Tejaswin Shankar got his collegiate career off to a near perfect start as he matched the Indian indoor athletic record in the high jump in his first competition for the Kansas State Wildcats.
Shankar who became the first Indian athlete in half a century to receive a track and field scholarship to a college in the USA, cleared 2.18 m to win a gold medal at the KU-KSU-WSU (Kansas University - Kansas State University - Wichita State University) Triangular Trophy on Saturday. The competition was the first time Shankar, who had joined Kansas State University in August last year, was competing in the high jump for his university.