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Wichita State track and field is headed to NCAA West Preliminaries next week in College Station, Texas. We talk with director of track and field Steve Rainbolt and sophomores Jason and Josh Parrish about the AAC Championships, being twin brothers and what the twins learned as freshmen competitors. Jason describes his dramatic improvement in the 400-meter hurdles.

Josh reveals the trash-talk between the brothers and how they push each other on the track. We also talk about race routines and growing up in an athletic family.

Josh won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.56 in the American Athletic Conference Championships last week in Charlotte. He also placed third in the long jump. Jason won the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.17 seconds, a meet record and the seventh fastest time in the nation. 

Next up for qualifiers is the NCAA West Preliminaries at Texas A&M starting May 28. Qualifiers advance to the NCAA Championships in Oregon June 11-14.