COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri track and field rounds its home meets this season with the Missouri Invitational on Friday at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse. The first event will start at 12:55 p.m. Attendance is free and open to the public.
The men’s team moved all the way up to No. 17 in the nation in the latest United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association poll and features a top-five shot put squad.
INSIDE THE FIELDHOUSE
Kansas City, Missouri State, Murray State, Saint Louis, Southern Illinois and SIUE, will be in Columbia to join the Tigers for the event.
The venue received updates on its 200-meter track with an 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
When they last competed at Hernes Center Fieldhouse, the Tigers broke multiple program records and climbed in the national event rankings.
Jonathan Seremes (Paris, France) earned a result of 16.94m, topping the previous national leader, Oklahoma, by 0.19m. Seremes recorded the first collegiate indoor triple jump over 16.9m since March 11, 2023. His result is the top spot in program history with 16.94m in triple jump, also grabbing a facility record for Hernes Center. Previously, the record was held by Ajayi Agebebaku with 16.28m, set in 1978.
Kristi Perez-Snyman (Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa) clinched a program record with a 1.86m high jump, breaking a three-way tie for the top spot of 1.83m She now stands fourth nationally.
Senior Alicia Burnett (St. Louis, Missouri) recorded a 23.35s finish during the first day of the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational in the 200-meter dash, surpassing LaQuisha Jackson’s 23.57s set in 2016 to take the record.
TOP-100 TIGERS
Sophomore Sterling Scott (Starkville, Mississippi) clocks in at sixth for the men’s triple jump rankings, joining Seremes as a top-10 triple jumper. Scott achieved the 16.28m (53-5) mark at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational on Jan. 11.
Redshirt junior Sam Innes (Columbia, Missouri) stands eighth in men’s indoor weight throw. Innes tallied a record-setting 22.98m (75-4.75) at the Bob Teel Invitational. Innes is joined by Garik Pozecki (Baltimore, Maryland), who is ranked…
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