2015-16 Shocker Indoor Track & Field

[1972Shocker]

Sr Ugis Jocis finished 2nd in the mile and and Fr Zach Penrod finished 6th for a total of 11 points.

Fr A.J. Stephens finished 6th in the 60 hurdles.

Cody Sheck and Tucker Davis finished 6th and 7th, respectively in the 400m run and they finished 5th and 8th in the 200, respectively.

Fr Nick Dow squeezed out 1 point with an 8th place finish in the 60m dash.

Sr. Garrett Lynch and So. Austin Chippeaux finished 4th and 5th in the high jump.

Zach Loesch and Skylar Arneson finished 3rd and 6th in the shot put.

Fr. Jared Belardo picked up his 2nd event win with a 51-2.75 triple jump followed in 2nd by Shocker senior, Shazz Michael Lindo, and an 8th place finish for Fr Kaden Griffin to collect a very important 19 points.

After 15 events the team scores are

WSU - 137.5
SIU - 127.5
INS - 101

[1972Shocker]

Ugis Jocis scratched in the the 3K and the Shocks did not score. However, SIU did not score either.

In the 4x400 the Shocks only really needed to finish the race to win the team title. SIU finished 4th but the Shocks were close behind in 5th as the Shocks put the finishing touches on only their 2nd ever MVC Indoor Championship (I believe that is what the announcers said).

Final Team Scores:
1. WSU - 141.5
2. SIU - 132.5
3. INS - 114
4. ILS - 88.5
5. UNI - 84.5
6. LOY - 39
7. DRK - 35
8. BRD - 27

Congratulations Shocks!

[1972Shocker]

Shocker Freshman Jared Belardo selected as the USTFCCA Midwest Region D-1 Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. Shocks apparently have something very special in this young man.

http://goshockers.com/news/2016/3/4/track-and-field-belardo-named-ncaa-regional-athlete-of-the-year.aspx

Congratulations to Jared and good luck to him in this weekends NCAA D-1 Indoor T&F Championships in Birmingham, AL. Jared will be the only freshman in the competition.

:applause:

Here is the list of the 9 regional Field Athlete of the Year winners. Jared is the only Freshman winner. 6 seniors, 1 junior and 1 sophomore account for the other 8 regional winners.

http://www.ustfccca.org/2016/03/featured/ncaa-division-i-regional-award-winners-for-2016-indoor-season#fieldM

[1972Shocker]

Belardo and Borman Preview:

http://www.goshockers.com/news/2016/3/10/track-and-field-borman-belardo-compete-friday.aspx

https://youtu.be/c_WueShtChU

[1972Shocker]

Jared has a 24-1 jump on the board at this point. I think that was his 1sat attempt. In fact, I think I caught that jump on ESPN3 as they were showing the men's mile run.

At this point that has Jared in 6th place.

Update: Jared's 24-1 is now 10th. The top 9 after 3 jumps qualify for a reverse-order final of 3 more jumps. So hopefully Jared has a little better jump left in him.

Final: Jared was unable to improve on his jump of 24-1 and finished 12th. Perhaps not what he was hoping for but considering he was preparing for the Kansas High School state meet last year at this time he has to feel pretty good about finishing 12th in the nation in his first season of indoor jumping.

Great job, Jared. The future would appear to be very, very bright for this young man.

[1972Shocker]

goShockers.com report: http://www.goshockers.com/news/2016/...d-team-aa.aspx

Both Breanne and Jared earned 2nd team All-American honors.

[RoyalShock]

Top freshman classes in 2016 indoor season. WSU ranked 7th with 66 points. The Redbirds made it at #55 with 2 points.

[1972Shocker]

Top freshman classes in 2016 indoor season. WSU ranked 7th with 66 points. The Redbirds made it at #55 with 2 points.

The Shocker's ranking was solely attributable to Jared Belardo.

Jared's 9th place ranking in the Long Jump worth 42 points and a 27th place finish in the Triple Jump was worth 24 points.

Former Shocker Kord Ferguson (redshirted last year at WSU) who transferred to Alabama earned 4 points for his 47th place ranking in the shot put. Of course, Kord's strongest event is the discus which is not an indoor event for obvious reasons.

[RoyalShock]

The Shocker's ranking was solely attributable to Jared Belardo.

Jared's 9th place ranking in the Long Jump worth 42 points and a 27th place finish in the Triple Jump was worth 24 points.

Former Shocker Kord Ferguson (redshirted last year at WSU) who transferred to Alabama earned 4 points for his 47th place ranking in the shot put. Of course, Kord's strongest event is the discus which is not an indoor event for obvious reasons.

Javelin should be an indoor event. Just put a huge dart board on the wall and score it that way. @Aargh could oversee implementation.

[1972Shocker]

Javelin should be an indoor event. Just put a huge dart board on the wall and score it that way. @Aargh could oversee implementation.

Good idea. I will supply the target: