Monday, April 20, 2015

MSSU men's 400 relay breaks school record again

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern men's 400m relay team broke the school record for the second-straight week as the Lions competed at four separate events this week.

Andrew Webster was the lone competitor at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University earlier in the week. He finished 39th with a time of 14:52.

A small group of athletes also competed at the KU Relays on Friday. Darion Boure placed fifth in the triple jump, leaping to a provisional distance of 49-03.00. Kennan Harrison was 12th in a distance of 46-11.

Derek Webb was fifth in the javelin with a provisional distance of 198-04, while Zach Williams placed 13th.Brady Melugin was sixth in the pole vault, while Raymond Woldtvedt placed seventh.

At Central Missouri, Bryan Burns and Tyler Hovey placed 5th and 6th with provisional marks in the shot put. Burns threw a distance of 53-06.25 and Hovey had a mark of 53-03. Burns was second in the discus with a provisional mark of 170 feet, while Nicklas Polizzi placed third in a distance of 169-09. Burns and Poizzi placed 6th and 7th in the hammer throw, with Burns picking up a provisional distance of 178-01. Mitchell Hilger was third in the javelin.

At Missouri S&T, Jeff Fraley helped lead the charge for the Lions. He was the top qualifier in the 100m dash, with a provisional time of 10.41. The mark ranks 9th in Division II and is tied for seventh-best all-time in MSSU history.

Erron Holley qualified third in the 100m, while Desmond Williams was seventh. Neither Fraley or Holley raced in the finals, but Williams finished third in the event.

The 4x100m relay team of Allen, Holley, Williams and Fraley set the school record for the event for the second-straight week. They finished with a time of 40.54, .02 in front of the time the team ran last week. The mark is a provisional time and ranks seventh nationally.

Holley was second in the 200m dash, while Thomas Hawkins, Sam Kohrs and Anthony Price placed 2nd, 4th and 6th in the 400m. Tom Zeilman was 4th in the 800m, while Ben Southwick placed 18th. Southwick was third in the 1,500m, while Jacob Coffman won the 3k in a time of 9:11.28. The time is 14 seconds in front of his previous best.

Allen placed 3rd in the 110m hurdles with a provisional time of 14.53, while Nathan Henry and Colton Wooldridge placed 1st and 2nd in the 3k steeple chase. Jayce Thomas finished sixth in the high jump, whileMorgan Hold was fourth in the pole vault with a provisional height of 16-03.25.

Williams was fourth in the long jump, while Jacob Rowe and Boure placed 6th and 9th and Harrison was 17th. Boure won the triple jump with a provisional distance of 49-07.00. Harrison placed third.

The Lions will be back in action next weekend as Southern plays host to the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational at Fred G. Hughes Stadium. The meet is scheduled to take place on Friday.

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