TOPEKA, Kan. – Paula Garcia becomes the first Shocker woman to break the 24-second barrier in the 200-meter dash, setting a new school record at the All-Kansas Invite in Topeka.
 
"I'm extremely proud of Paula and what she did today, not only for breaking the school record in the 200m but also for running her best ever 4x400 split (53.3) afterwards," sprints/hurdles coach John Wise said. "She is one of the most dedicated athletes I've ever worked with, and we think this is only the beginning of a great season. Working with someone like her is why I got into coaching."
 
Garcia's time of 23.82 also set a new facility record at Washburn and currently ranks her first in the American Athletic Conference. Joining her with record-breaking performances, Yazmine Wright broke the facility record in the 800 meters with her time of 2:11.28, along with Michael Bryan's 20.71m/67-11.5 throw in the weight throw and Destiny Masters' clearance of 1.78m/5-10 in the high jump. Masters added a meet record to her day in the long jump with a leap of 5.81m/19-0.75. 
 
Five other Shockers set new meet records at the All-Kansas invite, including Adam Moore, whose first-place time of 4:02.32 in the mile moved him up to third all-time in the WSU record book. Danielle Rinn joined Moore as the mile meet recordholder, and Dowdy Elazarig (long jump), Brady Palen (high jump) and Faith Turner (triple jump) broke the meet records in their events.
 
The Shockers also found success in the men's 200m, as Joakim Genereux took second with a time of 21.58 to move into the sixth spot on the WSU all-time list. In the 3,000 meters, Clayton Duchatschek ran a personal-best time of 8:20.37 to enter the top-10 list at number nine.
 
Margaux Thompson cleared 3.60m/11-9.75 to notch a pole vault win for the Shockers.