Wednesday, May 20, 2015

MSSU track prepares for NCAA championships

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern men's and women's track and field team will head north to compete in the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships hosted by Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

The championships start tomorrow and run through Saturday at the Grand Valley State Track and Field Stadium.

Melanie Bower will start things off for the Lions as she will compete in the pole vault at 2 pm ET on Thursday. She qualified eighth in the event.

Brittani Reagan will start the first of two events for her as she competes in the long jump at 2:30 pm ET on Thursday. Reagan qualified 15th in the event.

The men open up the championships with the prelims in the 4x100m relay. The group of Jazz Allen, Erron Holley, Desmond Williams and Jeff Fraley qualified seventh in the event. The prelims of the 4x100m relay start at 5 pm ET on Thursday.

Fraley starts up his individual events with the prelims of the 100m dash at 6:25 pm ET on Thursday night. He is ranked second in the event.

Eric Schott is ranked 13th in the 10k and he will conclude action for the Lions on Thursday, starting his event at 8:50 pm ET.

Darion Boure starts things off on Friday as he competes in the triple jump at 4:45 pm ET. Boure is ranked sixth in the event. Nicklas Polizzi, currently ranked 11th in the discus, starts that event at 5 pm ET on Friday.

Fraley competes in the prelims of the 200m, an event he is ranked second, at 5:45 pm ET on Friday, while Kindra Emberton will run in the 800m prelims at 6 pm ET on Friday. Emberton is ranked 15th in the event.

Morgan Hold starts things off for the team on Saturday as he competes in the pole vault at 12:30 pm ET. Hold goes into the event ranked 11th.

Reagan competes in the triple jump at 12:45 pm ET on Saturday. She is ranked 14th in the event. Derek Webb competes in the last individual event for the Lions on Saturday as he will compete in the Javelin at 2:15 pm ET. He is ranked 16th in the event.

Should either Fraley, Emberton or the 4x100m relay team make the finals of their events they will take place on Saturday.

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