COLLEGE STATION, Texas – University of Missouri track and field's Claudina Diaz and Kristi Perez-Snyman qualified for the women's high jump final while Alicia Burnett punched her ticket to the women's 100m semifinal of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on day four of the opening round at E.B. Cushing Stadium on Saturday.
Diaz and Perez-Snyman both recorded jumps of 1.84m (6-0.5) to take fifth and seventh place, respectively, while Burnett finished the 100m in eighth in 11.10, shaving another three hundredths of a second off her school record in the event. The three will look to claim the first women's national title in their events in school history.
Burnett, Diaz and Perez-Snyman join Callan Saldutto, Valentina Barrios and Skylar Coffey as the Tigers' representatives at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, at the national championship meet for their respective events on June 11-15.
Ames Burton opened the day for Mizzou in women's discus, where she placed 30th after a throw of 52.03m (170-8). In the Tigers' final event, the 5000m, Monica Wanjiku finished in 16:38.21 for 35th, while Rahel Broemmel took 41st in 16:44.49.
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SATURDAY, MAY 31 – NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROUND ONE - DAY FOUR
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Field Events
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Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record)
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Discus (W)
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30th – Ames Burton: 52.03m (170-8)
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High Jump (W)
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5th – Claudina Diaz: 1.84m (6-0.5)
7th – Kristi Perez-Snyman 1.84m (6-0.5)
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Track Events
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Place-Athlete-Mark | Notes (PR = personal record)
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100m (W)
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8th – Alicia Burnett: 11.10, PR
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5000m (W)
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35th – Monica Wanjiku: 16:28.21
41st – Rahel Broemmel: 16:44.49
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UP NEXT
Barrios, Burnett, Coffey, Diaz, Perez-Snyman and Saldutto will travel to Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, at the national championship meet for their respective finals on June 11-14.
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