South Wichita News

Palen Secures No. 7 Seed for NCAA Indoor Championships

Brady Palen is set to compete in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, March 11 at 1 p.m. in Albuquerque, N.M.

 

Palen keeps the Shocker NCAA Indoor Championship streak alive as Wichita State will be represented for the seventh-consecutive championship.

 

The sophomore from Beloit, Kan. cleared a school record-tying 2.22m/7'3.25" in the high jump at the Arkansas Qualifier to lock in the No. 7 seed in the competition.

 

Palen will be joined by American Athletic Conference rival Romaine Beckford of South Florida, who enters as the No. 3 seed.

Accepted Entries - High Jump

1	Vernon Turner	SR	Oklahoma	2.28m
2	Trey Allen	JR	Louisville	2.27m
3	Romaine Beckford	JR	South Florida	2.26m
4	Ushan Perera	JR	Texas A&M	2.25m
5	Mayson Conner	SR	Nebraska	2.24m
6	Omamuyovwi Erhire	JR	Texas Tech	2.23m
7	Brady Palen	SO	Wichita State	2.22m
8	Kennedy Sauder	SO	Liberty	2.22m
9	Slavko Stevic	JR	SE Louisiana	2.21m
10	Ali Eren Unlu	SO	ULM	2.21m
11	Devin Loudermilk	SO	Kansas	2.21m
12	Brion Stephens	FR	Louisville	2.21m
13	Dontavious Hill	SR	Auburn	2.21m
14	Roberto Vilches	SR	Missouri	2.21m
15	Shaun Miller, Jr.	JR	Ohio State	2.21m
16	Tony Jones	SR	Mississippi State	2.21m

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