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Missouri Track and Field 2006 News & Notes
CONTACT INFO: TOM LEWIS
Indoor Championship Season Big 12 Indoor Championships Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) February 24-25, 2006 Tigers on the Big 12 List MEN 60 Greg Bracey* 13th 6.80 600y Jimmie Jones* 11th 1:11.75 800 Marcus Mayes* 4th 1:49.48 Jimmie Jones* 5th 1:50.50 1000 Marcus Mayes* 6th 2:27.82 Tipper O’Brien* 10th 2:30.35 Mile Tipper O’Brien* 9th 4:04.55 Tim Cornell*** 17th 4:09.68 5000 Josh Davis 8th 14:17.03 4x400 Jones, Butler, 5th 3:14.02 Figgins, Mayes HJ Chris Horn 9th 2.07m 6-9½ LJ Chris Horn 16th 7.14m 23-5¼ TJ Montel Evans***13th 14.07m 46-2 SP Bill Hobson 3rd 18.47m 60-7¼ Nate Englin** 6th 18.19m 59-8¼ Chris Rohr*** 10th 16.62m 54-6½ WT Chris Rohr*** 4th 19.94m 65-5 Bobby Musil** 5th 19.88m 65-2¾ Tyler Dailey** 6th 19.84m 65-1¼ Nate Englin** 9th 19.03m 62-5¼ Jason Morris** 10th 19.00m 62-4 HEPT Hans Uldal have not contested Bjorn Sommerfeldt WOMEN 600y Trisa Nickoley**6th 1:25.26 Kaela Rorvig** 10th 1:25.70 Laura Brandt 11th 1:26.47 800 Ashley Patten 1st 2:04.73 Trisa Nicoley** 4th 2:07.71 1000 Ashley Patten 4th 2:50.55 Mile Kasey Kimball**5th 4:54.05 Kristin Hansen 7th 4:56.71 3000 Kristin Hansen 6th 9:41.49 5000 Valerie Lauver 2nd 16:36.24 PV T. Powers** 12th 3.65m 11-11¾ LJ J. Woolridge*** 16th 5.77m 18-11¼ SP Krishna Lee*** 6th 14.73m 48-4 Elizabeth Robe**9th 14.31m 46-11½ K. Richardson***11th 14.16m 46-5¼ WT Elisha Hunt** 3rd 19.40m 63-7¾ K. Richardson***8th 17.95m 58-10¾ PENT Liz Peterson 7th 3,393 *** Freshman ** Sophomore * Junior
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Big 12 Indoor Championships Times: Friday, 9:30am-9:20pm Saturday, 9:30am-6:45pm Track: Indoor 200m, Banked Host: Nebraska, Big 12 Conference Website: huskers.com, big12sports.com Scoring: Relay & Indiv. Events: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Meet Make-Up: Each of the Big 12 Conference schools must choose only 26 men and 26 women to be on their team roster, competing in the toughest confernce championship in the country Team Departure: Thursday, 8:30am All-Conference: The top eight in each indivdual and relay event will be named All-Big 12 Pronounciation Guide TRISA NICKOLEY tree-sah nick-o-lee
Bobby MUSIL muscle
Carolyn RAUEN ruin
Hans ULDAL ewl-dall
BIG 12 INDOOR SHOWCASES WORLD-CLASS TALENT Tigers to face some of the best in the nation The Big 12 Indoor Championships are next for the Missouri Tiger Track and Field squads. Twenty-six men and 26 women will forge to Lincoln, Neb., for the two-day meet that begins Friday morning. The Tigers will have four individual and relay championships to defend against some of the best talent in the nation. Possible Three-Peats in the Works They say everything comes in threes, the Tigers sure hope so. The Tiger women have won the Distance Medley Relay event in each of the last two years and a third would be the most difficult yet. One constant on those two past squads was Amanda Bales, who ran the anchor, 1600-meter leg in each of those Tiger conference championships in that event. Bales is out of indoor eligibility,
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Meet Schedule Friday, Febuary 25
Saturday, Febuary 26
9:30am Women’s Pentathlon 9:50am Men’s Heptathlon - Day One
9:30am Men’s Heptathlon - Day Two 1:45pm Men’s Hept - 1000m Run
FIELD EVENTS 2:45pm M Weight Throw 4:00pm W Pole Vault 4:30pm W Long Jump 5:45pm W Weight Throw 6:30pm M Long Jump
FIELD EVENTS 1:30pm W Triple Jump 2:00pm M High Jump 2:15pm M Shot Put 3:00pm M Pole Vault 4:00pm M Triple Jump 4:30pm W High Jump 4:45pm W Shot Put
TRACK EVENTS (Women first, all are finals unless listed) 2:00pm 60m Hurdles (prelims) 2:30pm 60m Dash (prelims) 3:00pm Mile Run (prelims) 3:40pm Women’s Pentathlon - 800m Run 3:50pm 60m Hurdles (semis) 4:10pm 60m Dash (semis) 4:30pm 600yd Run (prelims) 5:10pm 400m Dash (prelims) 5:50pm 1000m Run (prelims) 6:30pm 800m Run (prelims) 7:10pm 200m Dash (prelims) 7:50pm 5000m Run 8:40pm Distance Medley Relay
TRACK EVENTS (all events finals) 3:00pm 60m Hurdles 3:10pm 60m Dash 3:25pm Mile Run 3:45pm 600yd Run (2 section) 4:05pm 400m Dash (2 section) 4:25pm 1000m Run 4:45pm 800m Run 5:05pm 200m Dash (2 section) 5:25pm 3000m Run (2 section) 6:30pm 4x400m Relay (2 section)
Missouri Track & Field Quick Facts QUICK FACTS General Information Location .......................................................Columbia, Mo. 65205 Population................................................................................ 84,531 Founded .......................................................................................1839 Enrollment ............................................................................... 27,088 Nickname .................................................................................. Tigers Colors ................................................................ Old Gold and Black Conference................................................................................ Big 12 Affiliation ................................................................ NCAA Division I University Personnel President (UM System) .................................... Dr. Elson S. Floyd Chancellor ........................................................Dr. Richard Wallace Director of Athletics................ Michael Alden (Evansville ’80) Sr. Woman Administrator ...................................Sarah Reesman Athletic Switchboard .......................................... (573) 882-6501 Track & Field Information Head Coach ..................Rick McGuire (St. Lawrence ’69), 23rd Assistant Coaches – (Alma Mater), season at Mizzou Throws ............................... Brett Halter (Indiana Univ. of Penn. ’93), 13th Distance & XC Head Coach..................Jared Wilmes (Missouri ’94), 8th Mid-Distance & Distance................ Rebecca Wilmes (Missouri’ 97), 8th Sprints........................................................... Chad Shade (Missouri ’00), 6th Vert. Jumps.............................Dan Lefever (Nebraska Wesleyan ’99), 4th
Office Phone........................................................... (573) 882-0722 Office Fax ................................................................. (573) 882-4720 Indoor Facility ...................Hearnes Center Fieldhouse (1972) Outdoor Facility ................................................................................... ................Audrey J. Walton Track/Soccer Stadium (1996) Media Relations Media Relations Director ......................................... Chad Moller Media Relations Phone....................................... (573) 882-3241 Media Relations Fax ............................................. (573) 882-4720 Shipping Address ..........................................600 Stadium Drive, .................................................................................260 Hearnes, .................................................................Columbia, Mo. 65205 Track & Field/Cross Country Contact ...................... Tom Lewis Lewis’ Direct Line .................................................. (573) 884-9486 Lewis’ Cell Phone .................................................. (573) 424-9447 Lewis’ E-Mail .................................................tvlewis@mizzou.edu Website ........................................................... www.mutigers.com
page 2 and will not be at this year’s meet, in uniform. Both the Tiger men and women won their Distance Medley Relay events last season, becoming the first school to accomplish the feat in the conference since 1982, and the days of the Big 8.
easily rack 15 to 20 with individual event performances. Hardee and junior Longhorn Donovan Kilmartin are 1-2 in the conference and 1-2 in the nation so far this season in the men’s heptathlon. Mizzou’s Hans Uldal, who won the Big 12 Decathlon crown in the outdoor season last year, are among the big Senior Ashley Patten is on a streak of her own, players on that multi-event stage. having won two individual events in the past two years at the conference indoor meet. In In total, this meet will feature five Olympians 2004, Patten won the 800-meter crown and from the 2004 Athens Games, including Mizlast season, she won the 1000-meter crown. zou’s Uldal who represented home-country Norway, Texas Tech sprinter Andrae Williams The Tigers have also won two consecutive (Bahamas) and Nebraska 800-meter runner conference titles in the women’s 800. Patten Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lativa) are two men that was the winner in 2004, and Big 12 Freshman were in the games in ’04. Nebraska’s Egle Uljas of the Year Trisa Nickoley was the Tiger win- (Estonia), is in the top six on the NCAA list in ner in 2005. the women’s 800 and was also an Olympian for her home country in that event. Nebraska Holding their Weight is also home to Canadian-Olympic-hurdler One of the more impressive stories with the Priscilla Lopes. Tiger men this season has been their overwhelming talent in the throwing events. Sure- Also worth noting, 16 NCAA Champions are ly, an NCAA best: five Tigers have achieved among the conference’s best and 58 NCAA an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the All-Americans will be in this meet as well. 35-lb. weight throw event, having all thrown Thanks, Andy Anderson at Nebraska for comover 62 feet, 4 inches (19.00m) this season. piling that one. Those five freshmen and sophomores, Chris Rohr, Bobby Musil, Tyler Dailey, Nate Englin, On the women’s side, Nebraska is favored to and Jason Morris are also encompassing win their third-consecutive indoor conferthe top 10 on the conference’s performance ence crown. and thus are all possible team scorers. Rohr, a redshirt freshman, broke Mizzou’s freshman Last Year record in the event at the Meyo Invitational, The Tigers won conference championships throwing 65-5, topping Christian Cantwell’s in five events including a men-women former record. sweep of the distance medley relay as talked about before. The women’s squad was made The Field up of Kristin Hansen, Whittney Stuart, Trisa There are two power conferences in colligate Nickoley, and Amanda Bales. Only Hansen track and field. One, is the SEC, the other is the and Nickoley are returners. The men’s conBig 12. In the latest Trackwire Top 25, an index ference championship team contained Tipused to predict the final national-champion- per O’Brien, Jimmie Jones, Neville Miller, and ship meet scores, five Big 12 men’s teams are Ryan Hampton and reset the meet record in in the top 25 and two women’s squads are as the event with a 9:47.13 clocking. well. Let’s take the men’s 60-meter dash for an example as the conference’s depth. Of the Nickoley, later named Big 12 Freshman of the top 21 performers in the NCAA in that event Year for her two conference crowns, won the so far this indoor season, eight come from women’s 800 in 2:09.31, after a disqualificathe Big 12, four from Texas alone. tion was ruled on Iowa State’s Ada Anderson. Texas is the team favorite on the men’s side, and currently is tied for second in the nation in the Trackwire computation. The Texas men have six squad members in the top 10 of the nation in their respective events. Junior Trey Hardee broke the NCAA record in the heptathlon with 6,208 points in late January, and instead of a being a favorite for 10 conference points for winning the hept, Hardee could
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Patten won the women’s 1000 in a meet-record 2:45.96. And, outgoing senior Conrad Woolsey provided the biggest heart-stopping moment at the 2005 championship, winning the men’s shot with a throw of 63-¾ (19.22m) on his fi-
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Senior Serena Ramsey (Waukesha, Wisc.) broke teammate Jill Petersen’s school record in the women’s 5000TIGERS SWEEP DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY meter with her third-place time of 16:34.87, earning AT BIG 12 INDOOR her fifth all-time All-Big 12 honor. The mark, an NCAA First time since 1982 that a Big 12/Big Eight team has provisional qualifying mark, topped Petersen’s record taken both titles by seven seconds. Petersen placed seventh, grabbing an additional two points for the Tigers with a time of LINCOLN, Neb.—An exhilarating day for the Missouri 16:57.92. Track & Field team ended with a bang Friday night in the first day of the Big 12 InSaturday door Championships in Lincoln, Neb. TIGERS GRAB THREE MORE TITLES Lincoln, Neb. Both men’s February 25-26, 2005 AT BIG 12 INDOOR and women’s Distance Missouri teams score dual Medley Relay squads sixth-place conference finishes won Big 12 titles for Missouri in the final events of the night. The women won the event for the second year in a row and for the third time in five years. The Tiger LINCOLN, Neb.—The Missouri Track & Field team women repeated as champs with only one returning grabbed three more individual conference titles on member, Amanda Bales, from last year’s relay team. Saturday at the final day of the Big 12 Indoor ChamThe men broke the Big 12 meet record with their time pionships in Lincoln, Neb. A total crowd of 5,315 over two days witnessed Missouri win a team-record five of 9:47.13 event championships on the way to dual sixth-place A crowd of 1,944 witnessed Kristin Hansen, Whittney team finishes. Stuart, Trisa Nickoley, and Amanda Bales win the women’s DMR in a time of 11:23.98, defeating second-place Junior Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) won her second Baylor by a dominating four full seconds. The repeating Big 12 Indoor title, taking the women’s 1000-meter run champs ended the second leg in fourth place, trailing in championship meet record time of 2:45.96, a personal Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Then, freshman best. Patten won the 800-meter title in last year’s Big 12 Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) took the baton for her Indoor. Patten is now a five-time All-Big 12 performer. 800-meter leg. Senior Conrad Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) won the “It’s awesome knowing the strength of your team,” men’s shot put title with a new personal-best throw of said Amanda Bales. “You have so much confidence in 63 feet, ¾ inches (19.22m). In one of the most exciting your team, that actually see them coming through is field events of the championship meet, Woolsey took the lead with his second throw of 62-5 (19.05m) and an amazing feeling.” led into the finals. Then, Kansas’ Sheldon Battle, on Nickoley came from fourth, taking over the lead after his final throw topped Woolsey with a toss of 62-11 her leg of 2:08.7. Then Bales took the baton. Running (19.19m). The final throw of the competition belonged with the strictest of confidence, Bales led the rest of to Woolsey, and, in his normal fashion, pulled through the way, leaving a few meters between her and Jessa in the clutch, but this time for the Big 12 title. Woolsey Chance of Baylor. Then, suddenly, in the final 100 me- in just his second year as a Tiger is now a four-time ters, Bales poured on the jets, leaving everyone else All-Big 12 performer. in the conference behind. The women won their relay by four seconds – Baylor ran in second with a time of In all, the men’s shot put accounted for 16 of the Tigers’ points as junior Bill Hobson placed fifth with 57-11 11:28.20. (17.65m, new personal best) and freshman Nate Englin The men’s DMR – made up of Tipper O’Brien, Jimmie took seventh with 56-6¾ (17.24m, new personal best) Jones, Neville Miller, and Ryan Hampton – broke the Big in addition to Woolsey’s win. 12 Championship meet record with a time of 9:47.13. The men’s race was more of a back-and-forth battle as Freshman Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) won the five teams at one time led the race. The biggest spark women’s 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.31. Iowa in the relay was Neville Miller’s third leg in the 800- State’s Ada Anderson, seeded as the conference leader, meter. Miller took the baton in fourth place and even was disqualified in the race, and finished before Nickfell to sixth before overcoming all five teams in the final oley. Nickoley won her second Big 12 title, as she was the 150 meters before handing the baton to senior Ryan 800-meter leg on last night’s winning distance medley Hampton. The 1600-meter leg for Hampton was nearly relay. Nickoley became the first individual Tiger to win run perfectly. Hampton with ever-present patience held an indoor conference championship since Christian with the same pace, even as Kansas’ Benson Chesang Cantwell won the men’s shot put in 2000. Nickoley is and Texas’ Erik Stanley sped past. Hampton, before the also the first woman to win a conference indoor chambell rang for the final lap, passed Chesang and Stanley pionship as a freshman in Missouri history. to take over the lead. Still holding close, the Jayhawks and Longhorns threatened, but in the final 100 meters, Hampton seemingly holding to his original, secret plan, broke out and smashed the rest of the field, crossing the line three seconds before Oklahoma’s Kris Glenn. Friday
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All-Big 12 Performers WOMEN 800 TRISA NICKOLEY (FR.) 2:09.31 1ST ASHLEY GUY (FR.) 2:16.85 # 5TH 1000 ASHLEY PATTEN (JR.) 2:45.96M# 1ST MILE AMANDA BALES (SR.) 4:49.55 3RD 3000 SERENA RAMSEY (SR.) 9:33.63 3RD 5000 SERENA RAMSEY (SR.) 16:34.87 SR 3RD JILL PETERSEN (SR.) 16:57.92 7TH DMR KRISTIN HANSEN (JR.) 11:23.98 1ST WHITTNEY STUART (SR.) TRISA NICKOLEY (FR.) AMANDA BALES (SR.) SP LINDSEY MARKWORTH (SR.) 15.03M# 49-3¾ 4TH ELIZABETH ROBE (FR.) 14.52M# 47-7¾ 7TH WT ELISHA HUNT (FR.) 17.45M# 57-3 8TH PENT LIZ YOUNG (JR.) 3,431 7TH 9.55, 1.63M, 10.26M, 4.92M, 2:23.43 MEN 200 MARQUIS DAVIS (SR.) 21.63 6TH 600Y JIMMIE JONES (SO.) 1:10.35# 5TH 800 MARCUS MAYES (SO.) 1:49.61 3RD 1000 NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) 2:23.44# QUAL 2:25.40 3RD MILE TIPPER O’BRIEN (SO.) 4:07.05# QUAL 4:10.40 7TH 3000 RYAN HAMPTON (SR.) 8:10.55# 3RD 5000 TIM ROSS 14:14.21 7TH 4X400 JIMMIE JONES (SO.) 3:14.40 8TH NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) MARQUIS DAVIS (SR.) MARCUS MAYES (SO.) DMR TIPPER O’BRIEN (SO.) 9:47.13 M 1ST JIMMIE JONES (SO.) NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) RYAN HAMPTON (SR.) HJ JESSE SIMS (SR.) 2.10M 6-10¾ 7TH SP CONRAD WOOLSEY (SR.) 19.22M# 63-¾ 1ST BILL HOBSON (JR.) 17.65M# 57-11 5TH NATE ENGLIN (FR.) 17.24M# 56-6¾ 7TH HEPT BJORN SOMMERFELDT (SO.) 5,308 4TH 7.28, 6.88M, 13.25M, 1.78M, 2862 / 8.47, 4.50M, 2:45.01 BRANDON GOEBBERT (SR.) 5,295 5TH 7.29, 6.30M, 11.51M, 1.90M, 2725 / 8.47, 4.90M, 2:44.59 SR - MISSOURI SCHOOL RECORD M - BIG 12 MEET RECORD # - PERSONAL BEST
Final Standings WOMEN MEN 1) NEBRASKA 138 2/5 1) NEBRASKA 132 2) TEXAS 97 2) TEXAS 87 1/3 3) BAYLOR 74 3) KANSAS STATE 80½ 4) TEXAS TECH 72 4) TEXAS TECH 76 5) KANSAS STATE 66½ 5) OKLAHOMA 67 1/3 6) MISSOURI 64 6) MISSOURI 66½ 7) KANSAS 60 7) COLORADO 62 8) COLORADO 55 1/5 8) KANSAS 57 9) OKLAHOMA STATE 49 9) BAYLOR 46 10) TEXAS A&M 27 10) TEXAS A&M 35 1/3 11) OKLAHOMA 21½ 11) IOWA STATE 28 12) IOWA STATE 11 2/5 12) OKLAHOMA STATE 2 Awards
Trisa Nickoley Big 12 Freshman of the Year
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Name Mark Date 60m Dash (6.72 / 6.62) School Record: 6.70, Carlos Posey, 1999 (top 5: 7.05) 2005 Leader: Greg Bracey (So.), 6.82, Big 12 1 Greg Bracey (Jr.) 6.80T 1/27 2 Sterling Hayden (Sr.) 7.15M 1/27 3 Jake Koons (Fr.) 7.19 1/13 4 Austin Kerkhover (Jr.) 7.20q 2/18 5 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 7.24 2/18 6 Will Drover (Jr.) 7.25 1/13 7 Brad Coomes (Fr.) 7.37 1/20 8 Andy Welker (Fr.) 7.44 1/13 9 John Lenhart (Fr.) 7.47 1/20 10 Chris Feitz (So.) 7.80 1/13
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CONTACT INFO: TOM LEWIS
Indoor Championship Season Big 12 Indoor Championships Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) February 24-25, 2006 Tigers on the Big 12 List MEN 60 Greg Bracey* 13th 6.80 600y Jimmie Jones* 11th 1:11.75 800 Marcus Mayes* 4th 1:49.48 Jimmie Jones* 5th 1:50.50 1000 Marcus Mayes* 6th 2:27.82 Tipper O’Brien* 10th 2:30.35 Mile Tipper O’Brien* 9th 4:04.55 Tim Cornell*** 17th 4:09.68 5000 Josh Davis 8th 14:17.03 4x400 Jones, Butler, 5th 3:14.02 Figgins, Mayes HJ Chris Horn 9th 2.07m 6-9½ LJ Chris Horn 16th 7.14m 23-5¼ TJ Montel Evans***13th 14.07m 46-2 SP Bill Hobson 3rd 18.47m 60-7¼ Nate Englin** 6th 18.19m 59-8¼ Chris Rohr*** 10th 16.62m 54-6½ WT Chris Rohr*** 4th 19.94m 65-5 Bobby Musil** 5th 19.88m 65-2¾ Tyler Dailey** 6th 19.84m 65-1¼ Nate Englin** 9th 19.03m 62-5¼ Jason Morris** 10th 19.00m 62-4 HEPT Hans Uldal have not contested Bjorn Sommerfeldt WOMEN 600y Trisa Nickoley**6th 1:25.26 Kaela Rorvig** 10th 1:25.70 Laura Brandt 11th 1:26.47 800 Ashley Patten 1st 2:04.73 Trisa Nicoley** 4th 2:07.71 1000 Ashley Patten 4th 2:50.55 Mile Kasey Kimball**5th 4:54.05 Kristin Hansen 7th 4:56.71 3000 Kristin Hansen 6th 9:41.49 5000 Valerie Lauver 2nd 16:36.24 PV T. Powers** 12th 3.65m 11-11¾ LJ J. Woolridge*** 16th 5.77m 18-11¼ SP Krishna Lee*** 6th 14.73m 48-4 Elizabeth Robe**9th 14.31m 46-11½ K. Richardson***11th 14.16m 46-5¼ WT Elisha Hunt** 3rd 19.40m 63-7¾ K. Richardson***8th 17.95m 58-10¾ PENT Liz Peterson 7th 3,393 *** Freshman ** Sophomore * Junior
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Big 12 Indoor Championships Times: Friday, 9:30am-9:20pm Saturday, 9:30am-6:45pm Track: Indoor 200m, Banked Host: Nebraska, Big 12 Conference Website: huskers.com, big12sports.com Scoring: Relay & Indiv. Events: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Meet Make-Up: Each of the Big 12 Conference schools must choose only 26 men and 26 women to be on their team roster, competing in the toughest confernce championship in the country Team Departure: Thursday, 8:30am All-Conference: The top eight in each indivdual and relay event will be named All-Big 12 Pronounciation Guide TRISA NICKOLEY tree-sah nick-o-lee
Bobby MUSIL muscle
Carolyn RAUEN ruin
Hans ULDAL ewl-dall
BIG 12 INDOOR SHOWCASES WORLD-CLASS TALENT Tigers to face some of the best in the nation The Big 12 Indoor Championships are next for the Missouri Tiger Track and Field squads. Twenty-six men and 26 women will forge to Lincoln, Neb., for the two-day meet that begins Friday morning. The Tigers will have four individual and relay championships to defend against some of the best talent in the nation. Possible Three-Peats in the Works They say everything comes in threes, the Tigers sure hope so. The Tiger women have won the Distance Medley Relay event in each of the last two years and a third would be the most difficult yet. One constant on those two past squads was Amanda Bales, who ran the anchor, 1600-meter leg in each of those Tiger conference championships in that event. Bales is out of indoor eligibility,
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Meet Schedule Friday, Febuary 25
Saturday, Febuary 26
9:30am Women’s Pentathlon 9:50am Men’s Heptathlon - Day One
9:30am Men’s Heptathlon - Day Two 1:45pm Men’s Hept - 1000m Run
FIELD EVENTS 2:45pm M Weight Throw 4:00pm W Pole Vault 4:30pm W Long Jump 5:45pm W Weight Throw 6:30pm M Long Jump
FIELD EVENTS 1:30pm W Triple Jump 2:00pm M High Jump 2:15pm M Shot Put 3:00pm M Pole Vault 4:00pm M Triple Jump 4:30pm W High Jump 4:45pm W Shot Put
TRACK EVENTS (Women first, all are finals unless listed) 2:00pm 60m Hurdles (prelims) 2:30pm 60m Dash (prelims) 3:00pm Mile Run (prelims) 3:40pm Women’s Pentathlon - 800m Run 3:50pm 60m Hurdles (semis) 4:10pm 60m Dash (semis) 4:30pm 600yd Run (prelims) 5:10pm 400m Dash (prelims) 5:50pm 1000m Run (prelims) 6:30pm 800m Run (prelims) 7:10pm 200m Dash (prelims) 7:50pm 5000m Run 8:40pm Distance Medley Relay
TRACK EVENTS (all events finals) 3:00pm 60m Hurdles 3:10pm 60m Dash 3:25pm Mile Run 3:45pm 600yd Run (2 section) 4:05pm 400m Dash (2 section) 4:25pm 1000m Run 4:45pm 800m Run 5:05pm 200m Dash (2 section) 5:25pm 3000m Run (2 section) 6:30pm 4x400m Relay (2 section)
Missouri Track & Field Quick Facts QUICK FACTS General Information Location .......................................................Columbia, Mo. 65205 Population................................................................................ 84,531 Founded .......................................................................................1839 Enrollment ............................................................................... 27,088 Nickname .................................................................................. Tigers Colors ................................................................ Old Gold and Black Conference................................................................................ Big 12 Affiliation ................................................................ NCAA Division I University Personnel President (UM System) .................................... Dr. Elson S. Floyd Chancellor ........................................................Dr. Richard Wallace Director of Athletics................ Michael Alden (Evansville ’80) Sr. Woman Administrator ...................................Sarah Reesman Athletic Switchboard .......................................... (573) 882-6501 Track & Field Information Head Coach ..................Rick McGuire (St. Lawrence ’69), 23rd Assistant Coaches – (Alma Mater), season at Mizzou Throws ............................... Brett Halter (Indiana Univ. of Penn. ’93), 13th Distance & XC Head Coach..................Jared Wilmes (Missouri ’94), 8th Mid-Distance & Distance................ Rebecca Wilmes (Missouri’ 97), 8th Sprints........................................................... Chad Shade (Missouri ’00), 6th Vert. Jumps.............................Dan Lefever (Nebraska Wesleyan ’99), 4th
Office Phone........................................................... (573) 882-0722 Office Fax ................................................................. (573) 882-4720 Indoor Facility ...................Hearnes Center Fieldhouse (1972) Outdoor Facility ................................................................................... ................Audrey J. Walton Track/Soccer Stadium (1996) Media Relations Media Relations Director ......................................... Chad Moller Media Relations Phone....................................... (573) 882-3241 Media Relations Fax ............................................. (573) 882-4720 Shipping Address ..........................................600 Stadium Drive, .................................................................................260 Hearnes, .................................................................Columbia, Mo. 65205 Track & Field/Cross Country Contact ...................... Tom Lewis Lewis’ Direct Line .................................................. (573) 884-9486 Lewis’ Cell Phone .................................................. (573) 424-9447 Lewis’ E-Mail .................................................tvlewis@mizzou.edu Website ........................................................... www.mutigers.com
page 2 and will not be at this year’s meet, in uniform. Both the Tiger men and women won their Distance Medley Relay events last season, becoming the first school to accomplish the feat in the conference since 1982, and the days of the Big 8.
easily rack 15 to 20 with individual event performances. Hardee and junior Longhorn Donovan Kilmartin are 1-2 in the conference and 1-2 in the nation so far this season in the men’s heptathlon. Mizzou’s Hans Uldal, who won the Big 12 Decathlon crown in the outdoor season last year, are among the big Senior Ashley Patten is on a streak of her own, players on that multi-event stage. having won two individual events in the past two years at the conference indoor meet. In In total, this meet will feature five Olympians 2004, Patten won the 800-meter crown and from the 2004 Athens Games, including Mizlast season, she won the 1000-meter crown. zou’s Uldal who represented home-country Norway, Texas Tech sprinter Andrae Williams The Tigers have also won two consecutive (Bahamas) and Nebraska 800-meter runner conference titles in the women’s 800. Patten Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lativa) are two men that was the winner in 2004, and Big 12 Freshman were in the games in ’04. Nebraska’s Egle Uljas of the Year Trisa Nickoley was the Tiger win- (Estonia), is in the top six on the NCAA list in ner in 2005. the women’s 800 and was also an Olympian for her home country in that event. Nebraska Holding their Weight is also home to Canadian-Olympic-hurdler One of the more impressive stories with the Priscilla Lopes. Tiger men this season has been their overwhelming talent in the throwing events. Sure- Also worth noting, 16 NCAA Champions are ly, an NCAA best: five Tigers have achieved among the conference’s best and 58 NCAA an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the All-Americans will be in this meet as well. 35-lb. weight throw event, having all thrown Thanks, Andy Anderson at Nebraska for comover 62 feet, 4 inches (19.00m) this season. piling that one. Those five freshmen and sophomores, Chris Rohr, Bobby Musil, Tyler Dailey, Nate Englin, On the women’s side, Nebraska is favored to and Jason Morris are also encompassing win their third-consecutive indoor conferthe top 10 on the conference’s performance ence crown. and thus are all possible team scorers. Rohr, a redshirt freshman, broke Mizzou’s freshman Last Year record in the event at the Meyo Invitational, The Tigers won conference championships throwing 65-5, topping Christian Cantwell’s in five events including a men-women former record. sweep of the distance medley relay as talked about before. The women’s squad was made The Field up of Kristin Hansen, Whittney Stuart, Trisa There are two power conferences in colligate Nickoley, and Amanda Bales. Only Hansen track and field. One, is the SEC, the other is the and Nickoley are returners. The men’s conBig 12. In the latest Trackwire Top 25, an index ference championship team contained Tipused to predict the final national-champion- per O’Brien, Jimmie Jones, Neville Miller, and ship meet scores, five Big 12 men’s teams are Ryan Hampton and reset the meet record in in the top 25 and two women’s squads are as the event with a 9:47.13 clocking. well. Let’s take the men’s 60-meter dash for an example as the conference’s depth. Of the Nickoley, later named Big 12 Freshman of the top 21 performers in the NCAA in that event Year for her two conference crowns, won the so far this indoor season, eight come from women’s 800 in 2:09.31, after a disqualificathe Big 12, four from Texas alone. tion was ruled on Iowa State’s Ada Anderson. Texas is the team favorite on the men’s side, and currently is tied for second in the nation in the Trackwire computation. The Texas men have six squad members in the top 10 of the nation in their respective events. Junior Trey Hardee broke the NCAA record in the heptathlon with 6,208 points in late January, and instead of a being a favorite for 10 conference points for winning the hept, Hardee could
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Patten won the women’s 1000 in a meet-record 2:45.96. And, outgoing senior Conrad Woolsey provided the biggest heart-stopping moment at the 2005 championship, winning the men’s shot with a throw of 63-¾ (19.22m) on his fi-
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Big 12 Indoor Championships 2005 Big 12 Indoor Recap
Senior Serena Ramsey (Waukesha, Wisc.) broke teammate Jill Petersen’s school record in the women’s 5000TIGERS SWEEP DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY meter with her third-place time of 16:34.87, earning AT BIG 12 INDOOR her fifth all-time All-Big 12 honor. The mark, an NCAA First time since 1982 that a Big 12/Big Eight team has provisional qualifying mark, topped Petersen’s record taken both titles by seven seconds. Petersen placed seventh, grabbing an additional two points for the Tigers with a time of LINCOLN, Neb.—An exhilarating day for the Missouri 16:57.92. Track & Field team ended with a bang Friday night in the first day of the Big 12 InSaturday door Championships in Lincoln, Neb. TIGERS GRAB THREE MORE TITLES Lincoln, Neb. Both men’s February 25-26, 2005 AT BIG 12 INDOOR and women’s Distance Missouri teams score dual Medley Relay squads sixth-place conference finishes won Big 12 titles for Missouri in the final events of the night. The women won the event for the second year in a row and for the third time in five years. The Tiger LINCOLN, Neb.—The Missouri Track & Field team women repeated as champs with only one returning grabbed three more individual conference titles on member, Amanda Bales, from last year’s relay team. Saturday at the final day of the Big 12 Indoor ChamThe men broke the Big 12 meet record with their time pionships in Lincoln, Neb. A total crowd of 5,315 over two days witnessed Missouri win a team-record five of 9:47.13 event championships on the way to dual sixth-place A crowd of 1,944 witnessed Kristin Hansen, Whittney team finishes. Stuart, Trisa Nickoley, and Amanda Bales win the women’s DMR in a time of 11:23.98, defeating second-place Junior Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) won her second Baylor by a dominating four full seconds. The repeating Big 12 Indoor title, taking the women’s 1000-meter run champs ended the second leg in fourth place, trailing in championship meet record time of 2:45.96, a personal Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Then, freshman best. Patten won the 800-meter title in last year’s Big 12 Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) took the baton for her Indoor. Patten is now a five-time All-Big 12 performer. 800-meter leg. Senior Conrad Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) won the “It’s awesome knowing the strength of your team,” men’s shot put title with a new personal-best throw of said Amanda Bales. “You have so much confidence in 63 feet, ¾ inches (19.22m). In one of the most exciting your team, that actually see them coming through is field events of the championship meet, Woolsey took the lead with his second throw of 62-5 (19.05m) and an amazing feeling.” led into the finals. Then, Kansas’ Sheldon Battle, on Nickoley came from fourth, taking over the lead after his final throw topped Woolsey with a toss of 62-11 her leg of 2:08.7. Then Bales took the baton. Running (19.19m). The final throw of the competition belonged with the strictest of confidence, Bales led the rest of to Woolsey, and, in his normal fashion, pulled through the way, leaving a few meters between her and Jessa in the clutch, but this time for the Big 12 title. Woolsey Chance of Baylor. Then, suddenly, in the final 100 me- in just his second year as a Tiger is now a four-time ters, Bales poured on the jets, leaving everyone else All-Big 12 performer. in the conference behind. The women won their relay by four seconds – Baylor ran in second with a time of In all, the men’s shot put accounted for 16 of the Tigers’ points as junior Bill Hobson placed fifth with 57-11 11:28.20. (17.65m, new personal best) and freshman Nate Englin The men’s DMR – made up of Tipper O’Brien, Jimmie took seventh with 56-6¾ (17.24m, new personal best) Jones, Neville Miller, and Ryan Hampton – broke the Big in addition to Woolsey’s win. 12 Championship meet record with a time of 9:47.13. The men’s race was more of a back-and-forth battle as Freshman Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) won the five teams at one time led the race. The biggest spark women’s 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.31. Iowa in the relay was Neville Miller’s third leg in the 800- State’s Ada Anderson, seeded as the conference leader, meter. Miller took the baton in fourth place and even was disqualified in the race, and finished before Nickfell to sixth before overcoming all five teams in the final oley. Nickoley won her second Big 12 title, as she was the 150 meters before handing the baton to senior Ryan 800-meter leg on last night’s winning distance medley Hampton. The 1600-meter leg for Hampton was nearly relay. Nickoley became the first individual Tiger to win run perfectly. Hampton with ever-present patience held an indoor conference championship since Christian with the same pace, even as Kansas’ Benson Chesang Cantwell won the men’s shot put in 2000. Nickoley is and Texas’ Erik Stanley sped past. Hampton, before the also the first woman to win a conference indoor chambell rang for the final lap, passed Chesang and Stanley pionship as a freshman in Missouri history. to take over the lead. Still holding close, the Jayhawks and Longhorns threatened, but in the final 100 meters, Hampton seemingly holding to his original, secret plan, broke out and smashed the rest of the field, crossing the line three seconds before Oklahoma’s Kris Glenn. Friday
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All-Big 12 Performers WOMEN 800 TRISA NICKOLEY (FR.) 2:09.31 1ST ASHLEY GUY (FR.) 2:16.85 # 5TH 1000 ASHLEY PATTEN (JR.) 2:45.96M# 1ST MILE AMANDA BALES (SR.) 4:49.55 3RD 3000 SERENA RAMSEY (SR.) 9:33.63 3RD 5000 SERENA RAMSEY (SR.) 16:34.87 SR 3RD JILL PETERSEN (SR.) 16:57.92 7TH DMR KRISTIN HANSEN (JR.) 11:23.98 1ST WHITTNEY STUART (SR.) TRISA NICKOLEY (FR.) AMANDA BALES (SR.) SP LINDSEY MARKWORTH (SR.) 15.03M# 49-3¾ 4TH ELIZABETH ROBE (FR.) 14.52M# 47-7¾ 7TH WT ELISHA HUNT (FR.) 17.45M# 57-3 8TH PENT LIZ YOUNG (JR.) 3,431 7TH 9.55, 1.63M, 10.26M, 4.92M, 2:23.43 MEN 200 MARQUIS DAVIS (SR.) 21.63 6TH 600Y JIMMIE JONES (SO.) 1:10.35# 5TH 800 MARCUS MAYES (SO.) 1:49.61 3RD 1000 NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) 2:23.44# QUAL 2:25.40 3RD MILE TIPPER O’BRIEN (SO.) 4:07.05# QUAL 4:10.40 7TH 3000 RYAN HAMPTON (SR.) 8:10.55# 3RD 5000 TIM ROSS 14:14.21 7TH 4X400 JIMMIE JONES (SO.) 3:14.40 8TH NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) MARQUIS DAVIS (SR.) MARCUS MAYES (SO.) DMR TIPPER O’BRIEN (SO.) 9:47.13 M 1ST JIMMIE JONES (SO.) NEVILLE MILLER (SR.) RYAN HAMPTON (SR.) HJ JESSE SIMS (SR.) 2.10M 6-10¾ 7TH SP CONRAD WOOLSEY (SR.) 19.22M# 63-¾ 1ST BILL HOBSON (JR.) 17.65M# 57-11 5TH NATE ENGLIN (FR.) 17.24M# 56-6¾ 7TH HEPT BJORN SOMMERFELDT (SO.) 5,308 4TH 7.28, 6.88M, 13.25M, 1.78M, 2862 / 8.47, 4.50M, 2:45.01 BRANDON GOEBBERT (SR.) 5,295 5TH 7.29, 6.30M, 11.51M, 1.90M, 2725 / 8.47, 4.90M, 2:44.59 SR - MISSOURI SCHOOL RECORD M - BIG 12 MEET RECORD # - PERSONAL BEST
Final Standings WOMEN MEN 1) NEBRASKA 138 2/5 1) NEBRASKA 132 2) TEXAS 97 2) TEXAS 87 1/3 3) BAYLOR 74 3) KANSAS STATE 80½ 4) TEXAS TECH 72 4) TEXAS TECH 76 5) KANSAS STATE 66½ 5) OKLAHOMA 67 1/3 6) MISSOURI 64 6) MISSOURI 66½ 7) KANSAS 60 7) COLORADO 62 8) COLORADO 55 1/5 8) KANSAS 57 9) OKLAHOMA STATE 49 9) BAYLOR 46 10) TEXAS A&M 27 10) TEXAS A&M 35 1/3 11) OKLAHOMA 21½ 11) IOWA STATE 28 12) IOWA STATE 11 2/5 12) OKLAHOMA STATE 2 Awards
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Name Mark Date 60m Dash (6.72 / 6.62) School Record: 6.70, Carlos Posey, 1999 (top 5: 7.05) 2005 Leader: Greg Bracey (So.), 6.82, Big 12 1 Greg Bracey (Jr.) 6.80T 1/27 2 Sterling Hayden (Sr.) 7.15M 1/27 3 Jake Koons (Fr.) 7.19 1/13 4 Austin Kerkhover (Jr.) 7.20q 2/18 5 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 7.24 2/18 6 Will Drover (Jr.) 7.25 1/13 7 Brad Coomes (Fr.) 7.37 1/20 8 Andy Welker (Fr.) 7.44 1/13 9 John Lenhart (Fr.) 7.47 1/20 10 Chris Feitz (So.) 7.80 1/13
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