WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State junior Aliphine Tuliamuk shattered the Wichita State school record and the Missouri Valley Conference record with her time in the indoor women's 3,000 meters at the Boston University Terrier Invitational Friday.

Tuliamuk finished second in the race with a time of 9:11.49 behind unattached professional runner Lauren Bonds, originally from Hutchinson, Kan. Bonds finished in 9:08.51.

"That was definitely the best race I've seen Aliphine run," Wichita State assistant coach Kirk Hunter said. "She looked really confident. The pace slowed down with four laps to go and Aliphine took the lead. Lauren came back and got her at the end."

Tuliamuk, from Kapenguria, Kenya, broke Desiraye Osburn's 2006 school record time of 9:17.40 in the event and Illinois State runner Wendy VanMierlo's 1984 conference record time of 9:17.05.

The automatic NCAA Championships qualifying time in the event is 9:10. Tuliamuk's time marked the second-fastest collegiate time in the nation this season.

"I know I can still do better," said Tuliamuk, the defending MVC champion in the event. "I wanted to run a 9:10, but I improved on my time from last week by 14 seconds. That was great. I'm happy about it, but know I can still do better.

"I'm just hoping that will get me into nationals. My goal is to go in the 3K and 5K."

While Tuliamuk competed in Boston, about 30 Shockers participated in the Jayhawk Classic in Lawrence, Kan., Friday. The meet did not include team scoring, but several Shockers excelled individually.

Senior Audacia Moore finished third in the women's 200-meter dash with a time of 24.65. When converted due to track size (24.15), her time leads the MVC this season. Friday marked the first time the defending MVC champion ran the event this winter.

Freshman Shanice Andrews finished second in the women's 60-meter hurdles Friday morning with a time of 8.93 — one of the top 10 times in the MVC this season.

Sophomore Samantha Shukla finished fifth in the mile during the evening session with a time of 5:10.48.

During the meet's first session Friday, junior Elida Bailon finished third in the women's mile with a time of 5:15.05.

Junior Marcos Bailon finished fifth in the men's mile with a time of 4:25.64.

Clarrisa Johnson finished fourth in the women's 600-yard run (1:31.25).

Natalie Morerod, competing for the first time this season, finished third in the women's 400 meters (1:00.11).

The Shockers host their second and final indoor meet of the season, the Varsity Apartments Invitational, Feb. 3-4 at the Heskett Center. The meet opens at 11 a.m. Friday with the women's pentathlon 60-meter hurdles and at 9:45 a.m. Saturday with the men's heptathlon 60-meter hurdles.

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