FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Wichita State's Lucy Ndungu advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with her 11th-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA West Preliminaries Thursday night at John McDonnell Field.
"I'm just really proud of her that she was able to achieve this," distance coach Kirk Hunter said. "It was a huge goal for her. The effort, the time and the commitment that she's put in, not just on the track but away from us, is evident in the way she's racing. It's hard to express in words how good it makes you feel when [athletes] achieve their goal after all they've put into it like that.