Get set for the week with the Roundhouse Rundown podcast, the fastest five minutes in collegiate promotions. Shocker baseball is home this weekend against UTSA. Shocker softball plays ECU at Wilkins Stadium. Both series are loaded with promotions. You can hunt for Easter eggs after Saturday’s baseball game and Sunday’s softball game. Weather permitting, fireworks are on tap after Saturday’s 6 p.m. softball game. Shocker bowling is in the NCAA Final Four and they match up with Jacksonville State on Friday morning. The college portion of the KT Woodman Classic starts Friday. The meet is WSU’s first home outdoor track and field meet of the spring. All that, plus promotions, ticket specials, Shocker trivia and Shocker history.
Wichita State pole vault coach Aliyah Fertig and junior Arantxa Cortez join the podcast at the start of the outdoor track and field season. We discuss how Fertig’s time as an athlete with coach Brooke Rasnick (a former Shocker vaulter) at Louisville led her into coaching and a spot on the WSU staff. Cortez talks about how her background as a gymnast helps her vaulting and why she came to the United States to attend college and compete in the pole vault.
Get set for the week with the Roundhouse Rundown podcast, the fastest five minutes in collegiate promotions. The Shocker men’s basketball team is on a six-game win streak and they play second-place UAB at 8 p.m. Thursday at Koch Arena. Baseball and softball kick off their home schedules this week. Wilkins Stadium will get a lot of attention this week with Oklahoma State, Nebraska, South Dakota State and Missouri in town for the Shocker Invitational. WSU opens the event at 5 p.m. Thursday vs. No. 16 OSU. Shocker baseball plays Cal State Fullerton in a series that starts Friday at 3 p.m. All that, plus promotions, ticket specials, Shocker trivia and Shocker history.
Get set for the week with the Roundhouse Rundown podcast, the fastest five minutes in collegiate promotions. The Shockers women return to action on Saturday with the Play4Kay Pink Game against UAB at 2 p.m. at Koch Arena. Fans are encouraged to wear pink and get in on the fight vs. cancer by donating to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The WSU men play at No. 24 Memphis on Thursday on ESPN2. You can catch WSU men’s tennis on Saturday and Sunday at Genesis on Rock Road vs. Omaha and Drake. All that, plus promotions, ticket specials, Shocker trivia and Shocker history.
Get set for the week with the Roundhouse Rundown podcast, the fastest five minutes in collegiate promotions. The Shocker men’s basketball team plays at home on Wednesday (Alcorn State) and Saturday (East Tennessee State). Shocker volleyball plays at SMU in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. All that, plus promotions, ticket specials, Shocker trivia and Shocker history.
NCAA All-American Destiny Masters talks about her success in the pentathlon and high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships earlier this month in Boston. We discuss why she and Rainbolt make a good team, why flexibility is key and how Masters found her love for track and field. We also talk about why the 800 meters is a tough event and why Masters thrives in the high jump’s do-or-die situations.
Wichita State high jumper Destiny Masters talks about her dramatic qualifying for the NCAA Championships and how she progressed from uncertain Division I athlete at Bluestem High School to national qualifier. She details how coach Steve Rainbolt learned when to give her a break and when to push and how his positive reinforcement plays a role in her success. Masters also discusses her relationship with former Shocker assistant coach Pat Wilson and his role in getting her to Wichita State.
Wichita State director of track and field Steve Rainbolt discusses the championship at the American Athletic Conference outdoor meet, how depth and balance prevailed and how his college experiences taught him to value the team aspect of an individual sport. We also talk about how the Shockers changed to compete in a new conference, decisions on the margins that paid off and how coach Kirk Hunter produced a superb year for his distance runners.
Farrah Miller joins the podcast to talk about the challenges of running the 800 meters, how her practice run at Cessna Stadium led her to Wichita State from New York and her advice for sight-seeing in the Big Apple. We talk about carbon-plated shoes and how they are changing the sport and more before Friday’s K.T. Woodman Classic at Cessna Stadium.
Ezinne and Chidera Okoro join the podcast with the indoor track and field season near to talk about their journey to Wichita State, the team atmosphere with the Shockers and how the high school track meet at Cessna Stadium introduced them to the university. We discuss the difficulty of learning the triple jump and learn which sister uses an agenda to stay organized and which relies on her memory. They describe the joy of the feeling when everything goes right during a jump and update on us what they’re reading and watching.
