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Show Me Showdown
Perez-Snyman Ties Program Record at Show-Me Showdown
1/17/2025 5:45:00 PM | Track & Field
Track & Field wrapped up its second of five-straight home meets Friday.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Kristi Perez-Snyman tied the high jump program record and Alicia Burnett set multiple facility records as the University of Missouri track & field program wrapped the Show-Me Showdown Friday at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse.
TOP TIGERS
Perez-Snyman, a senior from Cape Town, South Africa, converted her first attempt four times in a row, including the record-tying height of 1.83m to equal the Mizzou record. The mark was originally set by Hanne Skei Anderson in 1993 and replicated only by Valeria Kostiuk in 2018. Perez-Snyman's effort ranks fourth in the nation in 2025 thus far.
Burnett set facility records each time she touched the track Friday. The graduate student from St. Louis, crossed the line in 7.29 seconds in the 60m dash, replacing a 7.33 mark set by LaQuisha Jackson in 2016. Burnett, a 2024 All-American, rewrote the history books for a second time in the 200m, emerging six-tenths of a second ahead of the competition to finish in 23.58 and set a personal best. The effort surpassed a record that had stood since 1991, when Olympian Ximena Restrepo (Nebraska) managed a 23.93 standing.
Junior sprinter Robert Hines was one of the fastest men in the building on Friday, setting personal bests in the 60m and 200m. In the 60m, Hines' 6.74 victory saw him climb to fourth in program history in a tie with Nylo Clarke, less than two-tenths off of the record. Later in the meet, Hines crossed the 200m finish line in 21.78 to finish third.
RECAP
The Showdown, which played host to all six Division I schools that call the Show-Me State home, saw six Tiger victories as the hosts occupied 22 total podium positions and set 14 new personal records.
Junior thrower Petra Gombas won her second weight throw competition in succession as sophomores Delilah Pippen and Dallas Jenkins continue to set personal bests. Gombas' 18.46m heave was over a meter further than SEMO's silver medalist.
Perez-Snyman spearheaded a podium sweep for the Tigers in the high jump, as senior Claudina Diaz and freshman Marlena Tresnjo each eclipsed 1.78m, a top-15 effort in the country thus far this season.
The Missouri men dominated the mile run as each of the first nine finishers in the 20-man race, unattached or not, all hailed from MU. Junior Ryder James set the pace, crossing the line in 4:06.60 en route to setting a personal best. Classmate Tyler Freiner (4:09.96) and senior Royce Fisher (4:12.48) joined James in setting new career records, as each of the top eight finishers crossed the line within six seconds of each other.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 - SHOW-ME SHOWDOWN |
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Field Events |
Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record / FR = facility record) |
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Weight Throw (M) |
2nd - Garik Pozecki - 19.33m 5th - Clayton Kamp - 17.06m | PR |
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Weight Throw (W) |
1st - Petra Gombas - 18.46m 5th - Reagan Kimrey - 15.92m 6th - Kaitlyn Morningstar - 15.82m 7th - Delilah Pippen - 15.69m | PR 9th - Dallas Jenkins - 13.91m | PR |
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Long Jump (M) |
3rd - Emanuele Bellanova - 6.99m |
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Long Jump (W) |
4th - Isabella Sokolova - 5.51m |
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High Jump (W) |
1st - Kristi Perez-Snyman - 1.83m | PR / T-1st in program history / 4th nationally in 2025 2nd - Claudina Diaz - 1.78m 3rd - Marlena Tresnjo - 1.78m | 11th nationally in 2025 12th - Brooke Sawatzky - 1.48m |
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Shot Put (M) |
2nd - Hayden Dixon - 17.81m 3rd - Rece Rowan - 17.32m 4th - Chase Crawford - 17.19m 8th - Clayton Kamp - 14.74m | PR 9th - Emanuele Bellanova - 13.45m | PR 11th - Kannon Harlow - 10.96m |
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Shot Put (W) |
2nd - Reagan Kimrey - 13.44m 5th - Charnay Davis - 12.42m 9th - Dallas Jenkins - 11.27m 14th - Brooke Sawatzky - 9.57m |
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Triple Jump (W) |
2nd - Victoria Josse - 11.94m |
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Pole Vault (M) |
Kannon Harlow - NH |
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Pole Vault (W) |
2nd - Anna Vedral - 3.70m 3rd - Anna Ferguson - 3.40m 3rd - Allison Geen - 3.40m |
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Track Events |
Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record / FR = facility record) |
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60m Hurdles (M) |
2nd - Emanuele Bellanova - 8.60s 5th - Kannon Harlow - 9.35s |
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60m Hurdles (W) |
2nd - Brooke Sawatzky - 9.05s | PR |
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60m (M) |
1st - Robert Hines - 6.74s | PR / T-4th in program history 7th - Steven Marks - 6.95s 9th - Kaden Hamner - 7.03s | PR 10th - Zach Wright - 7.03s |
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60m (W) |
1st - Alicia Burnett - 7.29s | FR / 7th nationally in 2025 17th - Brooklyn Brady - 8.06s 20th - Parker Jackson - 8.13s 26th - Blair Pace - 8.48s |
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200m (M) |
3rd - Robert Hines - 21.78s | PR 4th - Kaden Hamner - 21.99s 6th - Zach Wright - 22.05s 8th - Izaiah Hill - 22.22s 9th - Steven Marks - 22.24s |
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200m (W) |
1st - Alicia Burnett - 23.58s | PR / FR / 2nd in program history / 8th nationally in 2025 16th - Brooklyn Brady - 26.25s |
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Mile (M) |
1st - Ryder James - 4:06.60 | PR 2nd - Carter Spradling (Unattached) - 4:09.87 3rd - Tyler Freiner - 4:09.96 | PR 4th - Trevor Peimann - 4:10.74 5th - Andrew Hauser (Unattached) - 4:10.96 6th - Ryan Eddington (Unattached) - 4:11.04 7th - Andrew Simard (Unattached) - 4:12.23 8th - Royce Fisher - 4:12.48 | PR 9th - Declan Tunney - 4:13.31 11th - Brenden Heitzig - 4:16.25 15th - Louie Endres (Unattached) - 4:21.90 DNF - Jamie Mora |
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Mile (W) |
6th - Elissa Barnard - 5:06.07 | PR |
UP NEXT
Missouri track and field returns to Hearnes Center Fieldhouse for a third home meet in a row next Saturday, Jan. 25, for the Bob Teel Invitational. The event will tentatively begin at 10 a.m. and run until 4:30 p.m., as all the action will be open and free for spectators.
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