The K-State women’s track team made a lot of noise last week at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship as they finished ninth overall. It was the first top 10 finish for the women since 2002.
“Placing in the top 10 is quite an accomplishment for our program,” Head track and field coach Cliff Rovelto said to K-State Sports. “Even more so when you look at the other programs and coaching staffs that ended up in the top 10 — it’s very humbling.”
Leading the pack for the woman was junior high jumper and heptathlete Akela Jones, who finish fourth overall in the high jump and brought home the heptathlon National Championship posting the fourth-largest heptathlon mark in collegiate history.