Horned Frog Sports Round Up: three/18

TCU rifle and track and field finish off remarkable seasons when TCU golf earns a tournament win.

• By Drew_Carlton

• March 18, 2023 at 1:45 p.m

Swimming and diving: TCU Swim and Dive completed the NCAA Regionals in Minneapolis and competed at the National Invitational Championships in Elkhart, Indiana final week. Alec Hubbard earned an invitation to the NCAA Nationals in the platform right after finishing 5th at the NCAA Zone D Championships. Hubbard will join fellow Frogs David Ekdahl and Jaydon Villiers at the nationals who each earned invitations to earlier days of competitors at the zone championships. The NCAA Championships will be held March 22-25 in Minneapolis, exactly where Hubbard will compete in the platform, Ekdahl will compete in the 1-meter and three-meter, and Villiez will compete in the one hundred-meter backstroke. TCU also got off to a robust get started at the State Invitational Championships with a 1st-day win from Jeanne Dahmen in the 50 fly thanks to a terrific time of 24.02. Olivia Rhodes secured an additional winning spot for the Frogs with a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle, when Rafael Paiva Da Lima took third in the men’s 50-yard breaststroke. Much more hardware was earned by TCU on the second day of competitors thanks to a college record in the women’s one hundred-yard breaststroke of 1:00.92, great for third location. Dahmen picked up an additional prime three with a second-location finish in the women’s one hundred-yard fly, breaking the college record with a time of 53.45. The men’s 800-yard freestyle group of Luke Dimichelli, Milan Fabian, Geremia Freri and Cornel Kohalmi completed the day robust for TCU with a third-location finish and a time of six:29.74. Frere had a terrific functionality on the third and final day of competitors as he took third in the 200-yard breaststroke and broke the college record with a time of 48.98 in the one hundred-yard dash. Subsequent week’s NCAA Championships will cap off what has currently been a incredibly prosperous season for TCU Swim and Dive with a possibility to make it even far better with three Frogs competing in a total of four events at the National Championships.

Athletic disciplines: Each the track and field and indoor teams have been in action final week with the indoor national championships, the Armor UTA Invite and the TCU Alumni Invitational. The Frogs have been fantastic in the triple jump on each the men’s and women’s sides, as Grace Anigbata and Jaren Holmes produced the prime ten of the occasion. Anigbata broke the college record in the triple jump en route to Second Group All-American honors with a leap of 44′ six.75”. Holmes was also named a second group All-American with a leap of 53′ 3” great for ninth all round. The outside group had a terrific displaying at the Armor UTA Invite with 3 pitchers choosing up wins for the Frogs. Samantha Callaway recorded two podium finishes on the day, like a victory in the discus with a throw of 49.08 meters. Callaway also completed third in the shot place with a throw of 12.82 meters. Mathilda Björklund accomplished her second win of the season in the hammer throw with 56.76 meters, additional than eight meters longer than second location. Kyler Van Develop also had a terrific day, taking 1st in the men’s shot place with 15.32 meters and second in the men’s discus with 49.28 meters. Subsequent up was the TCU Alumni Invitational exactly where Bjorklund continued her dominant get started to the season with her third straight victory in the hammer throw. Callaway also continued her hot get started with a second-location finish in the women’s discus. Jillian Johnson completed third for the Frogs in the higher jump, when Emma Seetoo won the lengthy jump for TCU with a leap of six.20 meters. Quinn Calhoun was an additional winner for the Frogs as she completed 1st in the women’s pole vault with a height of four.11 meters. TCU also won the men’s pole vault behind a five.10m height from Ben Kirb. TCU also had the prime two finishers in the men’s lengthy jump, as Gavin Champ and Evan Coach had jumps of 7.50 meters and 7.45 meters, respectively. Sydney Juszczyk completed 1st in the women’s javelin with 48.75 meters, which was six meters longer than second location. TCU also had the prime two finishers in the men’s triple jump

Theophilus Mudzengerere and Damilare Olukosi took 1st and second respectively. And the men’s 4×100 meter relay group of Zaba took 1st location. TCU dominated the women’s 1500m as the prime five have been all Frogs, led by Gracie Morris with a terrific time of four:14.59. Jasmin Muhamed-Graham took 1st location for TCU in the women’s 800 meters, finishing practically 7 seconds ahead of second location. Iyana Gray was an additional winner for the Frogs as she completed 1st in the 200m, when Dreunna Washington joined her on the podium to take third. The prime two runners in the women’s 3000m race have been the Horned Frogs, with Mariana Martinez and Peyton McQuillan taking 1st and second. The TCU teams also won the women’s and men’s 4×400 meters to close out the day. Subsequent up for the Atmospheric track and field is the Clyde Hart Classic in Waco subsequent Friday and Saturday.

Rifle: TCU Rifle completed its 2023 season with an remarkable finish at the Nationals in Akron, Ohio, putting second all round. The Frogs had to fight back from a slow get started in the compact tube as they have been in sixth location right after the 1st day. TCU shot incredibly effectively in the air rifle on day two, putting second all round and advancing from four teams to finish in second location. Julie Johannesen led the way for the Frogs with fantastic scores of 599 in air rifle and 586 in compact barrel. Johannesen had one particular of the finest seasons of all time for the Frogs as she set the NCAA record in the compact barrel at the PRC championships with a score of 598. Katie Zaun and Stephanie Grundsoy had terrific scores at the nationals as effectively as shooting 597 and 595 in the air rifle and 585 and 584 in a compact tube. The Frogs had an additional phenomenal season as they won the PRC championship and lost only one particular match all year, which was the national championship. TCU will be back as they are nevertheless a incredibly young group and Johannessen and Zaun are only freshmen with lots of probabilities to run the field up front.

Men’s Golf: TCU Men’s Golf won the GCU Invitational final week with a group score of -17 and barely edged out North Dakota State and Grand Canyon University who each had group scores of -16. Gustav Frimot led the way for the Frogs as he completed second individually and shot 11 beneath in 3 rounds of the tournament. Frimdot’s 64 in the second round of the tournament was the finest score for a Horned Frog in the tournament and was tied for the second finest round in the complete field. Macence Giboudot also had a terrific tournament, shooting five beneath in 3 rounds. Gibudot’s functionality was highlighted by a 65 in the 1st round that was tied for the finest score in that round. TCU will subsequent head to Wilmington, North Carolina for the Seahawk Intercollegiate on March 26-27.

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