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Mizzou Holiday Opener
#Mizzou Track & Field Posts Three Top-10 Program Marks, Four Meet Records at Mizzou Holiday Opener
12/6/2019 7:31:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Freshman Mara Hausler records second-best triple jump in school history.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou Track & Field recorded 16 first-place finishes at Friday's Mizzou Holiday Opener in Columbia, Mo, including five meet records and three new program top-10 marks. Freshman Mara Häusler (Stralsund, Germany) had an impressive debut for Mizzou, recording the second-best triple jump performance in program history with a mark of 12.87m (42-2.75).
While Häusler moved into second-place in program history, two other Tigers posted top-ten performances. Junior Nylo Clarke (Riverside, Mo.) posted the fourth-best performance in Mizzou indoor track history with a 6.75 second time in the 60m Dash. Meanwhile, junior Sydney Oberdiek (Platte City, Mo.) moved into tenth-place all-time in the Weight Throw by finishing second with a mark of 18.73m (61-5.5).
On the track, Clarke had impressive performances in both the 60m dash and the 4x400 relay. He set a personal best in the 60m with a final time of 6.75, beating his previous best that was set last January at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational. Clarke also contributed to a first-place finish in the 4x400m relay. The team broke the previous meet record for the men's 4x400 by more than ten seconds with a final time of 3:24.41. The women's 4x400 relay also set a new meet record, finishing in first with a final time of 4:04.75.
Five Tigers set meet records, including redshirt senior Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.), who finished in first place in the weight throw with a mark of 21.36m, besting the previous mark by more than three meters. Sophomore Mitch Weber (Saint Clair, Minn.) set a meet record in the shot put with a mark of 17.51m in his first competition for the Tigers.
Redshirt sophomore Ethan Hanson (Palatine, Ill.), senior Caulin Graves (Kansas City, Mo.) and sophomore Morgan O'Neal (Sylacauga, Ala.) all set personal records in their respective competitions. Hanson finished third in the weight throw behind teammate Patrick Kunza (Wentzville, Mo.) Hanson threw for a mark of 16.83m, his best at Mizzou. Graves finished just behind teammate Clarke in the 60m dash, finishing with a personal best time of 6.87. O'Neal, who finished first in the women's 60m hurdles, recorded her fastest time as a Tiger. She finished in 9.17, just shy of a meet record.
Other first place finishers include redshirt sophomore Shannon Browning (Burke, Va.), sophomore Cason Suggs (Washington, Mo.), sophomore Georgi Nachev (Yambol, Bulgaria), sophomore Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Cali.), redshirt sophomore Jayson Ashford (Fairview Heights, Ill.), freshman Chris McKinzy Jr. (Raymore, Mo.), redshirt senior Karissa Roman (Kewanee, Ill.), redshirt junior Ja'Mari Ward (Cahokia, Ill.) and redshirt junior Emily Stauffer (Reinholds, Penn.).
Browning and Suggs finished first in their respective 600m races as Browning finished with a time of 1:39.09, and Suggs with a time of 1:26.40. Fisher took first place in the women's 60m dash with a final time of 7.74, while Ashford won the men's 200m dash with a top time of 21.55. McKinzy took first in his first collegiate competition with a 60m hurdles time of 8.46.
In the field events, Nachev took first place in the triple jump, winning the title at the Mizzou Holiday Opener for a second consecutive year. He finished with a mark of 15.24m. Veteran Roman won the women's high jump with a final mark of 1.70m, while Ward finished first in the men's long jump with a jump of 7.85m. Finally, Stauffer won the women's shot put for the second year in a row with a top mark of 15.21m.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Brett Halter… "Today was very indicative of a great fall. Our teams have been invested since we started school and it showed today. We're very pleased with the efforts on the track coupled with our competitive integrity. It was fun to see all of our newcomers in black and gold, just an exciting day. We had a lot of good stuff happen across the board."
"The next four weeks will be critical with our student-athletes and their ability to find a way, regardless of their conditions at home over break, to maintain their current state of physical readiness. We don't have time to blink when we get back, we can't make it up. They know what they have to do. We'll get back here in early January and get to work."
UP NEXT
Mizzou now heads into the holiday break before returning to Columbia on Friday, January 17 for the Missouri Intercollegiate. The meet will be the second of four home meets for the Tigers during the indoor season. For all the latest on Mizzou Track & Field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouTFXC).
RESULTS - TRACK EVENTS
60m Dash, Men – 1. Nylo Clarke, 6.75 (PR) // 2. Caulin Graves, 6.87 (PR) // 3. Ja'Mari Ward, 6.90 // 4. Nyles Thomas, 7.02
60m Dash, Women – 1. Arianna Fisher, 7.74 // 5. Mara Hausler, 8.08 // 6. Lana Dorsey, 8.09
200m Dash, Men – 1. Jayson Ashford, 21.55 // 3. Jacob Brunsman, 22.79 // 4. Blake Hays, 22.99 // 5. Eduardo Favela, 23.08 // 8. David Buckner 23.24
600m Run, Men – 1. Cason Suggs, 1:26.40
600m Run, Women – 1. Shannon Browning 1:39.09 // 2. Faramola Shonekan 1:41.00 // 4. Richelle Bain, 1:58.17
Mile Run, Women – 2. Abby Hake, 5:45.31
60m Hurdles, Men - 1. Chris McKinzy Jr. 8.46 // 3. Zachary Charles, 8.64 // 5. Jason Edwards 9.03
60m Hurdles, Women – 1. Morgan O'Neal 9.17 (PR) // 2. Arielle Mack 9.35 // 3. Arianna Butler 9.49
4x400m Relay, Men – 1. Jayson Ashford, Nylo Clarke, Caulin Graves, Eduardo Favela, 3:24.41 (MR) // 2. Brunsman, Hays, Suggs, Charles 3:26.48 // 3. David Buckner, Isaiah Haggerty, Nyles Thomas, Rob Kuhlmann 3:29.10
4x400m Relay, Women – 1. Shannon Browning, Maya Puller, Arianna Butler, Morgan O'Neal 4:04.75 (MR)
RESULTS - FIELD EVENTS
High Jump, Men – 2. DaJuan Young, 2.00m (6-6.75)
High Jump, Women – 1. Karissa Roman, 1.70m (5-7) // 2. Marissa Jensen 1.65m (5-5) // 3. Arielle Mack, 1.60m (5-3)
Long Jump, Men - 1. Ja'Mari Ward 7.85m (25-9.25)
Pole Vault, Men - 2. Jason Edwards 4.60m (15-1)
Triple Jump, Women – 1. Mara Hausler, 12.87m (42-2.75) #2 // 2. Arianna Fisher, 12.59m (41-3.75) // 3. Euphenie Andre, 12.41m (40-8.75)
Triple Jump, Men – 1. Georgi Nachev, 15.24m (50-0)
Shot Put, Men – 1. Mitchell Weber 17.51m (57-5.25) // 3. Devin Roberson 15.81m (51-10.25) // 4. Ethan Hanson 15.76m (51-8.5) // 6. Jason Edwards 13.39 (43-11.25)
Shot Put, Women – 1. Emily Stauffer, 15.21m (49-11) // 2. Emily Offenheiser, 14.26m (46-9.5) // 3. Jordan Speer 13.72m (45-0.25) // 9. Arielle Mack 10.60m (34-9.5)
Weight Throw, Men – 2. Patrick Kunza 19.38m (63-7) // 3. Ethan Hanson 16.83m (55-2.75) // 6. Derek Parker 15.17m (49-9.25) // 11. Jason Petko 13.71m (44-11.75)
Weight Throw, Women – 1. Jordan McClendon, 21.36m (70-1) (MR) // 2. Sydney Oberdiek 18.73m (61-5.5) // 3. Cece Johnson 17.89m (58-8.5) // 4. Sydney Johnson 17.68m (55-9.25) // 5. Emily Stauffer 17.00m (55-9.75) // 6. Jordan Speer 15.74m (51-7.75) // 8. Olivia Evans 14.94m (49-0.25)
