Wichita State Men Crowned American Conference Champions
DENTON, Texas – The Wichita State men's track and field team claimed its third American Conference Outdoor Championship Saturday at Norma Knobel Hunt Stadium.
Josh Parrish led the Shockers with 26.5 points, the most by any athlete in the competition, to be named the American Conference Championship Most Valuable Performer. The junior from Olathe, Kan. claimed his second-straight 110-meter hurdles title after winning the long jump on day two, recorded another podium finish in the 4x100-meter relay and scored points in the 200 meters with fifth-place finish and in the triple jump with an eighth-place performance. He ran a wind-aided personal best in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.17 and led the Shockers to a 17-point event with
Tyler Carroll finishing fifth (13.60),
Jabari Armstrong finishing seventh (13.84) and
Luke Holthusen finishing eighth (13.95).
Parrish's hurdles title was one of five day three championships the Shockers won, and one of nine overall throughout the competition. The Shockers swept the high jump titles as
Kaleb Tesmer led the Shockers to a 20.5-point event in the men's competition and
Jelese Alexander cleared the No. 10 bar in the nation to win the women's competition. Tesmer cleared 2.08m/6'9.75" on first attempt to take the win over two North Texas jumpers who also cleared the same bar. Shocker Andre Pentecost also cleared 2.08m to place fourth, and
Darius Graham and
Cole Smither jumped 2.03m/6'8" to take fifth and seventh, respectively. Alexander jumped 1.86m/6'1.25" on third attempt after clinching the win with her 1.83m clearance at the previous bar.
Mattelyn Swartz also scored in the women's high jump, placing seventh with a clearance of 1.73m/5'8".
After entering the championship seeded 19
th in the 800 meters and upsetting the field with the fastest prelim time on Friday to advance to the final, freshman
Jasmine Stiede raced to an American Conference 800-meter title, running an incredible closing 200 to win the race in 2:13.89. Stiede scored 10 points in the event, the most of any female freshman in the meet and was named the American Conference Freshman of the Year.
Jason Parrish went back-to-back in the 400-meter hurdles, winning the title in 49.58 after joining his twin, as well as
Brody Anderson and
Chairo Ogbebor on the third place all-conference 4x100-meter relay earlier in the day. Ogbebor and Parrish also scored points in the 100-meter dash, running all conditions personal bests of 9.89 (+6.0) and 10.04 (+6.0).
Four more Shockers recorded podium finishes on the final day of competition, starting with a runner-up finish in the women's 1500-meter final by
Vivien Kipkorir, who ran a personal-best time of 4:27.68, good for No. 9 in school history. Elkana Kipruto landed on the podium for the second time in three days, finishing runner up in the 5,000 meters after the winning the 10,000 on day one. In the final field event of the competition, two Shockers made it on the triple jump podium as
Kelvin Acheampong jumped 15.46m/50'8.75" for silver and
Asher Buggs-Tipton jumped 15.40m/50'6.25" for bronze.
The Shockers put up points in seven more events, scoring 10 points in the men's pole vault with a fourth-place jump and personal best of 5.02m/16'5.5" from
Carson Ratzlaff, a sixth-place 4.92m/16'1.75" clearance from
Liam Miller and a 4.77m/15'7.75" jump for seventh place from
Rikard Trogen Hedin. In the discus,
Reese Goodlet placed eighth in the women's competition with a throw of 49.62m/162'9", and
Eli Johnson and Trogen Hedin placed seventh and eighth in the men's competition, throwing 54.36m/'178'4" and 54.17m/177'8", respectively.
Kelvin Kipyego scored three points in the men's 1500 meters, running 3:50.97 to finish sixth, and
Lucy Ndungu finished fourth in the women's 5,000 meters with a time of 16:59.51 after winning the 10,000 meters on Thursday. The women's 4x100-meter relay team of
Zada Brown,
Courtney Wilborn,
Sadie Millard and Alexander and the men's 4x400-meter relay team of Ogbebor,
Jason Parrish, Trogen Hedin and
Brock Merz each both finished eighth to score one point apiece with times of 46.40 and 3:21.59, respectively.
The Wichita State men finished with 171 points, winning the men's team title by 31 points as North Texas placed second with 138 points and South Florida took third with 116. The Shocker women took sixth with 70 points, just two points out of fourth place, while Rice claimed the women's team title with 142 points. The Wichita State men's and women's teams combined for the most total points between programs out of all teams in the meet with 241 points.
Head coach
Steve Rainbolt and his coaching staff of
John Wise,
Heidi Benton,
Tanner Brown,
Aliyah Fertig,
John Hetzendorf,
Kirk Hunter,
Adam Moore and
Connor Vaughn were honored as the American Conference Outdoor Men's Coaching Staff of the Year. This is Rainbolt's 30
th career conference coach of the year award, 29
th at Wichita State and fourth since joining the American Conference. He has won 36 conference team trophies for the Shockers between cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, and this marks Wichita State's 52
nd conference win in program history.
MEN'S RESULTS
| 4 |
Chairo Ogbebor |
100m (F) |
9.89W |
| 6 |
Jason Parrish |
100m (F) |
10.04W |
| 3 |
Chairo Ogbebor |
100m (P) |
10.21 |
| 5 |
Jason Parrish |
100m (P) |
10.23 |
| 5 |
Josh Parrish |
200m (F) |
20.68 |
| 6 |
Josh Parrish |
200m (P) |
20.63 |
| 11 |
Chairo Ogbebor |
200m (P) |
20.78W |
| 23 |
Brody Anderson |
200m (P) |
21.64 |
| 6 |
Kelvin Kipyego |
1500m (F) |
3:50.97 |
| 3 |
Kelvin Kipyego |
1500m (P) |
3:52.06 |
| 2 |
Elkana Kipruto# |
5,000m |
14:06.52 |
| 11 |
Austin Carrera |
5,000m |
14:47.23 |
| 12 |
Titus Kiprotich |
5,000m |
14:49.52 |
| 21 |
Zander Cobb |
5,000m |
15:15.29 |
| 32 |
Jonah Allison |
5,000m |
16:12.11 |
| -- |
Kelvin Kipyego |
5,000m |
DNF |
| 1 |
Elkana Kipruto# |
10,000m |
29:44.15 |
| 7 |
Titus Kiprotich |
10,000m |
31:00.44 |
| 14 |
Zander Cobb |
10,000m |
34:48.08 |
| 1 |
Josh Parrish# |
110m Hurdles (F) |
13.17W |
| 5 |
Tyler Carroll |
110m Hurdles (F) |
13.60W |
| 7 |
Jabari Armstrong |
110m Hurdles (F) |
13.84W |
| 8 |
Luke Holthusen |
110m Hurdles (F) |
13.95W |
| 1 |
Josh Parrish |
110m Hurdles (P) |
13.29W |
| 6 |
Jabari Armstrong |
110m Hurdles (P) |
13.75W |
| 7 |
Tyler Carroll |
110m Hurdles (P) |
13.77W |
| 8 |
Luke Holthusen |
110m Hurdles (P) |
13.91W |
| 9 |
Asher Buggs-Tipton |
110m Hurdles (P) |
13.94W |
| 1 |
Jason Parrish# |
400m Hurdles (F) |
49.58 |
| 1 |
Jason Parrish |
400m Hurdles (P) |
50.43 |
| 9 |
Brock Merz |
400m Hurdles (P) |
52.31 |
| 11 |
Tyler Carroll |
400m Hurdles (P) |
53.45 |
| 4 |
Austin Carrera |
3k Steeplechase |
9:15.70 |
| 8 |
Jonah Allison |
3k Steeplechase |
9:24.03 |
| 3 |
Jo. Parrish, Ja. Parrish,
Anderson, Ogbebor# |
4x100m Relay |
39.60 |
| 8 |
Ogbebor, Ja. Parrish,
Trogen Hedin, Merz |
4x400m Relay |
3:21.59 |
| 1 |
Kaleb Tesmer# |
High Jump |
2.08m/6'9.75" |
| 4 |
Andre Pentecost Jr. |
High Jump |
2.08m/6'9.75" |
| 5 |
Darius Graham |
High Jump |
2.03m/6'7.75" |
| 7 |
Cole Smither |
High Jump |
2.03m/6'7.75" |
| -- |
Travon Williams |
High Jump |
NH |
| 4 |
Carson Ratzlaff |
Pole Vault |
5.02m/16'5.5" |
| 6 |
Liam Miller |
Pole Vault |
4.92m/16'1.75" |
| 7 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Pole Vault |
4.77m/15'7.75" |
| 10 |
Weston Hulse |
Pole Vault |
4.62m/15'1.75" |
| -- |
Ty Bybee |
Pole Vault |
NH |
| 1 |
Josh Parrish# |
Long Jump |
8.02m/26'3.75" |
| 5 |
Travon Williams |
Long Jump |
7.50m/24'7.25" |
| 7 |
Darius Graham |
Long Jump |
7.46m/24'5.75" |
| 8 |
Asher Buggs-Tipton |
Long Jump |
7.33m/24'0.75" |
| 10 |
Andre Pentecost Jr. |
Long Jump |
7.26m/23'10" |
| 13 |
Kaleb Tesmer |
Long Jump |
7.08m/23'2.75" |
| 16 |
Chairo Ogbebor |
Long Jump |
6.97m/22'10.5" |
| 2 |
Kelvin Acheampong# |
Triple Jump |
15.46m/50'8.75" |
| 3 |
Asher Buggs-Tipton# |
Triple Jump |
15.40m/50'6.25" |
| 8 |
Josh Parrish |
Triple Jump |
14.85m/48'8.75" |
| 14 |
Darius Graham |
Triple Jump |
13.80m/45'3.5" |
| 15 |
Travon Williams |
Triple Jump |
13.47m/44'2.5" |
| 10 |
Eli Johnson |
Shot Put |
15.39m/50'6" |
| 7 |
Eli Johnson |
Discus |
54.36m/178'4" |
| 8 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Discus |
54.17m/177'9" |
| 10 |
Jarrett Schmidt |
Discus |
51.39m/168'7" |
| 5 |
Loudan Hicks |
Hammer |
57.79m/189'7" |
| 6 |
Beau Kerschen |
Hammer |
57.74m/189'5" |
| 6 |
Bronson Krainak |
Javelin |
57.83m/189'9" |
| 7 |
Jordan Rider |
Javelin |
56.46m/185'3" |
| 8 |
Luke Porter |
Javelin |
51.46m/168'10" |
| 1 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin# |
Decathlon |
7,377 points |
| 5 |
Cole Smither |
Decathlon |
6,882 points |
| 6 |
Myles Larsen |
Decathlon |
6,484 points |
| 8 |
Luke Porter |
Decathlon |
6,381 points |
| 2 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec 100m |
10.71W |
| 4 |
Cole Smither |
Dec 100m |
10.84 |
| 7 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec 100m |
11.21W |
| 8 |
Luke Porter |
Dec 100m |
11.26W |
| 6 |
Cole Smither |
Dec Long Jump |
6.62m/21'8.75" |
| 7 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec Long Jump |
6.61m/21'8.25" |
| 8 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec Long Jump |
6.45m/21'2" |
| 10 |
Luke Porter |
Dec Long Jump |
6.01m/19'8.75" |
| 1 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec Shot Put |
14.48m/47'6.25" |
| 3 |
Cole Smither |
Dec Shot Put |
12.07m/39'7.25" |
| 6 |
Luke Porter |
Dec Shot Put |
11.76m/38'7" |
| 7 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec Shot Put |
11.06m/36'3.5" |
| 1 |
Cole Smither |
Dec High Jump |
2.05m/6'8.75" |
| 5 |
Luke Porter |
Dec High Jump |
1.84m/6'0.5" |
| 8 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec High Jump |
1.78m/5'10" |
| 10 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec High Jump |
1.72m/5'7.75" |
| 2 |
Cole Smither |
Dec 400m |
50.77 |
| 4 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec 400m |
51.41 |
| 5 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec 400m |
52.20 |
| 10 |
Luke Porter |
Dec 400m |
53.61 |
| 5 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec 110H |
15.56 |
| 7 |
Cole Smither |
Dec 110H |
15.72 |
| 9 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec 110H |
16.56 |
| 10 |
Luke Porter |
Dec 110H |
16.70 |
| 1 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec Discus |
53.29m/174'10" |
| 2 |
Cole Smither |
Dec Discus |
40.52m/132'11" |
| 4 |
Luke Porter |
Dec Discus |
38.12m/125'1" |
| 5 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec Discus |
37.80m/124'0" |
| 1 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec Pole Vault |
4.60m/15'1" |
| 5 |
Luke Porter |
Dec Pole Vault |
4.10m/13'5.25" |
| 6 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec Pole Vault |
4.10m/13'5.25" |
| 10 |
Cole Smither |
Dec Pole Vault |
3.70m/12'1.5" |
| 2 |
Luke Porter |
Dec Javelin |
51.33m/168'5" |
| 5 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec Javelin |
45.37m/148'10" |
| 7 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec Javelin |
41.18m/135'1" |
| 8 |
Cole Smither |
Dec Javelin |
37.52m/123'1" |
| 2 |
Rikard Trogen Hedin |
Dec 1500m |
4:40.83 |
| 4 |
Myles Larsen |
Dec 1500m |
4:42.31 |
| 5 |
Cole Smither |
Dec 1500m |
4:46.68 |
| 8 |
Luke Porter |
Dec 1500m |
5:02.70 |
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WOMEN'S RESULTS
| 18 |
Zada Brown |
100m (P) |
11.88W |
| 21 |
Miya Evans |
100m (P) |
11.94 |
| 29 |
Zakilya Zeigler |
200m (P) |
24.60 |
| 30 |
Zada Brown |
200m (P) |
24.62 |
| 14 |
Zakilya Zeigler |
400m (P) |
55.93 |
| 19 |
Alexis Hiatt |
400m (P) |
56.87 |
| 1 |
Jasmine Stiede# |
800m (F) |
2:13.89 |
| 1 |
Jasmine Stiede |
800m (P) |
2:09.48 |
| 19 |
Lea Jerkovic |
800m (P) |
2:17.12 |
| 27 |
Kalyn Willingham |
800m (P) |
2:26.16 |
| 2 |
Vivien Kipkorir# |
1500m (F) |
4:27.68 |
| 1 |
Vivien Kipkorir |
1500m (P) |
4:29.24 |
| 21 |
Kalyn Willingham |
1500m (P) |
5:15.59 |
| 4 |
Lucy Ndungu |
5,000m |
16:59.51 |
| 11 |
Vivien Kipkorir |
5,000m |
17:27.70 |
| 21 |
Francesca Alvarado |
5,000m |
17:55.02 |
| 29 |
Faith Ekart |
5,000m |
18:55.84 |
| 31 |
Lea Jerkovic |
5,000m |
19:11.43 |
| 32 |
Amanda Treptow |
5,000m |
19:17.98 |
| 1 |
Lucy Ndungu# |
10,000m |
34:45.25 |
| 15 |
Keely Hoback |
100m Hurdles (P) |
13.98 |
| 16 |
Courtney Wilborn |
100m Hurdles (P) |
14.01 |
| 18 |
Cali Kerschen |
100m Hurdles (P) |
14.18 |
| 13 |
Sadie Millard |
400m Hurdles (P) |
1:00.78 |
| 15 |
Courtney Wilborn |
400m Hurdles (P) |
1:01.82 |
| 9 |
Francesca Alvarado |
3k Steeplechase |
11:06.15 |
| 10 |
Faith Ekart |
3k Steeplechase |
11:15.67 |
| 14 |
Amanda Treptow |
3k Steeplechase |
11:57.29 |
| 8 |
Brown, Wilborn,
Millard, Alexander |
4x100m Relay |
46.40 |
| 10 |
Millard, Hiatt,
Stiede, Zeigler |
4x400m Relay |
3:48.23 |
| 1 |
Jelese Alexander# |
High Jump |
1.86m/6'1.25" |
| 7 |
Mattelyn Swartz |
High Jump |
1.73m/5'8" |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
High Jump |
1.64m/5'4.5" |
| 3 |
Shellamae Farmer# |
Pole Vault |
3.99m/13'1" |
| 4 |
Lilly Charest |
Pole Vault |
3.99m/13'1" |
| 5 |
Kylie Scott |
Pole Vault |
3.89m/12'9" |
| 11 |
Isa Evans |
Pole Vault |
3.59m/11'9.25" |
| 3 |
Jelese Alexander# |
Long Jump |
6.17m/20'3" |
| 15 |
Kennady Washington |
Long Jump |
5.86m/19'2.75" |
| 23 |
Sonya Haylor |
Long Jump |
5.55m/18'2.5" |
| 10 |
Kennady Washington |
Triple Jump |
12.28m/40'3.5" |
| 13 |
Sonya Haylor |
Triple Jump |
12.19m/40'0" |
| 14 |
Margo Todd |
Shot Put |
13.17m/43'2.5" |
| 18 |
Reese Goodlet |
Shot Put |
12.13m/39'9.75" |
| 8 |
Reese Goodlet |
Discus |
49.61m/162'9" |
| 9 |
Margo Todd |
Discus |
48.66m/159'8" |
| 15 |
Lexi Boss |
Discus |
43.22m/141'9" |
| -- |
Margo Todd |
Hammer |
NM |
| -- |
Karlynn Hornung |
Hammer |
NM |
| 8 |
Jenna Kuepker |
Javelin |
44.70m/146'8" |
| 9 |
Lexi Boss |
Javelin |
42.44m/139'3" |
| 13 |
Emma Bezdek |
Javelin |
39.21m/128'8" |
| 14 |
Reagan Ayres |
Javelin |
38.02m/124'9" |
| 7 |
Sadie Millard |
Heptathlon |
5,086 points |
| 9 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Heptathlon |
4,850 points |
| 10 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Heptathlon |
4,765 points |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
Heptathlon |
4,195 points |
| 4 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept 100H |
14.22 |
| 6 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept 100H |
14.35 |
| 10 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept 100H |
14.91 |
| 11 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept 100H |
15.09 |
| 3 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept High Jump |
1.64m/5'4.5" |
| 5 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept High Jump |
1.58m/5'2.25" |
| 9 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept High Jump |
1.55m/5'1" |
| 11 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept High Jump |
1.46m/4'9.5" |
| 9 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept Shot Put |
10.00m/32'9.75" |
| 10 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept Shot Put |
9.47m/31'1" |
| 11 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept Shot Put |
9.20m/30'2.25" |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept Shot Put |
9.19m/30'2" |
| 3 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept 200m |
24.44 |
| 4 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept 200m |
24.71 |
| 9 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept 200m |
25.89 |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept 200m |
27.35 |
| 6 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept Long Jump |
5.58m/18'3.75" |
| 9 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept Long Jump |
5.31m/17'5.25" |
| 10 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept Long Jump |
5.25m/17'2.75" |
| 11 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept Long Jump |
5.23m/17'2" |
| 6 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept Javelin |
35.08m/115'1" |
| 7 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept Javelin |
33.28m/109'2" |
| 9 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept Javelin |
29.98m/98'4" |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept Javelin |
24.62m/80'9" |
| 2 |
Kylie Stapleton |
Hept 800m |
2:20.23 |
| 5 |
Sadie Millard |
Hept 800m |
2:22.30 |
| 10 |
Kaytlin LaDuke |
Hept 800m |
2:33.37 |
| 12 |
Anna Bundy |
Hept 800m |
2:54.38 |
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