COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri track and field continues its season with the Show-Me Showdown this Friday at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse. The meet is open and free for all spectators to attend.
INSIDE THE FIELDHOUSE
The second of five-straight home meets, the Show-Me Showdown will feature 16 track events and 12 field events, tentatively beginning with the men’s weight throw at 10:30 a.m. and finishing with the women’s 4x400m relays at 3:45 p.m. The Tigers will welcome all five fellow Division-I programs from Missouri (Kansas City, Lindenwood, Missouri State, Saint Louis and Southeast Missouri State) to campus.
The venue received updates on its 200-meter track with eight-lane sprint straightaway and multiple runways for pole vault and horizontal jumps. The facility has hosted indoor track and field events since its conception in 1972, including the 1991 Big Eight Indoor Track & Field Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
Fifteen Tigers set personal bests during the season-opening Alexis Jarrett Invitational on Jan. 11. Senior Euphenie Andre headlined the opening meet of the campaign with a triple jump of 13.49m. The mark set a new facility record and ranks second in program history for the event.
Senior Sam Innes and junior Sterling Scott also made their way onto program leaderboards. Innes set the tone for the squad in the early hours of the meet, turning in a weight throw of 22.46m, breaking his personal record by over two meters as he now ranks second in school lore for the event. Scott picked up right where he left off, as the All-American triple jumper leaped 16.28m, the third-best effort in program history and currently holds the top national result.
A total of 12 different Tigers picked up event wins while the team occupied 32 total podium placements. Junior Isabella Sokolova was the lone Tiger to claim victories in multiple events this past Saturday, first managing a 5.76m in the long jump before cruising to gold in the 60m, as her 7.61 dash beat the competition by 0.17.
Other notable victories for Mizzou included Claudina Diaz’ triumph on high jump, leaping to a 1.81m mark to set the fourth-best clip in the nation thus far this season. Seniors Skylar Coffey (shot put), Trevor Peimann (mile), Anneken Viljoen (mile) and sophomore Rahel Broemmel (1000m) also each set…
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