TCU’s Norrie reaches men’s tennis semis
Cameron Norrie became the first TCU player to reach the semifinals of the NCAA Division I men’s tennis championships with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia in the quarterfinals Saturday in Tulsa.
“Cameron deserves a lot of credit for making the shift in his mindset after a set down and up 3-2 on serve,” TCU coach David Roditi said.
Norrie will face top-ranked Mikael Torpegaard of Ohio State in the semifinals at noon Sunday.
TCU track and field
Seven more members of the TCU men’s and women’s track and field teams qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships by finishing in the top 12 at the NCAA West Prelims in Lawrence, Kan.
Overall, the Frogs qualified nine athletes to compete in Eugene, Ore.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Brianna McGhee was third with a time of 13.01 seconds. It will be McGhee’s third straight appearance at an NCAA Championships (2015 outdoors, 2016 indoors).
The men’s 4x100 relay team of Raymond Bozmans, Sam Watts, Malik Summers and Ronnie Baker were fourth with a 39.5 clocking.
Watts was ninth in the 200 meters at 20.65.
Adam Damadzic was 10th in the men’s discus with a throw of 183-10.
Scotty Newton was 12th in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 52 feet. Newton qualified for the finals last year.
Megan Smith was 12th in the women’s shot put with a throw of 54 feet, 4 3/4 inches.
“We had a successful weekend,” Frogs coach Darryl Anderson said. “We had a good amount of qualifiers based on the amount of people we brought.”
Baker, in the 100, and Fellan McGuigan, in the men’s hammer throw, qualified on Friday.
TCU golf falters
The TCU men shot a 19-over 299 and fell from a tie for first place to 23rd after the second round of the NCAA Golf Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Paul Barjon shot an even-par 70 and is at 1-under 139 and a tie for sixth place individually.
Following the third round, the field will be cut and only the top 15 teams will play in Monday’s fourth round.
The Frogs, at 21-over 581, are just six shots behind five teams that are all tied for the coveted 15th place.
UNT standout qualifies
Chastity Stewart of North Texas qualified for the NCAA track championships by finishing sixth in the women’s 100 hurdles with a time of 13.19 at the NCAA West Prelims.
UTA track & field
UT Arlington’s Tobi Fawehinmi broke the world Paralympic record in the triple jump at the NCAA West preliminaries.
Fawehinmi posted a personal-best mark of 50 feet, 11 1/2 inches. His jump ranks as the fifth-best in school history, topping his previous best of 50 feet, 7 1/4 inches.
He was 12 1/2 inches shy of the final qualifying mark for the NCAA championships.
Fawehinmi, who has an underdeveloped left arm from shoulder dystocia at birth, completed in the 2012 Paralympics.
This story was originally published May 28, 2016 at 7:03 PM with the headline "TCU’s Norrie reaches men’s tennis semis."