Missouri
Central Missouri Classic
Rohr Has National-Leading S-R Weight Throw, Cantwell Has World First
2/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Feb. 22, 2008
WARRENSBURG, Mo. - Thank goodness it's Friday. A week after Nick Adcock broke Mizzou's school record in the heptathlon last Friday in Ames, Iowa, junior Chris Rohr (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and Tiger post-collegian Christian Cantwell put on quite a show at the Central Missouri Classic in Warrensburg, Mo., today. Rohr added nearly four feet to his personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 73 feet, ½ inches (22.26m) to break Cantwell's school record and add his name to the top of national leaderboard. Meanwhile, Cantwell, throwing to prep for Sunday's USATF Indoor Championships, threw an indoor personal best of 72-9¼ (22.18m) in the shot to and becomes the first to ever record all six throws over 70 feet in an indoor competition.
It was a monumental day for Rohr, Mizzou's only two-time All-American in the event.
"All-around it was just a great competition," said Rohr afterwards. "It all started with Nate [Englin]'s PR, and we all had fun with it. We were real professional about it, and we all know there is more to come for all of us."
Rohr broke Christian Cantwell's 2002 school record of 72-3¾ (22.04m). Cantwell - who traveled with the Tiger group and had a huge day as well (more on that later) - was on hand and offered his congratulations.
"He said, `Congrats, it's about time'. I'm looking forward to the next steps and getting after it," Rohr concluded.
Rohr's mark topped that of Kansas' Egor Agafonov on the national list. Agafonov, the defending NCAA and Big 12 Champion, has a season best of 72-7¼ (22.13m) entering the weekend. The two will meet next week at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lincoln.
Rohr also broke Witek Busse's UCM Fieldhouse record that has stood since 1997.
Junior Nate Englin (Mounds View, Minn.) got in on the party, throwing for a career best 66-9¼ (20.35m) while senior All-American Tyler Dailey (Joplin, Mo.) threw 66-7¾ (20.31m) to improve his season best. Altogether Rohr, Englin, Jason Morris, and Dailey make up four of the nation's top 16 in the event when adding national marks from before the weekend.
Now to Cantwell's monumental day.
Cantwell (Eldon, Mo.) may have recorded the best all-around indoor shot put competition of all-time today, becoming the first ever to record all six of his throws over 70 feet (21.34m). With his best throw of 72-9¼ (22.18m), Cantwell added to his all-time indoor personal best previously set in 2004 and becomes fifth-best all-time in the World in the event.
Cantwell, two-time USA Indoor Champ and 2004 World Indoor Champ, will tangle with an amazing American contingent of putters on Sunday at the USATF Indoor Championships in Boston. Last weekend, fellow American Adam Nelson became the fourth-best all-time with the current World-leading mark of 73-6 (22.40m).
ESPN2 will carry live coverage of the event Sunday beginning at 4 p.m., central.
Sophomore Andy Oaker (Steelville, Mo.) also had a PR-day with the shot in finishing third with a 57-5 (17.50m) toss.
The weekend isn't over for the Tigers. Several will compete tomorrow at the Missouri All-Comers in the Hearnes Fieldhouse all day Saturday.
Event 8 Men Weight Throw ================================================================================= Building: B 21.72m 1997 Witek Busse, Unattached DII Auto: A 19.00m DII Prov.: P 17.20m Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================================= 1 Rohr, Chris Missouri 22.26mB 73-00.50 21.04m 21.05m ND 20.78m 22.26m ND 2 Klenk, Robert Ashland University 21.10mA 69-02.75 19.72m 20.67m ND 20.62m 20.79m 21.10m 3 Englin, Nate Missouri 20.35mA 66-09.25 20.04m ND 20.35m 18.35m 18.57m ND 4 Dailey, Tyler Missouri 20.31mA 66-07.75 19.68m 19.65m ND 20.31m 19.89m 20.04m 5 Morris, Jason Missouri 18.97mP 62-03.00 18.97m ND ND ND 18.80m 18.97m
Event 10 Men Shot Put ================================================================================= Building: B 19.46m 1996 Brad Mears, Unattached DII Auto: A 17.40m DII Prov.: P 15.85m Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================================= 1 Cantwell, Christian Nike 22.18mB 72-09.25 21.46m 22.07m 21.79m 22.18m 21.98m 21.66m 2 Moore, Jaban Central Missouri 17.55mA 57-07.00 16.32m 16.86m 16.79m 17.55m 17.23m 17.44m 3 Oaker, Andy Missouri 17.50mA 57-05.00 17.50m FOUL FOUL FOUL 16.54m 16.47m 4 Englin, Nate Missouri 17.03mP 55-10.50 17.03m FOUL 16.49m FOUL FOUL FOUL 5 Frizzell, Drew Central Missouri 16.06mP 52-08.25 15.96m 15.88m 16.00m 15.93m FOUL 16.06m
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