(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)
The No. 5 ranked Missouri Southern women's and No. 6 ranked men's track and field teams will host the 2020 MSSU Multi and Open on Friday (Feb. 7) and Saturday (Feb. 8) inside the Leggett & Platt Athletics Center.
The meet, which is the only home meet scheduled for the Lions this campaign, is set to kickoff at 9:00 a.m. on Friday with the opening events of the multis. Field events are scheduled to commence at 2:00 p.m. on Friday while track events are scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
On Saturday, the final events of the multis start at 9:00 a.m. while field events start at 10:00 a.m. and track events start at 3:00 p.m. with the final event, the 4x400 meter relays, set to start at 6:35 p.m.
Earlier this week, the Division II Indoor Track & Field Rating Index had both men's and women's teams ranked in the top six of the national polls.
Last week, throwers picked up five provisional qualifying marks and three event wins at the Central Missouri Invite while the rest of the team posted 11 provisional qualifying marks and claimed four event wins at the 2020 Northwest Open on Saturday.
Entering this week, Gidieon Kimutai and Josh Norville have Southern's two automatic qualifying marks. Kimutai posted time of 14:03.08 to sit fourth in the 5,000-meter. Norville, who was named the MIAA Field Athlete of the Week, punched his ticket this past week as he sits No.3 in the long jump with a mark of 7.60 meters.
The men also have 11 provisional qualifying marks with five of them being in the top ten.
On the women's side, MSSU has 16 provisional qualifying marks with six in the top ten. Payton Roberts holds the highest ranked mark as she is sitting second in the shot put with a mark of 15.38 meters.
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