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WICHITA, Kan.  --  Wichita State's Nikki Larch-Miller led the Heptathlon after the first day of competition and Jamesia Milton broke the hammer throw record at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship Friday at Cessna Stadium.

WSU's women also claimed titles by Alesa Frey in the pole vault and Carlea Holt-Miles in the javelin. Frey set a personal best with a height of 13-3.75/4.06m that moved her into No. 5 all-time at WSU. Miles won for the second-straight year with a throw of 157-4/47.96m.

Aaron True won the javelin to become the first men's champion with a career-best throw of 229-03/69.88m which is also the seventh-best in Shocker history. Shockers John Hoplin (210-11/64.29m), Hunter Veith (182-02/55.53m) and Kaden Griffin (179-11/54.85m) backed True at second, third and fourth, respectively.

Competition continues Friday night with the 10,000 meters, while ESPN3 coverage begins at 7:50 p.m.

Larch-Miller's 3,412 points through the first four events led the field followed by four Shockers, Breanne Borman (3,362), Gavyn Yetter (3,294) and Martiesha Caines (3,198).

Larch-Miller won the 100 meter hurdles (13.48) to start the day, and won the 200 meters (24.11) with a season-best in the final event of the day. She also high-jumped 1.61m/5-3.25 and shot put 11.71m/38-5.

Also for the Shocker women's team, Jamesia Milton improved her WSU record in the hammer throw with a toss of 205-8/62.69m to finish second on the day and break her old record of 202-4/61.68m set earlier this year at the Texas Tech Red Raider.

In the Decathlon, Ben Johnson was in second after five events with 3,724 points, 122 points behind leader Jordan Wilkerson from Illinois State (3,846). Johnson won the shot put with a toss of 44-11.75/13.71m.

Heptathlon and Decathlon action begins again Saturday morning with the long jump at 10:30 a.m., and the 110 meter hurdles at 11:30 a.m., respectively.

Wichita State, picked as the favorite, has won eight men's titles and nine women's titles since 1966. WSU's men won in 1966, 1972, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2016. The women won in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

All three days of the meet are set for ESPN3 with Brad Wells, Jim Kirby and Mike Mahon calling the action.  Friday's ESPN3 telecast runs from 7:50 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday's telecast runs 4:45-7:15 p.m., while Day Three championship action on Sunday runs from 12:55 p.m.-4:30 p.m.