McWilliams leads Lady Roadrunners at Indoor National Championships

Topeka, Kan.-The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners track and field brought home an All-American honor from the NJCAA Indoor National Championships hosted by Washburn University on March 6-7 in Topeka, Kan.

Freshman Callie McWilliams of Shelbina, Mo. finished sixth in the triple jump with a jump of 11.84 meters on her final attempt to claim All-American honors.

Freshman Avri Fox of Warrensburg, Mo. finished 15^th in the shot put with a throw of 11.88 meters.

"As always, our National Championships were competed at a very high level," said head coach Brad Hagedorn. "We had two ladies and two men qualify and were sitting outside the top eight in all four events.  We rose to the occasion and performed above our season best in all areas. Each placed above their ranking coming into their events. Callie was able to perform her way into an All-American position. She placed sixth in the triple jump and qualified for Outdoor Nationals while doing so. As a coach, we always worry that we have prepared them well enough. I was very pleased to see we could do our best when it mattered the most.  The athletes deserve all the credit in the world for how well they prepared and competed."

SFCC will return to action on Saturday, March 14 at Culver-Stockton College in the first meet of the outdoor season for SFCC.

David Rohrbach

 SFCC Athletics