TCU Outdoor Track and Field sent 18 individual competitors along with 4 relay teams to Sacramento, California for the NCAA West Regional as the Frogs looked to secure spots in the NCAA Championship meet.
On the first day of competition, the Frogs had two strong performances in the men’s 200 meter as Simbarashe Maketa and Donnie James had times of 21.02 and 21.24 respectively. Maketa finished 27th and barely missed an invitation to the quarterfinals and James finished a very solid 37th. Maketa and James were the two best Frog runners in the men’s 800 meter as they finished 36th and 37th with times of 46.