K-STATE TRACK AND FIELD BIG 12 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP May 14-16, 2021 | R.V. Christian Track | Manhattan, Kan. 2020-21 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE MEET PREVIEW MEET SCHEDULE The Kansas State track and field teams will host Friday’s Event Schedule UTSA Invitational the 24th Big 12 Outdoor Championship this Mar. 18-20 11:00 a.m. ............................Combined Events Begin weekend on Friday, May 14 through Sunday, May 12:00 p.m. ......................................Field Events Begin San Antonio, Texas 16 at R.V. Christian Track and Field Complex. This 8:15 p.m. ........................................Track Events Begin will be the third time in Big 12 history that the Wildcats will host the outdoor contest, with the Shocker Invitational other two events taking place during the 2005 Saturday’s Event Schedule Mar. 26-27 and 2012 seasons. 10:00 a.m. ...........................Combined Events Begin Wichita, Kan. 2:00 p.m. .......................................Field Events Begin 3:00 p.m. ......................................Track Events Begin NOTES Jim Click Combined Events Sunday’s Event Schedule Apr. 8-9 Conference Leaders | 1:00 p.m. ........................................Field Events Begin This weekend, R.V. Christian Track and Field 3:00 p.m. ......................................Track Events Begin Tuscon, Ariz. Complex will be the home of the best athletes from around the conference. To power past the 7:00 p.m. ........................Team Trophy Presentation rest of the Big 12, K-State will need to rely on a Jim Click Invitational handful of athletes who have garnered top marks Apr. 10 in the conference this outdoor season, including Tejaswin Shankar (2.25m, High Jump), Lauren Times are an approximation Tucson, Ariz. Taubert (5,831 Points, Heptathlon), Helene ... Indicates events will begin 15-20 minutes Ingvaldsen (66.89m, Hammer Throw) and Logan after the conclusion of prior event Wolfley (71.08m, Javelin). Taubert, Ingvaldsen Michael Johnson Invitational and Wolfley will get started in Friday’s slate of Apr. 16-17 events, and then Shankar will lace up his spikes 2021 USTFCCCA TOP-25 for Saturday’s prestigious high jump competition. Waco, Texas NATIONAL RANKINGS Outdoor Champions | Women’s Outdoor Team Rankings (Points) J.D. Martin Invitational Over the last three seasons, the Wildcats have 1. LSU .......................................................................396.97 seen four of their own capture Big 12 titles at the 2. Arkansas ............................................................328.10 Apr. 23-24 outdoor championship. Shankar leads the charge 3. Texas A&M ........................................................293.57 Norman, Okla. on the men’s team, as the junior searches for 4. Texas ..................................................................288.25 back-to-back titles in the high jump after snatch- 5. Southern California ........................................ 274.81 ing the 2019 outdoor title. The trio of Ingvaldsen Texas A&M Alumni Muster (Hammer Throw), Taylor Latimer (Shot Put) and 6. Georgia ............................................................. 248.54 May 1 Taishia Pryce (Long Jump) will prepare to stave 7. Alabama .............................................................216.52 off the field to retain their crowns this weekend 8. Texas Tech .........................................................190.75 College Station, Texas on the women’s side. 9. BYU ...................................................................... 167.88 10. Florida .............................................................. 160.67 Ward Haylett Invitational Back in Time for the Conference Meet | 27. Kansas State ........................................... 84.54 May 6-8 Sitting out the entire indoor season, Wurrie Njadoe (No. 4, 100 Meters), Jah Strange (No. Manhattan, Kan. 3, Triple Jump) and Kimisha Chambers (No. 2, FOLLOW THE CATS 400-Meter Hurdles; No. 6, 100-Meter Hurdles) Follow all of the K-State Track and Field action will get their chance to show their skills in the by following @KStateTFXC on Facebook, Big 12 Outdoor Championship Little Apple. Strange – a transfer from Purdue – has performed admirably during his first season Twitter and Instagram. May 14-16 as a Wildcat in the triple jump, while Njadoe and Manhattan, Kan. Chambers continue to leave tread marks on the Live results will be provided by Prime Time track, which has landed both sprinters in the top Timing. five of the Big 12 for their respective events. NCAA West Preliminary Fans can login to Big 12 Now on ESPN+ to view May 27-29 Big Stage, Big Results | When conference Saturday and Sunday’s coverage of the meet College Station, Texas season hits the calendar, the K-State women have a tendency of making noise near the top of the standings at every Big 12 outdoor meet. Over Coaching Prestige | Under Director of Track the previous five seasons, the Wildcats have NCAA Outdoor Championships and Field and Cross Country Cliff Rovelto, the come away with victories at the 2017 and 2018 K-State Track and Field coaching staff is among June 9-12 conference championships, along with tallying the greatest in the country. Rovelto alone has Eugene, Ore. their highest point total ever at the Big 12 event in 2019 (156.5 points), held in Norman, Oklahoma. coached student-athletes to 300 All-Ameri- Over the past 25 years, the K-State women have can certificates and 149 individual conference acquired the most individual titles in conference championships. In 2019, Rovelto earned the Big history for the hammer throw (9) and are tied 12 women’s outdoor Coach of the Year award for with former Big 12 rival Nebraska in the long the fifth time in his career, the most of any active jump competition (5). coach in the Big 12 and third most all-time. In the men’s high jump, K-State has accumulated the most individual titles in league history with What’s on Tap | K-State will prepare for a an impressive combination of four athletes, who three-day road trip to College Station, Texas on WHAT’S INSIDE have tallied six victories in the event. Shankar has May 27-29, as the team will take a select group pocketed one outdoor championship title, with of individuals to the NCAA West Preliminaries, Big 12 Outdoor Championship......................................1 the other five coming from former Wildcats Erik located at E.B. Cushing Stadium. Notes & Quick Facts.........................................................2 Kynard (3), Scott Sellers (1), and Nathan Leeper Facility Information..........................................................3 (1). Dating back to the inaugural Big 12 outdoor Staff........................................................................................4 season, the men’s team has recorded a pair of third-place performances at the 1997 and 2018 Men’s Roster........................................................................5 conference meets, which are program bests. Women’s Roster.................................................................6 Bios........................................................................................7 Top-10 Lists........................................................................13 Records...............................................................................20 1 @KSTATETFXC Contact: Grant Leibee | [email protected] | 816-286-7256 K-STATE TRACK AND FIELD UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PREVIOUS BIG 12 OUTDOOR Location ............................Manhattan, Kan. (66502) CHAMPIONS AT K-STATE.... Founded .................................................................... 1863 GET TO KNOW Tejaswin Shankar Enrollment.............................................................22,795 2019 ....................................................Men’s High Jump Director of President ...........................................Richard B. Myers Track and ...............................................................Kansas State ‘65 Taylor Latimer Field and Athletics Director .................................... Gene Taylor 2019 .................................................Women’s Shot Put ............................................................. Arizona State ‘80 Cross Country Faculty Athletics Rep ....................... Kenny Lannou Taishia Pryce Conference ............................................................ Big 12 2019 ............................................Women’s Long Jump CLIFF Nickname ..........................................................Wildcats Colors................................................Purple (PMS 268) ROVELTO Helene Ingvaldsen Band ............................................Pride of Wildcatland 2019 ................................... Women’s Hammer Throw School Fight Song ...........................Wildcat Victory EDUCATION Ranae McKenzie Kansas (1978) 2019 ............................Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles Shardia Lawrence HOMETOWN 2019 ...........................................Women’s Triple Jump Ancon, Panama TEAM INFORMATION First Season ..............................................................1905 Brett Neelly COACHING EXPERIENCE Individual Conference Champions .....................478 2017 ........................................................ Men’s Shot Put 1992-Present: Director of Track & Field and Team Big 12 Championships .....................................4 Individual National Champions .............................. 41 Cross Country Best NCAA Team Finish (Year) ............ 5th (2002) 1988-1992: K-State Assistant Coach