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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Austin Myers working to reach his full potential for Missouri wrestling

Austin Myers working to reach his full potential for Missouri wrestling

Joe Noser November 15, 2016

Redshirt freshman heavyweight Austin Myers transferred from West Virginia to Missouri this year to reach one goal: win a NCAA Championship. “There is weight on my shoulders to win because I need to...

Jumper Ja’Mari Ward set for a legendary track career

Jumper Ja’Mari Ward set for a legendary track career

Matthew Hosler November 15, 2016

Freshman Ja’Mari Ward had never dunked a basketball before his junior year of high school. One of the first times he did, he lept from the free throw line, as if he were Michael Jordan in the 1988 dunk...

Mizzou women’s basketball season outlook plagued by injuries

Mizzou women’s basketball season outlook plagued by injuries

Titus Wu November 15, 2016

Mizzou Arena was quiet on March 14. Every Missouri basketball player was sitting down, looking up at the screen with anticipation, hands clasped together. Then the broadcaster spoke. Suddenly, the crowd...

Season Preview: Missouri gymnastics looks to build off of strong last season

Season Preview: Missouri gymnastics looks to build off of strong last season

Dru Berry November 15, 2016

Progress has been the name of the game under Missouri gymnastics coach Shannon Welker. In his short tenure as coach, the team has gone from finishing the 2014 season unranked to finishing No. 19 last...

Missouri’s other Jaydin: Eierman looks to have strong first season

Missouri’s other Jaydin: Eierman looks to have strong first season

Langston Newsome November 15, 2016

Jaydin Eierman is a serious man. It’s something that his demeanor radiates, and it makes sense at Missouri; the redshirt freshman is part of a program poised to be one of the best in the nation. Mizzou...

Building the beasts: An inside look at the strength training and nutrition process

Building the beasts: An inside look at the strength training and nutrition process

Nick Kelly November 15, 2016

The recipe for a Beast Mode breakfast sandwich is simple. A Hawaiian bun, three hamburger patties, bacon strips and peppers. Throw on a slice or two of cheese to top it off, and voila — the sandwich...

No. 5 Missouri wrestling crushes Old Dominion, 36-3

Joe Noser November 13, 2016

The No. 5 Missouri wrestling team traveled Sunday to Norfolk, Virginia, and defeated Old Dominion in convincing fashion 36-3. Redshirt senior Lavion Mayes earned his 100th career collegiate wrestling win,...

Balanced effort leads Tigers to season-opening blowout

Balanced effort leads Tigers to season-opening blowout

Theo DeRosa November 13, 2016

In Missouri’s 99-44 win over Alabama A&M in the Tigers’ season opener Sunday night at Mizzou Arena, nine different Tigers played in the first half. Nine different Tigers scored in the first half. It...

UFC Welterweight Champ Tyron Woodley makes his family, alma mater proud

UFC Welterweight Champ Tyron Woodley makes his family, alma mater proud

Joe Noser November 6, 2016

Tyron Woodley is a busy man. He runs his own gym in St. Louis. He is training to defend his UFC welterweight title and is set to fight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in New York on Nov. 12 as part of...

Three takeaways from Mizzou wrestling’s annual Black and Gold matches

Langston Newsome November 5, 2016

In Missouri wrestling’s annual Black and Gold scrimmage, Team Gold edged out a 27-21 dual win with decisive victories from Austin Myers, Willie Miklus and Connor Flynn. In his first wrestling match at...

Takeaways from Mizzou women’s basketball’s preseason opener

Takeaways from Mizzou women’s basketball’s preseason opener

Eli Lederman November 2, 2016

Missouri women’s basketball kicked off its two-game preseason schedule Tuesday night with a 65-35 win over the Central Missouri Jennies. The win came on the same day the Tigers were featured in the...

Hannah Schuchts to fill void in debut season for women’s basketball

Hannah Schuchts to fill void in debut season for women’s basketball

Titus Wu October 31, 2016

Like any excited freshman, Hannah Schuchts came to Missouri in fall 2015 ready to play hard on the court for the upcoming women’s basketball season. But because of an injury, she didn’t get to. Schuchts,...