Her ankle troubles now behind her, there was nothing keeping Alyx Treasure grounded Saturday at the K-State Open indoor track and field meet in Manhattan, Kan.
She posted a personal indoor result to win the high jump event, clearing the bar at 1.83 metres, one centimetre off the former Prince George Track and Field Club member's outdoor PB and the seventh-best result in Kanas State Wildcat history.
“For Alyx, I think that’s big,” said Wildcats head coach Cliff Rovelto on the university's website kstatesports.com. “She’s looked good in training, but it’s been so long since she’s competed, I think she needed that for her confidence. I’m sure she is really excited about the [1.83], but I’m more excited about the fact that she had three decent attempts at [1.86], which is a PR [personal record].
“She didn’t freak out; they were good, solid attempts so, to me, that was the really positive thing to see.”
Treasure's next meet in the Big 12 indoor championships which start Feb. 28 in Ames, Iowa. Her result Saturday was tops in the Big 12 so far this season. Also on horizon for Treasure are the NCAA indoor championships, March 14-15 in Albuquerque, N.M. and March 20-21 in Fort Worth, Texas. Treasure also plans to enter the Texas Relays, March 26-29 in Austin. It was at that event on March 31, 2012 she set her personal record of 1.84 m.
Now in her third year at K-State, Treasure hurt her ankle in the summer of 2012 and the injury forced her to red-shirt for the 2012-13 season. The 21-year-old D.P. Todd secondary school graduate started her university career at UBC.
