MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the majority of the Wichita State track and field team, Friday's 11^th Annual KU-KSU-WSU Triangular will serve as the 2025 indoor season opener.
 
The Sunflower State showdown is taking place in Manhattan, Kan. for the first time since 2018, hosted by K-State in its one-year-old indoor track facility. Field events begin at noon with the men's weight throw, and running events kick off at 2:30 p.m., starting with the women's 60-meter hurdles.
 
Each of the three teams will send a 30-man and 30-woman roster to compete for the team title. The meet will be scored using the 7-5-4-3-2-1 system with only two athletes per team able to score in each event.
 
The High Point Award will go to the athlete (male or female) who scores the most points for their team. Josh Parrish is the lone Shocker to have claimed this honor, winning it in 2024 with 17 points.
 
Two Triangular meet records are held by Shockers as Adrian Diaz Lopez set the 3,000 meters record in 2023 with a time of 8:15.27, and Josh Parrish set the 60-meter hurdles record last season with a time of 7.90.
 
Two Shockers are entered in four events with freshman Chairo Ogbebor set to compete in triple jump, long jump, the 60 meters and 200 meters and senior Destiny Masters scheduled for the 60-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump and shot put. Ogbebor, along with 19 other athletes will be making their Shocker track and field debuts.
 
Wichita State has yet to win the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, while K-State and Kansas have each won five times, with KU claiming that last two-consecutive titles.
 
The Shockers' best team finishes came in 2015 and 2020 when they took second with 234 and 221 points, respectively. Wichita State claimed three individual event titles last season with Parrish winning both the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump and Lea Jerkovic racing to an 800 meters victory.