Wichita State’s Borman, Belardo finish NCAA meet with All-American honors

Wichita State’s Breanne Borman and Jared Belardo earned second-team All-American honors in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Birmingham, Ala.

Borman, a junior from Desoto, Mo., finished 12th in the pentathlon with 4,003 points. She placed eighth in the shot put with a distance of 40 feet, 8 3/4 inches and tied for 11th at 5-6 in the high jump. She tied her personal-best with a time of 8.64 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.

Georgia’s Kendall Williams won with an NCAA-record 4,703 points.

Belardo, a freshman from Leavenworth, placed 12th in the long jump. He jumped 24 feet, 1 inch in his first prelimary jump, 23-9 on his second and fouled on his third attempt. The top 10 performers advanced to the finals, won by Arkansas’ Jarrion Lawson at 26-1.

This story was originally published March 11, 2016 at 8:58 PM with the headline "Wichita State’s Borman, Belardo finish NCAA meet with All-American honors."