COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track and Field will begin the 2017 indoor season by competing in the Border Battle in Iowa City, Iowa against Iowa and Illinois on Friday, Jan. 6 and Saturday, Jan. 7. Making their season debuts in the Black & Gold will be 38 Tigers, 21 men and 17 women.
The meet is scheduled to begin on Friday with the men's and women's weight throw at 3 p.m. (CT), followed by the rest of the competition on Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT) with the field events. Running events is slated to begin at 2 p.m. (CT).
Among the Tiger notables who be making their season debuts include sophomore Kahmari Montgomery (Plainfield, Ill.), redshirt senior Drew White (Crystal City, Mo.), and sophomore Maya Cody (St. Louis, Mo.).
After two SEC titles in the 400m dash and two All-American Second Team performances in the 400m in 2016, Montgomery, will begin his sophomore campaign at the Border Battle. The 2016 SEC Freshman Runner of the Year will run in the 60m dash and 600m run. White, a 2016 All-SEC Second Team selection in cross country, will compete in the mile run at the border battle for the Tigers.
Cody, a member of the All-American 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams a season ago for the Tigers, will run in the 60m dash on Saturday.
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Tiger Lineup – Track Events
60m Dash, Men – Kahmari Montgomery
60m Dash, Women – Tsai-Anne Joseph, Maya Cody
Mile Run, Women – Samantha Farmer, Megan Cunningham, Elly DeTurris
Mile Run, Men – Ben Goodman, Drew White, Patrick Kearns, Tyler Gillam, Tim Johnson
400m Dash, Men – Beresford Sweeney
600m Run, Women – Karina Liz, Faramola Shonekan
600m Run, Men – Cain Winebrenner, Dylan Quisenberry, Michael Widmann, Robert Kulman, Mark Sheridan, Taylor Stephen, Kahmari Montgomery
1000m Run, Women – Bianca Mello, Bailey Hession
1000m Run, Men – Justin Loquercio, Brian Hernan, Thomas George
200m Dash, Women – Sydney Wells, Emma Vickers
3000m Run, Women – Kaelyn Balch
Tiger Lineup – Field Events
Weight Throw, Men – Patrick Kunza, Sean Harrell, Avery Carter, Ahren Bohanan
Shot Put, Women – Gabi Jacobs
Shot Put, Men – Avery Carter, Will Fife
High Jump, Women – Karissa Roman
Triple Jump, Women – Shammai Ilis, Destiny Brown