University of Missouri
Bob Teel Invitational
Track & Field Continues Homestand with Bob Teel Invitational
1/24/2025 9:30:00 AM | Track & Field
The Tigers prep for their third-straight indoor meet of five at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri track and field continues with the 2025 indoor season with the Bob Teel Invitational this Saturday at 9 a.m. at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse. Attendance is free and open to the public.
INSIDE THE FIELDHOUSE
Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Memphis, Missouri State Southern University, Missouri State, Murray State, Northwest Missouri State, SIUE, Kansas City, Washington University and Western Illinois will join the Tigers in the third of five meets hosted in Columbia.
The venue received updates on its 200-meter track with 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
Senior Kristi Perez-Snyman (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa) tied the high jump program record with a height of 1.83 meters at the Show-Me Showdown on Jan. 17.
Graduate student Alicia Burnett (St. Louis, Missouri) achieved multiple facility records at the Show-Me Showdown, including a 7.29 60m dash to replace LaQuisha Jackson's 7.33 record in 2016. She also finished the 200m with a personal record of 23.58, surpassing a long-standing record of 23.93 set by Olympian Ximena Restrepo in 1991.
Junior Robert Hines, (St. Louis, Missouri) represented the men with outstanding performances and personal bests in sprints. Hines achieved a 6.74 first-place finish in the 60m dash, tying Nylo Clarke for fourth in program history. He later registered a 21.78 finish in the 200m to place third.
TOP-50 TIGERS
Senior Skylar Coffey (Spring Hill, Tennessee) ranks 33rd nationally in men's shot put with his standout performance of 18.31m at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational on Jan. 11.
Redshirt junior Sam Innes (Columbia, Missouri) joins Coffey in the national leaderboard with a number eleven rank in men's weight throw. Innes tallied a 22.46m in the same meet and looks to continue his efforts in the Saturday contest.
Burnett claims two spots in the national rankings for women's sprints. Her 200m record of 23.58 ranks 15th and her 7.29 in the 60m secures the 18th.
Sophomore Rahel Broemmel, (Sonsbeck, Germany) marks 38th for the women's 5000m with a time of 16:09.31 achieved in the season opener.
Three Tigers join the chart for women's high jump. Perez-Snyman reaches 9th nationally with her record of 1.83m. Senior Claudina Diaz, (Merida, Yucatan, Mexico) ranks 13th and freshman Marlena Tresjno (Vancouver, Canada) joins the Tiger effort for 27th, good for fifth in the Southeastern Conference and third nationally among freshmen.
All-American senior Euphenie Andre (Dover Plains, New York) ranks second for women's triple jump with a 13.49 mark.
Sophomore Sterling Scott (Starkville, Mississippi) clocks in third for the men's triple jump rankings. Scott achieved the 16.28m mark at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational on January 11.
ALL-AMERICAN RETURNEES
Burnett capped off her breakout 2024 indoor campaign with an All-American Second Team finish at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The rising senior notched a 12th-place result in the women's 60m with a 7.29 sprint at The TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts.
With her result, Burnett became the first Mizzou sprinter (male or female, indoor or outdoor) to claim an All-American position at the NCAA Championships since Markesh Woodson and Kahmari Montgomery secured placements in the 100m and 400m, respectively, at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Burnett enjoyed one of the finest seasons by a Tiger sprinter in the last decade and looks to cap off her collegiate career in impressive fashion. She qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational on Feb. 2 with a sprint of 7.21 in the women's 60m. The mark shattered the previous program record of 7.31 held by LaQuisha Jackson for nine years.
Throughout the 2024 indoor campaign, Burnett hit five runs in the 60m, breaking Jackson's old record. She ranks top-10 in program history in every sprint event—she is first in the women's 60m, fourth in the women's 200m, and sixth in the women's 400m.
Scott closed his first indoor season with an All-America Second Team placement in the men's triple jump. He scored an 11th-place result with a 15.50m (50-10.25) leap to earn the best finish of any freshman triple jumper at The TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts.
In his debut year, Scott became the first Mizzou freshman All-American (male or female, indoor or outdoor) since Mirieli Santos and Roberto Vilches each earned the status at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. With his All-America placement, the Tigers have yielded an All-American in the triple jump for a seventh consecutive year.
Scott booked his spot in the NCAA Championships meet with a bronze-medal winning jump of 16.14m (52-11.5) on his final attempt at the SEC Indoor Championship.
Scott also finished fifth place in the triple jump final at the World Athletics U20 Championships, clearing 16.09m (52-9.36) on Aug. 29, 2024, in Lima, Peru. He set a career best in the event finishing second during the qualifying round. Scott then made the finals after clearing 16.29m (53-5.25) to move into third in the program's outdoor triple jump record book.
JOINING THE PACK
Ahead of the season, Coach Halter announced the signings of Sofia Walker, Ethan Zuber and Sofia Wydra Morgan Youmans as members of the class of 2025.
On January 15, head coach Brett Halter announced the addition of five distance runners – Mirriam Chepkirui (Nakuru, Kenya), Elijah Limo (Khayega, Kenya), Chesney Peterson (Johnson City, Kansas), Monica Wanjiku (Kaimbu, Kenya) and Kobi Walker (Melbourne, Australia) – to its 2025 roster. All are immediately eligible to compete for the current indoor season.
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