Two Surpass Auto Standards During All-Comers
Dec 09, 2006 | Track & Field
Senior Kaylene Wagner secured K-State’s first automatic qualifying berth in the NCAA Indoor Championships with a height of 6-00.50 to win the women’s high jump. This was Wagner’s first meet as a member of the Wildcats after transferring from Cal Poly before the 2006 season.
Sophomore Scott Sellers followed Wagner’s performance with an automatic qualifying effort of his own in the men’s high jump. The Katy,
Including Wagner and Sellers, the Wildcats captured eight event titles during the season-opener. Sophomore Loren Groves won the women’s weight throw with a career-best and NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 64-02.50. The Scott City, Mo., product entered Saturday with a previous career-high of 63-11.50, which she attained at the Wildcat Invitational last season. This is the eighth time in nine weight throw competitions that
Other event winners for K-State on Saturday were: senior Candice Mills in the women’s long jump (19-03.25), senior Monique Coleman set an All-Comers meet record in the 60-meter dash (7.53), sophomore Lauren Fisher in the women’s 400-meter run (59.06), junior Morgan Bonds in the women’s 1,000-meter run (2:56.73) and senior Joe Moore broke a six-year old All-Comers meet record in the 3,000-meter run (8:38.61).
After breaking for the holidays,
