Junior Chris Rohr
 
Junior Chris Rohr
  
 
Rohr Breaks Hammer Throw Record at Trials Qualifier

Junior nearly assures place at Olympic Trials

June 19, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Last Saturday Missouri’s Chris Rohr and a few other Tigers competed in the USATF Ozark Association Region Championships in Edwardsville, Ill. Rohr (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) secured a solid provisional qualifying mark for next week’s USATF Olympic Team in winning the hammer throw with a school-record hammer throw of 229 feet, 4 inches (69.90m). Rohr smashed senior Jason Morris’ record by nearly five feet in moving into the overall national top 12 going into trials. In addition, this weekend freshmen Layne Moore (Emporia, Kan.) and Rick Scheff (Atlanta, Ga.) will compete in the USATF Junior Championships in Columbus, Ohio.

Rohr, along with senior Jason Morris (St. Louis, Mo.) are likely to make the trials, to be held in Eugene, Ore., in the hammer. Qualifying rounds in the hammer throw at the trials will be held Monday, June 30, with the final scheduled for Friday, July 4.

USATF Junior Championships for Scheff, Moore This Weekend

Freshmen Rick Scheff and Layne Moore will compete in the USATF Junior Championships in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend. Scheff will compete in the men’s 800-meter run’s preliminary round on Friday with the possible finals on Saturday. Moore will compete in the women’s 800 on the same days.

Those who finish in top spots are eligible to compete in the World Junior Championships in Poland.

Early View of Tigers in the Trials

The following chart shows current and former Tigers that have entered for the USATF Olympic Team Trials. The USATF specifies its desired field size and that is indicated by the last number of the “X of Y” in each person’s provisional status and the desired field size may or may not reflect the actual field sizes, which may actually be larger. The declaration process is on-going and goes until the day prior to each event. Therefore, entry status for all will be ever-evolving. Individual entry updates can be found here … http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/entry/status.asp.


 

 

 Cantwell and Asigbee have secured an “A” qualifying standard during the qualifying period, so they have solidified a spot in the trials if they so declare. The rest will have to wait to see if their provisional-qualifying status is accepted.

The following positions on the status list were as of Wednesday. Hopefully by this upcoming Monday, each of these people on the list will have a good idea of their final entry status.

MEN's 800m
Neville Miller '05 1:47.08 provisional: 27 of 30
Marcus Mayes '07 1:47.71 provisional: 34 of 30
Derrick Peterson '00 1:48.01 provisional: 41 of 30
MEN's Shot Put
Christian Cantwell '03 21.96m 72-¾ QUALIFIED
Nate Englin Sr. 19.04m 62-5¾ provisional: 29 of 24
MEN's Hammer Throw
Chris Rohr Jr. 69.90m 229-4 provisional: 12 of 24
Jason Morris Sr. 68.41m 224-5 provisional: 22 of 24
MEN's Decathlon
Nick Adcock So. 7,657 provisional: 22 of 18
WOMEN's 800m Run
Trisa Nickoley Sr. 2:04.07 provisional: 29 of 30
WOMEN's 1500m Run
Amanda Bales '06 4:16.86 provisional: 32 of 30
WOMEN's 5000m Run
Serena Burla (Ramsey) '06 15:47.03 provisional: 22 of 24
WOMEN's 10k Run
Serena Burla (Ramsey) '06 32:47.48 provisional: 14 of 24
WOMEN's Heptathlon
Fiona Asigbee '03 5,908 QUALIFIED

 

Rohr, Lee Finish As All-Americans

06/12/2009 - Track

Although Friday marked the end of the 2009 outdoor season for Missouri Track and Field, the Tigers finished the season with two more All-Americans in Chris Rohr and Krishna Lee despite more weather issues pushing back the start of the NCAA Outdoor Championships well past the 11 a.m. start time.

Rise Repeats As All-American

06/12/2009 - Track

After a grueling, nearly nine-hour competition, Tiger decathlete Lars Rise battled the elements and 21 other competitors over two days to finish his 2009 track season as an All-American for the second straight year on day two of the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Tigers Qualify Despite Weather Issues

06/10/2009 - Track

Although weather problems would affect day one of the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Tigers were still able to compete, paying off with three finals qualifiers in the hammer throw and pole vault and a top ten placing so far in five events of the decathlon.

Rohr Advances to Finals on First Attempt in Hammer Throw

06/10/2009 - Track

The Tigers had a strong start during the first event of the NCAA National Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. as Senior Chris Rohr automatically advanced to the finals of the Hammer Throw

Tigers Ready For Nationals

06/09/2009 - Track

Six Tigers have made it through the regional round of qualifying and have been accepted to the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Arkansas' John McDonnell Field beginning tomorrow morning.