Missouri’s track and field team has their best athletes advance to the finals in June after a great outing
From May 22-25, track and field athletes in the Western region competed in round one of the NCAA Championship meet. Various athletes from the University of Missouri qualified for the Western Regionals, making the trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas.
On the field side, 15 athletes participated over the course of four days. A total of three athletes advanced to the finals.
Graduate student Mitch Weber entered the meet with the seventh-best qualifying throw in the field for discus. He threw a distance of 59.23 meters, earning a 5th place finish and a chance to compete at the NCAA championships for a second time in his college career.
Freshman Sterling Scott jumped a personal best of 15.77 meters in the triple jump to finish No. 11 and qualify as well.
SEC triple jump champion, junior Euphenie Andre placed No. 16 with a jump of 13.26 meters.
There were three top-20 finishers in the javelin. Graduate student Erin Zimmerman placed No. 14 with a throw of 49.92 meters and graduate student Ava Curry placed No. 19 with a throw of 48.88 meters. Graduate student and two-time All American, Skylar Ciccolini threw 51.35 meters to secure No. 11 and a spot in the NCAA Championship.
Juniors Sam Innes, Callan Saldutto and Skylar Coffey competed in the hammer throw, javelin and shot put respectively. While none of the throwers qualified for the championship, Saldutto finished in the top 20 in javelin, throwing a distance of 68.17 meters.
Graduate student Emily Offenheiser competed in the women’s discus where she finished No. 18 with a season best throw of 55.04 meters. In the men’s discus junior Tarique George competed alongside Weber, recording a distance of 55.59 meters to secure No. 18.
On the track side only three total Tigers made the trip to Fayetteville, all of whom were women.
On day two, junior Kelsey Schweizer qualified for the quarterfinals of the women’s 800m, placing No. 23 with a time of 2:07.29. Schweizer returned on day four and she finished No. 10 with a personal best time of 2:03.84.
In the semifinals of the women’s 10000m, graduate students Jenna Schwartz and Mikayla Reed did not qualify as Schwartz finished at No. 28 with a time of 35:17.44 and Reed finished at No. 34 with a time of 35:43.26. Qualifying athletes will compete at the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Oregon from June 5-8.
Edited by Dylan Heinrich | dheinrich@themaneater.com
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