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Track and Field Returns to Ahearn for Multi-Day Meet
Jan 19, 2022 | Track & Field
The Wildcats return home for a 2-day meet on Friday and Saturday
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State track and field team will return home to Manhattan on Friday (January 21) and Saturday (January 22) for the Austra Skujyte Women's Pentathlon, Steve Fritz Men's Heptathlon and DeLoss Dodds Invitational at the Ahearn Field House.
Friday's events will begin at 10 a.m. CT with the women's pentathlon 60-meter hurdles and Saturday will kick off at 8:30 a.m. CT with the men's heptathlon 60-meter hurdles.
"We got a group back that was unable to compete last weekend, but unfortunately we lost another group to positive or close contact," stated Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Cliff Rovelto. "We still have a sizable group competing and I think everyone is realizing that any opportunity to compete is a big positive. In these times, we can't take anything for granted and must appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities we have."
The Wildcats competed at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular on Friday (January 14) where the team took home their third straight Triangular title with a score of 246 points, six points higher than second-place Kansas. Fifth-year senior Tejaswin Shankar earned his second straight "High Point Scorer" award, as the New Delhi native scored 21 points throughout four events.
Shankar was the overall winner in the men's triple jump (15.51m/50-10.75), placed second in the men's long jump (7.20m/23-7.50), earned second in the mixed 4x400-meter relay, (3:32.55) and came in third for the men's 60-meter hurdles (8.22).
Junior Olympian Shalysa Wray ran a personal-best time and placed first in the women's 60-meter dash with a mark of 7.44. Wray also competed in the women's 200-meter dash and clocked in at 24.17.
Junior Kassidy Johnson set the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular meet record in the women's 1,000-meter with a time of 2:47.17, coming in first place.
Freshman Velecia Williams placed first in the long jump. Williams jumped to a mark of 6.01m/19-8.75. Junior Vitoria Sena Batista Alves was right behind Williams in second place with a jump of 5.53m/18-1.75.
Sophomore and LSU transfer Emma Robbins finished the women's weight throw in first place with a mark of 20.20m/66-03.25. Sophomore Emily Fuhr came in second place with a throw of 19.35m/63-6, a new personal-best and closing out the weight throw for the women was sophomore Jasmine Greer with a personal-best mark of 18.76m/61-6.75, earning third overall.
K-State collected 15 personal-bests throughout the day and 15 first-place finishes.
Before the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, the Wildcats had not competed since December 11 at the K-State Winter Invitational at the Ahearn Field House. K-State was originally scheduled to host the Wildcat Invitational on January 8 but canceled the meet due to various circumstances.
Results will be provided by Heartland Timing and will be posted on kstatesports.com at the conclusion of the meet.
For meet information and schedules, click here for Friday (January 21) and here for Saturday (January 22).
For the latest on K-State Track and Field follow @kstatesports and @KStateTFXC on Twitter or Kansas State Track & Field/Cross Country on Facebook.
Friday's events will begin at 10 a.m. CT with the women's pentathlon 60-meter hurdles and Saturday will kick off at 8:30 a.m. CT with the men's heptathlon 60-meter hurdles.
"We got a group back that was unable to compete last weekend, but unfortunately we lost another group to positive or close contact," stated Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Cliff Rovelto. "We still have a sizable group competing and I think everyone is realizing that any opportunity to compete is a big positive. In these times, we can't take anything for granted and must appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities we have."
The Wildcats competed at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular on Friday (January 14) where the team took home their third straight Triangular title with a score of 246 points, six points higher than second-place Kansas. Fifth-year senior Tejaswin Shankar earned his second straight "High Point Scorer" award, as the New Delhi native scored 21 points throughout four events.
Shankar was the overall winner in the men's triple jump (15.51m/50-10.75), placed second in the men's long jump (7.20m/23-7.50), earned second in the mixed 4x400-meter relay, (3:32.55) and came in third for the men's 60-meter hurdles (8.22).
Junior Olympian Shalysa Wray ran a personal-best time and placed first in the women's 60-meter dash with a mark of 7.44. Wray also competed in the women's 200-meter dash and clocked in at 24.17.
Junior Kassidy Johnson set the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular meet record in the women's 1,000-meter with a time of 2:47.17, coming in first place.
Freshman Velecia Williams placed first in the long jump. Williams jumped to a mark of 6.01m/19-8.75. Junior Vitoria Sena Batista Alves was right behind Williams in second place with a jump of 5.53m/18-1.75.
Sophomore and LSU transfer Emma Robbins finished the women's weight throw in first place with a mark of 20.20m/66-03.25. Sophomore Emily Fuhr came in second place with a throw of 19.35m/63-6, a new personal-best and closing out the weight throw for the women was sophomore Jasmine Greer with a personal-best mark of 18.76m/61-6.75, earning third overall.
K-State collected 15 personal-bests throughout the day and 15 first-place finishes.
Before the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, the Wildcats had not competed since December 11 at the K-State Winter Invitational at the Ahearn Field House. K-State was originally scheduled to host the Wildcat Invitational on January 8 but canceled the meet due to various circumstances.
Results will be provided by Heartland Timing and will be posted on kstatesports.com at the conclusion of the meet.
For meet information and schedules, click here for Friday (January 21) and here for Saturday (January 22).
For the latest on K-State Track and Field follow @kstatesports and @KStateTFXC on Twitter or Kansas State Track & Field/Cross Country on Facebook.
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