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Mizzou Spring Opener
Mizzou Track & Field Set to Host Mizzou Spring Opener
3/18/2021 3:52:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
The Tigers host seven schools, including old Big-12 foe Kansas
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou Track and Field is set to host its first of two outdoor meets of the 2021 season, kicking off with the Mizzou Spring Opener, set for March 19-20, at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The meet will be the Tiger's first outdoor meet in over 600 days, as COVID-19 postponed the Tigers outdoor campaign last season.
A total of six teams will travel to Columbia, as the Tigers are set to host old Big 12 foe Kansas, Loyola-Chicago, North Dakota, St. Louis, Nebraska-Omaha and Illinois-Chicago. Live results will be available through PTTiming.com.
Mizzou begins the outdoor season after wrapping up the indoor season at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas last weekend. Three Tigers captured first-team All-America honors on the meet, finishing among the top-8 individuals in the country. Redshirt senior Ja'Mari Ward (Cahokia, Ill.) also reset his own school record in the indoor men's long jump.
The Mizzou Spring Opener will begin at 3:30 p.m. CT on Friday, starting with the men's hammer throw and women's javelin. Later in the evening, the Tigers will kick off track events with the men's and women's 1500m run at 7:30 p.m. CT. To close out day one, Mizzou will compete in the men's and women's 5000m.
The Tigers will then open day two with the men's shot put and women's discus at 11:30 a.m. CT. Track events will follow, starting with the men's and women's 4x100m relay at 12:00 p.m. CT. Individual track events will follow, and the Tigers will wrap up the weekend with men's and women's 4x400m relay at 2:25 p.m. CT.
In the women's javelin, sophomore Ava Curry (Liberty, Mo.) will return to action. Curry holds the third-best javelin mark in program history with a throw of 50.74m (166-6), which she set at the 2019 Texas Relays and took first in the event.
Redshirt senior Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.) and redshirt junior Emily Stauffer (Reinholds, Penn.) will also be in action for the women's team in the field events. McClendon will compete in the women's hammer throw. She currently holds the second best hammer throw mark in school history with a throw of 65.68m (215-6). Stauffer will lead the Mizzou women in the shot put, as she currently holds the fifth best mark in school history in the event. Stauffer last competed at the 2021 SEC Indoor Championships, where she took 14th in the shot put.
In the men's field events, redshirt freshman Mitch Weber (Saint Clair, Minn.) will compete in the hammer throw, discus and shot put. Competing unattached in the discus for Mizzou in 2019, Weber notched a mark of 58.57m (192-2) in the Tom Botts Invitational, which would have ranked fifth all-time at Mizzou. Weber also last competed at the SEC Indoor Championships, where he finished sixth in the shot put.
On the track, redshirt senior Thomas George (Gloucester, U.K.) will lead 10 runners in the 1500m race. Additionally, sophomore Morgan O'Neal (Sylacauga, Ala.) will compete in the 400m hurdles, as well as both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. O'Neal also has made her mark on the Mizzou record books, as she holds the third-best time in program history in the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.98.
Following the Mizzou Spring Opener, Mizzou will send a select group of athletes to the Texas Relays on March 25-27 in Austin, Texas. The Tigers then have a weekend off before returning home for the annual Tom Botts Invitational on April 9-10.
For all the latest on Mizzou Track & Field, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouTFXC).
Mizzou Entries — Field Events (Friday - Beginning at 3:30 p.m. CT)
Hammer, (M) — Mitch Weber, Derek Parker, Jason Petko
Javelin, (W) — Sylar Ciccolini, Ava Curry, Blair Widmer, Erin Zimmerman, Kaesha George, Megan Haley
Hammer, (W) — Olivia Evans, Sydney Oberdiek, Jordan Speer, Sydney Johnson, Emily Stauffer, Jordan McClendon
Javelin, (M) — Aaron Hoffman, Ivan Barnett, Dylan Johnson, Jason Edwards
Mizzou Entries — Track Events (Friday - Beginning at 7:30 p.m. CT)
1500m Run, (W) — Reilley Revord, Ginger Murnieks, Kelsey Schweizer, McKenna Revord, Jenna Lutzow, Andi Bowman, Abby Hake, Anna Sullentrup
1500m Run, (M) — Thomas George, Davis Helmerich, Jonathan Schmidt, Jack Warner, William Sinclair, Blake Morris, Nathan Hall, Quentin Worley, Luke Winkler, Robert Kuhlman, Ryan Mata
5000m Run, (W) — Isabelle Christiansen, Lexi Maddox, Jenna Schwartz
5000m Run, (M) — Marquette Wilhite, Nathan Hall
Mizzou Entries — Field Events (Saturday - Beginning at 11:30 a.m. CT)
Shot Put, (M) — Mitch Weber, Devin Roberson
Discus, (W) — Olivia Evans, Sydney Johnson, Emily Offenheiser
Shot Put, (W) — Emily Stauffer, Jordan Speer, Emily Offenheiser
Discus, (M) — Jason Petko, Mitch Weber, Devin Roberson
Mizzou Entries — Track Events (Saturday - Beginning at 12:00 p.m. CT)
4x400 Relay (W) — Brown, Dorsey, Drayton, O'Neal
4x400 Relay (M) — Brunsman, Charles, Graves, Sebben
100m Hurdles, (W) — Arianna Butler, Mira Baccile
110m Hurdles, (M) — Trey Sebben
400m Dash, (W) — Mya Drayton
400m Dash, (M) — Eduardo Favela
100m Dash, (W) — Jazmyn Shumaker, Rondajai Washington, Lana Dorsey
800m Run, (W) — Kelsey Schweizer, Michaela Hackbarth, Reilly Revord, Jenna Lutzow, McKenna Butler, Andi Bowman, Ginger Murnieks, Abby Hake, Richelle Bain
800m Run, (M) — Jack Warner, Robert Kuhlman, Angus Beer, Jonathan Schmidt, Mitchell Small, William Sinclair, Davis Helmerich, Quentin Worley, Cason Suggs
400m Hurdles, (W) — Morgan O'Neal
400m Hurdles, (M) — Zachary Charles, David Buckner
200m Dash, (W) — Elle Brown
200m Dash, (M) — Jacob Brunsman, Blake Hays
4x400 Relay, (W) — Baccile, Brown, Drayton, O'Neal
4x400 Relay, (M) — Brunsman, Graves, Buckner, Charles // Hays, Sebben, Suggs, Favela
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