The Missouri Tigers capped off their last home meet of the season, with multiple athletes placing first and achieving top-10 program records on Friday, Feb. 6, at the Missouri Invitational in Columbia, Mo.
Weight Throw Blows the Competition Away
Senior Sam Innes led the men’s weight throw with a mark of 22.68 meters, the third best throw in program history. Garik Pozecki followed closely, finishing second with a throw of 20.75 meters, also a top-10 mark in program history. Clayton Kamp placed seventh with a throw of 17.79 meters.
On the
women’s side, Reagan Kimrey won the event with a throw of 19.92 meters, surpassing her previous time at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational at 19.71 meters and earning a top-10 program mark. Petra Gombas finished third with a throw of 17.65 meters, while Ames Burton placed at 17.61 meters, giving the Tigers three top-five placements.
Men’s and Women’s 60m Hurdles Success
Senior Robert Hines won the men’s 60-meter dash, posting the fastest time of the day at 6.82 seconds. Freshman Sofia Wydra led the women’s side, finishing 29th with a time of 8.05 seconds.
“I feel like I’ve improved my mentality,” Hines said. “There were times I felt dissatisfied, but watching race films has helped me see what I’m doing wrong. I’ve been fixing things like my start and leaning forward at the finish.”
Men and Women’s Shot Put Win
Chase Crawford won the men’s shot put with a personal best of 17.74 meters. Sam Albert placed second with a mark of 16.03 meters, while Clayton Kamp finished ninth at 14.82 meters.
In the women’s shot put, Brianna Utecht placed eighth with a throw of 12.37 meters.
Men and Women’s Mile Achievement
Yordanos Zelinski won the men’s mile with a time of 4:10.26, running stride-for-stride with teammates Andrew Hauser and Joshua Allison throughout the race. Hauser finished third in 4:11.56, followed closely by Allison in 4:11.91.
The women’s mile competitors did not finish the race and are hopefully able to compete in the upcoming away meet.
Women’s High Jump
Marlena Tresnjo placed second in the high jump with a clearance of 1.75 meters, improving on her previous mark of 1.66 meters set at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational.
Women’s Long Jump
Wydra finished strong for the Tigers with a jump of 5.47 meters, finishing in sixth place with a new personal best.
Men and Women’s 400m
Leacock added another solid performance in the men’s 400 meters, finishing second with a time of 47.79 seconds, a top-10 program mark. On the women’s side, Brianna Lee recorded a time of 1:00.27.
Women’s Pole Vault
Anna Vedral finished second in the pole vault, after clearing 3.70 meters. Vedral went for a personal best today, but unfortunately did not make it. Anna Ferguson placed fourth with a vault of 3.55 meters, while MaKenna Estes finished seventh at 3.25 meters.
Women’s 800m Dash
Maleah Eggers finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:17.59. Behind her, Lily Ginsberg followed in eighth at 2:18.17, and Elissa Barnard rounded it out for the Tigers at 13th with a time of 2:21.43.
Men’s 3,000 meter Race
Raymond Kipkoech competed in the 3,000 for the first time, finishing second with a time of 8:27:45. His teammates served as pacers and did not complete the race.
Meet Results: https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=8674
Next Up
The Tigers will compete at their first away meets of the season on February 13–14, traveling to Boston, MA for the Valentine Invitational and Fayetteville, AR for the Tyson Invitational.
“I’m looking forward to harsher competition, more difficult competition usually pushes you to be able to do more, so I’m looking forward to just chipping away at my times, both in the 60 and 200,” Hines said.
Missouri will face significantly harder competition at these upcoming meets, with elite programs from across the country in attendance. Competing against some of the SEC’s best will provide a test as they head into the outdoor season.
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