2018-19 Shocker Women XC and Track & Field

[1972Shocker]

Rebekah runs 9:57.06 in the prelims and she is on to the finals on Saturday.

[1972Shocker]

Topham ran her first two splits in 1:24.58 and 1:24.97, before falling back running her next three splits in 1:25+. The 2019 American Athletic Conference champion then turned on the jets running her next split in 1:24.85, before clocking her last split in a blazing time of 1:17.24, the fastest final split of any other competitor.

With the advancement to Saturday's final she has secured All-American honors and will battle to finish in the top-8 to claim first team All-American honors.

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[1972Shocker]

Rebekah at the starting line. And they're off.

Rebekah falls to the back. Temp is 98 degrees. Track surface above 115.

Rebekah really falling back. Either the heat is too much for her or she is being very smart.

Kind of irritated with the coverge. They only showed about 3 laps of the steeplechase. the 1st lap and last couple of laps. In between they showed replays of the first 6 evetns of the heptathlon. All I saw was Rebekah fall way behind early.

Unfortunatley, I did not see Rebekah finish. So waiting for the official results on the love results.

Looks like Rebekah rallied a bit to finish at 9:57.8 which gave her an 8th place finish and Rebekah earns 1st Team All-American honors.

Congratulaitons Rebekah.

I think a strong argument can be made that Rebekah is the Wichita State Shocker Athlete of the Year in 2018-19. She finished 3rd in the AAC Cross Country Championships in the spring despite not being 100% at that time as the Shockers won a very competitive AAC Cross Country Championship in with a great team effort.. At the AAC Indoor Championships she lead the Shockers to a win in the distance medley realy with an unbelievable come from way behind win and won both the 1,500m race and the 3,000m race to lead the Shocks to a 3rd place finish and was named the Women's Most Valuable Indoor Perfourmance award. In the AAC Outdoor Championships Rebekah again earned the Women;s Most Valuable Performance award winning the 3,000m steeplechase, finishing 2nd in teh 1,500m race (that shed had to run a prelim to qualify for) and fighting off fatique to finish 5th in the 5,000m run in leading the Shockers to the Championship.

Today Rebekah tops off a fantastic junior season finishing 8th in the nation and earning 1st team All-American honors in the steeplechase in 100 degree heat.

She gets my vote.

Going to hard to top this year in her senior year but if she can stay healthy who know what she will be able to accomplish.

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Wichita State T&F/XC @GoShockersTFXC
All-American Status @1500runner423 earns first team All-American honors clocking in at 9:57.80 to finish eighth overall in the women's 3000m steeplechase. #watchus http://bit.ly/2WsbIEI


4:12 PM - 8 Jun 2019

[1972Shocker]

That officially brings the 2018-19 athletic year to a close.

The Shocks won 1 AAC Champoinship (Volleyball) last. They won 2 AAC Championships this year (Women's XC and Women's Outdoor Track and Field). Let's keep it going and and make it 3 next year. Need to get the guys one.

[1972Shocker]

Shocker Freshman Amiya Anoma Finishes Fourth at USATF U20 Championships

True freshman Amiya Anoma competed amongst some of the top under-20 athletes at USATF U20 National Track and Field Championships. The Randallstown, Md., native finished fourth overall in triple jump with a mark of 12.63m/41-5.25.

[1972Shocker]

A nice write up of Rebekah Topham's performance in the NCAA Championships on the AAC website:

http://theamerican.org/news/2019/6/8...pionships.aspx

Competing in 98-degree Texas heat, Topham finished eighth in Saturday's 3K steeplechase final with a time of 9:57.80 to earn first team All-America honors—her first All-America accolade as a Shocker. Topham is The American’s first athlete to punch a ticket to the 3K steeplechase final since SMU’s Tova Magnusson did so in 2014. Topham’s eighth-place finish marks the best steeplechase performance by an American athlete, as Magnusson took 12th six years ago. Furthermore, among the 22 American female athletes in action at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Topham was the only one to receive first team All-America honors.

Heading into the final lap in ninth place, Topham moved up a spot, clocking in at 1:16.18 and passing Gabrielle Jennings of Furman to finish eighth overall in 9:57.80. Topham caps a successful junior campaign, in which she earned The American’s Indoor and Outdoor Most Valuable Performance honors in addition to winning four American titles. She also broke The American’s all-time steeplechase record at the NCAA West Prelims with her time of 9:53.92.