Western Kentucky sprinter Julius Morris runs Wednesday at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.

Western Kentucky’s track and field team wrapped up the 2017-18 season from Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday at the NCAA Championships. The Hilltoppers collected All-American status in the 200-meter and both relays.

“The guys came and did a good job at a very competitive NCAA Championships event,” coach Erik Jenkins said in a news release. “I’m extremely proud of these guys for making it to this meet.

“Obviously you want to score at this meet and produce All-Americans, which we were able to do. We have lofty goals in our program and we did our best to achieve them.”

WKU’s 4×100-meter relay unit posted a season-best 38.94 – the fourth-fastest time in program history – to finish fifth in the second heat and seventh overall in the field. Eli Minor, Julius Morris, Kymari Gates and Will Bush ran their way to Second-Team All-American status.

In between the Hilltopper relays, Morris took the lanes with the nation’s top competitors in the 200-meter dash. The senior raced his way to Second-Team All-American status with a 20.63 reading and now has five All-America accolades to his name.

To close the day, WKU’s 4×400-meter relay squad of Oliver Alexandre, Gates, Austin Hayes and Morris ran a 3:07.48 for honorable mention All-American status. The Hilltoppers finished fifth in their heat and 18th overall.

Bush, Gates and Alexandre earned their first All-American accolades at the Championships with Gates picking up one on each relay. Minor and Hayes are each up to two career All-American honors.{&end}