Kansas University senior Sheldon Battle qualified in the shot put for the NCAA Indoor during a track and field meet Friday night in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Kansas State won the KU/KSU-MU Triangular for the eighth straight year, scoring a men’s and women’s combined point total of 265. Kansas was second with 2401â2, and Missouri placed third with 2121â2.
Having already provisionally qualified in the shot put in last week’s Arkansas Invitational, Battle had a toss of 65-081â4 on Friday to beat the field and put him in the championship meet in March. He also won the weight throw after a toss of 68-071â4, improving on his mark from last week that already had him provisionally qualified for the indoor championships. His two victories made it the second week in a row he won both competitions.
Several meet records fell at the hands of the Jayhawks. Tiffany Cherry won the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.55, beating the meet record by .08. Aaron Thompson broke two meet records, one in the 60-meter dash (6.75) and the other in the 60-meter hurdles (7.94). The senior out of Lenexa also finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 46-04.75.
Senior Charisse Bacchus had a big day. In addition to finishing second in both the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles, the senior from Trinidad had a victory in the long jump with a leap of 19-11.
