Feb. 6, 2000
The University of Missouri men's and women's track and field teams had a successful weekend at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Ind. The event was hosted by the University of Notre Dame with events taking place both Friday and Saturday evenings.
There were several outstanding performances turned in by the Tigers including five NCAA provisional qualifying standards and a new school record. Mizzou won six events over the two days of competition including two 1-2-3 sweeps in both of the men's throwing events.
Thrower Micah Shanks continued his outstanding junior campaign as he won the 35 lb. weight throw with a toss of 62 feet, 3 ? inches. With that throw, Shanks broke his school record in the event for the third consecutive meet.
Freshmen Russ Bell and Christian Cantwell were not to be overshadowed as they finished in second and third places respectively. Both men threw over 60 for the first times in their young Tiger careers.
In the shot put, Cantwell turned in his best performance of the season winning the event with a throw of 56 feet, 10 ? inches. It was the freshman's second win of the season. Bell placed second with a season-best effort of 54-10 ? while Shanks finished third with a heave of 53-5.
In the running events, there were four MU athletes who ran to NCAA provisional qualifying standards. Leading the pack were two fist time qualifiers. Freshman Kerry Hils won the mile run by less than second over Michigan junior Lisa Ouellet. Hils time of 4:49.16 was good enough to provisionally qualify for the national championships in only the third mile of her career.
Junior Sunny Gilbert also turned in a spectacular performance in the 800m run finishing in second place. Her time of 2:08.58 was less than a tenth of a second behind winner Hope Sanders of Notre Dame. Gilbert along with fellow junior Ashley Wysong both ran to provisional standards. It was Wysong's first race of the season and Gilbert's first qualifying mark of her career.
The other Mizzou athlete to run a provisional standard was defending 800m champion Derrick Peterson. The junior won the 800m in 1minute,:48.26. It marked the first time he has broken the 1:50 mark this season.
Missouri's women's distance medley relay team set the tone for the meet on Friday night winning the event in both a NCAA provisional mark as well as establishing a new Meyo Invitational Record.
The Black and Gold will take to the road again next weekend as they travel to Ames, Iowa to compete in the Iowa State Classic. Not only is the Classic a meet filled with tough competition, it is also where the Big 12 Championships will be held later this month.
*Winner and MU OnlyW-60m Dash
Finals 1. Marth Aduse, UTTC 7.40 4. Avis Evans 7.76
M-60m Dash
Finals 1. Jeremy Taylor, Alabama 6.68# 4. Carlos Posey 6.79
Heat 1 5. Damian Dean 7.11
Heat 3 1. Carlos Posey 6.82
W-60m Hurdles
Conso Finals 1. Tameisha Williams, Michigan 8.89 3. Jill Aholt 9.05 4. Fiona Asigbee 9.08 5. Michelle Moran 9.08 6. Eli Sommerfeldt 9.56
Heat 1 4. Michelle Moran 9.15 5. Eli Sommerfeldt 9.25
Heat 2 3. Fiona Asigbee 9.02
Heat 3 4. Jill Aholt 9.23
M-60m Hurdles
Heat 1 4. Knut Harold Sommerfeldt 8.95
W-200m Dash 1. Maria Brown, Michigan 24.33 6. Avis Evans 25.50 8. Natasha Kaiser-Brown, UNATT 25.52 (Missouri)
M-200m Dash 1. Jeremy Taylor, Alabama 21.10# 13. Damian Dean 22.36
W-400m Dash 1. Foy Williams, ETOBCOKE 53.22^ 4. Natasha Kasier-Brown, UNATT 55.45 (Missouri)
M-400m Dash 1. Corey Loving, Alabama 47.23 12. Chris McCurly 50.08
W-500m Run 1. Regina Caruthers, Michigan 1:13.62 5. Ada Ibe 1:17.53 7. Elizabeth Johnston 1:19.53
M-500m Run 1. Terry Wray, ND 1:03.11 5. Josiah James 1:05.81
W-800m Run 1. Hope Sanders, Inv. 2:08.45^ 2. Sunny Gilbert 2:08.58# 3. Ashley Wysong 2:08.72# 5. Jennifer Leerssen 2:13.31 6. Becky Rigel 2:13.31 14. Toby Bittle 2:20.77
M-800m Run 1. Derrick Peterson 1:48.26# 6. Timothy Dunne 1:52.25 7. Stewart Kimball 1:52.46 13. Jason Franken 1:55.83 15. Blair Hansard 1:57.10 17. Andy Niewald 1:57.20
M-1,000m Run 1. Brian Holinka, ND 2:27.99 2. Jared Wilmes, UNATT 2:28.41 (Missouri)
W-Mile Run 1. Kerry Hils 4:49.16# 5. Anne Marie Brooks 4:56.68 7. Katie Meyer 4:57.26 11. Jessica Patton 5:06.59 16. Amy Semith 5:16.20
M-Mile Run 1. Chris Estwanik, Wake Forest 4:10.98 2. Phil Councilor 4:11.84 7. Dan Dellegrazio 4:16.12 9. Joel McCune 4:16.7 (HT) 10. Jared Pinkston 4:18.1 (HT)
W-3,000m Run 1. Collette Lis, IN Invaders 8:58.47^ 3. Rebecca Wilmes, UNATT 9:29.1 (Missouri) 4. Anna Gullingsrud 9:43.94
M-3,000m Run 1. Rim Broe, Alabama 7:55.41%^ 8. Adam MacDowell 8:18.56 9. Steve Wade 8:26.1 (HT)
W-5,000m 1. Rhiana Echolas, Chicago 16:54.08# 5. Kim Moore 17:18.46 6. Amy Chipman 17:19.71 7. Justa Dahl 17:37.7 (ht)
M-5,000m 1. Steve Lawrence, Michigan 14:06.76# 5. Nick Smith 14:30.76 8. Ryan Fitzgerald 14:50.74 10. Mike Larson 14:53.5 (ht)
W-Distance Medley Relay 1. Missouri 11:34.40#^ (Gilbert, Asigbee, Wysong, Hils)
M-Distance Medley Relay 1. Alabama 9:43.18#^ 4. Missouri 5:56.61 (Dunne, Hansard, Peterson, Pirtle)
W-4x440 yd Relay 1. Tulane 3:41.76 3. Missouri A 3:54.88 5. Missouri B 4:02.85
M-4x440 yd Relay 1. Alabama 3:12.45 6. Missouri 3:19.57
W-Long Jump 1. Tameisha King, ND 19-2 ? 4. Fiona Asigbee 18-1 6. Abbe Ohneck 17-8 7. Eli Sommerfeldt 17-6 ?
M-Long Jump 1. Tommy Oleksy, Rice 24-3 ? 2. William Hopson 24-1 12. Knut Harold Sommerfeldt 21-5 ? 14. Michael McDevitt 20-9 ? 15. Cameron Ankele 20-5 16. Trae Meyr 19-6 ? 17. Shomari Benton 18-7 3/4
W-Triple Jump 1. Lindsey Miller 38-9 ?
M-Triple Jump 1. Drexell Owusu, Rice 52-7 ? 5. Ochuko Ekpare 46-11 7. Michael McDevitt 46- ? 11. Shomari Benton 43-2 ?
M-Pole Vault 1. Charles DeWalt, Michigan 16-10 7. Kent Shelton 15-0
W-High Jump 1. Jen Engelhardt, ND 5-7 t-2. Michelle Moran 5-5 t-6. Abby Ohneck 5-1 t-6. Trista Sondker 5-1 9. Jill Aholt 4-11
M-High Jump 1. Brain Brown, Unatt 7- ? (Missouri) 5. Jay Meystedt 6-6 ? 9. Cameron Ankele 6-2 3/4
W-Shot Put 1. Jennifer Moon, Iowa 43-10 ? 5. Eli Sommerfeldt 37-9 ? 7. Carla Grewe 36-11 ? 9. Jill Aholt 34-7 3/4
M-Shot Put 1. Christian Cantwell 56-10 ? 2. Russ Bell 54-10 ? 3. Micah Shanks 53-5 15. Espen Stridenberg 41-5
W-20 lb. Weight Throw 1. Dore DeBartolo, ND 56- ? 2. Brooke Ennen 51-7 ? 7. Carla Grewe 37-1
M-35 lb. Weight Throw 1. Micah Shanks 62-3 ?* 2. Russ Bell 60-11 ? 3. Christian Cantwell 60-4 ?
#NCAA Provisional Standard %NCAA Automatic Standard *Missouri School Record ^Meyo Invite Record