School-record holder Krishna Lee throws a personal best in winning the women's hammer throw at the Jefferson Cup
 
School-record holder Krishna Lee throws a personal best in winning the women's hammer throw at the Jefferson Cup
  
 
History and Hammers Fill Day One at Jefferson Cup

Tigers sweep both hammer events for early leads

April 4, 2008

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Only one event, the hammer throw, for both the men and women was contested Friday in the opening hours of the inaugural Jefferson Cup, a track-and-field dual meet pitting the University of Missouri versus the University of Virginia. In the meeting that is part history lesson and part intense competition, the Tigers jumped to an early 8-3 lead in both the men's and women's competitions after sweeping the top spots in the hammer.

In the women's competition, junior Krishna Lee (Kansas City, Mo.) was the winner with a season-best throw of 191 feet, 9 inches (58.46m) in extending her NCAA-regional qualifying mark. Senior Elisha Hunt (Linn, Mo.) took second at 175-7 (53.52m) to grab the other Tiger scoring position. Senior Sarah Burbee was third with a personal best toss of 168-0 (51.21m) and senior Elizabeth Robe was fourth at 166-10 (50.86m).

On the men's side, junior Chris Rohr (Lee's Summit, Mo.) took top honors with a second-round toss of 214-4 (65.34m) to score a personal best and move ahead of former Tiger Micah Shanks for second all-time on the Mizzou list. Senior Jason Morris (Kansas City, Mo.) was second at 211-10 (64.56m) while senior Nate Englin (Mounds View, Minn.) was third at 198-7 (60.53m), a personal best. Senior Tyler Dailey (Joplin, Mo.) took fourth at 196-8 (59.94m). The Tiger four have already qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in the event. Sophomore Andy Oaker (Steelville, Mo.) completed the sweep in finishing fifth with a 166-7 (50.78m) throw.

 

 

The meet is scored 5-3-2-1 for individual events with a maximum of two from each squad scoring in each event.

The day started with a trip to the UVa campus where the Tiger track squad visited the historic Rotunda and lawn that was designed by Thomas Jefferson, containing architecture and design ideals that inspired the Francis Quadrangle and early Academic Hall on the MU campus. Later, after the hammer competition, the two teams gathered for dinner at John Paul Jones Arena and were addressed by Lawrence Hatter, a UVa history professor who ironically earned bachlor's and master's degrees at Missouri. Hatter talked about the links between Jefferson and the two schools and offered that Jefferson, "Wouldn't really know what to think about this type of competition, but he would likely be proud of seeing the two Universities with such great academic backgrounds coming together for this purpose."

The remainder of the competition will conclude tomorrow, starting at 11:30 a.m., eastern.

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