Senior Valentina Muzaric finished 10th in the shot put on Thursday, earning her third All-American honors in the event. Muzaric's best throw of the day, a 16.55/54-3.75, was her first of three throws. Muzaric did all of this while competing in her third and final NCAA Championships.
Muzaric joins Auburn’s Josuha Burks, Randall Census, Kahlil Henderson and Wellington Zaza on the list of Tigers that have earned All-American honors. Muzaric’s teammate Rachel Dincoff finished 8 spots behind her in shot put, but will be back in action on Saturday in the discus throw.
Tiger women Jeanine Williams, Jenae Ambrose and Michelle Atherley along with junior Sashel Brown finished 20th in the 400m relay with a time of 45.04.
Senior Alyssa Kopp finished 24th with a throw of 44.59/146-3. Kopp is competing in her first NCAA Championship.
More Tigers will be competing on Friday in Eugene, Oregon at historic Hayward Field. Action can be seen on ESPN on Friday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. CST, and ESPN3 will stream the action from 2:30-10 p.m. CST.
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