March 4, 2004

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COLUMBIA, Mo. - What is sure to be a busy weekend for Missouri Tiger post-collegians this weekend will kick-off this Friday as events begin at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Former Tigers, and current staff, Christian Cantwell and Derrick Peterson are in the European country, representing Team USA in the men's shot put and men's 800-meter run, respectively. Also this weekend, former Tigers and current track and field staff, Michelle Moran and Fiona Asigbee will compete in the USATF Indoor Combined Event Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Cantwell (Eldon, Mo.) was a seven-time all-American and six-time Big 12 Champion as a Tiger. Winning his first USA Track & Field National Championship last weekend, Cantwell was happy but wants to throw big for the world to see.

"I felt like this was a good effort today," Cantwell said last weekend after winning the crown. "My main objective was to win here and then compete well. The distance I threw was secondary to winning. My objective at the World Indoor Championships is to throw a personal best of 21.96 (72 feet-0.75 inches)."

--- Preview of the IAAF shot put event by Ed Gordon for the IAAF: New US champion Christian Cantwell is the season leader at 21.95 [72-?] (increased from last year's PB of 20.86 [68-5]), and he owns four of the year's top performances, prompting glowing reports from eyewitnesses praising his recent technique refinements.

Joachim Olsen of Denmark exploded after nearly one-month's rest with a 21.63 [70-11?] in Tallinn last week and appears ready to challenge the young American.

Should that pair falter in the least in Budapest, then a number of others move into challenging positions for the top medals.

Cantwell's teammate, Reese Hoffa, had a superb month with a 21.05 [69-?] PB, followed by a 20.97 [68-9?] in the US Championships.

The defending champion, Manuel Martinez of Spain (20.78 [68-2?])-who dramatically out dueled Olsen in Vienna two years ago to win the European title-and Britain's mammoth Carl Myerscough (20.91 [68-7?] last Saturday for his US university team) appear ready to make a move up, along with Holland's Rutger Smith, who won his national title with a NR 20.75 [68-1] less than two weeks ago.

One of the lessons gleaned from Paris last year is to never overlook the top Belarus throwers, and with a 20.85 [68-5] more than a month ago in his single appearance, Andrey Mikhnevich, the World outdoor champion, is a definite threat.

Yuriy Belonog of Ukraine, the indoor bronze medallist last year, opened the year with a significant 20.47 [67-2], and then dropped out of sight, but he could be poised to spring a surprise in Budapest. ---

Derrick Peterson (Atlanta, Ga.) is another former Tiger competing in Budapest this weekend. Peterson will be competing in the 800-meter run, an event Peterson won two NCAA Championships with in 1999. A six-time all-American, Peterson also qualified for the U.S. National team in 2001 when he finished second in the USA Outdoor Championships that year.

Preliminaries for the 800-meter run will occur on Friday, with semi-finals happening on Saturday, and the final to be held on Sunday. For the men's shot put, a preliminary round is held with the throwers split into two groups on Saturday. Those who qualify will participate in the shot put final on Sunday morning.

Michelle Moran (Wildwood, Mo.) and Fiona Asigbee (Walford, Iowa) will compete in the USA Track and Field Indoor Combined Event Championships this weekend in the pentathlon event. All five events of the pentathlon will take place Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Moran took the Big 12 crown in the heptathlon in 2000 and competed in the USATF Olympic Trials that year. Asigbee won both the indoor and outdoor combined event Big 12 titles in 2003 and has already qualified for July's USATF Olympic Trials.

For more information on the world championships visit wic2004.com, iaaf.com, or usatf.org. More information on the USATF Combined Event Championships can be found at ustaf.org.

Men's Shot Put Entries (IAAF Indoor)

BELARUS - Mikhnevich, Andrei
CANADA - Snyder, Bradley
CHILE - Verni, Marco Antonio
CUBA - Paumier, Alexis
DENMARK - Olsen, Joachim
FINLAND - Reinikainen, Tepa
FINLAND - Tiisanoja, Ville
GERMANY - Bartels, Ralf
GREAT BRITAIN - Myerscough, Carl
HUNGARY - B?ber, Zsolt
MOLDOVA - Emelianov, Ivan
NETHERLANDS - Smith, Rutger
POLAND - Majewski, Tomasz
QATAR - Al-Suwaidi, Khalid Habash
ROMANIA - Guset, Gheorghe
RUSSIA - Sofin, Pavel
RUSSIA - Yushkov, Ivan
SLOVENIA - Vodovnik, Miran
SOUTH AFRICA - Robberts, Janus
SPAIN - Mart?nez, Manuel
UKRAINE - Bilonog, Yuriy
UNITED STATES - Cantwell, Christian
UNITED STATES - Hoffa, Reese

Men's 800-meter run start listStartlist - 800m Men - Heats Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 17:45

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
1 269 Chiwina Kondawi MAW 1:54.57
2 379 Hanzel Roman SVK 1:47.80 1:47.24
3 23 Jansen Joeri BEL 1:46.46 1:44.38
4 36 dos Santos Osmar Barbosa BRA 1:45.96 1:44.87
5 430 Stember Michael USA 1:48.08 1:46.20
6 100 Jurado Juan de Dios ESP 1:47.35

Heat 2 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 17:51

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
1 251 El Gatroni Abubaker LBA 1:49.40 1:48.08
2 380 Dirche Rizak SWE 1:48.56 1:45.45
3 328 Mulaudzi Mbulaeni RSA 1:45.43 1:42.89
4 330 Bogdanov Dmitriy RUS 1:47.20 1:45.28
5 106 Reina Antonio Manuel ESP 1:47.45 1:43.83
6 395 Owor Paskar UGA 1:47.08

Heat 3 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 17:57

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
2 284 Okken Arnoud NED 1:48.62 1:45.64
3 244 Mutua Joseph KEN 1:44.71 1:43.33
4 426 Peterson Derrick USA 1:47.31 1:45.18
5 267 Laalou Amine MAR 1:47.34 1:45.20
6 372 Ismail Ismail Ahmed SUD 1:48.69 1:46.15

Heat 4 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 18:03

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
1 40 Pe?anha Fabiano BRA 1:46.20
2 259 Fiegen David LUX 1:47.87 1:45.96
3 388 Mwera Samwel TAN 1:46.23 1:45.94
4 287 Som Bram NED 1:46.36 1:43.98
5 43 Ramzi Rashid BRN 1:48.03 1:47.12
6 249 Al-Azemi Mohammad M. KUW 1:47.44

Heat 5 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 18:09

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
1 301 Aldabaji Abdal Salam PLE 1:50.58
2 24 Omey Tom BEL 1:48.05 1:45.75
3 114 Alemu Berhanu ETH 1:45.85 1:45.35
4 54 Reed Gary CAN 1:46.47 1:45.34
5 120 A?ssat Nicolas FRA 1:47.69 1:44.98
6 19 Nduwimana Jean-Patrick BDI 1:42.81

Heat 6 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 18:15

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2004 Personal
1 5 Arakelian Avetik ARM 1:47.42
2 265 Chehibi Mouhssin MAR 1:47.65 1:45.73
3 246 Yiampoy William KEN 1:45.80 1:42.91
4 128 Lacasse Florent FRA 1:47.10 1:44.61
5 42 Kamel Youssef Saad BRN 1:48.48 1:45.88
6 391 Begliyev Nazar TKM 1:54.07