WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State track and field team opens their indoor campaign at home with the Shocker Multi women's pentathlon and men's heptathlon Wednesday and Thursday.
 
"This meet is all about mastering the process," head coach Steve Rainbolt said. "They'll be experiencing what you experience at an indoor championship where you compete in a pentathlon or heptathlon and then come back the next day and compete in another event (final day of Intrasquad on Friday)."
 
The Shocker Multi will be the first of three indoor multi-event competitions and is the first opportunity for the newcomers to compete in a Shocker uniform.
 
"Brianna Utecht is a terrific freshman for us, so I'm excited to watch her go through her first indoor pentathlon in a Wichita State uniform," Rainbolt said.
 
On the men's side, this will be the first heptathlon as Shockers for two junior college transfers, Kolby Caster and Jack Mull, and redshirt-freshmen Adria Navajon Fabregat and Hudson Bailey, while Tanner Brown and Nate Vann will be returners.  Vann earned all-conference honors in the outdoor decathlon in 2021.
 
"Tanner Brown and Nate Vann are two guys that I really know are going to be good," Rainbolt said. "For all those [new] guys, this is an exciting time to get a chance to tee it up for their first go around in a multi-event competition setting."
 
Maria Romero, Destiny Masters, Anna Heacock and Kenisa Meyer are the returners that will be joining Utecht in the pentathlon.
 
"Destiny Masters has been doing some remarkable things in training, and I'm very hopeful that she'll have a really nice meet," Rainbolt said. 
 
Wen Clough will also be competing unattached in the heptathlon.

 
Men's Heptathlon:
Adria Navajon Fabregat
Tanner Brown
Nate Vann
Hudson Bailey
Kolby Caster
Wen Clough (Una.)
 
Women's Pentathlon:
Maria Romero
Destiny Masters
Anna Heacock
Brianna Utecht
Kenisa Meyer