Feb. 26, 2014
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Championship season has arrived for the Tigers this week, as they prepare for the trip to College Station, Tx., where they will, once again, come head-to-head with the nation's best in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships. Last year, the teams emerged from the fray with three All-SEC finishers and an SEC Champion in the then-freshman, Markesh Woodson. The teams will return to the arena on Thursday to build upon the successes of 2013 and continue re-writing the Missouri Record Books.
Events will begin on Thursday at Texas A&M's Gilliam Indoor Stadium with the men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon taking center stage. The men's heptathlon will continue into Friday, while the meet will go through Saturday evening.
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Live Streaming
Both the Aggie Network and ESPN3 will be providing a live stream of the events throughout the weekend. The Aggie Network will kick things off with coverage from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. CT on Thursday and Friday. ESPN3 will kick in starting at 2:55 p.m. ET on Friday, and 1:50 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Aggie Network (Thursday) | Aggie Network (Friday)
ESPN3 (Friday) | ESPN3 (Saturday)
The Championships will also air on ESPNU as a 90-minute highlight show on Monday, March 10, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Re-Writing the Record Books
The Tigers have made a habit of updating the record books week-to-week as they took down 105 personal records (PR's), 22 All-Time Top Ten marks, and five School Record performances thus far during the 2013-14 season. Topping that list with four School Record marks is junior Kearsten Peoples, who took down the seven-year-old weight throw record, previously held by Elisha Hunt, and her own shot put record two times apiece. Her top mark for the weight throw stands at 21.18m (69-6), while the shot put record is holding at 17.51m (57-5.5).
Making his second mark on the Missouri Record Board was sophomore Markesh Woodson, who now holds the leading times in both the 60-meter dash (6.60) and 200-meter dash (21.13).
Eighteen more All-Time Top Ten performers will be making appearances in the Gilliam Indoor Stadium this week, including:
60-Meter Dash, Men - No. 10 Jonathan Ilori
60-Meter Hurdles, Men - No. 2 Kyle Smith
3000-Meter Run - No. 7 Tyler Schneider | No. 9 Dan Roe
5000-Meter Run, Men - No. 3 Max Storms | No. 10 Drew White
Triple Jump, Men - No. 4 Jonathan Ilori | No. 6 Tony Carodine
Heptathlon, Men - No. 9 Tim Gilman
60-Meter Dash, Women - No. 7 Jacqueline Obi
200-Meter Dash, Women - No. 4 Jacqueline Obi
800-Meter Run, Women - No. 9 Landon Wachter
5000-Meter Run, Women - No. 7 Kaitlyn Fischer
Pole Vault, Women - No. 2 Katrine Haarklau | No. 3 Maggie Givens | No. 4 Alyssa Applebee
Shot Put, Women - No. 2 Jill Rushin | No. 6 Katie Evans
Weight Throw, Women - No. 8 Katie Evans
Pentathlon, Women - No. 6 Morgan Whitson | No. 9 Katrine Haarklau
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