Track Continues Travels With Weekend's Meyo Invite

Former footballer Jason Ray joins track and field squad

2/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field

Feb. 6, 2008

Meyo Invitational
February 8-9, 2008

South Bend, Ind.
Loftus Center

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Meet Schedule:
Friday: 5:00-10:00 p.m. (ET)
Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m. (ET)
Track: Indoor 352 yards (321.9m), oversized
Host: Notre Dame
Scoring: none
Teams: (43 scheduled) Alabama, Auburn, Ball State, Butler, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Georgia State, Guelph, Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana, Indiana State, Iowa, Lewis, Lindenwood, Louisville, Loyola (Ill.), Marquette, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Notre Dame, Ohio Northern, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Syracuse, Tiffin, Toronto, UAB, Valparaiso, Vanderbilt, Western Illinois, Western Michigan, Wichita State, Wisconsin, York University

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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Here we go, again. Another week of travel for the Missouri track and field teams awaits as the squads will compete in this weekend's Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Ind., site of the University of Notre Dame. Coming off a week that featured a great team showing at Penn State's Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup and a hectic weekend of travel, some Tigers, including the throwers, will get the week off, while Tiger distance staples will look to increase their shot of national qualification by running on the Irish's oversized, 354 yard track.

Football's Jason Ray Joins Squad
The men's team added one to the group this week, former Tiger football co-captain Jason Ray (Porter, Okla.). Ray, a wide-receiver on this year's AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Championship team, will show his stuff in this weekend's meet, entered in the 200-meter dash. Ray brings the count of multi-sport athletes on the current track and field squad to two. John Thies (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), a former pitcher on the Tiger baseball team, will pick up the javelin starting this March.

This Weekend, It's About Going the Distance
The next two weekends are critical to the national-qualifying of distance runners around the country. The Tigers handle the situation by running on oversized tracks as is at this weekend's Meyo meet and at next weekend's Iowa State Classic.

Tiger junior Tim Cornell (Columbia, Mo.) could land a spot in the Meyo Mile, a race that perennially sees the top names in the country push the four-minute mark. Juniors Dan Hedgecock and Garett Jeffries look to feed off the momentum gained last weekend in their races at 3000 meters. The duo led Mizzou to a 1-3 finish in the event last time out to all-but clinch a team victory for the Tiger men at Penn State. Speaking of momentum, the Tiger 4x400-meter relay team of two freshmen and two sophomores will be on the track again this weekend, looking to better their 3:12.99 season best set last weekend.

Season Tidbits
Here are some things you may not know:

KEEP HURDLIN': Sophomore Nick Adcock (Kansas City, Mo.) is a decathlete, but early this season he's been able to enjoy some great success in the 60-meter hurdles. Adcock smashed his season-entering PR of 8.37 by running 8.22 and breaking Mizzou's record at the Missouri Invitational. Since, Adcock, in seven races, has never been slower than the past school record of 8.24 set last year by 8,000-point decathlete Hans Uldal. Adcock has also not finished worse than fifth in an event final this season. … Junior JaNay Woolridge (Jessup, Md.) is also doing well in the hurdles, having clocked a PR 8.72 last weekend, Woolridge has also never been outside the top four in any race this season.
WEIGHED FINISHES: We talked about Chris Rohr being undefeated this year, but Jason Morris and Tyler Dailey, who round out Mizzou's top three this season has also not finished outside of the top three in a competition at any point in the season. … Nearly the same can be said of Shernelle Nicholls and Krishna Lee in the shot. Nicholls had placed first in all five events this season, but one. Lee has taken second in all five shot events this season, but one. The one? Lee took first over Nicholls at the KSU All-Comers meet on December 8.

Updates to Mizzou's All-Time Top 10 List
There have been a lot of additions to the All-Time Mizzou lists to begin the season. Here's what has changed so far in the 2008 indoor season.

MEN

60-meter Dash
1	Carlos Posey	6.70		Feb 24, 1999	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Manhattan, Kan.
2	Greg Bracey	6.80		Jan 27, 2006	Wildcat Invitational	Manhattan, Kan.
3	Martez Young	6.81		Feb 1, 1997	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.
4	Marquis Davis	6.83		Jan 17, 2003	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
5	Shomari Benton	7.00	qual	Feb 3, 2001	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.
6	Damian Dean	7.05		Jan 29, 2000	TRI: Kansas-Kansas State	Lawrence, Kan.
7	Knut Sommerfeldt	7.10		Jan 12, 2001
8	Hans Uldal	7.13	hept	Feb 25, 2005	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
8	David Shanks	7.13		Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Conference Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
10	Ochuko Ekpere	7.14		Jan 29, 2000	TRI: Kansas-Kansas State	Lawrence, Kan.

60-meter Hurdles
1	Nick Adcock	8.16		Jan 19, 2008	Jayhawk Invitational	Lawrence, Kan.
2	Hans Uldal	8.24	hept	Mar 10, 2007	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
3	Knut Sommerfeldt	8.27		Feb 22, 2003	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
4	Espen Strindeberg	8.28		Jan 19, 2001
5	Brandon Goebbert	8.42		Jan 14, 2005	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
6	Bjorn Sommerfeldt	8.44	hept	Feb 24, 2007	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
7	Brian Johnson	8.50		Jan 11, 2001
8	Marcus James	8.66		Feb 21, 2004	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
9	Lars Rise (Fr.)	8.88		Jan 19, 2008	Jayhawk Invitational	Lawrence, Kan.
10	Sterling Hayden	8.92		Feb 4, 2006	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.

Pole Vault
1	Brian Hancock	5.21m	17-1	Jan 11, 2008	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
2	Tom Jordan	5.20m	17-¾	Feb 22, 1992	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
3	Justine Calame	5.05m	16-6¾	Feb 21, 1997	Big 12 Indoor Championships
4	Brad Hasler	5.05m	16-6¾	Feb 23, 1991	Big Eight Indoor Championships	Columbia, Mo.
5	Bryan Dwight	5.00m	16-4¾	Feb 13, 1993	Iowa State Classic	Ames, Iowa
6	Brandon Goebbert	5.00m	16-4¾	Feb 19, 2005	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
7	Leland Fletcher	4.97m	16-4	Mar 1, 1975	Big Eight Indoor Championships
8	John Fewell	4.97m	16-4	Mar 7, 1981	Cyclone National Qualifier	Ames, Iowa
9	Dave Brodhacker	4.95m	16-3	Feb 26, 1983	Big Eight Indoor Championships
10	Andy Zawislak Jim Borcherding	4.91m	16-1½	Jan 27, 1978 Jan 23, 1974

Weight Throw
1	Christian Cantwell	22.04m	72-3¾	Jan 26, 2002	TRI: Kansas-Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.
2	Russ Bell	21.72m	71-3¼	Mar 9, 2002	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
3	Micah Shanks	21.60m	70-10½	Feb 8, 2002	Iowa State Classic	Ames, Iowa
4	Chris Rohr	21.13m	69-4	Mar 9, 2007	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
5	Tyler Dailey	20.87m	68-5¾	Mar 9, 2007	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
6	Jason Morris	20.32m	66-7¾	Feb 2, 2008	Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup	State College, Pa.
7	Bobby Musil	20.31m	66-7¾	Feb 17, 2007	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
8	Nate Englin	19.82m	65-½	Feb 24, 2006	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
9	Adam Burla	17.79m	58-4½	Feb 4, 2005	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.
10	Dave Borchardt	17.44m	57-2¾	Feb 17, 2006	CMSU Open	Warrensburg, Mo.

WOMEN

60-meter Dash
1	Avis Evans	7.60	Jan 19, 2001	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
2	Pam Page	7.74	Mar 7, 1980	AIAW Indoor Championships	Columbia, Mo.
3	Whittney Stuart	7.80	Feb 19, 2005	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
4	Janae Strickland	7.93	Feb 3, 2001	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.
5	Keyonna Smith (Fr.)	7.94	Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
5	Lana Mims (Fr.)	7.94	Feb 3, 2007	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.
7	Fiona Asigbee	8.04	Feb 10, 2001	Iowa State Classic	Ames, Iowa
7	JaNay Woolridge	8.04	Jan 27, 2007	Purdue Edmonds Cup	West Lafayette, Ind.
9	Lauren Begany	8.05	Jan 20, 2007	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
9	Margaret Ibe	8.05	Feb 1, 2003	Illinois Quad	Champaign, Ill.

600-yard Run
1	Rosalyn Dunlap	1:18.56	Feb 27, 1982	Big Eight Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
2	Natasha Kaiser	1:19.82	Feb 19, 1988	Missouri Intercollegiate	Columbia, Mo.
3	Dana Glidden	1:21.64	Feb 18, 1979	Big Eight Indoor Championships
4	Nicki Webber	1:21.99	Feb 27, 1993	Big Eight Indoor Championships
5	Cyd Thomas	1:22.5h	Feb 21, 1986		Champaign, Ill.
6	Ashley Wysong	1:23.41	Jan 30, 1999	TRI: Bradley-UMKC	Columbia, Mo.
7	Layne Moore (Fr.)	1:23.66	Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
8	Val Sauer	1:23.79	Feb 17, 1989	Missouri Intercollegiate	Columbia, Mo.
9	Trisa Nickoley	1:23.83	Jan 20, 2007	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
10	Ann Heffner	1:24.14	Dec 5, 1992	Missouri Holiday Invitational	Columbia, Mo.

1000-meter Run
1	Dana Glidden	2:45.41	Mar 8, 1980	AIAW Indoor Championships	Columbia, Mo.
2	Ashley Patten	2:45.96	Feb 26, 2005	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
3	Trisa Nickoley	2:46.34	Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
4	Sunny Gilbert	2:47.37	Feb 26, 2000	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
5	Kerry Hils	2:47.84	Feb 26, 2000	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
6	Val Sauer	2:50.39	Feb 10, 1990	Husker Invitational	Lincoln, Neb.
7	Ellen Ries	2:51.13	Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
8	Bonnie Yuen	2:51.26	Feb 24, 1989
9	Erin Windler	2:51.30	Feb 22, 1997	Big 12 Indoor Championships
10	Amanda Bales	2:52.12	Feb 28, 2003	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.

60-meter Hurdles
1	Teri LeBlanc	8.53		Feb 24, 1989	Big Eight Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
2	Fiona Asigbee	8.58	hept	Feb 28, 2003	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
3	Pam Page	8.62		Mar 8, 1980	AIAW Indoor Championships	Columbia, Mo.
4	JaNay Woolridge	8.72	qual	Feb 2, 2008	Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup	State College, Pa.
5	Kaela Rorvig	8.75	qual	Feb 2, 2008	Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup	State College, Pa.
6	Michelle Moran	8.79		Feb 24, 2001	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
7	Jemma Archibald	8.83	qual	Feb 22, 2002	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
8	Rannevig Kvalvik	8.86		Feb 6, 1999	Cyclone Invitational	Ames, Iowa
9	Daarina Al-Uqdah	8.91	qual	Feb 25, 2000	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
10	Jill Aholt	9.05		Feb 4, 2000	Meyo Invitational	South Bend, Ind.

Long Jump
1	Lorinda Richardson	6.59m	21-7½	Feb 27, 1987	Big Eight Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
2	Teri LeBlanc	6.26m	20-6½	Mar 10, 1989	NCAA Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Ind.
3	Kellee Eubanks	6.11m	20-½	Feb 24, 1984	Big Eight Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
4	Rose Jackson	6.10m	20-¼	Mar 2, 1984	BYU Last Chance	Provo, Utah
5	Sherri Hines	6.05m	19-10½	Dec 3, 1988	MTCCCA	Columbia, Mo.
6	Felecia Allen	6.03m	19-9½	Dec 3, 1988	MTCCCA	Columbia, Mo.
7	JaNay Woolridge	5.87m	19-3¼	Feb 23, 2007	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
7	Linda Spenst	5.87m	19-3¼	Feb 27, 1982	Big Eight Indoor Championships
9	Fiona Asigbee	5.86m	19-2¾	Jan 17, 2003	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
10	Kaela Rorvig	5.82m	19-1	Jan 11, 2008	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.

Shot Put
1	Janae Strickland	16.41m	53-10¼	Mar 14, 2003	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
2	Shernelle Nicholls	16.36m	53-8	Jan 26, 2008	Big 12-MWC Challenge	Lincoln, Neb.
3	Krishna Lee	15.67m	51-5	Feb 24, 2007	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
4	Elizabeth Robe	15.05m	49-4½	Feb 24, 2007	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Ames, Iowa
5	Lindsey Markworth	15.03m	49-3¾	Feb 26, 2005	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
6	Stephanie Stean	15.01m	49-3	Feb 15, 1992	Iowa State Classic	Ames, Iowa
7	Elisha Hunt	14.51m	47-7¼	Jan 12, 2007	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
8	Kendra Richardson	14.44m	47-4½	Feb 25, 2006	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
9	Mary Hyder	14.06m	46-1¾	Feb 5, 1983	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
10	Cydne Ryan	13.98m	45-10½	Feb 25, 1989	Big Eight Indoor Championships

Weight Throw
1	Elisha Hunt	20.79m	68-2½	Mar 10, 2007	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.
2	Krishna Lee	19.33m	63-5	Feb 2, 2008	Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup	State College, Pa.
3	Holly Scherder	18.86m	61-10½	Feb 27, 2004	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
4	Kendra Richardson	18.45m	60-6½	Feb 24, 2006	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
5	Elizabeth Robe	18.30m	60-½	Feb 24, 2006	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lincoln, Neb.
6	Shernelle Nicholls	18.22m	59-9¼	Feb 2, 2008	Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup	State College, Pa.
7	Ann Snider	17.90m	58-8¾	Jan 16, 2004	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.
8	Heather White	17.54m	57-6½	Feb 13, 1999	Missouri All-Comers	Columbia, Mo.
9	Brooke Ennen	17.48m	57-4¼	Feb 15, 2003	Iowa State Classic	Ames, Iowa
10	Denise Gilmore	17.15m	56-3¼	Jan 13, 2006	Missouri Invitational	Columbia, Mo.