MANHATTAN, Kan. – Hosting its third indoor meet of the season, the No. 4 ranked Kansas State women and 20th-ranked men combined for eight first-place finishes as it swept the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Ahearn Field House on Saturday.
Both the men’s and women’s sides earned wins against Oklahoma State, North Texas and Tulsa en route to the victory on day two of the meet. During the first day of the meet, senior Akela Jones set a school and Ahearn Field House record in the pentathlon with 4,643 total points.
“We are progressing and that is what is most important,” head coach Cliff Rovelto said. “We had some good, quality marks today. We had a lot of people off this weekend in anticipation of traveling next weekend. That being said, we are making very good progress.”
Day two of competition kicked off with the completion of the final three events of the Steve Fritz Men’s Heptathlon. Entering day two of competition in fifth place, junior Adam Deterding used strong efforts in the 60 meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000 meter run to take first place with a total score of 4,935 points.
On the track, the Wildcat women’s 4×400 ‘A’ Relay team of Sonia Gaskin,A’Keyla Mitchell, Jordan Matthews and Ranae McKenzie set a new meet record with a mark of 3:44.89, topping the previous record of 3:45.82 set during the 2014 season.
Juniors Kain Ellis and Morgan Wedekind record first-place finishes in the mile run with times of 4:12.06 and 4:58.51, respectively. Senior Sonia Gaskinrecorded her second first-place finish in the 800 meter run of the season with a time of 2:10.55.
Throwers Brett Neelly and Mitch Dixon each recorded wins in their respective throws events. Neelly recorded his third first-place finish of the season in shot put with a mark of 16.93m/55-06.50, while Dixon recorded his first win of the season in weight throw with a mark of 19.27m/63-02.75.
Senior Alyssa Kelly posted her second long jump win of the season, dominating the field with a jump of 5.81m/19-00.75 to win the event.
K-State returns to action next weekend as the team travels to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to compete in the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational.