Track & Field Holds Top 25 Ranking
4/22/2014 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
April 22, 2014
Full Release (USTFCCCA)
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Tigers' track & field women have found themselves ranked in the top 25 of the nation once again, as released by the USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) on Tuesday. For the second consecutive week, the team landed at the No. 23 spot, the highest for the Tigers since the weekly rankings began in 2008.
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) holds more spots on the Top 25 list than any other conference with a total of eight teams, six of which are projected to finish in the top ten in the NCAA.
1. Texas A&M
2. Florida
5. Georgia
6. Kentucky
8. LSU
9. Arkansas
23. Missouri
25. Mississippi State
With two more meet weekends before the SEC Championships, the Tigers have already earned 25 All-Time Top Ten marks, one Missouri School Record, and 78 new personal records (PR's). The most recent of these came out of an exciting week for the Tigers which featured a series of meets in California as well as the SIUE Gateway Invitational, and the addition of six All-Time Top Ten marks and 40 PR's.
ALL-TIME TOP TEN UPDATES - WOMEN
| 3,000-meter Steeplechase | No. 2 | Courtney Wood (10:28.20) |
| 5,000-meter Run | No. 9 | Courtney Wood (16:36.55) |
| 10,000-meter Run | No. 3 | Kaitlyn Fischer (34:08.50) |
| Pole Vault |
No. 3 |
Heather Green (4.00m / 13-1.5) Alyssa Applebee (3.87m / 12-8.25) Maggie Givens (4.00m / 13-1.5) |
| High Jump | No. 10 | Morgan Whitson (1.78m / 5-10) |
| Shot Put | No. 2 | Jill Rushin (17.45m / 57-3) |
| Discus | No. 2 | Jill Rushin (52.49m / 172-2) |
| Javelin | No. 1 | Hailey Twietmeyer (51.17m / 167-10.5) |
| Heptathlon | No. 10 | Morgan Whitson (5,273) |
ALL-TIME TOP TEN UPDATES - MEN
| 400-meter Hurdles | No. 9 | Drake Stuedemann (52.52) |
| 3000-meter Steeplechase | No. 6 | Sam Dickerson (8:51.74) |
| 5,000-meter Run | No. 4 | Tyler Schneider (14:08.11) |
| Triple Jump |
No. 4 No. 6 |
Jonathan Ilori (15.70m / 51-6) Tony Carodine (15.36m / 50-4.75) |
| Javelin |
No. 10 |
Ser Whitaker (61.19m / 200-9) Macauley Garton (70.86m / 232-6) |
The team is on the road for the final time during the regular season this week, dividing their efforts between the Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Penn.), Drake Relays (Des Moines, Ia.), and the USD Triton Invitational (San Diego, Calif.). For the latest on your Tigers, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter @MIZ_TrackField.
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