Official Site of the Shockers · Sep 4, 2021
Wright takes J.K. Gold Individual Title
AUGUSTA, Kan. -- Wichita State's Yazmine Wright gapped the field by 39 seconds to win the women's collegiate individual title Saturday afternoon at the 73rd Annual J.K. Gold Classic.
Wright ran navigated the 5,000-meter course at 4-Mile Creek Resort in a personnel-best time of 17:34.10.
Running mostly by herself, Wright finished just 15 seconds off the course-record time set by Koskei in last January's COVID-delayed J.K. Gold Classic.
"It's terrific," head coach Kirk Hunter said. "Anybody who can do what Winny Koskei can do is a girl to watch out for on the national scale. It's really special what she did here and I'm really happy with the way the she's performing."