ALLENDALE, Mich. - The Eagles continued their strong start at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, earning an All-American honor and setting one new school record.
In his first career appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche earned second team All-American honors in the discus.
The senior competed in the second flight, recording a toss of 49.66 meters in the opener before slinging the disc 51.19 meters, his furthest throw of the afternoon. Jureidini-Wyche faulted on his final throw of the opening round, but beat out Braden Rose of Washburn by 0.51 meters to move to the finals.
Jureidini-Wyche recorded a toss of 49.88 meters on his fourth throw of the evening, but a pair of faults ended his time in Allendale with a ninth place finish. The mark is good enough for second-team All-American honors, the first of Jureidini-Wyche's career and the first thrower in Carson-Newman history to earn All-American honors.
"What a cause for celebration for Tray," says Director of Track & Field and Cross Country David Needs. "He's going to be on the All-American wall forever. It was a hard fought path for him to reach the national championship and now he's the first ever All-American thrower for us. He joked that he had to be like Tom Brady, and we joked with him that even Tom Brady was never an All-American. I'm proud of him and the hard work put in by (throws coach) Christie Champ and (graduate assistant) Austin Gramann working with him."
Moaz Ibrahim of Texas A&M-Commerce won the gold in the discus with a meet record toss of 61.21 meters.
In the prelims of the 200-meter run, Makanakaishe Charamba won his heat by 0.39 seconds, finishing with a school record time of 20.41 seconds. The mark beats Kevin Snead's previous school record time of 20.75 seconds set in 2016 by 0.34 seconds. The time also is a new personal best for Charamba, beating his old PR time of 20.84 seconds by a whopping 0.43 seconds.
Charamba has now won five straight races in the 200-meter run and has finished outside the top-10 in the race just once this season. The freshman now holds his second career school record, as he is a member of the school record holding men's 4x100 meter relay team.
Charamba takes the no. one seed into the 200-meter finals, as his time beat out Brandon Miller of Grand Valley State by 0.03 seconds.
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Maka DEMOLISHES the school record in the 200-meter run, advancing to the finals with a time of 20.41 seconds @CN_Track pic.twitter.com/WVtmaSBvC5
"What they don't see from Maka is his quiet determination before the race," says Needs. "It was a great run but all the prelim does is get you a spot in the finals. Our trainer Kelly Brock has been the unsung hero this weekend making sure Maka and the rest of that sprints squad have stayed healthy this weekend. Tomorrow is going to be a fun day for the Eagles. We are right where we want to be on the final day and can make a run to the top of the medal stand."
The Eagles will attempt to claim three national championships tomorrow, May 28, competing in the finals of the 4x100 meter relay, 100-meter and 200-meter runs.
The 4x100 meter relay group of Charamba, Siphosethu Boya, PJ Lotharp and Devon Moore will race at 2:00 PM. Boya and Charamba will both run the 100-meter finals at 3:25 PM and Charamba ends his weekend in the 200-meter finals at 4:40 PM.
Live results for all of the events can be found here. Live video for the final day of the national championships begins at 1:45 PM and can be found here.
