MSSU men's track breaks two school records

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern men's track and field team broke two school records today as the Lions competed in the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational inside Fred G. Hughes Stadium.

Jeff Fraley was part of both records falling today. First off, Fraley ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay team that, for the third-straight week, broke the school record in the event. The team of Jazz Allen, Erron Holley,Desmond Williams and Fraley won the event with a new school and stadium record of 40.43. That time is a provisional mark and ranks sixth nationally.

Fraley turned around and placed second, but was the top collegiate runner in the 400m. He ran to a new school record of 47.56, which is a provisional mark and ranks 15th nationally.

In other action, the 4x400m relay team of Fraley, Sam Kohrs, Anthony Price and Thomas Hawkins won the event in a time of 3:14.67. Jacob Rowe won the long jump with a personal best and provisional mark of 23-08.25. Desmond Williams was second, while Darion Boure placed third. Kennan Harrison was 12th.

Boure won the triple jump with a provisional mark of 48-08.25, while Kennan Harrison placed second with a mark of 47-05.00. Boure's mark ranks fifth nationally in the triple jump.

Erron Holley placed seventh in the 200m dash, while Tom Zeilman placed fourth in the 800m. Tyler Rush, Alex Mason and Ben Grant placed 10th, 12th and 13th in the 800m. Jacob Coffman placed 5th in the 1,500m, whileColton Wooldridge, Nathan Henry and Ben Southwick placed 10th, 11th and 16th.

Allen was fifth in the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.56, while placing 12th in the 400m hurdles. Jayce Thomaswas 10th in the high jump, while Raymond Woldtvedt, Morgan Hold and Brady Melugin placed 4th, 5th and 6th in the pole vault.

Tyler Hovey and Bryan Burns placed fifth and sixth in the shot put, while Nicklas Polizzi had a provisional distance of 175-03 to place second in the discus. Burns and Hovey placed fourth and fifth in the event. Polizzi was third in the hammer, while Hovey was eighth. Zach Williams won the javelin with a distance of 188-03.

The Lions will be back in action next weekend as they compete at the 2015 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Lindenwood University.