After deciding to take a redshirt year specifically to train, junior Rebekah Topham has her sights on becoming the next NCAA All-American for the Wichita State cross country team.
Topham came agonizingly close to a NCAA championship berth in cross country and outdoor track and field during the 2016-17 season, prompting her long-term vision to sit out a year in order to be in a better position to achieve her goals.
Now the junior from Griswold, Iowa is in the best shape of her running career. She showed a glimpse of what might be ahead with her school-record performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10 minutes, 0.