University of Missouri
NCAA Outdoor Championships-FirstRound
Tigers Wrap Up Day One at NCAAs
5/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
May 27, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Mizzou track and field team finished action at the NCAA Preliminary Round on Thursday (Mat 26) at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The Tigers saw three of their student-athletes qualify for the next section in their events, highlighted by a pair of 400m hurdlers in Leslie Farmer and Chris Davis. Farmer clocked a time of 59.08 to finish second in her heat of the 400m hurdles, advancing her to the quarterfinals of that event. Davis took third in his heat with a time of 51.34 to advance to the quarterfinals in his event. Should both Farmer and Davis advance in the next section of their events, they will have qualified for the second round of the NCAA Championships, which will be help in Des Moines, Iowa, in June.
The Tigers also saw a great performance from senior pole vaulter Brian Hancock as well on Thursday. He finished in a tie for first place in the event with a clearance of 5.20m (17-0 ¾), advancing him in the event. With his mark on Thursday, Hancock will now compete for a national title in the men's pole vault in Des Moines later this season.
Staying in the men's field events, Brooks Mosier placed 10th in his flight of the men's shot put with a throw of 16.76m (55-0). Staying in the field events, sophomore Laura Greenfield placed first in her flight of the women's shot put with a throw of 14.83m (48-8) but failed to make the finals in the event. Staying in the field events, Bethany Pfeiffer took 14th in her flight of the javelin with a throw of 37.99m (124-08). Hailey Twietmeyer took 10th in her flight with a throw of 43.18m (141-8).
Moving to the middle distance events, both Layne Moore and Laura Roxberg turned in good times in their respective events, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in their events. Moore clocked in at 2:12.01 in the 800m run while Roxberg ran a time of 4:27.58 in the 1,500m run, also failing to qualify.
Staying in the women's distance events, Kinsey Farren placed 42nd overall in the women's 10,000m run with a time of 36:33.15. Staying in the track events but moving to the men's side, freshman Tre Chambers failed to reach the finals in the 100m dash, clocking in at 10.66 in the event. Mark Hughes also just missed qualifying in the 400m dash, clocking in at 47.81.
Moving to the middle distance events, Aaron Dixon clocked in at 1:51.0, also failing to move on in the competition. That wrapped up the competition for the Tigers in day one of the NCAA Preliminary Round. For all the latest on Mizzou track and field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MIZ_TrackField.
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