COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri track and field will have 19 student-athletes compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminaries May 28-31 at Texas A&M’s E.B. Cushing Stadium.
The Tigers will be represented by Valentina Barrios (javelin), Rahel Broemmel (5000m), Alicia Burnett (100m and 200m), Ames Burton (discus), Morgan Cannon (javelin), Skylar Coffey (shot put and discus), Claudina Diaz (high jump), Lasse Funck (800m), Val Galligan (javelin), Tarique George (discus), Kaesha George (javelin), Sam Innes (hammer throw), Reagan Kimrey (hammer throw), Steven Marks (100m), Kristi Perez-Snyman (high jump), Drew Rogers (10,000m), Callan Saldutto (javelin), Sterling Scott (triple jump) and Monica Wanjiku (5,000m and 10,000m).
The top 12 finishers in hammer throw, javelin, shot put, 10,000m, discus, triple jump and high jump advance to the final round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 11-14.
In the 100m, 200m and 800m, the top three from each heat and the next six fastest times move on for 24 in total. The top five from each heat and next two best times will compete for the national championship in the 5,000m.
THE COMPETITORS
Headlining the qualifiers is Snyman, who captured Mizzou’s first-ever conference women’s high jump title with a school-record clearance of 1.90m (6-2.75) at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 16. Perez-Snyman enters NCAA competition ranked third in the region. She will be joined by fellow high jumper Diaz, who qualified with the ninth-best mark in the field after clearing 1.84m (6-0.5).
Additionally, Barrios headlines a deep women’s javelin group after earning a silver medal at the SEC Championship with a school-record throw of 58.20m (190-11), qualifying with the third-best mark in the West. She leads a strong contingent including Galligan, George and Cannon, who each secured a spot in the top 48 regional qualifiers.
Distance standout Wanjiku will double in the 5,000m and 10,000m, with a top-10 regional ranking (sixth) in the 10,000m. She’s joined by Broemmel in the 5,000m. Burnett continues her dominant campaign with qualifications in both the 100m and 200m.
On the men’s side, Scott (triple jump, 10th), Innes (hammer throw, 10th), and Saldutto (javelin, sixth) all bring…
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