COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri track and field wrapped a busy weekend of competition at Texas Relays and the Ole Miss Classic on Saturday. Four student-athletes took five event titles in Oxford.
NOTABLE FINISHES
The men’s and women’s javelin competitors set the tone for the Tigers at the Ole Miss Classic.
Ava Curry (Liberty, Mo.) won the women’s javelin with a throw of 51.13m (167-9), No. 4 all-time at Mizzou. Sophia Rivera (Brentwood, Mo.) placed second behind Curry with a throw of 49.88m (163-7). All seven Tigers that competed in the women’s javelin finished in the top 10. Jason Edwards (Eldon, Mo.) finished third in the men’s with a throw of 57.56m (188-10).
Three Tigers placed in the top four of the men’s discus. Mitchell Weber (Saint Clair, Minn.) won with a throw of 57.67m (189-2) followed by Rece Rowan (Colorado Springs, Co.) who placed third (53.11m, 174-3) and Jason Petko (Cary, Ill.) who placed fourth (52.43m, 172-0).
Jayson Ashford (Fairview Heights, Ill.) won the 200m (21.01) and 400m (47.27). Mikayla Reed (Washington, Mo.) and Ginger Murnieks (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) placed first (9:49.74 PR) and second (9:51.33) in the women’s 3,000m, respectively.
UP NEXT
The Tigers have the next weekend off as they prepare for the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on April 8-9.
RESULTS
Ole Miss Classic
Javelin (W) — Ava Curry, first, 51.13m (167-9) PR // Sophia Rivera, second, 49.88m (163-7) // Taylor Ciccolini, fourth, 45.25m (148-5) // Erin Zimmerman, fifth, 44.63m (146-5) // Atina Kamasi, sixth, 44.55m (146-2) // Kaesha George, ninth, 41.14m (134-11) // Blair Widmer, 10th, 40.68m (133-5) PR
Javelin (M) — Jason Edwards, third, 57.56m (188-10) // Aaron Hoffman, ninth, 48.65m (159-7)
Shot Put (W) — Emily Stauffer, sixth, 15.24m (50-0) // Emily Offenheiser, ninth, 14.79m (48-6.25) PR
Shot Put (M) — Rece Rowan, 11th, 15.82m (51-11)
Discus (W) — Emily Offenheiser, 12th, 44.70m (146-8) // Sophia Rivera, 18th, 43.01m (141-1)
Discus (M) — Mitchell Weber, first, 57.67m (189-2) // Rece Rowan, third, 53.11m (174-3) // Jason Petko, fourth, 52.43m (172-0)
4x100m Relay (M) — Jayson Ashford, Zachary Charles, La’Rue Martin, Marc Poland, third, 41.20
100m (M) — La’Rue Martin, 14th, 10.97 // Isaiah Vigliano, 18th, 10.99
100m hurdles (W) — Mira Baccile, 16.05
110m hurdles (M) — Chris McKinzy, Jr., 12th, 15.45
200m (W) — Mya Drayton, 11th, 25.05 PR
200m (M) — Jayson Ashford, first, 21.01 // Isaiah Vigliano, sixth, 21.60 PR // Blake Hays, ninth, 21.74 PR // La’Rue Martin, 16th, 22.15 PR // Chris McKinzy, Jr., 22.88 PR // Marc Poland, 23.52
400m (W) — Mya Drayton, sixth, 57.23 PR
400m, (M) — Jayson Ashford, first, 47.27 PR // Blake Hays, eighth, 48.90 // Marc Poland, 52.65
400m hurdles (M) — David Buckner, fifth, 54.18 PR // Zachary Charles, eighth, 55.86
800m (M) — Angus Beer, seventh, 1:53.26 // Cason Suggs, 1:57.96 PR // Jackson McAlister, 2:02.68
1,500m (W) — Reilly Revord, second, 4:34.45 // Kelsey Schweizer, fourth, 4:39.17 // Allison Newman, fifth, 4:39.79 // McKenna Revord, 11th, 4:45.31 // Andi Bowman, 13th, 4:45.91 PR // McKenna Butler, 15th, 4:48.93 PR // Renee Lewis, 16th, 4:50.21 // Abby Hake, 5:02.27 PR
1,500m (M) — Jack Warner, sixth, 3:55.68 // Johnny Martin, seventh, 3:57.27 // Quentin Worley, eighth, 3:57:70 PR // Luke Winkler, 15th, 4:04.68 // Austin Popplewell, 4:07.99 // Ryan Mata, 4:11.23
3,000m (W) — Mikayla Reed, first, 9:49.74 PR // Ginger Murnieks, second, 9:51.33 // Abbey Wilson, sixth, 10:14.64
3,000m (M) — Nathan Hall, third, 8:33.09 // Trevor Peimann, fifth, 8:33.64 // Blake Morris, sixth, 8:34.32
Texas Relays
High jump section A (M) – Roberto Vilches, 9th, 2.15m (7-0.5)
