Missouri
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
Mizzou Milers Take Charge At Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
2/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Feb. 7, 2004
LINCOLN, Neb. - The University of Missouri track and field team completed competition at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Saturday. The meet, hosted by the University of Nebraska at their Bob Devaney Sports Center, featured many of the top teams in the nation. Juniors Amanda Bales (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Ryan Hampton (Liberty, Mo.) took second in their mile run events, and sophomore Laura Brandt (New Haven, Mo.) won the 600-yard run.
The meet featured ten men's or women's teams ranked in the Trackwire Top 25. Minnesota's men came into the unscored meet as the No. 5 team in the country. On the women's side the Tigers competed against No. 8 Florida State and No. 9 North Carolina. Big 12 schools, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Nebraska were also in attendance at the meet.
"With these schools at this meet it showcased some of the best teams and best athletes in the country," said Dr. Rick McGuire, Head Track and Field Coach at Missouri. "Outside of the NCAA Championships, this meet was the best in the country in terms of competition. Most events here were won by either national leaders or big conference leaders."
Amanda Bales finished second the mile run with a time of 4:45.00 extending her NCAA provisional qualifying, season-best time of 4:48.76. Bales took second to Florida State's Natalie Hughes who won with a time of 4:42.69.
Ryan Hampton took second in the men's mile run as well coming within half a second from an NCAA provisional qualifying mark with his time of 4:05.47. Hampton also took second to a Seminole as Tom Lancashire took the race with a time of 4:04.33. Hampton was also just four tenths of a second from his personal best in the event.
Laura Brandt won the 600-yard dash with a time of 1:25.22 which is her career-best mark by three-quarters of a second. Brandt won her race by only 18 hundredths of a second over Oklahoma State's Alison Erzinger.
Junior transfer Conrad Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) finished third in a stacked men's shot put contest despite having only the seventh-highest seeded mark in the competition. Thirteen of the best 22 in the country threw in the competition. Woolsey's mark of 60 feet, 2? inches (18.35m) came within two-and-a-half inches from breaking his personal-best NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 60-5.
Freshman Jimmie Jones (Detroit, Mich.) provided excitement in the 600-yard run finishing as the second best collegian in the race. His time of 1:11.64 sets a new personal best.
Junior Jill Petersen (O'Fallon, Mo.) came within seconds of an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 3000-meter run with her sixth place time of 9:38.58. Serena Ramsey (Waukesa, Wis.) came in seventh in the event with a time of 9:50.50.
Earlier in the day, the men's heptathlon was won by former Tiger Knut Sommerfeldt with 5,422 points. Tiger Brandon Gobbert took seventh in the competition.
Next week the Tigers will travel to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Classic to take place Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14. For more information and complete results from this event visit mutigers.com.
