Missouri
Husker Invitational
@MIZ_TrackField Heads to the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
1/31/2019 5:15:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Jacobs and Rivera to make their season debuts, four school record holders will be competing
| 44th Annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational | |||
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| MEET | LOCATION | DAY | MEDIA |
| Husker Invitational | Lincoln, Neb. | Friday, Feb. 1 - Saturday, Feb. 2 |
Meet Schedule Live Results |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track & Field continues its indoor season this Friday and Saturday, as the Tigers head on the road to the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska. Live results for the meet will be available through deltatiming.com.
On Friday, multi-events will kick off the meet at noon CT beginning with the heptathlon 60m dash and the pentathlon 60m hurdles. Then, field events will begin at 4:30 p.m. CT, starting with the men's weight throw, with track events to follow starting at 6 p.m. CT with women's 60m hurdles. On Saturday, the multi-events begin the day again starting at 9:30 a.m. CT with the heptathlon 60m hurdles, followed by field events beginning at 11:30 a.m. CT with the women's high jump. The track events on Saturday are split into sections, with the first being the early afternoon session beginning at 11:30 a.m. starting with the women's 200m dash, followed by the special invite session which starts at 2:10 p.m. with the women's 60m hurdles final.
In track events, Mizzou will have 23 athletes competing in 12 events, including 14 in special invite sections on Saturday afternoon. In the mile run, junior Kieran Wood (Cambridge, U.K.) will toe the line after setting the school record in the 3000m run at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Jan. 20, while redshirt sophomore Melissa Menghini (Fenton, Mo.) will run for the women. Menghini posted a personal record time of 4:49.39 in the mile run at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 20), and is just under two seconds away from cracking the program top-10 in that event.
In field events, redshirt senior Gabi Jacobs (Bloomington, Ill.) and redshirt sophomore Sophia Rivera (Brentwood, Mo.) will each be making their season debuts in the shot put on Saturday afternoon. Jacobs, a two-time NCAA Outdoor All-American in the discus, holds the No. 7 shot put mark in program history at 15.54m (51-0), while Rivera, a transfer from Wisconsin, holds a personal record mark of 16.47m (54-0.5) in the event. Her mark, which she set at the Shell Shocker Meet on Feb. 16, 2018, would rank fifth on Mizzou's top-10 list. Redshirt sophomore Emily Stauffer (Reinholds, Pa.), who holds the No. 8 shot put mark with a throw of 15.53m (50-11.5), will also be in competition for Mizzou.
Mizzou school record holders freshman Roberto Vilches (Mexico City, Mexico), redshirt sophomore Ja'Mari Ward (Cahokia, Ill.) and senior Valeria Kostiuk (Kiev, Ukraine) will also all be in competition in field events. Ward will compete in the long jump on Friday, while Vilches and Kostiuk will compete in the high jump on Saturday. Freshman Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Calif.), who holds the triple jump school record, will make her season debut in the long jump on Friday.
For all the latest on Mizzou Track & Field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MIZ_TrackField).
Mizzou Entries – Track Events
60m Dash, Men – Jayson Ashford, Khamri Thompson
60m Dash, Women – Maya Cody, Jazmyn Shumaker
200m Dash, Men – Jayson Ashford, Nylo Clarke, Eduardo Favela, Khamri Thompson
200m Dash, Women – Maya Cody, Morgan O'Neal, Jazmyn Shumaker
400m Dash, Men – Nylo Clarke, Eduardo Favela, Caulin Graves
400m Dash, Women – Morgan O'Neal
800m Run, Men – Robert Kuhlmann, Dylan Quisenberry
800m Run, Women – Michaela Hackbarth, Karina Liz, Jenna Lutzow, Emma Roth
Mile Run, Men – Zach Cook, Dustan Davidson, Martin Prodanov, Kieran Wood
Mile Run, Women – Tori Findley, Jenna Lutzow, Melissa Menghini, Mikayla Reed, Hannah Thomas
3000m Run, Women – Jordyn Kleve, Melissa Menghini, Hannah Thomas
60m Hurdles, Women – Morgan O'Neal
Mizzou Entries – Field Events
High Jump, Men – Landon Cuskelly, Roberto Vilches
High Jump, Women – Valeria Kostiuk
Long Jump, Men – Georgi Nachev, Ja'Mari Ward
Long Jump, Women – Arianna Fisher
Shot Put, Men – Will Fife
Shot Put, Women – Gabi Jacobs, Sophia Rivera, Emily Stauffer
Weight Throw, Men – Avery Carter, Patrick Kunza
Weight Throw, Women – CeCe Johnson, Becky Keating, Jordan McClendon, Sydney Oberdiek, Emily Stauffer
Mizzou Entries – Multi-Events
Heptathlon, Men – Jason Edwards
Pentathlon, Women – Suenomi Norinh
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