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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Denim Rogers became HBU's first track & field student-athlete to attain All-American status in both outdoor and indoor on Friday afternoon with a First Team All-American performance in the heptathlon at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
 
The HBU senior totaled 5,653 points to better his own school record by nearly 100 points and place eighth overall. He began the day with a new program record in the 60 meter hurdles, improving on his own record time by one-hundredth of a second with a time of 7.97 for 989 points and the second-fastest time of the day. He then cleared 4.56m/14-11.50 in the pole vault to add 778 points to his total and secured his top-8 finish with a PR mark of 2:47.76 in the 1,000 meters for 789 points.
 
Rogers moved up five spots from his position at the end of day one when he was in 13^th place among the 16 competitors to become HBU's second-ever indoor All-American after junior Christopher Welch garnered the honor last year. Welch will be competing tomorrow, Mar. 13, in the triple jump at 1:00 p.m.