Missouri
Larry Wieczorek Invitational
Wood Sets School Record at Wieczorek Invitational
1/19/2019 7:48:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Wood sets the 3000m run school record and meet record
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track & Field closed the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with one school record and three overall program top-10 marks set Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa. Running in his first collegiate track meet in the United State, junior Kieran Wood (Cambridge, U.K.) set a meet record and the school record in the 3000m run, while redshirt freshman Jayson Ashford (Fairview Heights, Ill.) and redshirt senior Will Fife (Jefferson City, Mo.) posted program top-10 marks in the 60m dash and shot put, respectively.
NOTABLE FINISHES
Wood, who earned All-SEC Second Team and NCAA All-Midwest Regional Team honors during the cross country season, placed first in the 3000m run with a time of 8:04.03. Wood's time was a meet record, eclipsed Tim Ross' mark of 8:04.86 as the top time ran in program history, and currently ranks as the second-fastest time ran in the NCAA this season.
A day after moving up from ninth to eighth in the 200m dash on the all-time top-10 list, Ashford joined the top-10 list in the 60m dash. The Tiger freshman recorded a time of 6.85 in a sixth-place finish the premier finals. Sophomore Nylo Clarke (Riverside, Mo.) recorded a fourth-place finish in the Olympic development heat of the 60m dash, as he recorded times of 6.89 in the preliminaries and 6.90 in the finals.
In the shot put, Fife joined the Mizzou top-10 list at No. 10 as he recorded a second-place finish with a toss of 18.25m (59-10.5). Fife has improved his shot put personal record two times in three meets this season, as he entered the season with a mark of 17.71m (58-1.25) before throwing 18.00m (59-0.75) at the Missouri Holiday Opener (Dec. 8).
For the women, senior Maya Cody (St. Louis, Mo.) and freshman Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Calif.) each posted third place finishes in their respective events. Cody finished third in the 60m dash at 7.51, while Fisher posted a third-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 12.47m (40-11).
UP NEXT
Mizzou will return to Columbia for its next meet, as the Tigers will host the Mizzou Open Friday, Jan. 25 at the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse.
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MIZZOU RESULTS - TRACK EVENTS
60m Dash, Men Premier – 6. Jayson Ashford, 6.85 (6.89q) PR, #9
60m Dash, Men Olympic Development – 4. Nylo Clarke, 6.90 (6.89q) // 11. Khamri Thompson, 7.14
60m Dash, Women Premier – 3. Maya Cody, 7.51 (7.55Q)
60m Dash, Women Olympic Development –10. Jazmyn Shumaker, 7.92
400m Dash, Men – 7. Eduardo Favela, 50.47
800m Run Premier, Men – 2. Chris Conrad, 1:51.36 // 5. Dustan Davidson, 1:52.39
800m Run, Men – 1. Robert Kuhlmann, 1:53.55 // 8. Dylan Quisenberry, 1:55.75
800m Run Premier, Women – 7. Jenna Lutzow, 2:19.73 // 8. Karina Liz, 2:22.87
800m Run, Women – 6. Faramola Shonekan, 2:18.84 PR
Mile Run Premier, Men – 8. Martin Prodanov, 4:09.06
Mile Run, Men – 5. Zach Cook, 4:17.26
Mile Run Premier, Women – 7. Melissa Menghini, 4:49.39 PR // 11. Tori Findley, 4:53.70 PR // 20. Mikayla Reed, 5:05.74
3000m Run, Men – 1. Kieran Wood, 8:04.03 PR, SR
60m Hurdles, Men – 12. Jason Edwards, 9.01
60m Hurdles, Women – 13. Suenomi Norinh, 9.14
4x400m Relay Premier, Men – 9. Jayson Ashford, Nylo Clarke, Eduardo Favela, Caulin Graves, 3:14.87
4x400m Relay Premier, Women – 11. Morgan O'Neal, Maya Cody, Jazmyn Shumaker, Karina Liz, 3:57.65
MIZZOU RESULTS - FIELD EVENTS
Triple Jump, Men – 3. Georgi Nachev, 15.03m (49-3.75)
Triple Jump, Women – 3. Arianna Fisher, 12.47m (40-11)
Shot Put, Men – 2. Will Fife, 18.25m (59-10.5) PR, #10
Shot Put, Women – 5. Emily Stauffer, 15.35m (50-4.5)
