The Missouri Southern men's and women's track and field programs will be in action this weekend as the Lions will compete in the 2019 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Northwest Missouri State University.
The 9th-ranked women and the 33rd-ranked men will be competing beginning on Friday with the meet concluding on Sunday. Combined events begin at 2 pm on Friday and conclude for the men starting at 11:30 am on Saturday. Field events begin at 1:30 pm on Saturday with prelims for the track events beginning at 2 pm. Finals begin on Sunday at 1 pm.
The Southern women come into the event as the top-ranked women's program in the MIAA. The Lions have 18 individual performances right now that, according to the MIAA performance lists, will earn them points. The women are strong in the sprints with Jasmine Deckard ranked 2nd and 4th, respectively in the 60m and 200m dash. Morgan Smith is ranked 2nd in the 60m hurdles, while Claire Luallen and Elizabeth Adeoye are ranked 5th and 6th.
The pole vault is another event where the Lions could pick up points where Samantha Petry (2nd), Elena Bisotto (5th) and Jordan Banker (8th) are all ranked in points position with Lauren Sutherland sitting just outside at 11th. The shot put has Desirea Buerge and Payton Roberts sitting at 1st and 2nd as they are the only two individuals in the MIAA to pick up NCAA Automatic Qualifying marks in the event.
Other events where the women should pick up points could be the 5k where Ashlee Kuykendall and Julianna Detterman are ranked 4th and 8th, respectively. Wynter Nekoa is ranked 5th in the high jump, while the 4x400m relay team is ranked 4th. Kirsten Leisinger and Alexandra Rodriguez are ranked 4th and 7th in the weight throw, while Luallen is ranked 5th in the pentathlon.
The Southern men come in with 19 possible point individuals according to the performance list. The distance races could earn the Lions some big points as Gidieon Kimutai and Kevin Koester come in ranked 3rd and 4th in the 3k, while Kimutai (3rd), Josh Webb (6th) and Nickson Kiptoo (8th) could all earn points for the Lions in the 5k. Michael Shanahan and Jared Ozee sit just outside the top eight. Tadd Capron and Nathan Painter rank 6th and 8th in the mile, while the DMR team ranks 2nd.
Brendan Watkins is 3rd in the long jump and 5th in the triple jump, while Adrain Broadus is 4th in the triple jump. Rajindra Campbell is ranked 6th in the shot put, while Travis Petersen and Josh Fulmer rank 3rd and 5th, respectively in the weight throw.
Andrew Wells ranks 5th in the high jump, while Dean Howard ranks 8th in the long jump. Douglas Depagneu ranks 6th in the 400m, while Jon Johnson ranks 3rd in the 600 yard.
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