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Missouri Invitational
@MIZ_TrackField Hosts Missouri Invitational on Friday
1/19/2017 6:55:00 PM | Track & Field
The first of two 2017 indoor meets at the Hearnes Center begins at 2 p.m. with field events
| MISSOURI INVITATIONAL | |||||
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Missouri Invitational |
Columbia, Mo. | Friday, Jan. 20 Meet Schedule |
2 p.m. (CT) | ||
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track and Field will host the Missouri Invitational on Friday at the Hearnes Center, the first of two meets Mizzou will host during the 2017 indoor season. Field events will begin the meet at 2 p.m. CT, with track events to follow at 3 p.m. CT.
In addition to Mizzou, 10 other teams from the Midwest will send competitors to the meet, including Drake, Missouri State, Southeast Missouri State, SIU Edwardsville and Western Illinois.
The weight throw will kick off the kick off the meet, with redshirt freshman Patrick Kunza (Wentzville, Mo.) and redshirt senior Ahren Bohanan (St. Charles, Mo.) are slated to throw for the men and redshirt freshman Rebecca Keating (Reading England) for the women. In the shot put, redshirt sophomore Avery Carter (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and redshirt sophomore Gabi Jacobs (Bloomington, Ill.) – who both set personal record marks at the Border Battle on Jan. 7 – will throw for the Tigers.
After transferring from Nebraska, redshirt senior Mollie Gribbin (Monteplier, Vt.), a 2015 Big Ten selection and NCAA All-American, will make her Tiger debut in the triple jump.
In the track events, five Tigers who set personal records at the Commodore Invitational will race on Friday, including sophomore Maya Cody (St. Louis, Mo.), who ran the third-fastest 200m indoor time in program history at 24.55 in Nashville. Cody is scheduled to race in the 60m dash and 4x400m relay. Joining Cody in the 60m dash in senior LaQuisha Jackson (Chattanogga, Tenn.), who holds the 60m indoor school record with a 7.31 mark on Jan. 30, 2015.
The men's 800m dash field will be filled with Tigers as nine plan to take the start line, including redshirt junior Jerrad Mason (Bridgetown, Barbados), who finished fifth at the Commodore Invitational with a time of 47.91.
For all the latest on Mizzou Track & Field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MIZ_TrackField).
Tiger Lineup – Field Events
Weight Throw, Men – Patrick Kunza, Ahren Bohanan
Weight Throw, Women – Rebecca Keating
Long Jump, Women – Lynnsey Brim
High Jump, Women – Karissa Roman
High Jump, Men – Rauno Liitmae
Shot Put, Men – Will Fife, Avery Carter
Shot Put, Women – Gabi Jacobs
Triple Jump, Women – Destiny Brown, Shammai Ilis, Mollie Gribbin
Tiger Lineup – Track Events
60m Hurdles, Women – Valerie Thames
60m Dash, Men – Jerrad Mason, Kahmari Montgomery, Jonathan Holder, Rauno Liitmae, Beresford Sweeney
60m Dash, Women – LaQuisha Jackson, Maya Cody, Tsai-Anne Joseph
Mile Run, Men – Ben Goodman, Zach Cook, Taylor Stephen, Michael Widmann, Patrick Kearns, Brian Hernan, Tim Johnson, Tyler Gillam
Mile Run, Women – Samantha Farmer, Hannah Thomas, Bianca Mello, Emmie Hahn
400m Dash, Men – Cain Winebrenner, Robert Kuhlmann
400m Dash, Women – Sydney Wells, Karina Liz, Valeska Halamicek
800m Run, Men - Mark Sheridan, Justin Loquercio, Jerrad Mason, Taylor Stephen, Michael Widmann, Patrick Kearns, Brian Hernan, Tyler Gillam, Tim Johnson
800m Run, Women – Bianca Mello, Bailey Hession, Hannah Thomas, Elly DeTurris, Samantha Farmer, Valerie Thames
200m Dash, Women – Tsai-Anne Joseph, Sydney Wells, Emma Vickers
3,000m Run, Women – Kaelyn Balch
4x400m Relay, Men – 2 Mizzou Teams (Ben Goodman, Robert Kuhlmann, Cain Winebrenner, Mark Sheridan), (Michael Widmann, Taylor Stephen, Patrick Kearns, Tim Johnson)
4x400m Relay, Women – 3 Mizzou Team (Maya Cody, LaQuisha Jackson, Valerie Thames, Sydney Wells), (Bianca Mello, Samantha Farmer, Elly DeTurris, Emmie Hahn), (Valeska Halamicek, Faramola Shonekan, Bailey Hession, Hannah Thomas)
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