**Track and Field NCAA Championships**
NCAA Championships for track and field are set to begin June 8 in Eugene, Oregon. The Tigers will send 14 men and women to the four-day meet.
Missouri’s men’s team has opened eyes in 2016, climbing to No. 9 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings. Kahmari Montgomery, the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year, leads the way for the Tigers. He qualified for the meet in the 400-meter dash.
Seven men and seven women will compete for Missouri in Eugene. The Tiger women qualified two relays to the meet, as well as four individuals.
**Mack Darragh qualifies for the Olympics**
Missouri graduate Mack Darragh was added to the Canadian Olympic Team in swimming. Darragh will swim the butterfly leg on the Canadian 400-meter medley relay.
The first-time Olympian won both the 100- and 200-meter butterfly races at Canadian Olympic Trials in April, but he did not meet the automatic Olympic qualifying time. Darragh was a 2015 All-American for the Tigers in the 200-yard butterfly.
**Doherty departs**
Rising sophomore Marquise Doherty will not be returning to Missouri, according to PowerMizzou.com. Doherty, who played football and baseball as a freshman, will transfer to a junior college to focus on baseball.
The Kansas City native hit .214 in limited playing time as a freshman. He was a 15th round pick in the 2015 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
**Three softball players set to begin professional careers**
After exhausting their eligibility at Missouri, [Sami Fagan, Emily Crane and Taylor Gadbois will play professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch League] (https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/6/6/softball-seniors-reflect-mizzou-career-look-toward/). Fagan will play with the Akron Racers, Crane with the Scrap Yard Dawgs in Houston, and Gadbois will join the Dallas Charge.
_Edited by Nancy Coleman | ncoleman@themaneater.com_