Saturday, February 21, 2015

MSSU mile relay team wins at Central Missouri

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern men's track and field team competed both at the University of Central Missouri and the University of Nebraska Friday.

At Central Missouri, the Lions had nine top-two finishes, as well as two provisional marks. The mile relay team of Jeff Fraley, Thomas Hawkins (pictured), Erron Holley and Anthony Price picked up a win and a provisional in the event. The time of 3:21.77 is just off the MSSU school record and when converted for a banked track is a provisional time.

Morgan Hold was second in the pole vault with a provisional height of 15-07, while Jayce Thomas placed second in the high jump with a height of 6-04.75.

Tyler Hovey was second in the shot put in a distance of 50-11.50, while Bryan Burns was third and Nicklas Polizzi was fifth. Burns placed second in the weight throw in a distance of 54-04.50, while Polizzi was fifth and Hovey was sixth.

Desmond Williams won the long jump in a distance of 22-10.50, while Jacob Rowe was second with a leap of 22-03.50.

Sam Kohrs was second in the 400m dash in a time of 50-60, while Tavion Jones was third. Ben Grant was second in the 800m in a time of 1:58.64, while Ben Southwick (4:33.13) and Gabe Lodge placed second and eighth, respectively, in the mile. Nathan Henry was second in the 3k in a time of 9:01.95, while Drake Smelserplaced eighth.

At Nebraska, Miles Migliara was seventh in the 800m run in a time of 1:55.16, while Thomas Zeilman placed 16th. Andrew Webster was ninth in the mile with a time of 4:17.13, while Adrian Todd was tenth in the 3k in a time of 8:48.25, while Eric Schott and Colton Wooldridge placed 14th and 18th, respectively.

The Lions will be back in action tomorrow as a handful of athletes will compete at the Arkansas Open at the University of Arkansas.

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