COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Mizzou Track & Field wrapped up the final day of the 2021 SEC Championships Saturday, putting two athletes on the podium and setting a new school record in the women’s triple jump. In the team tallies, the women finished tenth with 26 points while the men finished 13th with 21 points.
After a back-and-forth battle during Saturday’s event with teammate Mara Hausler for the No. 2 spot on the school record list, sophomore Arianna Fisher (San Jose, Calif.) claimed the Mizzou women’s triple jump crown with a personal record 13.56m jump. Fisher now holds program marks for both the indoor and outdoor event.
In the first event of the day, redshirt freshman Mitch Weber (Saint Clair, Minn.) finished just inches away from a conference win in the men’s discus. Weber tossed 59.54m, good for a silver medal in the event. He also currently sits third in the nation for the event.
On the track, senior Chris Conrad (O’Fallon, Ill.) followed up his personal record-setting preliminary race by finishing with the bronze medal in the men’s 800m race. His personal record of 1:47.45 will be a top-48 mark and qualify him for an NCAA regional bid.
Also contributing to scoring for the men were freshman William Sinclair (Tauwhare, New Zealand) and sophomore Martin Prodanov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) in the 1500m, sophomore Georgi Nachev (Yambol, Bulgaria) in the triple jump and redshirt senior Thomas George (Gloucester, England) in the 5000m.
For the women, the highest scorer was redshirt-junior Melissa Menghini (Fenton, Mo.) in the 3000m steeplechase. Also contributing to scoring in track events was junior Sarah Chapman (Maidenhead, England) in the 5000m and redshirt junior Karina Liz (Aurora, Ill.) in the 800m.
In field events, the women got points from Fisher freshman Mara Hausler (Strasund, Germany) in the triple jump, sophomore Emily Offenheiser in the discus, redshirt sophomore Erin Zimmerman (Malvern, Pa.) and freshman Skylar Ciccolini (Lewistown, Pa.) in the javelin, redshirt senior Jordan McClendon (Black Jack, Mo.) in the hammer throw and freshman Ayele Gerken (Doerentrup, Germany) in the long jump.
The Tigers will return to College Station in two weeks to compete in the NCAA West Preliminary Championship beginning Wednesday, May 26. The top 48 marks per event, per region will qualify for the meet.
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Mizzou Results:
Field Events —
Discus (M): 2. Mitch Weber, 59.54m // 13. Devin Roberson, 50.87m
Discus (W): 5. Emily Offenheiser, 51.31m PR
Triple Jump (M): 8. Georgi Nachev, 6.15m
Triple Jump (W): 5. Arianna Fisher, 13.56m (PR, SR) // 6. Mara Hausler, 13.25m // 12. Euphenie Andre, 12.57m
Track Events —
800m (M) – Final: 3. Chris Conrad, 1:47.60
800m (W) – Final: 7. Karina Liz, 2:08.49
1500m (M) – Final: 7. Martin Prodanov, 3:43.63 // 8. William Sinclair, 3:43.90
5000m (M): 7. Thomas George, 14:06.43 PR // 14. Mitchell Small, 14:29.53 // Marquette Wilhite, 14:39.32 // 27. Blake Morris, 15:04.21 // DNS. William Sinclair
5000m (W): 8. Sarah Chapman, 16:07.8 // 26. Jenna Schwartz 17:16.76 // 27. Mikayla Reed, 17:33.0 // DNF. Ginger Murnieks // DNF. McKenna Revord
4x100m Relay (W): 13. Schumaker, Dorsey, O’Neal, Drayton, Washington, 51.83
4x400m Relay (W): 13. Brown, Drayton, Washington, O’Neal, Schweizer, 3:48.22
