University of Missouri
Yellow Jacket Invitational
Track & Field Begins Outdoor Season at Yellow Jacket Invitational
3/20/2025 4:45:00 PM | Track & Field
Mizzou competes in its first outdoor meet fresh off earning an individual national title to cap off the indoor season.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri track and field will begin its outdoor competition season this weekend when the Tigers travel to Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Invitational Friday and Saturday at the George C. Griffin Track and Field complex in Atlanta.
2025 INDOOR SEASON CONCLUDES
Missouri captured a national title and multiple All-America accolades to conclude indoor season March 15 at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Sophomore Jonathan Seremes became the program's first national champion in triple jump. Seremes' win marked the fourth time Mizzou has won a national title at the NCAA Indoor Championship on the men's side. Seremes joins Robin Lingle (1,000-yard run, 1965), the 1974 Distance Medley Relay team and Derrick Peterson (800m, 1999) as Mizzou's NCAA indoor champions on the men's side.
Seremes locked up first place following the fourth round, where he recorded 16.94m (55-7) to reclaim the top spot. His final jump of 17.04m (55-11), broke his program record in the event and concluded the indoor season as the best in the nation.
Sterling Scott and Sermes were both named First Team All-Americans. Scott finished in eight-place in the men's triple jump with 16.04m (52-7.5). Euphenie Andre hit a personal best in her final collegiate meet on the women's triple jump with a sixth-place finish (13.55m), while Kristi Perez-Snyman also took sixth place in the women's high jump with 1.85m (6-0.75).
Junior Sam Innes claimed Second Team All-American honors after placing 14th overall in weight throwing, becoming the team's first weight thrower since 2009 to earn All-American status. Claudina Diaz joined him on the Second Team with a 15th-place finish in women's high jump (1.75m, 5-8.75).
PRIOR OUTDOOR CAMPAIGN
Missouri concluded its prior outdoor season at the 2024 NCAA Track and Field Championship, with big finishing placements from Scott and Weber. Scott ended his first year with a NCAA 14th-place finish in the men's triple jump, while Weber capped off his collegiate career with a fourth-place finish in men's discus.
LAST TIME AT GEORGE C. GRIFFIN
During the 2024 rendition of the Yellow Jacket Invitational on May 16, 2024, 10 Tigers earned podium finishes.
The men's discus squad finished in the top three spots. Mitch Weber claimed first for his fifth-career event victory, while Tarique George and Skylar Coffey followed up with silver and bronze medals.
Erin Zimmerman posted a career best in women's javelin for gold.
On the track, Quinton Brown, Robert Hines, Steven Marks, and Marc Poland Jr.'s time of 30.59 in the men's 4x100 earned a second-place wfinish, good for top-10 in school history.
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