Theophilus Mudzengerere

Career Honors and Recognition
2025 Outdoor First Team All-American
2024 Indoor Second Team All-American
2024 First-Year SEC Honor Roll

Season and Career Results

2025

Indoor

Appeared in four meets before sustaining an injury, competing in the triple jump in each meet … Won the triple jump in three of the four outings, beginning with the Gamecock Opener with a distance of 15.65m (51-4.25) … Jumped a season-best distance of 15.88m (52-1.25) at the Gamecock Challenge for the win … Closed his indoor season with a win at the East Coast Invitational.

Outdoor

Battled through injuries all season and competed in five meets in the triple jump … Became the first Gamecock ever to score in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, placing sixth overall with a distance of 16.09m (52-9.5) … Earned First Team All-American nods with his sixth place finish at the national meet … Earned his way to the NCAA Championship after jumping a personal best distance of 16.38m (53-9) at the NCAA East Regional, taking the top spot at the regional meet with the second best triple jump in Gamecock history … Just missed out on a podium finish at the SEC Outdoor Championship, placing fourth overall with a distance of 16.14m (52-11.5) … Won his other two triple jump competitions during the season, doing so at the Gamecock Invite (16.01m) and the Charlotte Invitational (16.07m).

2024

Indoor
Appeared in four meets on the season, taking part in the triple jump in each day of competition … Opened the season with a program record jump of 16.00m (52-6) to win the Clemson Opener … Scored at the SEC Indoor Championship when he finished sixth after jumping 15.93m (52-3.25) … Earned a spot at the NCAA Indoor Championship and posted a 14^th place finish to earn Second Team All-American honors after jumping 15.33m (50-3.5).

Outdoor
Competed in six meets in his first outdoor season with South Carolina, primarily competing in the triple jump … Just missed out on the NCAA Championship when he placed 15^th at the NCAA East Regional meet … Scored at the SEC Outdoor Championship, placing fourth overall with a distance of 15.95m (52-4), just missing out on earning All-SEC honors … Set a new outdoor triple jump personal best at the Charlotte Invitational, winning with a distance of 16.18m (53-1) for the second longest outdoor triple jump in Carolina history … Also competed in a pair of 100m sprints, running a new personal best time of 10.70 to finish ninth at the Gamecock Invitational.

Previous School(s)
TCU
2023
Indoor
Jumped at four meets for TCU … Took fourth in the triple jump (15.03m) at the Arkansas Invitational on Jan. 13 … Took runner-up honors at the TTU Jarvis Scott Open, jumping 15.67m (51-5) … Earned medalist honors at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, taking fifth place with a personal best jump of 15.79m (51-7.75) which ranks eighth all-time on TCU’s indoor Top-10.

Outdoor
Competed in eight meets for the Horned Frogs … Began the season with a first-place finish in the triple jump with his leap of 15.74m (51-7.75) at the TCU Alumni Invitational (March 17-18)  … Named Big 12 Athlete of the Week after his win in the triple jump at the TCU Alumni Invitational (March 22) … Ran a career-best 22.26 in the 200m at the Sooner Invitational and Multis (April 14-15) … Finished second in the triple jump with his leap of 15.12m (49-7.25) at the Oliver Jackson Twilight (April 27) … Garnered a fourth-place finish and a spot on the podium in the triple jump with his mark of 15.60m (51-2.25) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (May 12-14) … Qualified for Nationals with his eighth-place finish in the triple jump (15.74m) at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 24-27) … Earned Honorable Mention All-America in the triple jump at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships with his leap of 15.32m (50-3.25) … Also turned in a runner-up finish at the Texas Relays, jumping a wind-aided personal best of 16.02m (52-6.75).

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor