2016 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship
| Dates |
June 8-11, 2016 |
| Location |
Eugene, Ore./Tracktown, Ore. -- Hayward Field |
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Two of Three Shockers Compete Wednesday
WICHITA, Kan. -- Two of Wichita State's trio of qualifiers to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship compete Wednesday in Tracktown, Ore., at Hayward Field. |
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Skylar Arneson will compete in the Hammer Throw, which begins at 4 p.m., Central, on Wed., while
Damien Odle's Javelin competition begins at 7:45 p.m., Central.
Ashley Petersen will compete in the high jump on Saturday at 5 p.m., Central.
Arneson, Petersen and Odle all qualified during competition at the 2016 West Preliminaries at Rock Chalk Park.
Skylar Arneson was the first to qualify, throwing the hammer 207-7/63.28m before Thursday's weather delay forced the competition to finish the following day. Arneson's qualifying throw came on his first throw and helped him to a ninth-place finish.
Ashley Petersen was the second Shocker to qualify, and makes her second trip to the NCAA Championship to compete in the high jump. Petersen, a 2014 NCAA qualifier who was injured a year ago, cleared a personal-best height of 5-10.75/1.80m on her first try at the height to finish fourth in Lawrence. She opened the competition with the 40th-best high jump. In 2014, she no-heighted in her first trip as the lone Shocker NCAA Championship qualifier that season
The final flight of the men's javelin had just begun in Lawrence, and
Damien Odle's first throw being measured, when the meet was sent to weather delay. His throw of 233-11/71.30m sent him to the competition's lead, and ended up fourth-best and good enough to qualify for the NCAA Championship when the competition was completed after the break.
Odle is the school record-holder in the javelin, a record he set at the Shocker Open May 6 at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. His throw of 240-8/73.36m is currently the 18th-best in the NCAA. He came to WSU from Cowley County Community College where he was the National Champion in the javelin. His personal best coming to WSU was 213-8, and he has improved his throw 27 feet in a year. His high school best was 177-11 as a senior, an improvement of 63 feet in three years.
Arneson holds the second-best Hammer throw in Wichita State history with a toss of 208-0/63.41m which he set in 2015. He was a 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier, but did not advance while teammate
Weston Cottrell, the school-record holder, qualified for the NCAA Championship in 2015.
Petersen's personal-best height of 5-10.75/1.80m that she set at the 2016 West Preliminaries is the second-best in school history. She also holds the third-best indoor height at WSU with a 5-9.75/1.77m that she set in 2014. She is a three-time Missouri Valley Conference high jump champion.
