COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track & Field will open its outdoor season at the Herm Wilson Invitational, as the Tigers are set to have 38 athletes competing on Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 at Cessna Stadium.
Competition on Friday begin at 12:00 p.m., with the women's hammer throw at 2:30 p.m., followed by distance events at 7:00 p.m., starting with the 3000m steeplechase and ending Friday's events with the 5000m run at 8:10 p.m. Saturday begins with the open field events at 12:00 p.m., followed by open running events at 2:00 p.m. The Herm Wilson Invitational will be livestreamed by Wichita State starting Friday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 23 beginning at 12:00 p.m.
In total, seven teams will be in competition in Wichita, as Mizzou will be joined by the host team Wichita State as well as Nebraska, UMKC, Central Missouri, Emporia State, Fort Hays State.
In field events, three Mizzou athletes will be making their Track & Field season debuts. Redshirt freshman Ethan Hanson (Palatine, Ill.) will be making his season debut in the shot put and hammer throw after redshirting this indoor season, while freshman Ava Curry (Liberty, Mo.) and junior Allie Webb (Platte City, Mo.) will be making their season debuts in the javelin. Other notable entries include NCAA Indoor All-American Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.) in the women's hammer throw and SEC scorer Avery Carter (Lee Summit, Mo.) in the men's hammer throw.
In the track events, redshirt junior Thomas George (Gloucester, England) makes his Track & Field season debut as he will compete in the 3000m run on Saturday. Other notable entries include junior Kieran Wood (Cambridge, England), who finished third in the mile run at the SEC Indoor Championships. Wood will be competing in the 800m and the 1500m run on Saturday.
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Mizzou Entries – Running Events
100m Dash, Men – Jayson Ashford, Nylo Clarke, Khmari Thompson
100m Dash, Women – Maya Cody, Jazmyn Shumaker
200m Dash, Men – Jayson Ashford, Nylo Clarke, Caulin Graves, Khmari Thompson
200m Dash, Women – Maya Cody, Jazmyn Shumaker
800m Run, Men – Kieran Wood, Martin Prodanov, Robert Kuhlmann, Dylan Quisenberry
800m Run, Women – Karina Liz, Michaela Hackbarth, Emma Roth
1500m Run, Men – Kieran Wood, Zach Cook,
1500m Run, Women – Tori Findley, Mikayla Reed, Karina Liz, Emma Roth
3000m Run, Men – Thomas George, Michael Widmann, Evan Schulte
5000m Run, Men – Justin Loquercio
5000m Run, Women – Jordyn Kleve, Hannah Thomas, Lexi Maddox
400m Hurdles, Women – Morgan O'Neal
3000m Steeple, Women – Melissa Menghini
4x100m Relay, Men – Mizzou
4x400m Relay, Men – Mizzou
Mizzou Entries – Field Events
Shot Put, Men – Will Fife, Ethan Hanson
Shot Put, Women – Emily Stauffer
Discus, Men – Will Fife
Discus, Women - Gabi Jacobs, CeCe Johnson, Sophia Rivera
Hammer Throw, Men – Avery Carter, Patrick Kunza, Ethan Hanson
Hammer, Women – Becky Keating, Jordan McClendon, CeCe Johnson, Sydney Oberdiek, Emily Stauffer,
Javelin, Women – Allie Webb, Ava Curry
