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The Maneater

Tigers grab five event wins to wrap up senior day at Tom Botts Invitational

Tigers grab five event wins to wrap up senior day at Tom Botts Invitational

Owen Krucoff April 23, 2018

Landon Cuskelly felt his body hit the mat and immediately sprung up in celebration. The high jump bar remained suspended 2.18 meters above the ground, and the Missouri junior had himself an event win and...

Schweizer wins 1,500-meter run, breaks sixth school record at Tom Botts Invitational

Schweizer wins 1,500-meter run, breaks sixth school record at Tom Botts Invitational

Andy Kimball April 21, 2018

Senior Karissa Schweizer pulled past professional runner Megan Mansy and strode down the home stretch at the Tom Botts Invitational Friday night. As Schweizer fled down the track, fans roared with cowbells...

Track and field wins five events at John McDonnell Invitational, Cunningham wins 5K at Gorilla Classic

Track and field wins five events at John McDonnell Invitational, Cunningham wins 5K at Gorilla Classic

Andy Kimball April 18, 2018

While Missouri track and field was competing at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, last weekend, redshirt senior Megan Cunningham was busy posting a personal record and annihilating...

World-ranked athletes headline track and field recruiting class

World-ranked athletes headline track and field recruiting class

Andy Kimball April 18, 2018

After the rush of the spring signing period, track and field head coach Brett Halter has finally finished his 2018 recruiting class. In the spring signing period, Missouri added 12 athletes to bring its...

Karissa Schweizer finishes indoor season with two national championships

Karissa Schweizer finishes indoor season with two national championships

Owen Krucoff March 11, 2018

Boise State University’s Allie Ostrander had hung with Karissa Schweizer for several minutes, but she could only watch as the Missouri senior pulled away during the final lap of the women’s 3,000-meter...

Schweizer, Ward aim to add to championship pedigrees at indoor NCAA championships

Schweizer, Ward aim to add to championship pedigrees at indoor NCAA championships

Owen Krucoff March 6, 2018

Karissa Schweizer and Ja’Mari Ward have established themselves as Missouri’s best ever in their respective events this indoor track and field season. From March 9-10 in College Station, Texas, they...

Schweizer, Cunningham highlight an otherwise grim SEC championships for the Tigers

Schweizer, Cunningham highlight an otherwise grim SEC championships for the Tigers

Owen Krucoff February 26, 2018

By the time Karissa Schweizer received the baton from redshirt freshman Karina Liz, viewers could have been forgiven for thinking that Missouri had no chance to win the women’s distance medley relay. Mizzou...

Ja’Mari Ward breaks school long jump record at Missouri Collegiate Challenge

Owen Krucoff February 19, 2018

With one week remaining until the Southeastern Conference championships, Missouri returned home to Hearnes Center for the first time since December and won 11 events against several Midwestern lower division...

Ja’Mari Ward, Gabi Jacobs set track and field program top-10 marks at Tyson Invitational

Ja’Mari Ward, Gabi Jacobs set track and field program top-10 marks at Tyson Invitational

Owen Krucoff February 11, 2018

Missouri sophomore Ja’Mari Ward is a known quantity in outdoor jumping. The Cahokia, Illinois, native registered Mizzou all-time top-10 marks in the outdoor long and triple jumps in 2017, winning the...

Karissa Schweizer breaks NCAA record at Millrose Games in New York City

Karissa Schweizer breaks NCAA record at Millrose Games in New York City

Owen Krucoff February 4, 2018

Seven days after setting a Missouri program record and running the fourth-fastest indoor mile in NCAA history, senior Karissa Schweizer returned to the Armory in New York City for the second straight weekend...

Schweizer’s mile run headlines Missouri’s performance at the Columbia Challenge

Schweizer’s mile run headlines Missouri’s performance at the Columbia Challenge

Owen Krucoff January 28, 2018

Before the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge this weekend at the Armory in New York City, Karissa Schweizer was already a known quantity in indoor track and field, having been a first-team All-American...

Two all-time top-10 marks fall in up-and-down performance at Vanderbilt Invitational

Two all-time top-10 marks fall in up-and-down performance at Vanderbilt Invitational

Owen Krucoff January 21, 2018

At a press conference last Wednesday leading into this weekend’s Vanderbilt Invitational, track and field head coach Brett Halter noted his team was still working its way back to full strength after...