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The Zimbabwe Daily: Mapaya off to flying start in the U.S.
BY DANIEL NHAKANISO
The 19-year-old star, who is now part of the Texas Christian University (TCU), on Saturday clinched a bronze medal at the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Indoor Track and Field Championship in College Station, Texas.
Mapaya, who is the African junior champion in the discipline, recorded a new personal best jump of 16,38m on his way to a medal in only his third meet as a Horned Frog to earn first-team All-American honors in the process.
The Zimbabwean, who is hoping to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, earned the praises of the TCU head coach, Darryl Anderson, who said he was impressed by how Mapaya has settled in the US.
Read more at https://www.thezimbabwedaily.com/news/190318-mapaya-off-to-flying-start-in-the-us.html
