There's pressure, but just for myself. I don't think there's as much pressure as there was at the conference meet. At conference, sometimes you put so much pressure on yourself. It's undue pressure. You want to do well for the sake of the team.
Nationals is more of an individual thing.
For the record, AU took six athletes to last year's national meet. AU was sixth in the final men's standings and tied for eighth on the women's side. Five of the six AU participants last year were throwers. Here's a look at this year's group in addition to Shook. The sophomore will compete in the shot put and 20-pound weight.