur Dwol (USA/Oklahoma) bronze – 12.75m (41-10).

wSP – Wisdom Williams (USA/Iowa) silver – 15.14m (49-8¼).

wHT – Giovanna Meeks (USA/Vanderbilt) gold – 59.17m (194-1); Sophie Perez Gonzalez (GUA/Wake Forest) bronze – 57.93m (190-0).

wJT – Shea Greene (USA/Princeton) bronze – 45.33m (148-8).

This report was compiled by Howard Willman.