In the moments before her sixth and final attempt, Kansas State junior Daniela Wamokpego, a native of France and transfer from Iowa, caught sight of her jumps coach, Clive Pullen, at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For now, she sits upon a purple throne — a purple padded folding chair in the corner of Bramlage Coliseum — shortly after noon on Tuesday after practice.
In his introductory news conference as Kansas State men's basketball coach, Casey Alexander, hired last Friday after a successful seven-year run at Belmont, admitted that there would be an adjustment in making the jump from a mid-major program to the powerhouse Big 12 Conference, which is considered one of the best leagues in the nation each year.
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