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Finishing up the season at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the K-State track team saw one of its best years yet this spring.
The men’s team placed 13th with its best showing since 1998, when it finished tenth.
Four K-State athletes were named this year to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America team: sophomore Moritz Cleve and seniors Jason Collett, Loren Groves and Scott Sellers. This is the first time since 1998 that the men’s team has had three or more All-American honors.
Cleve received the outdoor award for the first time, giving him two total All-American awards at K-State. He placed third in the decathlon for the outdoor honors while placing for his performance in the indoor heptathlon.
Collett placed ninth in the outdoor 800 meters, finishing his career strong with his first showing in the NCAA Championship.
Groves adds a fourth All-American certificate to her already strong repertoire. Finishing seventh in the hammer throw, she got her second outdoor honor with two already for the indoor weight throw. Groves was announced to the ESPN Magazine Academic All-America team this year and graduated with a degree in education and a GPA of 3.76.
Sellers won the NCAA high-jump championship to finish his sweep of the indoor and outdoor games. With his selection to the team again, Sellers has compiled eight All-American titles in four years in both indoor and outdoor — the first and only athlete to do so in one event.
With a 3.63 GPA in finance, Sellers was also named to the ESPN Magazine Academic All-American Track team.
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