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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Josh Parrish

  • Position Hurdles/Jumps
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Olathe, Kan.
  • Highschool Olathe North HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS (TFRRS)
5X NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER
5x All-America Honorable Mention
2025 Outdoor 110m Hurdles (19th; 13.68)
2025 Outdoor 4x400m Relay (23rd; 3:10.61)
2025 Outdoor Long Jump (DNP; NM)
2026 Outdoor 110m Hurdles (18th; 13.52)
2026 Outdoor Long Jump (20th; 7.26m/23'10")
9x NCAA Outdoor West First Rounds Qualifier
2024 110m Hurdles (39th; 14.22)
2024 Long Jump (37th; 7.28m/23'10.75")
2025 110m Hurdles (QF 9th; 13.56, P 13th; 13.47)
2025 4x100m Relay (17th; 39.89)
2025 4x400m Relay (12th; 3:06.38)
2025 Long Jump (6th; 7.84m/25'8.75")
2026 110m Hurdles (QF 2nd; 13.17, P 7th 13.31)
2026 4x100m Relay (18th; 39.78)
2026 Long Jump (12th; 7.68m/25'2.5")
12x All-Conference/3x American Conference Champion
Indoor
2025 4x400m Relay (2nd; 3:08.25)
2025 Long Jump (3rd; 7.41m/24'3.75")
2026 60m Hurdles (2nd; 7.71)
2026 Long Jump (2nd; 7.49m/24'7"
Outdoor
2024 110m Hurdles (2nd; 13.82)
2024 Long Jump (3rd; 7.59m/24'11")
2025 110m Hurdles (1st; 13.56)
2025 4x100m Relay (2nd; 39.68)
2025 Long Jump (3rd; 7.45m/24'5.5")
2026 110m Hurdles (1st; 13.17W)
2026 4x100m Relay (3rd; 39.60)
2026 Long Jump (1st; 8.02m/26'3.75")
2026 American Conference Indoor Championships Most Valuable Performer - 22.5 points
2026 American Conference Indoor Championships Most Outstanding Track Performance - 60m Hurdles (P) - 7.70
2026 American Conference Outdoor Championships Most Valuable Performer - 26.5 points

2x American Conference Track Athlete of the Week
1/27/26, 2/17/26
World U20 Championships
2024 Long Jump (22nd; 7.21m/23'7.75")
USATF U20 Championships
2024 110m Hurdles (Final 8th; 14.37, Prelim 7th; 13.70)
2024 Long Jump (3rd; 7.64m/25'0.75")
Academic Accolades
3x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2024, '25, '26
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team - 2026
6x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2023, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25, Fall '25, Spring '26
2025-26 (Junior): Indoor – Competed in nine meets, claiming eight wins…Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Friends First Chance meet, Mark Colligan Memorial, Coach Wilson Invitational, Ichabod Invitational and Steve Miller Invite, setting a program record of 7.70 at the Mark Colligan Memorial…Matched his best time at the Tyson Invitational to finish third and again in the prelims of the conference meet to be named the American Conference Indoor Championships Most Outstanding Performance…Won both regular season long jump competitions at the Coach Wilson Invitational and the Steve Miller Invite…Finished runner-up in both the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.71 and long jump with a season-best mark of 7.49m/24’7”, as well as finishing sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 14.92m/48’11.5”, sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 21.37 and seventh in the 4x400-meter relay, scoring a total of 22.5 points for the team…Was named the American Conference Indoor Championships Most Valuable Performer and earned all-conference recognition in the hurdles and long jump. Outdoor – Competed in nine meets, recording five wins…Won the long jump at the Arkansas Spring Invitational with a mark of 7.85m/25’9.25”…Won the 110-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay at the Shocker Open…Claimed American Conference titles in the 110-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 13.17 and long jump with a mark of 8.02m/26’3.75”, setting a new program record in the long jump…Finished fifth in the 200 meters with a time of 20.68 after setting new program record in the prelims with a time of 20.63, took eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 14.85m/48’8.75”, and ran on the third-place 4x100-meter relay…Earned all-conference recognition in the hurdles, long jump and 4x100 and scored 26.5 points for the team to be named the American Conference Outdoor Championships Most Valuable Performer…Qualified to the NCAA West First Rounds in the 110-meter hurdles, long jump and 4x100-meter relay where he finished second in the quarterfinal of the hurdles with a wind-legal season best of 13.17, a new school record, 12th in the long jump with a mark of 7.68m/25’2.5” and 18th in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 39.78, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hurdles and long jump…Finished 18th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.52 and 20th in the long jump with a mark of 7.26m/23’10” at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning All-American Honorable Mention recognition in both events.

2024-25 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed in seven meets, claiming three wins and seven more top-three finishes…Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Ichabod Invitational with the third-fastest time in school history, 7.78…Recorded a season best of 7.44m/24’5” to take fourth in the long jump at the Steve Miller Invitational… Ran on two school record 4x400-meter relays, winning the Ichabod Invitational in 3:10.60 and taking second at the American Indoor Championships in 3:08.25, earning all-conference recognition…Placed third in the long jump at the American Indoor Championships with a jump of 7.41m/24’3.75” to earn another all-conference award and score six more points for the team…Also finished 15th in the 60-meter hurdles and 11th in the triple jump at the American Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in 10 meets, claiming nine wins and 10 more top-three finishes…Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Friends Spring Open, KT Woodman Classic and TCU Horned Frog Invite….Won the long jump at the KT Woodman Classic with a wind-aided mark of 7.98m/26’2.25”…Jumped 7.53m/24’8.5” to take third in the long jump at the TCU Horned Frog Invite…Won the American Outdoor Championships 110-meter hurdles title with a facility record time of 13.56, earning all-conference recognition…Also earned all-conference recognition in the 4x100-meter relay, running 39.68 to finish second…Placed third in the long jump with a mark of 7.45m/24’5.5” at the American Outdoor Championships to earn another all-conference award…Also placed 16th in the high jump…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 110-meter hurdles, long jump, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay…Advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in three events, finishing ninth in the hurdles quarterfinal with a time of 13.56 after running the second-fastest hurdles time in school history, 13.47, in the prelim, taking sixth in the long jump with a jump of 7.84m/25’8.75”, and taking 12th in the 4x400-meter relay with a school record time of 3:06.38…Also took 17th in the 4x100 with a time of 39.89…Fouled all three jumps at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump…Earned Honorable Mention All-American status in the 110-meter hurdles with a 19th-place finish in 13.68) and in the 4x400 with a 23rd place finish with a time of 3:10.61 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

2023-24 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed in seven meets, claiming two individual event wins and recording seven top-three performances…Made his collegiate debut at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular where he won both the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump, earning the Triangular High Point Award…His hurdles time of 7.90 ranked seventh in school history…Jumped 7.15m/23’5.5” in the long jump at the Husker Invitational…Ran sub-eight seconds in the hurdles six times…Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the AAC Championships and eighth in the long jump with a season-best leap of 7.21m/23’8”, scoring five points for the team…Also placed 12th in the triple jump and 13th in the high jump. Outdoor – Competed in eight meets, claiming five event wins and recording 13 top-five performances…Ran on two winning 4x100-meter relays…Opened his season with a 110-meter hurdles win at the Shocker Spring Invitational, running 14.17…Won the long jump at the Friends Spring Open with a season-best jump of 7.94m/26’0.75”, the third-farthest jump in Shocker history…Won both the long jump and 100-meter hurdles at the Ward Haylett Invitational…Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at the AAC Championships with a season-best time of 13.82, the fifth-fastest time in school history, and placed third in the long jump with a leap of 7.59m/24’11”, earning all-conference honors in both events…Also placed eighth in the triple jump, ran on the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay and ran on the fifth-place 4x400-meter relay, helping the team score 24 points…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries in both the 110-meter hurdles and the long jump where he finished 39th in the hurdles and 37th in the long jump...Competed in the long jump and 110-meter hurdles at the USATF U20 Championships where he finished eighth in the hurdles final and third in the long jump, ultimately being named to Team USA for the World Athletics U20 Championships to compete in the long jump in Lima, Peu, where he placed 22nd.
High School: Competed for Olathe North High School…Two-time Kansas State champion in the 110-meter hurdles and long jump…State champion in the triple jump…Earned first team all-district and first team all-conference honors…Back-to-back Kansas State team champions with Olathe North in addition to district and regional team champions… Combined with twin, Jason, to score 60.5 of Olathe North’s 104 points at the 2023 state meet, enough to win the team competition by themselves...Also played football and basketball…Earned a 3.5 GPA in high school. HS personal bests: 110H – 13.92, LJ – 7.34m/24’1”, TJ – 14.60m/47’11”
 
Personal: Son of Ginger and Jason…Has four siblings, Jevon, Jacob, Jaia and twin, Jason, who is also on the Wichita State track and field team…Brother, Jacob, played football at Kansas State before being selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft…Brother Jevon, was on the wrestling team at Nebraska…Plans to major in business management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2025-26Junior

    Hurdles/Jumps