The RoundHouse | 5/9/2019 10:16:00 AM

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Wichita State assistant director of track and field John Wise joins the podcast to preview the American Athletic Conference Championships, which begin Friday at Cessna Stadium.
 
On Wichita State's second season in the AAC:
 
"We're starting to get a handle on it and I think we're starting to get our philosophy figured out as to how we're attacking the conference. We're right at the top of the conference, just like we were in the Missouri Valley. We won a lot of Missouri Valley Conference titles, but we didn't win all of them. That's how we're starting to feel about this conference. The teams we built before are going to be successful in this league."
 
On decathlete Ben Johnson and his strategy for the conference meet and NCAA qualification:
 
"He'll probably need to score about 7,400 points, or something like that. He's quite capable of doing that. He's been running good hurdle races, he's been throwing well. He's been jumping well. He seems as ready as he's ever been to have a good decathlon. I think everything is lining up for Ben to finish out strong and get that score that he needs. Little bit of pressure, but he's guy that enjoys that."
 
On the outlook for the women's team:
 
 "We've got this really young team that seems to be getting better and better every week. We were at the Kansas Relays three weeks ago – big improvements there. Then we went to Texas Tech and had a huge meet there. Last week at our meet, everyone looked ready to go. These freshmen, at the end of the year, kind of have figured it out and are excited. People that weren't contributing indoor, when we only lost the conference meet by 14 points, are now contributing."