Track and Field

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Bearcats Set for NCAA First Round Action - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)
Nine men and 10 women met the qualifying criteria in 17 different events. This is the most individual event qualifier the Bearcats have had in school history since the creation of the East Preliminary Round Regional in 2010.

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Six Bearcats Punch Tickets to NCAA Outdoor Championships

https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/5/2...pionships.aspx

- Redshirt senior Rylee Penn punched her ticket to Austin in the women's 1500-meter. She ran the third fastest time in the quarterfinal with a time of 4:12.17 to advance to her first NCAA Outdoor Championship.
- The dynamic duo of Taylor Beard and Annika Kinley are heading to Austin after qualifying in the women's high jump. The pair cleared a bar height of 1.82 (5'11.5") as Beard finished in third and Kinley in sixth.
- Senior Fred Moudani-Likibi was the only member of the UC men's team to qualify for the outdoor national championships. He finished inside the Top 12 (sixth) with a throw of 19.56m (64'2.25") and punched his ticket out of the first round and onto his first-ever outdoor national championship after just missing the cut last season.
- Junior Leonie Troeger, a Berlin, Germany, native, finished second in the region with a throw of 54.89m (180'1") and advanced out of the first round and onto her second outdoor national championship for the second straight season.
- In her second appearance at East Regional, sophomore Abby Knouff placed inside the top 12 in the women's pole vault (10th) to advance to her first outdoor national championships.

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Fred Moudani is absolutely tearing up the UC record books in the Shot Put this year.

https://gobearcats.com/sports/track-...-moudani/11363

Moudani-Likibi placed third overall in the men’s shot put, breaking UC record

https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/6/8...pionships.aspx

AUSTIN, Texas— University of Cincinnati track and field senior Fred Moudani-Likibi broke the UC shot put program record to earn First Team All-America honors on the opening day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships inside Mike A. Myers Stadium on Wednesday.

In his first career appearance at the outdoor nationals, Moudani-Likibi did not disappoint as he broke the UC shot put record with a throw of 20.54m (67'4.75"). He capped off his stellar season by placing third overall the men's shot put to earn outdoor First Team All-American status.

In a storybook ending, Moudani-Likibi broke the record on his final throw of the competition. This is the fourth time this season he has broken the UC shot put record. His third-place finish is the second-best finish by a UC men's track and field athlete in any event at the outdoor championships in program history.

"This means a lot," Moudani-Likibi said. Being able to come to Cincinnati and have a great coach [Susan Seaton] help me to do what I do at a Division 1 level, especially after spending time in the JUCO system, is really nice."

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Add first team All-American in shot put to that accomplishment list

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This team has some special athletes. Congrats to the whole team and specifically those who qualified for the NCAAs.

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2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field All-America

https://www.ustfccca.org/2023/06/fea...ld-all-america

Fred Moudani Likibi -- First-Team All-America, Shot Put

Taylor Beard -- First-Team All-America, High Jump

Honorable Mention:
- Annika Kinley, High Jump
- Rylee Penn, 1500 Meters
- Leonie Troeger, Javelin