2018 K.T. WOODMAN CLASSIC / PRE-STATE CHALLENGE Cessna Stadium | Wichita, Kan
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HUNTER VEITH | Multi-Athlete 4x All-American JARED BELARDO | Jumper 5x Conference Champion All-American 4x Conference Champion CARLEA MILES | Javelin/Multis 2x Conference Champion 2018 K.T. WOODMAN CLASSIC / PRE-STATE CHALLENGE Cessna Stadium | Wichita, Kan. April, 10-14 WICHITA STATE TRACK & FIELD WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Intercollegiate Athletics - 1845 Fairmount - Wichita, Kansas 67260-0018 Track and Field Department (316) 978-3269 Dear Athletes, Coaches, Sponsors and Fans: We want to welcome you to the 2018 K.T. Woodman Classic/Shocker Pre-State Challenge at Wichita State University. We revamped the meet in recent years and have had a terrific response! Thank you for joining us. We look forward to another great meet with competition for Kansas high school, collegiate and post-collegiate athletes from around the Midwest. This year we are excited to announce that the meet will be streamed live through Mile Split. The meet will be streamed Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13. Let me outline the concept of the meet in case you have not been able to attend in recent years. Previously, we had three high school divisions: Class 1A/2A, 3A/4A and 5A/6A. Now our three high school divisions are Class 1A/2A/3A, Class 4A/5A/6A and an Elite section in each event comprised of the best athletes from all divisions. For example, the top 8-16 athletes in each competition (depending on the event) will compete for the Shocker Pre-State Challenge crown in the Elite event, while the rest of the high school athletes will compete for the Class 1A/2A/3A or Class 4A/5A/6A titles. This will provide the top athletes with the best competition in their event, regardless of school size. Tis format will also provide the chance for the rest of the athletes to compete against schools of similar size and abilities. We think this format brings an added level of excitement to the meet and an opportunity to have the top athletes compete against each other in Cessna Stadium, site of the 2018 Kansas High School State Championships in May. Our high school distance races (1600m, 3200m, 2000 steeplechase) are held Thursday night, to provide a distance carnival-type atmosphere under the lights, and with less wind. Also, we will hold the high school javelin Thursday, April 12 in the infield and under the lights of Cessna Stadium, providing athletes and spectators a unique opportunity for a special competition. We will again be running the always-exciting shuttle hurdles on Friday, April 13 as well. This event will count as one of the four relays included in the relay champion scoring. In addition to the Shocker Pre-State Challenge, the Wichita State track and field team will compete in the 71st annual K.T. Wood- man Classic beginning with the decathlon and heptathlon on Tuesday, April 10. The running and field events begin Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14. We are very excited about the athletes that we have on this year’s team and hope you will help cheer them on this weekend. Additional meet information and results are available on our website goshockers.com under the track and field link. Click on “home meet information.” Our staff is extremely excited about hosting the 71st edition of this fine event this week, and we look forward to meeting you. Thank you, and best of luck this season! Sincerely, Steve Rainbolt Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Wichita State University TRACK & FIELD WICHITA STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET HISTORY K.T. Woodman Clasic / Shocker Pre-State Challenge The K.T. Woodman Classic celebrates the 71st anniversary of the inaugural event this week at Cessna Stadium. The K.T. Woodman Classic is the signature home outdoor meet every season for Wichita State. Wichita State University and the WSU-ICAA has renovated Cessna Stadium in recent years to provide a first-class facility for the Shocker men’s and women’s track and field programs and the annual running of the K.T. Woodman Classic. Originally billed as a “college invitation track meet,” this event has evolved into an important meet for high schools, junior colleges and many of the top collegiate track programs in the Midwest. The meet has grown to include more than 75 high schools in the Shocker Pre-State Challenge portion of the meet, as well as more than 40 college-division entrants in the K.T. Woodman Clas- sic portion. Past collegiate participants have come from the University of Kansas, Kansas State, Texas-Arlington, Pittsburg State, Emporia State and Fort Hays State, as well as several junior colleges. In early 1947, former WSU track and field coach Charles “Ab” Bidwell was looking for some competition to prepare his team for the upcoming spring season. On April 5 of that year, teams from El Dorado Junior College, Bethel College, Friends University and Kansas State Teachers College joined the Wheatshockers in a meet held at the site of the original WSU track on 17th street, where the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex now sits. Wichita took first place in the invitational, and a track tradition was born. Under the direction of Bidwell (1946-54), and his successors Mel Patton (1954-56), Fritz Snodgrass (1956-68), Herm Wilson (1969-83), John Kornelson (1984-2000), and current head coach, Steve Rainbolt (2001-present), the Shocker Invitational has grown and evolved into a highly recognized and respected event. For the first 22 years, the invitational was conducted as a one-day event, with two or three colleges and universities and a number of local high schools participating in the meet. In 1969, under Wilson’s direction, the meet was extended to two days. The meet continued to grow, with as many as 200 teams and more than 3,000 athletes in some of the early K.T. Woodman Classic meets during the 1970’s. Top Performers appearing over the years have included Olympians Carl Lewis (long jump), Al Oerter (discus) and Evelyn Ashford (sprints); Kansas products Jim Ryun (Wichita East and Kansas) and Bob Barratti (Wichita North), both of whom were high school All-Americans in the distance events, while Ryun went on to compete in the Olympics; hurdles record-holders Jim Bolding (Oklahoma State), Marcus Walker (Colorado), Nolan Cromwell (Kansas), and high school All-American Ron Beiter. The Colo- rado 400-meter relay team of the early 1970’s, featuring Cliff Branch and Larry Brunson, and Barton County/Wichita State sprinter Alicia McQueen dazzled crowds with their speed. The Shockers have also been well-represented over the years, with All-American distance runners Alan Walker and Randy Smith, as well as Olympics Preston Carrington (long jump), Werner Botha (800m), Viktors Lacis (800m), Fred Burton (pole vault), and Einars Tuperitis (800m). WSU record-holders Rene Bumgarner and Nina Thompson made appearances and won during their high school and college careers. Over the past 70 years, the meet has undergone several change, including a move to its present site at Wichita State’s Cess- na Stadium. Different event names have also come and gone throughout the years, as the University of Wichita Invitational gave way to the WSU Invitational, and later, the WSU Relays. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the meet was held in conjunction with other home sporting events and became known as the Shocker Sports Festival. In 1985, Woodman, who competed on dirt and cinder tracks during his collegiate career, was motivated by a need to do something beneficial for the young men and women in the track program at Wichita State and to repay the university for the opportunities he received. His donation of $100,000 resulted in the much-needed refurbishing of the track. Until his death in 1996, Woodman remained active on campus and in the athletic department, serving on the Alumni Council, as a member of the Shocker Athletic Scholarship Organization (SASO) and in several other capacities. His memory lives on in the minds and hearts of those who compete in and cheer on athletic competitions. In 1986, the meet was renamed to honor former track team member and captain, K.T. Woodman, a 1936 graduate of the University of Wichita. By the time Woodman graduated from WU, he had earned seven letters in track and basketball. WICHITA STATE TRACK & FIELD WICHITA STATE COLLEGE MASTER SCHEDULE K.T. Woodman Classic / Shocker Pre-State Challenge Tuesday, April 10 Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Men’s Decathlon Field Event “B” Sections *At Friends Univeristy* Running Events 12:30 pm 100m 12:00 pm Discus Men 10:00 am 10,000m (Section 1) Men ~1:10 pm Long Jump Followed by: Discus Women 11:30 am 100m – Qualifying Round Women ~2:25 pm Shot Put 12:00 pm Shot Put Women 12:00 pm 100m – Qualifying Round Men ~3:25 pm High Jump Followed by: Shot Put Men 12:30 pm Envision 100m for visually impaired ~5:25 pm 400m 12:00 pm High Jump Men 1:00 pm 100m – Semifinals (3 semi’s) Women Followed by: High Jump Women 1:15 pm 100m – Semifinals (3 semi’s) Men Women’s Heptathlon 12:00 pm Long Jump Women 4x100m relay honoring Cross, Ludwig, Everett, Deardorff 1:00 pm 100m Followed by: Long Jump Men 2:00 pm 4x100m Relay Women ~1:40 pm High Jump After Discus Javelin Men 2:10 pm 4x100m Relay Men ~3:40 pm Shot Put Followed by: Javelin Women 2:20 pm 400m Women ~4:40 pm 200m 2:40 pm 400m Men Field Events 3:20 pm 100m Hurdles Women 6:00 pm Javelin Women 3:40 pm 110m Hurdles Men Wednesday, April 11 Followed by: Javelin Men 4:00 pm 100m – Final Women 4:05 pm 100m – Final Men Men’s Decathlon Distance Carnival 4:15 pm 800m Women 10:30 am 110m Hurdles 6:00 pm 1500m (Section 1-2) Women 4:30 pm Einars Tupuritis 800m Men ~11:40