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Mizzou Open
McClendon Improves Top-5 National Mark in Weight Throw at Mizzou Open
1/25/2019 6:33:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Mizzou records 13 first-place finishes at the meet
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track & Field hosted the Mizzou Open on Friday at the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse, as the Tigers recorded 13 first-place finishes, including every field event it had entries in. Redshirt junior Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.) provided one of the many highlights of the meet, as she moved up the nation's leaderboard to fourth with her first place finish in the weight throw.
NOTABLE FINISHES
McClendon set a new personal record and finished first in the women's weight throw with a mark of 21.74m (71-4), which currently ranks as the fourth-best throw in the nation this season. The throw improved McClendon's No. 2 mark in program history as she continues to approach Kearsten Peoples' 2015 school record throw of 22.84m (74-11.25).
Dynamic freshmen Georgi Nachev (Yambol, Bulgaria) and Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Calif.) each recorded first place finishes in the triple jump, as Nachev produced a mark of 14.85m (48-8.75) and Fisher a jump of 12.44m (40-9.75).
In sprint events, Mizzou swept both the 60m dash and 200m dash, as senior Maya Cody (St. Louis, Mo.) won both in the women's events, while redshirt sophomore Ja'Mari Ward (Cahokia, Ill.) won the 60m dash and freshman Jayshon Ashford (Fairview Heights, Ill.) won the 200m dash for the women. Cody collected times of 7.56 and 24.91 in the 60m dash and 200m dash, respectively, for her victories, while Ward clocked a 6.87 in the 60m dash and Ashford a 21.85 in the 200m dash.
Also recording first-place finishes on the day was freshman Morgan O'Neal (Sylacauga, Ala.) in the 400m dash, junior Justin Loquercio (Mt. Prospect, Ill.) in the 3000m run, senior Valeria Kostiuk (Kiev, Ukraine) in the high jump, redshirt senior Will Fife (Jefferson City, Mo.) in the shot put, redshirt sophomore Emily Stauffer (Reinhold, Penn.) in the shot put and redshirt junior Patrick Kunza (Wentizville, Mo.) in the weight throw.
UP NEXT
Mizzou will next head to Lincoln, Neb., for the Husker Invitational, Feb. 1-2.
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MIZZOU RESULTS - TRACK EVENTS
60m Dash, Men – 1. Ja'Mari Ward, 6.87 (7.01Q) PR // 2. Nylo Clarke, 6.90 (6.91Q) // 5. Jayson Ashford, 6.96 (7.04Q) // 9. Khmari Thompson, 7.21
60m Dash, Women – 1. Maya Cody, 7.56 (7.70Q) // 3. Jazmyn Shumaker, 7.88 (7.91Q) // 14. Maya Puller, 8.54 // 15. Blair Widmer, 8.59 PR
200m Dash, Men – 1. Jayson Ashford, 21.85 // 4. Khmari Thompson, 22.82 PR // 11. Eduardo Favela, 23.29
200m Dash, Women – 1. Maya Cody, 24.91 // 2. Jazmyn Shumaker, 26.25 // 4. Morgan O'Neal, 26.53 // 13. Arianna Butler, 28.13
400m Dash, Men – 9. Cason Suggs, 53.62
400m Dash, Women – 1. Morgan O'Neal, 59.07 // 7. Faramola Shonekan 1:01.68 PR
600m Run, Women – 4. Lilly Hamilton, 1:47.31
800m Run, Women – 2. Michaela Hackbarth, 2:24.90 // 3. Emma Roth, 2:24.95 // 9. Erica Rideout, 2:28.92 // 11. Elly DeTurris, 2.32.35 // 13. Abby Hake, 2:34.91
Mile Run, Men – 4. Michael Widmann, 4:31.90 // 11. Stephen Mugeche, 4:38.42 PR
Mile Run, Women – 4. Susan Forbis, 5:25.45 // 8. Kayla Funkenbusch, 5:31.94
3000m Run, Men – 1. Justin Loquercio, 8:43.72 PR
3000m Run, Women – 2. Lexi Maddox, 10:35.07 // 3. Samantha Farmer, 10:41.89
60m Hurdles, Women – 4. Kalescia Thomas, 9.49 (9.48q)
MIZZOU RESULTS - FIELD EVENTS
High Jump, Women – 1. Valeria Kostiuk, 1.76m (5-9.25) // 4. Suenomi Norinh, 1.66m (5-5.25)
Triple Jump, Men – 1. Georgi Nachev, 14.85m (48-8.75)
Triple Jump, Women – 1. Arianna Fisher, 12.44m (40-9.75)
Shot Put, Men – 1. Will Fife, 18.10m (59-4.75) // 3. Avery Carter, 15.73m (51-7.25)
Shot Put, Women – 1. Emily Stauffer, 15.19m (49-10) // 11. Suenomi Norinh, 10.67m (35-0.25)
Weight Throw, Men – 1. Patrick Kunza, 19.61m (64-4) // 2. Avery Carter, 18.88m (61-11.5)
Weight Throw, Women –1. Jordan McClendon, 21.74 (71-4) PR, #2 // 2. Emily Stauffer, 18.16m (59-7) PR // 3. CeCe Johnson, 18.13m (59-5.75) // 4. Sydney Oberdiek, 17.33m (56-10.25)
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