Wichita State track and field is set for week four of the outdoor season as the team splits to compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the ESU Relays and the Oregon Team Invitational.
 
Titus Kiprotich will kick off the meet week at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running the 10,000 meters in the men's open A section at 10:20 a.m. CT, and Lucy Ndungu will race in the women's invite heat two at 11:57 p.m. CT, and Elkana Kipruto will wrap up the night racing in the men's invite heat two at 12:32 a.m. CT.
 
Also on Thursday, a group of sprinters, pole vaulters and throwers will head up the road to Emporia State to compete in the ESU Relays. Both track and field events will begin at 10:30 a.m. with Shockers competing in the 100, 200, 100-meter hurdles, discus, javelin and pole vault.
 
The remainder of the team will get a preview of the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships venue as they are set to compete at Hayward Field for the Oregon Team Invite on Friday and Saturday.
 
Thirteen Shockers rank in the top three in the conference in their respective events and four of Wichita State's conference leaders will be competing in those events at Oregon. Oregon competition begins at 5:21 p.m. CT and concludes at 10:45 p.m. CT.

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ROAD TO EUGENE
The 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships will take place June 10-14 in Eugene, Ore. at Hayward Field. This year for the west region, the road to Eugene goes through Fayetteville, Ark., where the top 48 individual athletes and the top 24 relays in the region will compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries (NCAA First Round) May 27-30 for a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The top 12 in each event advance to the championship. Combined event athletes (heptathlon and decathlon) do not attend the First Rounds, but instead, the top 24 athletes overall advance directly to the NCAA Championships in Eugene.
 
AMERICAN CONFERENCE LEADERS
MEN
Elkana Kipruto – 5,000m
Jason Parrish – 400H
Kaleb Tesmer – High Jump
Josh Parrish – Long Jump
 
WOMEN
Jelese Alexander – High Jump
 
SHOCKERS IN THE NCAA WEST TOP 48
MEN
100m – Chairo Ogbebor – 10.17 – No. 7
5,000m – Elkana Kipruto – 13:35.77 – No. 15
110H – Tyler Carroll – 13.87 – No. 23
400H – Jason Parrish – 50.58 – No. 10
High Jump – Kaleb Tesmer – 2.11m/6'11" – No. 21
Long Jump – Josh Parrish – 7.85m/25'9.25" – No. 6
Long Jump – Travon Williams – 7.67m/25'2" – No. 14
Long Jump – Darius Graham – 7.48m/24'6.5" – No. 33
Javelin – Blake McCormick – 63.41m/208'0" – No. 38
Javelin – Bronson Krainak – 61.10m/200'5" – No. 47
 
WOMEN
High Jump – Jelese Alexander – 1.83m/6'0" – No. 7
Pole Vault – Kylie Scott – 3.98m/13'0.75" – No. 47
Long Jump – Jelese Alexander – 6.37m/20'10.75" – No. 8
 
RELAYS IN THE NCAA WEST TOP 24
N/A
 
MULTIS IN THE NCAA TOP 24
N/A
 
USTFCCCA EVENT SQUAD RANKINGS (TOP 10)
Men's Long Jump – No. 2
Women's Heptathlon – No. 7