April 25, 2014
Senior Landon Wachter | Photo by Clayton Hotze
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Tigers' final regular season weekend on the road continued Friday as the teams took on the three top meets of the weekend with the Drake Relays (Des Moines, Ia.), Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Penn.) and the Triton Invitational (San Diego, Calif.). Between the two Relays alone, half of the top-25 teams in the NCAA are hitting the track this weekend, including the Mizzou women, who were put at No. 23 in the April 22nd release.
The weekend kicked off at Emporia State on Wednesday, with the women's second Missouri School Record performance of the season. Junior Kearsten Peoples out-threw her own record in the discus, winning the event with a best toss of 57.31m (188-0.5). Junior Jill Rushin and senior Katie Evans also earned new personal records (PR's) in the event to place second and third, respectively.
The trio rounded out the meet with another 1-2-3 finish, this time in the shot put, before departing for San Diego, Calif., and the USD Triton Invitational. Their events there started Friday with the hammer and discus, and will continue into Saturday with the shot put.
On the east coast were some of the men from the sprints and horizontal jumps group at the Penn Relays. The sole individual competitor of the day was sophomore Markesh Woodson, who took to the blocks for the first time this season in the 100-meter dash. He finished 11th in the preliminary round with a final time of 10.69, qualifying for the finals on Saturday.
Rounding out the day's performances was the group at the Drake Relays, which saw six top ten finishes in the elite fields. Included among those was senior Shinelle Proctor, who placed fourth in the women's high jump with a final bar of 1.76m (5-9.25), a mere half-inch off of her current PR.
The men's and women's 4x800-meter relay teams were the only competitors on the track in Des Moines on Friday. The women placed third overall in 8:45.14 with senior Alison Ross, junior Landon Wachter, and freshmen Kayla Wolf and Teylar Adelsberger.
The men's team placed eighth in 7:38.93 with senior Jon Hughes as the anchor leg and the remaining three spots filled by true freshmen, T.J. Carey, Cody Johnson, and Cain Winebrenner.
Events will continue at all three meets on Saturday. For the latest on your Tigers, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter @MIZ_TrackField.
EMPORIA STATE MID-WEEK OPEN
WEDNESDAY - RESULTS
Women's Shot Put - 1. Kearsten Peoples, 17.20m (56-5.25) | 2. Jill Rushin, 16.64m (54-7.25) | 3. Katie Evans, 15.27m (50-1.25) #8
Women's Discus - 1. Kearsten Peoples, 57.31m (188-0.5) MR SR | 2. Jill Rushin, 53.39m (175-2.25) #2 | 3. Katie Evans, 49.84m (163-6.5) #10
Women's Hammer - 2. Kearsten Peoples, 52.47m (172-2) | 6. Camille Hackamack, 46.81m (153-7.25)
Men's Hammer - 2. Brian Duncan, 59.52m (195-3.5) | 5. Ahren Bohanan, 52.29m (171-7)
Women's Javelin - 1. Hailey Twietmeyer, 50.01m (164-1.25) MR | 6. Sandra Hampton, 37.04m (121-6.50) | 12. Jennifer Berilla, 34.64m (113-8)
Men's Javelin - 2. Macauley Garton, 71.02m (233-0.25) #3
DRAKE RELAYS
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FRIDAY - RESULTS
Women's 4x800m Relay - 3. (Landon Wachter, Kayla Wolf, Teylar Adelsberger, Alison Ross), 8:45.14
Men's 4x800m Relay - 8. (T.J. Carey, Cody Johnson, Cain Winebrenner, Jon Hughes), 7:38.93
Women's High Jump - 4. Shinelle Proctor, 1.76m (5-9.25) | 8. Camille Hayes, 1.72m (5-7.75) | 15. Morgan Whitson, 1.68m (5-6)
Women's Javelin - 6. Hailey Twietmeyer, 48.11m (157-10) | 17. Sandra Hampton, 40.54m (133-0)
Men's Javelin - 5. Macauley Garton, 62.85m (206-2)
SATURDAY - SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. Men's High Jump (Tyler Donels | Mitch Hatten)
10:15 a.m. Women's Pole Vault (Alyssa Applebee | Maggie Givens | Heather Green | Katrine Haarklau)
12:15 p.m. Men's Hammer (Brian Duncan)
12:40 p.m. Men's Distance Medley
1:10 p.m. Women's Distance Medley
1:50 p.m. Men's 800m Run (Will Crocker)
PENN RELAYS
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FRIDAY - RESULTS
Men's 100m Dash, prelim - 11. Markesh Woodson, 10.69q
Men's 110m Hurdles - 23. Kyle Smith, 14.59
Men's 4x100m Relay - 30. (Markesh Woodson, Kyle Smith, Nadum Member-Meneh, Jerrad Mason), 41.70
Men's 4x200m Relay - 27. (Nadum Member-Meneh, Jerrad Mason, Jonathan Ilori, Tre Chambers), 1:28.63
Men's 4x400m Relay - 49. 3:22.52
SATURDAY - SCHEDULE
3:45 p.m. Men's 100m Dash Final (Markesh Woodson)
2:00 p.m. Men's Triple Jump (Tony Carodine | Jonathan Ilori)
TRITON INVITATIONAL
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FRIDAY - RESULTS
Women's Hammer - 8. Kearsten Peoples, 58.52m (192-0) | 37. Katie Evans, 45.20m (148-3)
Women's Discus - 6. Jill Rushin, 51.62m (169-4) | 11. Kearsten Peoples, 48.31m (158-6) | 19. Katie Evans, 45.93m (150-8)
SATURDAY - SCHEDULE
11:00 a.m. Women's Shot Put (Katie Evans | Kearsten Peoples | Jill Rushin)