It’s only the beginning of the 2016 indoor track and field season, and so far the K-State men’s and women’s teams have hit the ground running.
Both teams are ranked in the top 25, with the men sitting at No. 24 with 36.29 points and the women at No. 4 with 115.12 points. The K-State women are just 8.41 points away from Texas, who is sitting in the No. 3 spot.
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are right around the corner, and K-State’s Olympic hopefuls have been in the spotlight. Senior Akela Jones received two Athlete of the Week awards for her first-place pentathlon performance inthe DeLoss Dodds Invitational.