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NCAA Championships
Schweizer with All-American Finish to Close NCAA Championships
6/12/2016 12:45:00 AM | Track & Field
The sophomore was the final competitor for the Tigers in the four-day competition
EUGENE, Ore. – Mizzou Track & Field had quite the finish at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday (June 11), as sophomore Karissa Schweizer laid down an impressive final mile to earn her first All-American finish in the 5000m run.
The Tigers depart Eugene, Oregon, with three First Team All-Americans, eight Second Team All-Americans, and a new school record by the women's 4x100m.
#MIZTF DAY FOUR RECAP
Schweizer was the sole competitor for the Tigers on the fourth and final day of competition at the Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the sophomore, she certainly made it a memorable one with a third-place finish in the 5000m run field.
Schweizer showed a lot of patience throughout the first half of the race, keeping position in the back of the lead pack despite the slow start, and responded well when the move was made with a mile to go. She showed her speed with 400m to go, outpacing three of her competitors to land in the third-place spot in the field.
#MIZTF DAY THREE RECAP
Woodson entered Friday's 100m dash final with a PR already under his belt after hitting 10.03 during Wednesday's preliminary round. That time, No. 3 in the championship field, was also the No. 3 time in the NCAA this season heading into the weekend and put him just outside of the Mizzou school record (10.00c). Although he wouldn't repeat that PR run during the final, running into a solid headwind of 2.3, his 10.32 crossing was good to land him a sixth-place position on the All-American podium.
Woodson is the second Tiger to earn First Team All-American this week after junior Alyssa Applebee placed seventh in the pole vault on Thursday.
Rounding out the day's competitors was the triple jump duo of senior Tony Carodine and sophomore John Warren, who both capped their PR seasons with Second Team All-American honors. Both hit top marks of 15.74m (51-7.75), but Warren just edged out Carodine for a 12th place finish with his second-best jump of 15.70m (51-6.25). Carodine closed just behind in 13th overall.
#MIZTF DAY TWO RECAP
- Junior Alyssa Applebee highlighted the second day of competition for the Tigers, landing on the podium for the women's pole vault with her seventh-place finish. Her final bar of 4.20m (13-9.25) was just off of her school record mark of 4.22m (13-10) from the NCAA West Preliminary Round two weeks ago.
- Senior Ser Whitaker closed out the two-day decathlon on Friday with a 15th place finish in the field, earning a Second Team All-American honor in his first NCAA Championships competition.
- For the first time since the 1980s, the Tigers qualified women's relays into the NCAA Championship meet as both the 4x100m and 4x400m squads advanced into the finals. Both teams have had record years, resetting three records in the 4x100m and four in the 4x400m. The 4x100m squad of freshman Maya Cody, junior LaQuisha Jackson, senior Alyssa Felton and junior Sandrae Farquharson leveled the field between the two squads on Thursday, hitting their fourth school record with a 44.31 crossing to place 13th in the field and earn Second Team All-American honors.
- Junior Valerie Thames rounded the All-American finishers from day two, running just off her PR with a 13.23 finish for 16th.
#MIZTF DAY ONE RECAP
- A series of Second Team All-Americans kicked off events at Historic Hayward Field on Wednesday, starting with a ninth-place finish in the 400m dash by freshman Kahmari Montgomery. Montgomery just missed out on qualifying into the final with his 45.81 finish, ending what has been a historic debut year.
- In the pole vault, fellow-freshman Matthew Ludwig also closed a record debut season with a Second Team All-American honor. Ludwig's final bar of 5.30m (17-4.50) in the pole vault was good for a tenth-place finish in the field.
- Junior Reinhard Van Zyl rounded out the Tigers' competitors on day one, taking 13th in the javelin with a top toss of 70.25m (230-5).
#MIZTF RESULTS – SATURDAY
5000m Run, Women – 3. Karissa Schweizer, 16:02.82
#MIZTF RESULTS – FRIDAY
Triple Jump, Men – 12. John Warren, 15.74m (51-7.75) // 13. Tony Carodine, 15.74m (51-7.75)
100m Dash, Men – 6. Markesh Woodson, 10.32
#MIZTF RESULTS – THURSDAY
Decathlon - 16. Ser Whitaker, 7194 points
110m Hurdles – 7. Whitaker, 14.68 (889 pts.)
Discus – 21. Whitaker, 36.33m (119-2) (590 pts.)
Pole Vault – 16. Whitaker, 4.30m (14-1.25) (702 pts.)
Javelin – 19. Whitaker, 50.71m (166-4) (599 pts.)
1500m Run – 19. Whitaker, 4:55.32 (587 pts.)
(100m Dash – 13. Whitaker, 11.05)
(Long Jump – 10. Whitaker, 7.07m // 23-2.50)
(Shot Put – 12. Whitaker, 13.31m // 43-8)
(High Jump – 19. Whitaker, 1.86m // 6-1.25)
(400m Dash – 17. Whitaker, 50.71)
Pole Vault, Women – 7-t. Alyssa Applebee, 4.20m (13-9.25)
400m Dash, Women – 23. Sandrae Farquharson, 55.21
100m Hurdles, Women – 16. Valerie Thames, 13.23
4x100m, Women – 13. (Cody, Jackson, Felton, Farquharson), 44.31 SR
4x400m, Women – 18. (Farquharson, Thames, Jackson, Cody), 3:35.63
#MIZTF RESULTS – WEDNESDAY
Decathlon - 15. Ser Whitaker, 3827 pts.
100m Dash – 13. Whitaker, 11.05 (850 pts.)
Long Jump – 10. Whitaker, 7.07m (23-2.50) PR (830 pts.)
Shot Put – 12. Whitaker, 13.31m (43-8) (686 pts.)
High Jump – 19. Whitaker, 1.86m (6-1.25) (679 pts.)
400m Dash – 17. Whitaker, 50.71 (782 pts.)
Pole Vault – 10. Matthew Ludwig, 5.30m (17-4.50)
Javelin – 13. Reinhard Van Zyl, 70.25m (230-5)
100m Dash – 3. Markesh Woodson, 10.03q PR #2
400m Dash – 9. Kahmari Montgomery, 45.81
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