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- Erik Kynard - 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist Back-to-Back NCAA Champion 9 NCAA Champions since 2000 Back-to-Back Women’s Big 12 Champions 2001 • 2002 INDOOR WEEK 10: NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY ROUNDS May 23-25 DECEMBER Location: Austin, Texas 7 CAROL ROBINSON WINTER PENTATHLON ______DICK: 1ST Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium 8 KSU ALL-COMERS ______________11: 1ST PLACE Twitter: @kstate_gameday @ncaa ____________GIBBS/WILLIAMS: SCHOOL RECORDS Hashtags: #KStateTF #NCAATF JANUARY Live Results: texassports.com/livestats/c-track/ Live Video: texassports.com 11 JAYHAWK CHALLENGE ________________8: 1ST PLACE Tickets: All-Session: $25 adult, $15 (youth, senior); Single-Day: $10/7 19 WILDCAT INVITATIONAL ____________18: 1ST PLACE 24-26 BILL BERGAN INVITATIONAL ______MEN, WOMEN: 3RD PLACE WILDCATS BEGIN POSTSEASON QUEST IN AUSTIN FEBRUARY This week marks the beginning of the postseason for the Kansas State track and field team as a 1-2 SEVIGNE HUSKER INVITATIONAL __________1: 1ST PLACE group of Wildcats are headed to Austin, Texas, for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. The top 8 DON KIRBY COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL RODRIGUEZ: SCHOOL RECORD 48 individuals and top 24 relays in the region will compete over three days of action from Mike 8-9 IOWA STATE CLASSIC ______________________ A. Myers Stadium with 12 spots on the line to advance to the NCAA Championship next 15 NEBRASKA TUNE-UP________________LINCOLN, NEB. month. 16 KSU OPEN __________________18: 1ST PLACE ________KYNARD: SCHOOL RECORD, AHEARN RECORD K-State has nine individuals set to compete for the men along with both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. The women’s team has 12 individuals in a total of 14 entries, plus both relays. The com- 22-23 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSIHP __________MEN 3RD; WOMEN 7TH bined events are not held at the regional meets, and K-State’s men already have two Wildcats __________________KYNARD, BOWRY: 1ST PLACE qualified for the championship site in the decathlon. MARCH Action starts Thursday at noon with field events. Prelims in running events are slated to start at 1 ARKANSAS FINAL QUALIFIER ________WAIT: SCHOOL RECORD 4:30 p.m. with the Wildcats entered in the women’s 400 meter hurdles to start the day. The 8-9 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ______KYNARD: 3RD; MBENG: 6TH Wildcats will compete in four of the five field events on Thursday and run in three track events. OUTDOOR Friday will see more Wildcats in action with a large number running in preliminaries. The meet will close Saturday to see who will advance to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore. MARCH 15-16 BALDY CASTILLO INVITATIONAL____________4: 1ST PLACE With the top 12 finishers in each event advancing to the NCAA Championship, there will be a 22-23 ARIZONA STATE INVITATIONAL ____________7: 1ST PLACE number of high profile events to keen an eye on during the NCAA West and East Preliminary 27-30 TEXAS RELAYS____________WAIT: 2ND K-STATE HISTORY Rounds. In the West, the men’s pole vault will be highly contested to grab the top 12 spots. 30 ESU SPRING OPEN________4: 1ST PLACE, 3 MEET RECORDS Going down the regional performance list the No. 12-ranked pole vaulter in the West is ranked No. 16 in the NCAA, making that one of the events with the tightest competition. APRIL 4-6 JIM CLICK SHOOTOUT ____________MEN/WOMEN: 3RD Both men’s and women’s 4x400 relays will also be among the high profile events at the meet in Austin. Women’s hammer throw will also feature a number of the top throwers in the nation, __________________RODRIGUEZ: SCHOOL RECORD and the men’s 110 meter hurdles also will be stacked. K-State will have competitors in each of 12-13 K.T. WOODMAN CLASSIC ______________7: 1ST PLACE those events as well. 18-20 KANSAS RELAYS __________________1: 2ND PLACE 18-20 MT. SAC RELAYS __________________1: 1ST PLACE The women’s steeplechase also is a loaded event with K-State’s Martina Tresch ranked 10th in ____________________KYNARD: SCHOOL RECORD the region an d17th in the NCAA. Sara Savatovic in the women’s hammer throw stands No. 9 in 18 CAL STATE LA TWILIGHT OPEN ____________CANCELLED the region and No. 14 in the NCAA, again showing the strength in that event overall. 19 BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL ____________2: 2ND PLACE 20 BEACH INVITATIONAL ________________1: 1ST PLACE Tickets for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds are on sale now with two options. Single-day 24 EMPORIA STATE MID-WEEK OPEN __11: 1ST PLACE, 5 MEET RECORDS tickets can be purchased for $10 with youth/senior tickets available for $7. Or fans can buy all- MAY session tickets for access to all three days of action for $25 for adults or $17 for youth and sen- 3-5 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ________MEN: 4TH; WOMEN: 7TH ior citizens. __________KYNARD, WAIT, SAVATOVIC, TRESCH: 1ST PLACE 11 WARD HAYLETT INVITATIONAL ________12: 1ST PLACE For fans unable to attent in person the meet will be webcast online at ulive.cbssports.com. __________________KYNARD: FACILITY RECORD 23-25 WEST PRELIMINARY RDS. ____________AUSTIN, TEXAS FOLLOW K-STATE ATHLETICS ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER JUNE 5-8 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ______________EUGENE, ORE. 19-23 USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS __________DES MOINES, IOWA _GAMEDAY TRACK & FIELD CONTACT: DAVID WIECHMANN • O: 785-532-7976 • C: 785-587-7866 • [email protected] • WWW.K-STATESPORTS.COM EVENT SCHEDULE Links will be available at kstatesports.com and texassports.com as well. NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Live updates will also be available in multiple places online. Wildcat fans can get information K-State events in bold Thursday, May 23 on Twitter by following @kstate_gameday and the official team hashtag of #KStateTF. Fans Field Events can also get updates from @ncaa. Texas will have live results available online as well. A link to 12 p.m. ______________________________Discus (m) live results can be found at texassports.com and kstatesports.com. 1:30 p.m. ________________________Long Jump (m) 2 p.m. ________________________Hammer Throw (w) SAVATOVIC NAMED BIG 12 OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN 6 p.m. __________________________High Jump (m) ________________________________Long Jump (w) Freshman hammer thrower Sara Savatovic won the team’s first women’s hammer throw confer- ence championship since 2008 earlier this month, and for her effort she was named the Big 12 Running Events Conference Outstanding Freshman of the Year for the outdoor season. 4:30 p.m. __________________________400H (w/m) 5:30 p.m. __________________________1500M (w/m) Savatovic won the women’s hammer throw with a toss of 64.11 meters (210-04) to claim the 6:30 p.m. __________________________100m (w/m) school’s sixth Big 12 title in the event. Her throw was a new personal best and improved on her 7:20 p.m. ____________________________400m (w/m) own Serbian national record. Her throw ranks second in school history and stands 14th in the 8:10 p.m. __________________________800m (w/m) 9 p.m. ____________________10,000m Semifinals (w/m) NCAA this season. Friday, May 24 With the award, Savatovic becomes only the second Wildcat to earn women’s freshman of the Field Events year honors from the Big 12 coaches, following Amy Mortimer’s indoor award in 2000. A mem- 12 p.m.______________________________Discus (w) ber of the men’s team has never been named Big 12 Outstanding Freshman. 1 p.m. ____________________________Pole Vault (w) 2 p.m. __________________________Hammer Throw (m) SENIORS SHINE IN HOME FINALE 6 p.m. ____________________________High Jump (w) ________________________________Shot Put (m) It was Senior Day at the R.V. Christian Track Complex for 18 K-State Wildcats during the Ward Haylett Invitational, and one in particular gave the fans a show. Running Events 5:30 p.m. __________________________100H/110H High jumper Erik Kynard was competing for the final time for the Wildcats at a home meet, and 6 p.m.______________________400m Quarterfinals (w/m) he had his sights set on one goal for the day. He wanted to break the R.V. Christian Track Com- 6:30 p.m. ________________100m Quarterfinals (w/m) 7 p.m. __________________800m Quarterfinals (w/m) plex facility record in the men’s high jump, the only remaining K-State record he has yet to 7:30 p.m.__________________400H Quarterfinals (w/m) claim in his four years at K-State. 8 p.m. ____________________________200m (w/m) 8:50 p.m. ______3000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals (w/m) The senior did not disappoint as he sailed over the bar at 2.26 meters (7-05.00) on his second attempt to claim the new record. The previous record was 2.24 meters (7-04.50) held by former Saturday, May 25 Olympian Ed Broxterman and set in 1998. Field Events 12 p.m. ____________________________Javelin (m) 1 p.m.____________________________Pole Vault (m) Kynard also received another honor on Saturday receiving the Heartbeat of the Team Award 1:30 p.m. ________________________Triple Jump (w) from the 299th Brigade Support Battalion. The track and field team’s partner unit from Fort 5 p.m. ______________________________Javelin (w) Riley had representatives at the meet to present Kynard with the award which is given to a 6 p.m. ____________________________Shot Put (w) member of the team who has best demonstrated high moral character in keeping with the ________________________________Triple Jump (m) ideals of the U.S. Army: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. Running Events 6 p.m. ______________4x100 Relays Quarterfinals (w/m) 6:30 p.m. __________________1500m Quarterfinals (w/m) 2013 USTFCCCA OUTDOOR RANKINGS 7:05 p.m. ____________100H/110H Quarterfinals (w/m) WEEK 8 (5/20/13) 7:35 p.m. ________________200m Quarterfinals (w/m) Men Women 8:05 p.m. ____________________5000m Semifinals (w/m) Team Pts Last Week Team Pts Last Week 9:25 p.m. ________________4x400 Quarterfinals (w/m) 1. Florida 324.67 1 1. Kansas 332.83 1 2. Texas A&M 320.34 2 2.