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Shockers Earn 16 Top 50 Marks

WICHITA, Kan.  --  After the first week of competition, Wichita State Track and Field athletes hold 16 Top 50 marks in the NCAA, set 11 personal bests and four Top 10 WSU all-time marks. 

"It is really common for me to leave a season opener and feel almost dejected that our team was not ready and this year I did not feel that way," Raidbolt said. "We had a bunch of great performances up in Manhattan. We had a bunch of freshmen do some great things. Generally, event-by-event-by-event I was pleased and feel that our athletes did a good job of maintaining their fitness over the holidays and came back ready to go. We thought it was a great springboard into the season."

Leading the way the first week of competition was the four Shockers named MVC Student-Athletes of the Week:
 
Taylor Larch-Miller edged Deja Young 7.72 to 7.73 to win the 60 meters at the Kansas State Indoor Invitational Saturday inside Ahearn Fieldhouse. Her time is currently the 25th-best in the NCAA.
 
Jamesia Milton's weight throw toss of 65.7 won the event for WSU's women at the Kansas State Indoor Invitational Saturday inside Ahearn Fieldhouse. Milton's throw is the second-best in school history and currently ranks No. 6 in the NCAA. She also threw the seventh-best shot put distance in school history with a throw of 45-1.5.
 
Freshman Zack Penrod won the 800 meters in a time of 1:55.76 at the Kansas State Indoor Invitational Saturday inside Ahearn Fieldhouse. His time is the 29th-best in the NCAA.
 
Freshman Jared Belardo won the long jump and the triple jump at the Kansas State Indoor Invitational Saturday inside Ahearn Fieldhouse.   He won the long jump with a distance of 24-4.25, and the triple jump with a jump of 49-5.5 to complete the sweep. Both distances currently rank No. 11 in the NCAA and No. 9 on the WSU all-time list.

Taylor Goldsmith's weight throw of 64-2.5 is the 23rd-best in the NCAA and Chris Peters' height of 16-0.75 in the pole vault is the 31st-best. Shazz Michael-Lindo's triple jump of 47-10 is the 32nd-best in the NCAA and Weston Cottrell's weight throw of 60-8 is 44th-best.

On the women's side, four Shockers have top-30 NCAA Pentathlon scores led by Martiesha Caines' 3,758 points. Gavyn Yetter's 3,668 is ninth, Claudia Rojo's 3,637 is 12th and Sierra Hays' 3,389 points is 29th.

Ashley Petersen's high jump of 5-8 is the 26th-best in the NCAA and Breanne Borman's height of 5-7.25 is the 36th-best. Courtney Mills' riple jump of 38-7.5 is the NCAA's 46th-best. 

 In addition, Kaden Griffin set his personal pest in the long jump with a distance of 22-4.25 and in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.27. 

 
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Players Mentioned

Breanne Borman

Breanne Borman

Multi
Junior
Weston Cottrell

Weston Cottrell

Throws
Senior
Taylor Goldsmith

Taylor Goldsmith

Throws
Senior
Sierra Hays

Sierra Hays

Multi
Senior
Taylor Larch-Miller

Taylor Larch-Miller

Multi
Junior
Jamesia Milton

Jamesia Milton

Throws
Senior
Chris Peters

Chris Peters

Multi
Senior
Ashley Petersen

Ashley Petersen

Jumps
Senior
Gavyn Yetter

Gavyn Yetter

Multi
Senior
Deja Young

Deja Young

Sprints
Sophomore
Jared Belardo

Jared Belardo

Jumps
Freshman
Kaden Griffin

Kaden Griffin

Multi
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Breanne Borman

Breanne Borman

Junior
Multi
Weston Cottrell

Weston Cottrell

Senior
Throws
Taylor Goldsmith

Taylor Goldsmith

Senior
Throws
Sierra Hays

Sierra Hays

Senior
Multi
Taylor Larch-Miller

Taylor Larch-Miller

Junior
Multi
Jamesia Milton

Jamesia Milton

Senior
Throws
Chris Peters

Chris Peters

Senior
Multi
Ashley Petersen

Ashley Petersen

Senior
Jumps
Gavyn Yetter

Gavyn Yetter

Senior
Multi
Deja Young

Deja Young

Sophomore
Sprints
Jared Belardo

Jared Belardo

Freshman
Jumps
Kaden Griffin

Kaden Griffin

Freshman
Multi