EUGENE, Ore. – Three Wichita State track and field athletes recorded conference-leading marks Saturday at the Oregon Team Invitational at Hayward Field.
 
Shocker sophomores, Shellamae Farmer and Kylie Scott tied for second in the pole vault with personal-best clearances of 4.06m/13'3.75", taking the American Conference lead. Freshman Lilly Charest took fourth with a personal-best clearance of 3.91m/12'10" to rank fourth in the conference. All three Shockers moved up the Wichita State all-time list, tying for sixth and ranking 10^th, respectively.
 
Freshman Ty Bybee moved up to No. 5 in the American Conference with a pole vault win and a clearance of 5.10m/16'8.75", leading the Shocker men to a 1-2-3 sweep as Carson Ratzlaff and Liam Miller placed second and third with jumps of 4.90m/16'0.75" and 4.80m/15'9", respectively.
 
In the 400-meter hurdles, junior Jason Parrish improved his conference lead to 50.41, good for 19^th in the nation, to claim this third hurdles win in three races this season. His twin, Josh Parrish ran his first 110-meter hurdles race of the season, finishing second with the No. 2 time in the conference, 13.68, to rank No. 30 in the nation.
 
The Parrish twins teamed up with Brody Anderson and Chairo Ogbebor to clock the second-fastest 4x100-meter relay time in school history, running 39.66 to finish second and move up to third in the conference. Ogbebor went on to take second in the invite 100-meter dash with a time of 10.35.
 
In the men's 1500 meters, junior Kelvin Kipyego record the No. 2 time in the conference, running 3:42.50 to finish ninth in a race where Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum broke the collegiate record with a time of 3:31.69. In the women's 1500, Vivien Kipkorir ran the No. 10 time in school history, 4:29.20, to finish 10^th.
 
In the steeplechase, Francesca Alvarado and Jonah Allison each posted No. 4 times in the conference, Alvarado running 10:44.72 to finish seventh in the women's race and move up to No. 10 in school history, and Allison running 9:01.11 to finish fourth in the men's race.
 
In the throws, Margo Todd took fifth in the discus with the No. 8 throw in school history, throwing 47.32m/155'3". And Jenna Kuepker threw a season-best 47.01m/154'4" to place third in the javelin.