Tigers’ Track and Field Travels to SIUE for Cougar Classic
4/11/2025 11:40:00 AM | Track & Field
Mizzou’s fourth weekend of outdoor competition comes at Ralph Korte Stadium.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri track and field continues the outdoor season in Edwardsville, Illinois for the Cougar Classic hosted by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Saturday at Ralph Korte Stadium.
The Tigers last competed at SIUE's Ralph Korte Stadium in 2015. The women's team finished first while the men's team finished third during the SIUE invitational.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Missouri has individuals competing in the following events (genders listed in order of competition):
-Women's and men's hammer throw at 10 a.m.
-Women's long jump at 11 a.m.
-Men's pole vault 11:30 a.m.
-Men's and women's shot put at 12:30 p.m.
-Women's and men's discus at 12:30 p.m.
-Men's 4x100m relay at 12:30 p.m.
-Men's 1500m at 12:50 p.m.
-Women's pole vault at 2 p.m.
-Women's and men's javelin throw at 2 p.m.
-Men's 400m at 2:10 p.m.
-Women's and men's 100m at 2:35 p.m.
-Women's and men's 800m at 3 p.m.
-Women's and men's 200m at 4 p.m.
-Women's and men's 3000m steeplechase at 4:25 p.m.
RANKED TIGERS
Mizzou has seven women and eight men representatives ranked in the top 50 of their event rankings following week three of the outdoor season.
The men's team is led by No. 11 Sam Innes in the hammer throw of 68.75m (225-7). He is joined in the top 25 by Drew Rogers' school-record performance of 28:14.27 in the 10,000m and Sterling Scott's 15th-ranked triple jump of 15.78m (51-9.25). The remaining ranked Tigers are Skylar Coffey, No. 36 in discus and No. 39 in shot put, No. 40 Lasse Funck in the 800m, No. 42 Callan Saldutto in javelin, No. 43 Joshua Allison in the 3,000m steeplechase, No. 47 Tarique George in discus.
The women are led by Claudina Diaz who holds third nationally in the high jump. In the top 10, Monica Wanjikuranks seventh in the 10,000 meters with a time of 32:21.97. In the top 25 Kristi Perez-Snyman joins Diaz as a nationally ranked tiger in the high jump with her position as No. 15. Joining the top 25 is No. 15 Valentina Barrios and No. 23 Ames Burton. Rahel Broemmel, No. 27 in the 5000m, and No. 43 Kaesha George in javelin round out the last of the ranked Tigers.
LAST TIME OUT
The field team wrapped up competition at the Joe Walker Invite at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex with strong performances on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5. Emanuele Bellanova highlighted day one with a career-best showing in the decathlon, including personal records in the 100m (10.95) and 400m (51.95), and a first-place finish in the shot put (12.92m), placing third overall after the opening day. Brooke Sawatzky notched a personal best in the shot put (9.80m) on Friday and capped off her first collegiate heptathlon on Saturday with a personal best in the javelin (25.33m), finishing 21st overall with 3559 points.
The Tigers' first few weekends of competition for the women were highlighted by freshman Wanjiku. In her first collegiate race, Wanjiku set the third-fastest 10,000m time in the nation. Her result is also the best in the Southeastern Conference by over two minutes and 20 seconds. She stands second in school history and as the second-fastest freshman in the event nationally, finishing in 32:21.97.
Barrios collected her third win in the javelin as a Missouri Tiger at the Battle on the Bayou meet. The junior took first in the event with a throw of 52.93m. The result marked the third-best throw in the second week of the outdoor season nationally and the best in the conference. She stands eighth in the country and fourth in the SEC in women's javelin.
On the first day at the Battle on the Bayou, four Tigers posted personal bests, including Reagan Kimrey (51.48m, 168-10) and Kaitlyn Morningstar (50.25m, 164-10) in the hammer throw. Diaz led the way on the second day, earning first place in the women's high jump, with Perez-Snyman finishing just behind her. In the women's discus, Ames Burton secured second place with a personal-best throw of 54.72m (179-06), while Kimrey (46.08m, 151-02) and Tañia Duncan (44.27m, 145-03) also set new individual records.
At the Raleigh Relays, Broemmel and Wanjiku delivered historic performances, with Broemmel finishing ninth in the 5,000m (15:50.11), the third-fastest time in school history. Kobi Walker also set a career-best in the 5,000m (16:32.06). At the Battle on the Bayou, McKenna Revord hit a new best in the 1,500m (4:31.07), rounding out a strong weekend for the Tigers across both meets.
2025 INDOOR SEASON CONCLUDES
Missouri captured a national title and multiple All-America accolades to conclude indoor season March 15 at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Sophomore Jonathan Seremes became the program's first National Champion in triple jump. Seremes' win marked the fourth time Mizzou has won a national title at the NCAA Indoor Championships on the men's side. Seremes joins Robin Lingle (1,000-yard run, 1965), the 1974 Distance Medley Relay team and Derrick Peterson (800m, 1999) as Mizzou's NCAA indoor champions on the men's side.
Seremes locked up first place following the fourth round, where he recorded 16.94m (55-7) to reclaim the top spot. His final jump of 17.04m (55-11), broke his program record in the event and concluded the indoor season as the best in the nation.
Scott and Sermes were both named First Team All-Americans. Scott finished in eight-place in the men's triple jump with 16.04m (52-7.5). Euphenie Andre hit a personal best in her final collegiate meet on the women's triple jump with a sixth-place finish (13.55m), while Perez-Snyman also took sixth place in the women's high jump with 1.85m (6-0.75).
Junior Innes claimed Second Team All-American honors after placing 14th overall in weight throwing, becoming the team's first weight thrower since 2009 to earn All-American status. Diaz joined him on the Second Team with a 15th-place finish in women's high jump (1.75m, 5-8.75).
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