Coming off Senior Day and posting seven first-place marks at the Hilltopper Relays, the WKU men’s track and field team has climbed two spots in the Week 2 regular season USTFCCCA poll.
The Red and White picked up 88.54 total points and remains the only Conference USA team in the poll.
Florida, which WKU faced in the Pepsi Florida Relays on March 31 and April 1, remains at No. 1 in the poll, receiving 294.38 points.
At the Hilltopper Relays, numerous national top-25 marks were produced by WKU student-athletes: Ventavius Sears’ triple jump of 16.06m ranks fifth, Emmanuel Dasor’s 200-meter dash (20.55) ranks fifth, Julius Morris’ 200-meter dash (20.62) ranks 11th and Morgan McIntyre’s pole vault mark of 4.13m is tied for 23rd in the country.
No. 21 WKU will split up in its next relays with athletes going to the Mt. SAC Relays and Austin Peay Invitational on April 14-15.
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Lance Dozier
WKU Athletic Communications Assistant