Women’s Javelin Steals the Show at Yellow Jacket Invite
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The women’s squad did not just show up, they took over the meet, with seven of their athletes in the top-10 during the first day of competition at the Yellow Jacket Invitational on Friday, March 20, in Atlanta, Ga.
Women’s Javelin Throw is Back!Skylar Ciccolini led the charge with a first place finish, launching a 57.45m throw. Right behind her, Valentina Barrios Bornacelli secured second place with her throw of 55.06m.
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Morgan Cannon, Marysa Flieg, Val Galligan and Lexi Graig all finished in fourth through seventh, flooding the leaderboard with Mizzou marks. Taylor Ciccolini added a 10th place finish, while Nora Hark took 13th.
Men and Women’s Hammer ThrowGarik Pozecki placed sixth overall in the men’s weight throw with his personal best of 61.72m. Following him in 10th, Clayton Kamp had a throw of 54.60m.
Petra Gombas came out in third for the women, with a throw of 56.81m. Following her, Reagan Kimrey and Kaitlyn Morningstar with a personal best finished in third and fourth place with throws of 53.98m and 52.31m.
Delilah Pippen came in seventh with her new personal best of 49.83m. Rounding it out for the Tigers in 10th, Tania Duncan had a personal best throw of 46.69m.
Men’s Shot PutChase Crawford opened his outdoor season with a second place throw of 17.26m. In third, Sam Albert finished with a personal best throw of 16.62m, and Clayton Kamp rounded it out for the Tigers in fifth, with a throw of 15.64m.
Women’s Long JumpBrianna Utecht entered her outdoor season placing third overall in the women’s long jump with a her mark of 5.57m.
Women’s 100m HurdlesUtecht placed sixth overall in the women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 14.06 seconds. Sofia Wydra followed her in 20th, with a time of 15.71 seconds.
Men’s 110m HurdlesDillon Leacock set the stage for the Tigers by placing fourth overall in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.54 seconds.
“Dylan is brand new to the 60 hurdles, he never ran it at Houston, coming in and kind of introducing that to him this year was really exciting to see,” assistant coach Jordon Andreassen said. “He’ll run the 110 which would be super exciting. He’s born a hurdler, making the first round last year, so just to see the versatility of him as a student athlete, I think is going to be super exciting.”
Women and Men’s 1500m RaceBrianna Lee placed 11th overall in the women’s race, finishing with her new personal best of 4:31.21. Natalie Barnard followed in 23rd with a time of 4:38.39, while Elissa Barnard rounded out the Tigers’ performances with a 34th-place finish and secured a new personal best.
On the men’s side, Andrew Hauser led the way with a seventh-place finish in 3:50.52. Close behind, Ethan Hogan secured a personal best in eighth and River Hardman took ninth, clocking times of 3:50.61 and 3:50.76.
Yordanos Zelinski finished 12th, Joseph Bariola placed 15th and Andrew Simard completed the Tigers’ lineup with a 19th-place finish.
Men’s 5000m to End the DayZelinski placed eighth overall in the men’s 5000m with a time of 14:57.17. Alongside him, Bariola and Hogan placed 13th and 15th with times of 15:14.30 and 15:22.53.
Meet Results: https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=8742
Saturday’s Slate of EventsThe Tigers will do it all again starting at 11 a.m., on Saturday, March 21. They will compete in the high jump, pole vault, discus, 800m and finish the day off with the 200m races.
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