Track and FIeld Bears Place Second at SBU

BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Missouri State track and field team secured a second-place finish at the SBU Bearcat Invitational hosted by Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Mo on Saturday.
 
MoState earned 152.50 points in their second-place finish. Pittsburg State won the meet with a total of 183.50 points.
 
The Bears had two first-place finishers in this meet. Riley Bryan started the day off with a with a win in the 5000-meter run with a time of 17:39.96. Grace Spoonhour followed up in third with a time of 17:59.34.
 
Meghan Halstead was the Bears other first-place finisher in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.79. Magdalena Burdova followed behind in a close second with a time of 1:02.81. Mirabella Redman rounded out the Bears in fourth with a time of 1:05.29. Burdova and Redman both recorded new personal bests.
 
Missouri State ended the day with six second-place finishes and six third-place finishes.
 
“We had a very productive day today,” head coach Jordan Fife said. “A lot of the athletes had a very heavy workload so some of the performances were not our best, but at this point in the season, we want to continue to get in as much work as possible. We will keep working hard through the next week since we have the weekend off from competition and then we will really focus on improving our performances as we get closer to the conference meet.”
 

Team Results
1. Pittsburg State – 183.50
2. Missouri State – 152.50
3. Southwest Baptist – 95
4. Washburn – 92.50
5. Missouri Southern – 57
6. Evangel – 44
7. Central Missouri – 36.50
8. Drury – 28
9. John Brown – 24
10. Missouri S&T – 14
11. Coffeyville – 13
12. Cottey – 9
13. Highland – 9
14. State Fair – 7
15. Crowder – 2
16. William Jewell – 1
 
Results
100-Meter Dash – Semi
2. Olivia Rogers – 11.96
7. Kayleigh Jenkins – 12.24
11. Brianna Howard – 12.36
26. Hayden Gray – 13.06
 
100-Meter Dash – Final
5. Olivia Rogers – 12.05
7. Kayleigh Jenkins – 12.31
 
200-Meter Dash
11. Brianna Howard – 25.46
14. Alyssa Ball – 25.86
23. Hayden Gray – 26.58
26. Katie Griffin – 26.89
28. Magdalena Burdova – 26.99
29. DaeLin Switzer – 27.05
35. Kate Anderson – 27.73
36. Meghan Halstead – 28.16
 
400-Meter Dash
2. Whitney Farrington – 57.55
3. Seleena Morris – 57.79
8. Katie Griffin – 1:01.10
 
800-Meter Run
6. Victory Ifah – 2:24.03
12. Ella Conklin – 2:29.45
 
1500-Meter Run
3. Ella Cronhardt – 4:47.91
5. Mary Margaret Harris – 4:51.42
11. Ella Conklin – 5:03.77
 
3000-Meter Run
2. Riley Bryan – 10:37.10
3. Tabitha Fox – 10:37.10
4. Mary Margaret Harris – 10:39.24
5. Emily Nuttall – 10:40.02
6. Mia McLain – 10:43.53
7. Grace Spoonhour – 10:44.45
 
3000-Meter Steeplechase
3. Mia McLain – 11:26.78
4. Emily Nuttall – 11:35.43
6. Tabitha Fox – 12:18.27
7. Adrien Martens – 12:20.22
 
5000-Meter Run
1. Riley Bryan – 17:39.96
3. Grace Spoonhour – 17:59.34
8. Britta Foust – 19:30.69
 
4×100-Meter Relay
2. Brianna Howard, Olivia Rogers, Kayleigh Jenkins, Alyssa Ball – 46.38
 
4×400-Meter Relay
2. Olivia Rogers, Seleena Morris, Victory Ifah, Whitney Farrington – 3:47.83
 
100-Meter Hurdles – Semi
4. DaeLin Switzer – 15.47
6. Kate Anderson – 15.60
 
100-Meter Hurdles – Final
2. DaeLin Switzer – 15.34
3. Kate Anderson – 15.87
 
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Meghan Halstead – 1:02.79
2. Magdalena Burdova – 1:02.81
4. Mirabella Redman – 1:05.29
 
High Jump
6. Linzy Williams – 1.64m
9. Kayleigh Jenkins – 1.59m
11. DaeLin Switzer – 1.54m
12. Maggie Haase – 1.54m
 
Long Jump
10. Nakaja Weaver – 5.23m
19. Mirabella Redman – 4.89m
22. Kambree Gibson – 4.75m
 
Triple Jump
10. Kambree Gibson – 10.66m
 
Pole Vault
12. Jordan Drum – 3.12m
13. Chelsey Brown – 3.12m
 
Javelin
12. Cheyenne White – 39.39m
13. Jaide Rose – 39.28m
28. Anabella Verkler – 30.24m
29. Linzy Williams – 29.62m