Texas A&M senior Sincere Rhea advanced to the 110-meter hurdles quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships Wednesday in College Station, Texas.
Rhea ran 13.66 with a legal 1.7 tailwind and placed 3rd in the 5th of six qualifying heats at the NCAA West First Round.
The top three from each heat and the next six-fastest advanced to a three-race quarterfinal on Friday. So Rhea advanced automatically. His time was 16th-fastest among the 48 entrants.
The top 12 – three from each heat and the next three-fastst – advance to the NCAA semifinals at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., June 11-14.
The time equals Rhea’s 2nd-fastest ever with legal wind and ties his fastest in more than two years.
Everyone who ran 13.83 or faster advanced. The next round is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Friday back at College Station.
Here’s a look at Rhea’s fastest wind-legal times over the 42-inch barriers:
13.48 … ACC Championships, Raleigh, N.C., May 12, 2023 [+1.2] (2)
13.66 … NCAA Championships West Prelims, College Station, Texas, May 28, 2025 [+1.7] (3)
13.66q … Clyde Littlefield Relays, Austin, March 29, 2025 [+1.5] (3)
13.70 … Texas Invitational, Austin, April 25, 2025 [-1.7] (3)
13.72 … Norhtern Florida East Coast Relays, April 29, 2023 [+1.8] (2)
13.74 … Texas Tech Corky Shootout, May 2, 2025 [+2.0] (3)
13.74 … Hurricane Alumni Invitational, Miami, April 8, 2023 [-1.2] (2)
13.79 … ACC Championships, Raleigh, N.C., May 13 [-0.3] (2)
1 – Competing for Penn State
2 – Competing for Miami
3 – Competing for Texas A&M
Rhea, a graduate of St. Augustine in Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, from Maurice River Township, Cumberland County,
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 