Shannon Leinert
 
Shannon Leinert
  
 
Tigers End Big 12's With Leinert Win

Leinert Now Owns Both Indoor and Outdoor 800-Meter Run Titles

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May 17, 2009

LUBBOCK, Texas - On the final day of the 2009 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Missouri Tigers looked to end the conference meet on a high note. A third individual championship, and two second place finishes on Sunday sent the Tigers out strongly.

Shannon Leinert was the favorite going into the finals of the women's 800-meter run, and she left little question about that fact early in her race, pulling the indoor-outdoor double, winning in the finals clocking in at 2:07.29. Leinert becomes the first woman to win the outdoor title since Ashley Pattern who won in 2005.

"It feels good, especially good because I was the indoor champion, and wanted to win again to prove that it wasn't a fluke," Leinert said. "I told myself to focus and be confident going against the other competition and I believe I did that."

Krishna Lee was the highest point earner on the women's side during the championships, and solidifying that would be her second place finish in the women's shot put with a throw of 53 feet, 5 ½ inches. Over the three day weekend she finished first in the hammer throw, second in the shot put and sixth in the discus for 21 total points.

Brian Graybill had the best finish of any male Tiger runner on Sunday, finishing second in the men's 1500-meter run in a time of 3:51.18. In that same race, Tim Cornell finished strong, placing fifth in 3:53.54. Emily Baker and Ellen Ries placed fourth and sixth in the finals of the women's 1500-meter run, with Baker clocking in at 4:28.60, while Ries finishing in 4:33.93.

The women's 4x400-meter relay team set a net outdoor school record in their fourth place finish time of 3:40.86, beating the previous time of 3:41.12 set in 2000. The men's team of Jerron Forte, Ryan Blackwell, Nick Adcock and Chris Davis finished third in the men's 4x400-meter relay in 3:09.73.

 

 

Junior Andy Oaker had his highest finish of the weekend in the men's shot put, placing fourth with a throw of 57 feet, 10 ½ inches, earning five points for the Tigers, while Chris Rohr placed seventh with a toss of 56 feet, 4 ½ inches earning two points for the men's team.

Sophomore Chris Davis earned five points for the Tiger men, finishing fourth in the men's 400-meter run, crossing the tape in 52.11 seconds, while Leslie Farmer began her outdoor career making the finals of the women's 400-meter hurdles, and then on Sunday scored her first points of the meet finishing fifth in 1:01.14.

In the Men's 3000-meter steeplechase, Mizzou's Dan Quigley and Michael Barrows finished sixth and seventh scoring five points for the men's team. Quigley clocked in at 9:09.17, while Barrows finished in 9:10.62.

The men's team finished the championships fifth overall with 74 points while the women's team finished seventh overall with 62 points.

With the regular season over, many Tigers will now prepare for the NCAA Mideast Regionals in Louisville, Kentucky in two weeks.

Track & Field Wraps Up Bill Bergan Invitational

01/30/2010 - Track

The Mizzou track and field program had another solid performance at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 30), claiming four individual event titles and the women's 4x400m relay crown.

Bill Bergan Invite Live Blog!

01/30/2010 - Track

After what was arguably the track and field program's best indoor meet of the season last weekend, the team will head to Ames, Iowa, to hopefully build upon that momentum at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Saturday. Once again, MUTigers.com will offer a live blog that will recap each event and help bring the meet to fans that cannot be in attendance. So far this season, Mizzou athletes have set two NCAA provisional qualifying marks and one school record. Mizzou has also defeated Kansas, Colorado State, Wichita State and Air Force in scored meets this season. The Bill Bergan Classic will be another early season test for the Tigers as it is a scored meet. Continue reading this post to see the live blog, which will go live at approximately 10 a.m. (CT).

Adcock Wins Heptathlon at Bergan Invite

01/29/2010 - Track

After earning third place through the first day of the multi event competition on Thursday (Jan. 28), Mizzou track and field senior Nick Adcock (Kansas City, Mo.) earned the Bill Bergan heptathlon title with an NCAA automatic qualifying point total of 5,758, five points ahead of second-place R.J. McGinnis of Minnesota. The heptathlon title is the first of the season for Adcock, who was competing in his first multi event competition of the season. The automatic qualifying mark is also the first of the season by any Tiger in 2010. Adcock made up a 117-point deficit in three events on the day to earn the event title.

Adcock in Third at Bill Bergan Invitational

01/28/2010 - Track

After the first day of competition at the Bill Bergan Invitational, Tiger senior Nick Adcock (Kansas City, Mo.) stands in third place in the men's heptathlon with 3,127 points, just 16 points behind Joey Schwecke of Minnesota. R.J. McGinnis of Minnesota leads the overall competition with 3,244 points.

Track & Field Set for Bergan Invite

01/27/2010 - Track

For the second-straight weekend, the Mizzou track and field program will hit the road, this time heading to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Bill Bergan Invitational which will be held at the Lied Recreation Center at 10:30 a.m.