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HOUSTON – The Houston monitor and box workforce might be neatly represented at the 2023 World Championships starting Saturday as senior Shaun Maswanganyi and previous Cougars Cecilia Tamayo-Garza and Nora Monie constitute South Africa, Mexico and Cameroon, respectively.
Less than 3 weeks after taking silver within the 100-meter sprint at the World University Games for South Africa, Maswanganyi will constitute South Africa and Houston at the World Championships within the 100, 200-meter sprint and the 400-meter relay.
Maswanganyi posted a ten.06 moment time at the World University Games on Aug. 2 taking silver after which led the South Africans to a bronze medal within the 400 relay on Aug. 6.
The senior is coming off a career-best collegiate season wherein he set the college file within the 100 in 9.91 seconds at the NCAA Championships and ran the third-fastest 200 time in program historical past within the 200 with a time of nineteen.99 seconds, each private data. Maswanganyi completed 1/3 within the 100 and 5th within the 200 at the NCAA Championships.
Tamayo-Garza enters the World Championships after breaking her personal Mexican file within the 200-meter sprint two times in 2023. The former Cougar broke her personal file within the 200 at the Mt. SAC Relays prior to working the second-fastest 200 in program historical past at the American Championships with a 22.45 moment time.
Monie, who’s the methods college file holder within the discus and ranks 1/3 within the hammer, will constitute Cameroon within the discus. Monie’s 58.05-meter toss in 2021 at the Drake Relays is just about 4 meters higher than the second-best mark in class historical past. Monie’s private file 58.53 used to be set this 12 months in June.
Maswanganyi will start festival on Saturday within the 100 initial rounds. Monie will compete on Sunday within the discus. Both Tamayo-Garza and Maswanganyi will compete within the 200 starting on Wednesday. Maswanganyi’s relay squad is ready to get started its initial race Friday, Aug. 25.
| WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| Date | Time | Aug. 19-27 | All Day |
| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| TV | NBC Networks (NBC, CNBC, USA Network)/Peacock |
| Live Stream | NBCSports.com |
| Live Results | Live Results |
| Schedule | Meet Schedule |
| Entries | Final Entries |
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