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#Mizzou track star adds second national title of the season

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Mizzou track star Karissa Schweizer, after winning the national title for the indoor 5,000 meter run. (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Mizzou Track and Field junior Karissa Schweizer captured her second NCAA National Championship of the 2016-17 athletic season this past Friday with a first place finish in the 5,000m run at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas.

The National title is her second of the year after she won the NCAA Cross Country National Championship in November, and the third NCAA All-American honor of her career after the cross country national title and a third place finish in the 5,000m run at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

“This feels unbelievable. It feels like a dream come true,” Schweizer told MUTigers.com. “My strategy throughout the race was to stay relaxed, because I knew the other girls in the race were going to make it an honest race. I was just going to hang in there and see what I can do since I haven’t ran a 5K in a while. With 400 meters to go, I knew I was going to make a move, whether I felt good or not.”

Schweizer joins an exclusive list of two-time NCAA Champions in Mizzou Athletics history, becoming just the fifth student-athlete and the first ever female student-athlete to accomplish the feat. She joins Mizzou Track & Field two-time National Champions Dick Cochran (1959 and 1960 Outdoor Discus) and Derrick Peterson (1999 Indoor and Outdoor 800m Run), as well as Mizzou Wrestling’s Ben Askren (2006 and 2007) and J’den Cox (2014 and 2016).

 

Lincoln women’s track and field claims indoor national title

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Lincoln University is located in Jefferson City, Mo. (photo/lubluetigers.com)

Lincoln University is located in Jefferson City, Mo. (photo/lubluetigers.com)

It came down to the final event, but the Lincoln women’s track & field team won the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Championship in record-breaking style on Saturday (March 12). In the process, the Blue Tigers won their fifth-ever NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship, and their 12th national title overall.

The Blue Tigers led the team standing, 50-35, with just two track events remaining. Hillsdale made a big comeback in the penultimate event, placed first, second and fourth in the 3,000m. That pulled Hillsdale ahead, 58-50, over Lincoln with only the 4x400m relay remaining.

With the Blue Tigers trailing by eight, Lincoln needed to come in second in the relay to tie Hillsdale or first to win. Willomena Williams led off the relay and passed the baton to Jhevere Hall. By the time Hall handed the baton to Kissi-Ann Brown for the third leg of the race, the Blue Tigers were in second behind runners from Johnson C. Smith. Brown, however, ran fast and hard to pull even with the leading runner entering the final handoff, and Venicha Baker out-ran Johnson C. Smith’s runner to win the relay.

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Mizzou has seven of their ten track and field athletes finish with All-American honors

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The Tigers closed out a successful run at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, OR., over the weekend, adding  three All-American finishes on Saturday to make a total of seven out of the ten qualifiers. The women, who sent a program record eight athletes, finished with nine points, and 30th overall out of 59 schools.

Macauley Garton finished his season with an eighth-place finish in the javelin, hitting a top mark of 68.78m (225-8).  Kearsten Peoples took third in the women’s shot put with a best toss of 17.47m (57-3.75). This is Peoples’ second third-place finish at the NCAA Championships this year after she made the podium during the indoor season in the shot put.

Also earning All-American honors were juniors Morgan Whitson in the high jump at 16th and Jill Rushin in the shot put at 12th. The Tigers also got All-American finishes from junior Katrine Haarklau in the pole vault (sixth), and a new Missouri School Record from freshman Kaitlyn Fischer in the women’s 10,000-meter run. Fischer earned her career first Second Team All-American honor with a ninth-place finish in the event. Joining her on the Second Team honoree list was senior Hailey Twietmeyer in the javelin (15th).

Missouri native and Mizzou freshman Fischer sets school record at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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Mizzou

At the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, OR, Missouri native and Mizzou freshman Kaitlyn Fischer ran a Missouri School Record in the 10,000 meter run which was good for a ninth-place finish and Second Team All-American honors.  She had a final time of 33:12.37.

FRIDAY SCHEDULE (all times are in PT)
3:15 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault (Heather Green | Katrine Haarklau)

SATURDAY SCHEDULE (all times are in PT)
12:30 p.m. – Men’s Triple Jump (Jonathan Ilori)
12:35 p.m. – Men’s Javelin (Macauley Garton)
12:45 p.m. – Women’s High Jump (Shinelle Proctor | Morgan Whitson)
1:00 p.m. – Women’s Shot Put (Kearsten Peoples | Jill Rushin)

Mizzou track and field sends a record number of athletes to NCAA nationals next week in Eugene, OR

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Morgan Whitson competes in the high jump at NCAA Regionals (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Morgan Whitson competes in the high jump at NCAA Regionals (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Seven Missouri Tigers clinched a spot at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in day one at regionals.   On the final day of NCAA Regionals in Fayetteville, AR., three more punched their ticket to nationals.

Last Thursday, senior Hailey Twietmeyer became the first female javelin thrower to make it to the NCAA Championships in Mizzou history. Macauley Garton is the first male javelin thrower from Mizzou to make it to the NCAA Championships since 2002. Senior Heather Green of Jefferson City and junior Katrine Haarklau advanced in the pole vault. Kaitlyn Fischer, from Pevely, Missouri, who was named the SEC’s Freshman of the Year in cross country this fall, qualified in the 10,000-meters. Kearsten Peoples, and Jill Rushin…ranked 1-2 in the shot put, qualified with top ten finishes.

Senior Shinelle Proctor and junior Morgan Whitson or Moberly, advanced in the high jump on Sunday.  Rounding out the last day’s qualifiers was Jonathan Ilori, who took fourth place overall in the triple jump.  His qualification is the first for Mizzou in that event since 1979.

The NCAA National Championships start next Wednesday thru Saturday (June 11-14).

For the seventh time overall, and the first time since 2009, the Lincoln women’s outdoor track & field team is the national champion.

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Lincoln University women's track and field national champions. (photo/lubluetigers.com)

Lincoln University women’s track and field national champions. (photo/lubluetigers.com)

The Blue Tigers scored 64 team points on Saturday (May 24) to win their seventh NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championship. Ten Lincoln athletes combined to turn in 12 All-American performances, with both Blue Tiger relay teams winning national titles. Lincoln, which has also won four indoor national championships since 2003, won their 11th overall championship this past weekend. The Blue Tigers had previously won the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Starting in the 4 x 100m relay, where the foursome of Judith Riley, Kimberly Bailey, Yanique Ellington and Janae Johnson won in 45.34. Ellington and Johnson would go on to earn three total All-American honors, given to any athlete who finishes in the top-eight on an event at the national championships. Johnson was the runner-up in the 200m, clocking in at 23.49, and took fifth in the 100m in 11.87. Ellington, meanwhile, placed third in the 100m (11.75) and fourth in the 200m (23.49).

The day ended with the 4 x 400m relay. Entering that event, Lincoln had 54 team points and was in first place by just one point. Johnson C. Smith was in second with 53 points, and the two teams were going head-to-head in the relay with everything on the line. The Lincoln foursome of Willomena Williams, Jhevere Hall, Donna-Lee Hylton and Tamara Keane stepped up, winning the race in 3:37.29 to guarantee the Blue Tigers the national championship.

Keane also earned All-American recognition in three events, including the 400m hurdles, in which she placed fourth with a time of 59.56. Keane finished seventh in the 400m dash, timing in at 54.22, while Hylton placed eighth in the latter event with a time of 54.91.

Hall was also a multiple All-American honoree, as she placed sixth in the 800m in 2:09.35. Monique Thompson had the best performance by a Blue Tiger in that event, claiming fourth after posting a time of 2:08.76. Lincoln’s final All-American award winner was Ladonna Richards, who took fourth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.32.

The Blue Tigers scored 64 points, beating second-place Johnson C. Smith (59 points) by five points. Grand Valley State, which hosted the national championship meet, came in third after scoring 53 points. Adams State (39 points) took fourth, edging fifth-place Ashland (38 points) by one point. Central Missouri, meanwhile, had the second-best finish of any MIAA program behind Lincoln, taking sixth with 34 points.

Missouri S&T and Northwest Missouri also competed in the women’s championships.

Recap courtesy of Lincoln Athletics.

FINAL TEAM SCORES

The Lincoln University men finished tied for ninth.  Missouri Southern, Central Missouri, Southwest Baptist, and Missouri S& T also competed in the men’s championships.

MEN’S FINAL TEAM SCORES

 

Missouri S & T men win first GLVC outdoor track and field championship. Lincoln University women win fourth straight MIAA outdoor title

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Missouri S&T men's outdoor track team.

Missouri S&T men’s outdoor track team.

Missouri S&T’s men’s track & field team stormed to its first Great Lakes Valley Conference championship since 2009 as it captured six events and posted 29 scoring performances in the two-day meet at Lewis University.

The Miners won their second GLVC title since joining the league on the strength of not just the six first place finishes, but also five second place performances over the two days. S&T finished the meet with 172 points, easily outdistancing four-time defending champion Indianapolis by 48 points.

Two of the six event wins came from Adriel Hawkins (Jefferson City, Mo./Jefferson City), who completed an indoor-outdoor double in the 200-meters Saturday to go with his win Friday in the triple jump. Hawkins, who had the best time in the preliminaries of the event Friday, won the final in a time of 21.70 seconds for his second outdoor 200-meter title.

The other winning performances Saturday for the Miners came from Jusean Archibald (Bridgeton, Mo./Trinity) in a highly-competitive 110-meter hurdles race and from Trevor King (Union, Mo./Union) in the decathlon.

Before Indianapolis’ four-year run as league champion, the Miners were the last team to capture the GLVC title when it won the 2009 meet.

Lincoln University women's track team.

Lincoln University women’s track team.

For the fourth year in a row, the Lincoln women’s outdoor track & field team is an MIAA champion. Competing at their home track, Dwight T. Reed Stadium for the first time since 1999, the Blue Tigers won the 2014 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Sunday, marking the fourth time in the past four years that LU has accomplished that feat. The Blue Tigers scored 182 points to win the team title over second-place Central Missouri (104.50 points) by more than 70 points.

Lincoln won eight events and posted 28 top-eight finishes with Monique Thompson, the winner of the 800m, breaking a meet record. Thompson, who took the finals of the 800m in 2:08.24, won the preliminaries of that event in 2:08.05 to break the previous meet record of 2:09.66, set by Lincoln’s Lovan Palmer last year. Both times are automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Thompson later took second in the 1,500m in 4:38.42 while Jhevere Hall placed fourth in both the 800m (2:08.91) and the 1,500m (4:42.21).

Yanique Ellington was a double winner for Lincoln, taking both the 100m (11.59) and the 200m (23.76), with her time in the latter race being an automatic qualifier. Janae Johnson was the runner-up in both races, finishing the 100m in 11.66 and the 200m in 23.85. Judith Riley placed fifth (12.18) in the 100m and seventh (25.47) in the 200m while Kimberly Bailey took fifth in the 200m (25.06) and sixth in the 100m (12.21). Ellington, Johnson and Bailey later teamed with Ladonna Richards to win the 4x100m relay with a time of 45.74.

Donna-Lee Hylton set two automatic qualifying times at the league championships, including in the 400m dash, which she won in 53.16. Tamara Keane was the runner-up in that race, clocking in at 53.75, while Willomena Williams came in sixth (54.94) and Palmer placed seventh (55.86). Hylton, Keane and Williams later teamed with Marcia Harrison to win the 4x400m relay in 3:38.15, another automatic time.

The Blue Tigers also swept the two hurdle events, with Juneille Barker taking the 400m race in an automatic qualifying time of 58.69. Ladonna Richards placed third in the 400m hurdles at 59.7 and Keane finished fourth at 1:00.44. Richards was the winner of the 100m hurdles, finishing with the top time of 13.54. Barker was the runner-up in the 100m event, clocking in at 13.70, while Nadia Harriott came in seventh (14.68).

Jonelle Campbell and Nickeisha Beaumont both had third-place results in field events. Campbell took third in the triple jump (11.95m) while Beaumont took third in the long jump (5.89m). Daniele Newman competed in several field events, finishing fourth in the triple jump (11.85m), ninth in the high jump (1.64m) and 12th in the heptathlon (4,207 points). Shakeisha Miller took fifth in that last event, earning 4,756 points, and also placed 10th in the long jump at 5.51m.

Lincoln University women win MIAA indoor track championships. This is the school’s fourth straight conference title

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The Lincoln University track team from Jefferson City, Mo.

The Lincoln University track team from Jefferson City, Mo.

For the fourth year in a row, the Lincoln women’s indoor track & field team is the MIAA champion.  The Blue Tigers racked up 153 points to win their fourth-straight MIAA indoor title on Sunday (March 2). Yanique Ellington was named the meet’s High-Point Scorer after scoring 22.50 points at the three-day event, which was hosted by Missouri Southern State University.

Ellington won two individual events and was a part of Lincoln’s winning distance medley relay team, which broke the MIAA Indoor Championship record after clocking in at 12:06.01. Both of Ellington’s individual victories came in record-breaking fashion, as she took the crown in both the 60m (7.42) and the 200m (24.01). Both times are automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Division II National Championships, and both also broke building records at Missouri Southern’s Leggett & Platt Center.
Lincoln swept the top-three in the 200m, with Janae Johnson taking second (24.99) and Tamara Keane finishing third (25.12). Donna-Lee Hylton also scored in that event, taking eighth with a time of 25.52. In the 60m, Johnson placed third (7.61) and Kimberly Bailey finished fourth (7.65) while Juneille Barker took seventh (7.71).
The Blue Tigers also swept the top-three of the 60m hurdles, with Ladonna Richards winning the race in 8.42. That time also broke the MIAA Indoor Championship meet record. Barker was the runner-up in the hurdles, finishing in 8.46, while Shakeisha Miller took third in 8.55. Miller was also an individual winner at the meet, taking first place in the long jump at 5.87. Nickeisha Beaumont, meanwhile, finished second in the long jump (5.82m).

Two All-Americans for Mizzou at NCAA Track and Field outdoor championships

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Sophomore Kearsten Peoples picked up her third All-American finish in two years at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, OR. She returned after  two All-American trophies in the shot put and discus in 2012. This past Saturday, she grabbed another top eight finish in the shot put , finishing 6th overall with a top throw of 55 ft, 11 in.  Fellow sophomore Katrine Haarklau, ended the pole vault competition in 5th with a new School Record of 14 ft, 3.25 in. The Tigers now look toward the USATF Championships in two weeks in Des Moines, IA, for the final meet of the 2013 season.

Mizzou’s Woodson grabs 10th place finish in 100m at nationals (VIDEO)

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At the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, OR., Mizzou Freshman Markesh Woodson finished in 10th place in the 100m dash. Woodson finished his season with a new personal best time of 10.12. He missed the finals by .04. Woodson is the highest Tiger finisher in the 100m dash at the NCAA Championships since 1987.

Woodson wraps up a successful first year as a Tiger with an SEC Title in the 60m dash, an All-American finish in the 60m dash, a Missouri School Record in the 60m dash, an All-SEC finish in the 100m dash, and the SEC Freshman of the Year Award from the indoor season.

Here’s an interview from earlier in the season with Markesh from Missouri TrackFanatic on YouTube.