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Mizzou Holiday Opener
@MIZ_TrackField Posts School Record, Four Top-10 Marks at Missouri Holiday Opener
12/8/2018 6:57:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track & Field recorded 12 first-place finishes, including two from freshman on Saturday afternoon at the Missouri Holiday Opener in Columbia, Mo. Freshman Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Calif.) had a big collegiate debut, as she broke the school record in the indoor triple jump with a mark of 12.68m (41-7.25).
Three other Tigers set program top-10 marks, as redshirt junior Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.) won the weight throw with a throw of 20.03m (65-8.75), good enough for the third-best throw in school history, while redshirt Freshman Jayson Ashford (Fairview Heights, Ill.) won the men's 200m dash with a time of 21.60, giving him the ninth best indoor time in school history and freshman Georgi Nachev (Yambol, Bulgaria) won the triple jump with a mark of 15.15m (49-8.5), the 10th-best mark in school history.
NOTABLE FINISHES
Fisher competed for the first time this season and for the first time in her Mizzou career. The Tiger freshman recorded a first-place finish Saturday in the triple jump with a school record time of 12.68m (41-7.25). Fisher's mark surpassed the previous school record time of 12.57m (41-3), set by Hedvig Glomsroed in 2007, and is the fifth-best women's indoor triple jump mark recorded this collegiate season. McClendon finished first in the weight throw with a mark of 20.03 (65-8.75). McClendon's mark moved her into the number three spot all-time for the Mizzou Women.
Ashford won the 200m dash with a time of 21.60, which moved him into the ninth spot on the Missouri indoor all-time top-10. Ashford surpassed Thomas Wood's time of 21.62, set in 1998. Nachev's moved into Mizzou's top-10 all-time in the triple jump with a mark of 15.15m (49-8.5), surpassing Darnelle Jobe's mark of 15.14m in 1979.
Also recording top finishes on the day for Mizzou was redshirt senior Avery Carter (Lee Summit, Mo.), redshirt senior Will Fife (Jefferson City, Mo.), senior Valeria Kostiuk (Kiev, Ukraine.), sophomore Christopher Conrad (O'Fallon, Ill.), junior Faramola Shonekan (Columbia, Mo.) senior Landon Cuskelly (El Dorado, Kan.), and redshirt sophomore Emily Stauffer (Reinholds, Penn.) All six Tigers finished first in their respective events, as Carter recorded a mark of 20.17m (66-2.25) in the weight throw, Fife posted a mark of 18.0m (59-0.75) in the shot put, Kostiuk and Cuskelly recorded jumps of 1.78m (5-10) and 2.11m (6-11), respectfully, in the high jump, Conrad finished with a time of 1:19.61 in the 600m run, Shonekan finished with a time of 1:41.04 in the 600m run and Stauffer with a mark of 15.34m (50-4). The men's 4x400m relay team also finished first with a time of 3:22.23.
UP NEXT
Mizzou will next be in competition Jan. 11, at home for the Missouri Intercollegiate Challenge. The meet will begin at 11:30 a.m. (CT).
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RESULTS - TRACK EVENTS
60m Dash, Men – 6. Jason Edwards, 7.50 (7.35q, PR) // 10. Georgi Nachev, 7.54
60m Dash, Women – 3. Arianna Fisher, 7.71 // 4. Jazmyn Schumaker 7.87 PR
200m Dash, Men – 1. Jayson Ashford, 21.60 #9 // 2. Caulin Graves, 22.04 // 5. Cason Suggs, 23.88
200m Dash, Women – 5. Morgan O'Neal, 26.34 // 8. Kalescia Thomas 26.74 // 11. Maya Puller, 27.55
400m Dash, Men – 4. Jason Edwards, 53.87
600m Run, Men – 1. Chris Conrad, 1:19.61 PR // 2. Robert Kuhlmann, 1:22.95
600m Run, Women – 1. Faramola Shonekan, 1:41.04 // 2. Michaela Hackbarth, 1:42.03
Mile Run, Women – 10. Abby Hake, 5:33.33
60m Hurdles, Women – 2. Suenomi Norinh, 8.99 // 4. Kalescia Thomas, 9.33 // 6. Arianna Butler, 9.82
4x400m Relay, Men – 1. Eduardo Favela, Caulin Graves, Cason Suggs, Jayson Ashford, 3:22.23
4x400m Relay, Women – 2. Michaela Hackbarth, Jazmyn Shumaker, Faramola Shonekan, Morgan O'Neal 4:04.84
RESULTS - FIELD EVENTS
High Jump, Men – 1. Landon Cuskelly, 2.11m (6-11) PR
High Jump, Women – 1. Valeria Kostiuk, 1.78m (5-10) // 3. Suenomi Norinh, 1.68m (5-6)
Long Jump, Women – 2. Suenomi Norinh, 5.54m (18-2.25)
Triple Jump, Women – 1. Arianna Fisher, 12.68m (41-7.25) SR
Triple Jump, Men – 1. Georgi Nachev, 15.15m (49-8.5) #10
Shot Put, Men – 1. Will Fife, 18.00m (59-0.75) PR // 12. Jason Edwards 10.68m (35-0.50)
Shot Put, Women – 1. Emily Stauffer, 15.34m (50-4) // 9. Arianna Butler, 9.88m (32-5)
Weight Throw, Men – 1. Avery Carter, 20.17m (66-2.25) PR // 2. Patrick Kunza, 19.50m (63-11.75)
Weight Throw, Women – 1. Jordan McClendon, 20.03m (65-8.75) PR, #3 // 2. CeCe Johnson 18.21m (59-9) // 3. Sydney Oberdiek, 16.17m (53-0.75)
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