DES MOINES, Ia. - Mizzou Track & Field closed out one of their busiest weeks of the year on Saturday (April 25), closing out competitions at the Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Penn.), Drake Relays (Des Moines, Ia.), and Triton Invitational (San Diego, Calif.).  Among the highlights of the day was the Tigers' second Drake Relays title performance of the weekend, as junior Will Crocker cruised to an exciting win in the men's 1500m run.  All in all, the team returns to Columbia with seven personal records (PRs) and four new All-Time Top Ten marks.

Drake Relays

Crocker entered the meet already holding one of the top ten times in Mizzou history for the 1500m run, after he clocked through in 3:43.66 at the Stanford Invitational (April 3-4), good for the No. 4 position in the history books.  Although he was just shy of improving upon that time on Saturday with his 3:43.93 finish, Crocker proved why he will be a contender during post-season competition, pacing just off the shoulders of the leaders before swinging out for the lead with a lap to go.  Crocker is well-ranked as the championship portion of the season approaches, currently sitting well-within qualification for the NCAA West Preliminary Round with his 18th-place ranking.

Crocker is one of two Tigers to walk away from the weekend's competition with a Drake Relays title, after senior Macauley Garton placed firth in the javelin competition on Friday (April 24) morning with a PR toss of 71.51m (234-7).  He was joined in the competition by freshman Alex Pascal, who also notched a new PR en route to a fourth-place finish (64.20m / 210-7).

Also coming away with a pair of exciting performances were the junior Sam Dickerson and senior Courtney Wood, who both paced to fifth-place finish in the men's and women's 3000m steeplechase, respectively.  Wood clocked through with a season's best 10:30.81, within ten seconds of her current PR, and No. 2 All-Time mark in Mizzou history (10:21.32).

In the field events, senior Mitch Hatten once again marked in at 2.08m (6-9.75), tying his current outdoor PR to place eighth overall.

RESULTS: SATURDAY
Men's High Jump -  8. Mitch Hatten, 2.08m (6-9.75)
Women's Pole Vault -  13. Katrine Haarklau, 4.05m (13-3.50)
Men's Triple Jump -  8. Jonathan Ilori, 14.91m (48-11)w

Men's 1500m Run -  1. Will Crocker, 3:43.93
Men's 400m Hurdles -  12. Drake Stuedemann, 52.56
Women's 3000m Steeplechase -  5. Courtney Wood, 10:30.81
Men's 3000m Steeplechase - 5. Sam Dickerson, 9:01.99
Women's DMR -  12. (Schweizer, Wachter, Halamicek, Waymire), 11:52.31
Men's DMR - 13. (Keence, Winebrenner, Goodman, Cook), 10:13.81

RESULTS: FRIDAY
Women's High Jump - 10. Camille Hayes, 1.68m (5-6) // 15. Morgan Whitson, 1.63m (5-4.25)
Men's Javelin - 1. Macauley Garton, 71.51m (234-7) #3 // 4. Alex Pascal, 64.20m (210-7) #7

Men's 4x800m Relay - 13. (Goodman, Winebrenner, Sheridan, Dye), 7:43.83
Women's 4x400m Relay - 27. (Wells, Vickers, Lark, Halamicek), 3:59.31

RESULTS: THURSDAY
Women's 800m Run - 5. Liz Reida, 2:08.74
Women's 5000m Run - 9. Kaitlyn Fischer, 16:33.50 #9 // 21. Karissa Schweizer, 17:30.14
Women's 10,000m Run - 13. Courtney Brown, 35:54.06 // 24. Megan Cunningham, 36:46.41
Men's 10,000m Run - 15. Drew White, 31:08.95
Men's 4x1600m Run - 5. (Dickerson, Dubrick, Roe, Crocker), 16:36.44

PENN RELAYS

The Tigers ended the Penn Relays weekend with a trio of exciting performances, starting with the morning's triple jump competition, where junior Tony Carodine and freshman John Warren led the rest of the field with their first and second place finishes, respectively.  Carodine's top jump of 15.73m (51-7.25) was good for his first PR of the season and will keep him at No. 5 in the Mizzou Record Books.

The lone track event of the day came from junior Markesh Woodson, who qualified for Saturday's 100m dash final on Friday with his second place overall finish in the preliminary heats.  Woodson would repeat that placing during the finals, crossing in 10.41.

RESULTS: SATURDAY
Men's Triple Jump -  1. Tony Carodine, 15.73m (51-7.25) #5  //  2. John Warren, 15.58m (51-1.50)

Men's 100m Dash -  2. Markesh Woodson, 10.41

RESULTS: FRIDAY
Men's Long Jump - 15. Tony Carodine, 7.01m (23-0) // 17. John Warren, 7.00m (22-11.75)
Women's Triple Jump - 8. Shammai Ilis, 12.16m (39-10.75)

Men's 100m Dash - 2. Markesh Woodson, 10.40q
Women's 100m Dash - 16. LaQuisha Jackson, 11.92
Women's 100m Hurdles - 24. Valerie Thames, 14.51 // 25. Alyssa Felton, 14.66
Men's 400m Hurdles - 11. Jerrad Mason, 53.97 // 29. Andy Schuckenbrock, 54.99
Men's 4x200m Relay - 24. (Taylor, Schuckenbrock, Mason, Warren), 1:28.36
Women's 4x200m Relay - 19. (Jackson, Farquharson, Felton, Obi), 1:39.85
Men's Sprint Medley - 34. 3:44.68
Women's Sprint Medley - 33. 4:13.58

RESULTS: THURSDAY
Women's 400m Hurdles - 54. Valerie Thames, 1:05.95
Women's 4x400m Relay - 30. (Adewole, Farquharson, Jackson, Thames), 3:53.18

TRITON INVITATIONAL

The fourth and final meet of the weekend for the Tigers was held on the west coast, just in view of the Pacific Ocean, where seniors Kearsten Peoples and Jill Rushin took on the Triton Invitational  (San Diego, Calif.).  The pair started the meet on Friday with the discus and hammer, and closed with their third and final competition on Saturday with the shot put.  Rushin led the way with her seventh-place finish, second for collegians in the field, with a top toss of 17.31m (56-9.50).  Just behind her in eighth overall, third among collegians, was Peoples, who topped off at 16.81m (55-1.75).

RESULTS: SATURDAY
Women's Shot Put -  7. Jill Rushin, 17.31m (56-9.50)  //  8. Kearsten Peoples, 16.81m (55-1.75)

RESULTS: FRIDAY
Women's Discus - 11. Kearsten Peoples, 52.23m (171-4) // 25. Jill Rushin, 49.61m (162-9)
Women's Hammer - 4. Kearsten Peoples, 62.56m (205-3)

EMPORIA STATE MID-WEEK OPEN

RESULTS: WEDNESDAY
Women's Discus - 1. Jill Rushin, 48.41m (158-9) // 4. Kearsten Peoples, 41.45m (135-11)
Men's Discus - 5. Tanner Buschmann, 46.87m (153-9)
Women's Hammer - 5. Camille Hackamack, 49.31m (161-9)
Men's Hammer - 3. Ahren Bohanan, 56.15m (184-2) // 4. Nick Sublett, 52.64m (172-8) // 5. Sean Harrell, 48.42m (158-10)
Women's Javelin - 4. Jennifer Berilla, 37.99m (124-7)
Men's Javelin - 1. Macauley Garton, 71.10m (233-3)

The Tigers now look forward to their final meet of the regular season as they host the Tom Botts Invitational in Columbia on Friday (May 1) and Saturday (May 2) at the Audrey J. Walton Stadium.  For the latest on Mizzou Track & Field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter @MIZ_TrackField.