Reily Rogers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (2/7/26) – Sophomore distance runner Kamil Przybyla secured his first collegiate event title in the men’s 800 meters as A-State track and field concluded competition at the Fairgrounds Invitational on Saturday.
 
Przybyla clocked in at 1:49.34 in the event and jumped from sixth to second in A-State’s indoor record list for the event. The Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland, native entered the weekend with the third-fastest time among Sun Belt runners in the 800 meters, trailing the league-best time of 1:50.11 by just over two-tenths of a second.
 
Sheldon Richardson and Alexis Waller also moved into the Red Wolves’ indoor record book in the second day. Richardson posted a time of 21.63 in the men’s 200 meters to claim the ninth-fastest time in program history for indoor track while Alexis Waller registered a distance of 12.37m (40-7.00) in the women’s triple jump to place sixth.
 
Waller finished third in the triple jump and Richardson rounded out the top five in the 200 meters.
 
Menachem Chen and Evan Stevens recorded second-place finishes in the men’s shot put and mile. Chen threw for a distance of 16.96m (55-7.50) in the shot put while Stevens crossed the finish line with a time of 4:14.46 in the mile.
 
Overall, six Red Wolves established new career bests and three more set new personal records in indoor events.
 
NEXT UP
A-State track and field is scheduled to compete at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque and the Music City Challenge in Nashville on Feb. 13-14. The Red Wolves are also slated for action at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston on Feb. 13.
 
FAIRGROUNDS INVITATIONAL RESULTS – DAY 2
Men’s Shot Put
2. Menachem Chen – 16.96 (55-7.50); 3. Chris Boyd – 16.33 (53-7.00); 4. Omar Hussein – 15.90 (52-2.00); 5. Jared Moore – 15.42 (50-7.25)
 
Women’s Shot Put
3. Finja Dziobek – 14.18m (46-6.25) [PR]; 11. Liya Guy – 11.76m (38-7.00); 12. Miranda Burgett – 11.75m (38-6.75); 13. Annika Wilbanks – 11.09m (36-4.75)
 
Women’s Triple Jump
3. Alexis Waller – 12.37 (40-7.00) [Indoor PR]
 
Women’s Mile
7. Malena Cybak – 5:07.3;5 9. Mia Conroy – 5:11.90; 23. Anna Douma – 5:19.37*; 25. Kat Schaefer – 5:22.00 [PR]; 32. Lizzee Winkler – 5:26.34
 
Men’s Mile
2. Evan Stevens – 4:14.46; 13. Craig Alan Becker – 4:20.52
 
Women’s 200 Meters
9. Ka’Liyah Jordan – 25:08; 12. Je’Breiya Chapman – 25.36 [Indoor PR]; 13. Jada Buggs – 25.38 [Indoor PR]; 15. Syriah Boyd – 25.45; 19. Miranda Burgett – 25.55; 22. Nyla Watson – 25.84
 
Men’s 200 Meters
3. Spencer Taylor – 21.35; 5. Sheldon Richardson – 21.63; 7. Bruce Payerli – 21.98 [PR]; 13. Camren Bailey – 22.31; 16. Mehki Hoo – 22.47; 24. Michail Rose – 23.84
 
Women’s High Jump
6. Amaya Brown – 1.66m (5-5.25); T13. Kenzie Pruett – 1.50m (4-11.00)
 
Women’s 800 Meters
4. Malena Cybak – 2:14.79; 17. Kenzie Pruett – 2:28.56 [PR]
 
Men’s 800 Meters
1. Kamil Przybyla – 1:49.34 [PR]; 10. Brett Jacobs – 1:54.45; 15. Owen Morgan – 1:56.69 [PR]
 
[PR] – Personal Record
[Q] – Qualified
* – Event Debut