FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Wichita State's Josh Parrish punched his ticket in the long jump to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and broke the 110-meter hurdles school record to lead the Shockers on day one of the NCAA West Preliminaries Wednesday afternoon at John McDonnell Field.
 
The junior from Olathe, Kan. qualified to his second-straight national championship in the long jump, claiming the 12^th qualifying position with a jump of 7.68m/25'2.5". A couple hours prior, Parrish broke the school record in the 110 hurdles with the third-fastest time of the day, 13.31 to advance to Friday's quarterfinals. Junior Tyler Carroll also advanced to the quarterfinals with the No. 6 time in school history, 13.76, finishing 21^st overall, and freshman Jabari Armstrong wrapped up a successful first collegiate season, finishing 37^th with a time of 14.08.
 
Also advancing to Friday's quarterfinals, junior Jason Parrish won his 400-meter hurdles prelim with a time of 50.65, the 13^th-best time of the day.
 
In the 100-meter dash, Chairo Ogbebor just missed the quarterfinal, finishing 26^th with a time of 10.30, but he will be back to run on Wichita State's 4x100-meter relay on Friday.
 
Sophomore Travon Williams concluded his season with a 33^rd-place performance in the long jump, jumping 7.28m/23'10.75", and sophomore Elkana Kipruto wrapped up a historic first season with the Shockers with a 16^th-place finish in the 10,000 meters, running 29:10.13.
 
The Shocker women open up their NCAA West Prelims competition Thursday at John McDonnell Field as the four-day meet continues.

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Thursday (Women)
6:30 p.m. – Long Jump – First Round
                  Flight 3, Position 5 – Jelese Alexander (No. 22 seed)
7:00 p.m. – Pole Vault – Semifinals
                  Flight 1, Position 10 – Shellamae Farmer (No. 41 seed)
9:10 p.m. – 10,000 meters – Semifinal
                  Lucy Ndungu (No. 31 seed)
 
Friday (Men)
5:00 p.m. – 4x100 Relay – Quarterfinals
                  Heat 3, Lane 4 – Josh Parrish, Chairo Ogbebor, Jason Parrish, Brody Anderson (No. 21 seed)
6:00 p.m. – Triple Jump – First Round
                  Flight 1, Position 4 – Kelvin Acheampong (No. 46 seed)
6:15 p.m. – 110 hurdles – Quarterfinals
                  Heat 1, Lane 9 – Tyler Carroll
                  Heat 3, Lane 4 – Josh Parrish
7:25 p.m. – 400 hurdles – Quarterfinals
                  Heat 3, Lane 7 – Jason Parrish
 
Saturday (Women)
2:00 p.m. – High Jump – Semifinals
                  Flight 2, Position 7 – Jelese Alexander (No. 8 seed)