@MIZ_TrackField to Host Annual Tom Botts Invitational, Schweizer Eyes 1500m School Record

Friday, April 20

Columbia, Mo.

4:30 PM CT

University of Missouri

Tom Botts Invitational

@MIZ_TrackField to Host Annual Tom Botts Invitational, Schweizer Eyes 1500m School Record

4/19/2018 6:47:00 PM | Track & Field

Mizzou will honor 17 Seniors on Saturday, including distance trio standouts Cunningham, Kempfer and Schweizer

TOM BOTTS INVITATIONAL
MEET	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	MEDIA
Tom Botts Invitational	Audrey J. Walton Stadium	April 20-21	Meet Schedule	Heat Sheets Live Results
NOTES: Meet Notes

MIZZOU TO HOST 21st ANNUAL TOM BOTTS INVITATIONAL, SCHWEIZER EYES 1500m SCHOOL RECORD

Mizzou Track & Field continues its 2018 outdoor campaign with its annual home meet, the Tom Botts Invitational, April 20-21 at Audrey J. Walton Stadium on the campus of the University of Missouri. The meet will be the 21st annual Tom Botts meet, which first began in 1997 (meet canceled in 2013).
Prior to the final event of the meet, Mizzou will hold its Senior Day as the Tigers plan to recognize 17 seniors for their contributions to the program during their time on campus. Included in the group of 17 seniors is a trio of distance standouts - Megan Cunningham, Jamie Kempfer and Karissa Schweizer. Combined, the three have amassed nine conference titles, 10 All-America honors and five national championships.
Schweizer, the most decorated student-athlete in Mizzou history in terms of national titles, will be making her final race appearance in Columbia, as she looks to set the school record in the 1500m run at 7:35 p.m. on Friday. It would be Schweizer's sixth school record, as she already holds the program's top marks in the indoor mile run (4:27.54), indoor 3000m run (8:41.60 - collegiate record), indoor 5000m run (15:17.31), outdoor 5000m run (15:18.69) and outdoor 10,000m run (32:00.55).
Mizzou's throws group has started the 2018 outdoor season off on the right foot, as five athletes have already posted program top-10 marks this season. At the Ole Miss Classic (March 31), sophomore Allie Webb checked in at No. 8 all-time with a mark of 44.11m (144-9). At the Arkansas Spring Invitational (March 23-24), redshirt junior Will Fife joined the top-10 list at No. 7 in the shot put at 18.58m (60-11.5), while freshman Megan Haley set a top-10 mark in the javelin, checking in at No. 9 with a throw of 43.40 (142-5). Mizzou's other two top-10 marks came at the CMU Open (March 17), as junior Becky Keating posted the second-best mark in program history in the hammer throw at 63.87m (209-6) and redshirt sophomore Patrick Kunza posted the eighth-best mark in the men's hammer throw at 62.70m (205-8).
With postseason competition right around the corner, 12 Mizzou athletes currently have 14 top-48 marks in the NCAA West region. The Tigers will have four more meets to set qualifying marks, as times/marks need to set by the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11-13).

MIZZOU RECORDS FIVE EVENT WINS AT JOHN MCDONNELL INVITATIONAL

Mizzou produced five event wins, all in field events at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 13-14). Coming away with victories for the Tigers was redshirt junior Gabi Jacobs in the discus, junior Becky Keating in the hammer throw, junior Karissa Roman in the high jump, redshirt junior Will Fife in the shot put and sophomore Allie Webb in the javelin.
In the women's discus, Jacobs recorded her third discus event win in four meets this season, as she recorded a season-best throw of 55.42m (181-10). Jacobs, the school record holder in the event, produced the throw in her sixth and final throw of the event. The Tiger junior, who entered the meet with the 20th-best discus throw (52.57m/172-6) in the west region, now ranks 12th in discus.
Keating posted a throw of 58.58m (192-2) in the hammer throw with her fourth toss. It is Keating's third event win in four meets this season, as she also placed first in the hammer throw at the CMU Open (March 17) and Arkansas Spring Invitational (March 23).
In the women's high jump, Roman place first as the lone competitor to clear 1.70m (5-7). The event win is her second of the season after she also won the high jump at the Ole Miss Classic (March 31).
Mizzou finished first and third in the men's shot put, as Fife posted a mark of 17.82m (58-5.75) to finish first, while redshirt junior Avery Carter finished third at 16.46m (54-0). In the women's javelin, Mizzou first and second, as Webb produced a mark of 43.74m (143-6), while freshman Megan Haley finished second at 40.05m (131-4).

SCHWEIZER SETS 10,000m SCHOOL RECORD AT STANFORD INVITATIONAL

Making her collegiate debut in the 10,000m run, Mizzou Track & Field senior Karissa Schweizer set the school record in a third-place finish in the 10,000m run at the Stanford Invitational (March 30). Schweizer finished third in the invitational heat behind professional runners Gwen Jorgenson (Nike – Bowerman TC) and Carrie Dimoff (Bowerman TC), crossing the finish line at 32:00.55, the eighth-best all-time mark in NCAA history, according to the USTFCCCA.
Schweizer led for parts and stayed near the front pack for the majority of the race, as her third-place finish at 32:00.55 is the top collegiate performance this season, and is eighth all-time on the collegiate list as she checks in behind Anna Rohrer's (Notre Dame) 2017 time of 31:58.99. Schweizer surpassed teammate redshirt junior Jamie Kempfer's previous school record mark of 33:09.67 by more than a full minute, a mark which Kempfer set at last year's Stanford Invitational. Schweizer now holds five school records, as she already holds the outdoor 5000m run (15:18.69), indoor mile run (4:26.54), indoor 3000m run (8:41.60) and indoor 5000m run (15:17.31). Each of Schweizer's indoor marks rank in the top-10 all-time on the collegiate list, while her outdoor 5000m run time ranks 19th.

FIVE SET RECORDS AT SFSU DISTANCE CARNIVAL

Mizzou had five runners set personal record marks in the 5000m run at the San Francisco State University Distance Carnival (March 30). Three Tigers finished in the top-50 in the women's race, as redshirt sophomore Jordyn Kleve finished 24th at 17:23.04, redshirt sophomore Sophia Racette finished 35th at 17:32.52 and junior Hannah Thomas finished 50th at 17:45.58. Racette and Thomas each set personal records. In the men's race, redshirt junior Zach Cook and redshirt sophomore Michael Widmann each set personals bests, finishing at 14:50.69 and 14:59.24, respectively.

WEBB AND FARMER POST PROGRAM TOP-10 MARKS AT OLE MISS CLASSIC

Mizzou had five runners set personal record marks in the 5000m run at the San Francisco State University Distance Carnival (March 30). Three Tigers finished in the top-50 in the women's race, as redshirt sophomore Jordyn Kleve finished 24th at 17:23.04, redshirt sophomore Sophia Racette finished 35th at 17:32.52 and junior Hannah Thomas finished 50th at 17:45.58. Racette and Thomas each set personal records. In the men's race, redshirt junior Zach Cook and redshirt sophomore Michael Widmann each set personals bests, finishing at 14:50.69 and 14:59.24, respectively.
Mizzou headed south for the Ole Miss Classic, where the Tigers recorded 19 top-five finishes, including 13 in field events, and two top-10 program marks. Sophomore Allie Webb and redshirt sophomore Samantha Farmer each produced program top-10 marks at the meet, as Webb improved her javelin personal record mark which ranks eighth all-time, while Farmer's time in the 3000m steeplechase was good enough to rank 10th.
Webb notched a third-place finish in the javelin with a toss of 44.11m (144-9), improving on her previous personal best of 43.62m (143-1), which she set at the CMU Open (March 17). The mark is just two inches short of passing Sandra Hampton's 2013 mark of 44.18m (144-11) to rank seventh. In the steeplechase, Farmer shaved six seconds off her personal record to post a time of 11:05.26 to finish third, as she surpasses Carolyn Rauen's 2006 mark of 11:05.46 to join Mizzou's top-10.
Three Tigers recorded event wins on the day, as redshirt senior Jerrad Mason won the 400m dash, junior Maya Cody and junior Karissa Roman won the high jump. Mason and Roman recorded personal records in their wins, as Mason crossed the finish line at 47.48 and Roman matched her personal best jump at 1.75m (5-8.75), while Cody crossed the finish line first at 11.76.