Recap Tiger Men Outdoor Bests. 100m Dash. 1500m Run. Long Jump. 8 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 12.06mM Chris Horn (Jr.)

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1 Tiger Men Outdoor Bests 100m Dash 1 Greg Bracey (So.) 10.31qW Marquis Davis (Sr.) Hans Uldal (Jr.) 11.14M 4 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 11.19M 5 Chris Horn (Jr.) Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)11.29M 7 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 11.39M 8 Will Drover (So.) Austin Kerkhover (So.) Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 11.59M 11 Michael Madison (Fr.) m Dash 1 Marquis Davis (Sr.) 2 Greg Bracey (So.) 3 Chris Horn (So.) 4 Jason Jones (Sr.) 5 Michael Madison (Fr.) 6 Sterling Hayden (Sr.) 7 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 20.89wq* 21.42w 22.45w 22.83w 23.30w /14 B12 5/15 B12 5/13 B12 5/14 B12 5/14 B m Dash 1 Jason Jones (Sr.) Marcus Mayes (So.) Michael Madison (Fr.) Wade Souza (Fr.) Hans Uldal (Jr.) 51.24M 6 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 51.28M 5/13 B12 7 Bjorn Sommefeldt (So.) 51.36M 8 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 51.62M 9 Austin Kerkhover (So.) /30 UMKC 10 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 53.86M 800m Run 1 Marcus Mayes (So.) 1:47.78*U 2 Jimmie Jones (So.) 1:49.11X 3 Rem Moll (Jr.) 1:52.88q 4 Tipper O Brien (So.) 1: Wade Souza (Fr.) 1: Tim Ross (Jr.) 1: Matt Noonan (Jr.) 1:57.60 ** Neville Miller (X) 1:47.48X 5/15 B12 6/4 5/14 B12 7/9 1500m Run 1 Tipper O Brien (So.) 3:44.14*T 2 Rem Moll (Jr.) 3: Ryan Hampton (Sr.) 3: Tim Ross (Jr.) 3: Marcus Mayes (So.) 3: Zaven O Bryant (Fr.) 4: Matt Noonan (Jr.) 4: Brian Graybill (Fr.) 4: Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)4:37.09M 10 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 4:38.24M 11 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 4:46.87M 12 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 5:06.16M 13 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 5:06.17M 5/6 5/6 6/9 NCAA 5/14 B m Run 1 Ryan Hampton (Sr.) 8: David Mertens (Sr.) 8: Chase Hall (Jr.) 8: Brian Graybill (Fr.) 8: m Run 1 Ryan Hampton (Sr.) 14:05.66* SR 2 Tim Ross (Jr.) 14:14.00* 3 David Mertens (Sr.) 14: Colten Green (So.) 15: /25 8 4/1 10,000m Run 1 Tim Ross (Jr.) 29:32.41T PROV MtS 2 Chase Hall (Jr.) 30:34.45 MtS 3 Colten Green (So.) 32: m Hurdles 1 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 14.76M 2 Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.) Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 15.48M 4 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 16.4h 5 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 16.8h 7/24 NNC 8/20 NNC 400m Hurdles 1 Tim Fritson (Fr.) Austin Kerkhover (So.) m Steeplechase 1 Matt Noonan (Jr.) 9: Brian Graybill (Fr.) 9: /30 3 Relays 4x100m Relay Madison, Horn, Kerkhover, Ja. Jones 4x400m Relay 3:09.83* Ji. Jones, Ja. Jones, M. Davis, Mayes 4x800m Relay 7:24.83T O Brien, Ji. Jones, Moll, Mayes Distance Medley Relay 9:43.53T O Brien, Ji. Jones, Mayes, Hampton Tipper O Brien (back) ran Mizzou s fastest 1500-meter race in 30 years, improbably qualifying for the NCAA Mideast Regional and moving to the NCAA Championships 5/15 B12 9 4/30 High Jump 1 Jesse Sims (Sr.) 2.15m* 2 Jason Miller (Fr.) 2.06mX 3 Chris Horn (Jr.) 2.00m 4 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 1.92mM 5 Dan Taylor (Fr.) 1.90m 6 Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)1.89mM Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 1.89mM Hans Uldal (Jr.) 1.89mM 9 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 1.68mM 7-½ 6-9 5/18 6-6¾ 6-3½ 6-2¾ 6-2¼ 6-2¼ 6-2¼ 5/13 B Pole Vault 1 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 4.80m Hans Uldal (Jr.) 4.80mM 3 Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)4.60mM /9 NCAA /9 NCAA Recap Daniel Willingham (So.) 4.30m 5 Will Drover (So.) 4.26m 6 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 4.00m 14-1¼ ½ Long Jump 1 Chris Horn (Jr.) 7.40m* 24-3½ 2 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 7.34m*M Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)7.16mM Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 6.28mM 20-7¼ 5 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 6.14mM 20-1¾ 6 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 6.12mM 20-1 Triple Jump 1 Jason Miller (Fr.) 13.64m Chris Horn (Jr.) 13.54m 44-5¼ Shot Put 1 Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) 19.48m*TU /1 2 Nate Englin (Fr.) 17.61m* 57-9½ 5/27 REG 3 Bill Hobson (So.) 17.51m* 57-5½ 5/14 B12 4 Tyler Dailey (Fr.) 16.65m* 54-7½ 5/14 B12 5 Chris Rohr (Fr.) 15.30m 50-2½ 6 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 14.85mM 48-8¾ 5/13 B12 7 Bjorn Sommerfeldt (Fr.) 13.94mM /13 B12 8 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 12.06mM Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 11.03mM 36-2¼ 10 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 10.90m 35-9¼ Shot Put, 6kg 1 Nate Englin (Fr.) 19.61m /30 PA-j Discus 1 Bobby Musil (So.) 54.11m* Chris Rohr (Fr.) 50.83m* /30 UMKC 3 Jason Morris (Fr.) 50.79m* /15 B12 4 Dave Borchardt (Fr.) 50.14m /15 B12 5 Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) 50.12m /15 B12 6 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 48.58mM /9 NCAA 7 Nate Englin (Fr.) 48.44m Tyler Dailey (Fr.) 45.72m Bill Hobson (So.) 43.57m Adam Noteis (Jr.) 41.76m Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)40.90mM /14 B12 12 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 40.27mM Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 36.42m Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 35.45mM Hammer Throw 1 Bobby Musil (So.) 56.90m*T /13 B12 2 Tyler Dailey (Fr.) 56.89m*T Jason Morris (So.) 56.60m* Adam Noteis (Jr.) 52.92m /1 5 Nate Englin (Fr.) 49.96m /25 6 Dave Borchardt (Fr.) 47.70m /1 7 Chris Rohr (Fr.) 45.78m /25 Javelin 1 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 62.09mM* 2 Ben Stafford (So.) 57.72m 3 Bjorn Sommerfedlt (So.)54.49mM 4 Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) 48.76m 5 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 47.88m 6 Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 46.93mM /14 B /14 B / Decathlon 1 Hans Uldal (Jr.) 7752 SR (AUTO) 7/24 NNC 2 Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.)7336 T PROV 3 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) Benjamin Vrbicek (Sr.) Sterling Hayden (Jr.) 5551 ** Miller redshirted but was able to compete in a Missouri uniform following the NCAA-collegiate season 97

2 6th annual Missouri Relays With all of the great stories, it would be foolish to not mention a phenomenal Big 12 Champi- Tiger Throwers Make Their Mark onships for some of the Tigers. At Missouri Relays Three new editions to the regional championuldal won his conference crown and Ashley ship list highlights Tigers weekend Patten added to the story, winning a thrilling women s 800-meter in 2:04.04.The time earned COLUMBIA, Mo. - With over 1,200 participants Missouri Track and Field hosted the sixth anpatten a spot at the USATF Championships and nual Missouri Relays this weekend with over was one of the fastest of the nation s collegians 40 high schools and colleges competing with during the season. Patten had to come back beautiful March weather at the two-day event. from seventh in the final 120 meters to catch The Tigers fared well with 11event champions and three throwers gaining marks good for enk-state s Roman Del Valle at the tape. try into the NCAA Regional Championships. Junior Amanda Bales had a solid and successful season. Bales won the women s mile at the Oregon Team Invitational to help the team win the four-team meet at historic Hayward Field by a half-point. In addition, Bales once again doubled at the Big 12 Championships, placing second at 1500 meters and later came back to finish fifth in the 5000 meters. Bales is now a 13-time Big 12 scorer. Bales went on the NCAA regional where she once again placed second, earning an automatic spot in the NCAA Championships where she would later place 13th. Sophomore Marcus Mayes was another Tiger spotlight. Running a 1:47.78, 800-meter race at the Big 12 Championships, Mayes qualified for the USATF Championships. The youngest in the 24-man field that included athletes up to 10 years older, Mayes held his own, leading for a lap in his opening heat and showing his presence in an event he may reach elite status one day. The Tigers will lose some strength in some areas, but with a great core of athletes returning, the Missouri track and field team only seems to get better and better year-to-year. In a super-strong Big 12 Conference, coaches are constantly reminded that collegiate track and field is most definitely a marathon, and not a sprint. 98 the women s 4x800-meter relay with a meet record time of 8: The Tigers also took the men s 4x800-meter relay with Tipper O Brien, Wade Souza, Marcus Mayes, Columbia, Mo. and Jimmie Jones April 1-2, 2005 leading Missouri to a meet record win of 7: Jill Petersen won the women s steeplechase early Saturday morning, running in 10:53.2. Jenny Bybee won the women s high jump with a leap of 5-7 (1.70m). Lyndsey Tait took the top On Friday, Tiger redshirt freshman Jason Morris spot in the women s pole vault, launching over (St. Louis, Mo.) qualified for the NCAA Regional the bar at 12-1½ (3.70m). Championships with a toss of 183 feet, 9 inches (56.01m) in the men s hammer throw. Morris Senior David Mertens won the men s 5000also broke into the Tigers all-time top five in the meter on Friday night in a time of 14: event with his second-place performance. Sophomore Colten Green took the title in the men s 10,000-meter run with a time of 32:25.49 Saturday, discus throwers Melanie Uher (Wilber, on Friday evening. Freshman Brian Graybill Neb.) and Bobby Musil (DuBois, Neb.) qualified (Liberty, Mo.) won his inaugural 3000-meter for the regionals in the discus throw. Uher won steeplechase race in a time of 10: the women s discus with a throw of 158 feet, 7 inches (48.34m). Musil took fifth in the men s Senior Jesse Sims won the men s high jump, competition with a hurl of (51.42m). improving on his outdoor season best to 6-11¾ (2.13m). Junior Chris Horn tied a meet record Ashley Patten, Kristin Hansen, Nicole Johnson, in the men s long jump, winning with a leap of and Trisa Nickoley led the Tigers to victory in 23-9 (7.24m). 9th annual Tom Botts Invitational TIGERS HAVE BIG DAY AT HOME AT TOM BOTTS MEET Missouri wins seven individual collegiate events, adds four to regional list COLUMBIA, Mo. A busy weekend of track and field in Columbia, Mo., concluded Saturday with the second day of the ninth-annual Tom Botts Invitational at the University of Missouri. The Tigers won seven individual titles, added four more entries into the NCAA Regional Championships, and several meet records were broken on a picture-perfect weather day at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. Junior Ashley Patten and freshman Trisa Nickoley once again teamed up to take first and second in the women s 800-meter run. Patten won in a time of 2:06.48, a new meet record. Sophomore Marcus Mayes placed third in the men s 800-meter run, bettering his regional qualifying time to 1: Sophomore Melanie Uher won the women s discus, coming within an inch of her personal best, with a throw of (50.31m). On the men s side, sophomore Bobby Musil improved his personal best and regional qualifying mark in discus for the third week in a row, placing second with a throw of (54.11m). Senior Jason Jones (Columbia, Mo/Rock Bridge HS) ended his final meet at home with style, scoring a personal best in Columbia, Mo. the 400-meter dash April 14-15, 2005 with a time of On Friday in the Botts meet, the Tigers gained three additions to the NCAA regional qualifying list. Junior Chris Horn leaped to a five-inch personal best in the long jump, winning with a jump of 24-3½ (7.40m). In the hammer throw, redshirt freshman Tyler Dailey (Joplin, Mo.) threw to a personal-best of (56.89m), placing third. Jason Junior Amanda Bales won the women s 1500-meter run Morris improved his regional qualifying mark with a for the second-consecutive weekend, running in 4: fifth-place toss of (56.60m). Sophomore Tipper O Brien was the top collegian in the men s 1500, running in 3: Freshman Maddie Schueler reset the meet record in the women s 5000-meter run, winning in 17: Senior Jesse Sims won the men s high jump competition for the fourth year in a row, bettering his season best Friday s action included a new world record in the to 7-½ (2.15m) women s decathlon by Lithuanian Austra Skujyte in the Audrey Walton Combined Events. Several big perforsenior Jennifer Bennett placed second in the women s mances were also recorded in the men s decathlon and pole vault with a season-best clearing of 12-11½ (3.95m). traditional women s heptathlon events. Kansas Amy Linnen broke the stadium record with a vault of 13-5¾ (4.11m). In the men s decathlon, junior Tiger Hans Uldal won with a new meet- and stadium-record score of 7,731 In the men s shot put, Tiger post-collegian Christian points. Uldal s score, just two points off his personal Cantwell took the title, breaking his own meet record best and school record, earns him an automatic spot with a throw of 65-10¼ (20.07m). Senior Conrad Wool- in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in early-june. sey earned a spot in the NCAA regionals with his first The 2004 Olympian from Norway gained solid marks in throw of the outdoor season, placing third with a toss each of the 10 events, including a leap of 24-1 (7.34m) of 60-3 (18.36m). Freshman Nate Englin also qualified which qualifies him for the NCAA Regionals in the long for the regional championships with a throw of 57-7½ jump and an outdoor personal best in the pole vault of (17.56m), placing fifth (4.75m).

3 2nd annual Audrey Walton Combined Events AUSTRA SKUJYTE SETS WORLD RECORD IN WOMEN S DECATHLON Skujyte and three others become first women to compete in Decathlon in North America COLUMBIA, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Austra Skujyte, the April 14-15, 2005 silver medalist in the 2004 Olympics in the heptathlon, broke the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world record in the women s decathlon on Friday. The event was part of the University of Missouri s second-annual Audrey Walton Combined Events in Columbia, Mo. Skujyte, a native of Lithuania, scored [8358] points to take the world record from Marie Collonville of France in the first IAAF-sanctioned women s decathlon competition held in North America. Skujyte scored 3898 points on day one, marking a personal-best in the 400-meter dash (57.19). To start day two, Skujyte ran the 100-meter hurdles in Following in the long jump, she leaped 20 feet, 1 inch (6.12m). And then Skujyte separated herself from Collonville s record pace, throwing the shot put 53-10½ (16.42m), topping her French counterpart s throw in the discipline by more than 14 feet. The former Kansas State Wildcat, then went to the high jump, the second to last event, clearing the bar at 5-10 (1.78m). The 1500-meter run was the final event in Skujyte s way. Needing only to run the race in 5:53.82 to break the record, Skujyte ran a 5:15.86, breaking the old mark by 216 points. The collegiate record in the women s decathlon was established by Kansas State s Breanna Eveland. Eveland scored 6821 points, helped by a stadium record effort in yesterday s pole vault event. Sophomore Wildcat Lindsay Grigoriev placed third in the event, scoring 6641 points. Recap 2005 Women s Decathlon Points 100 DT PV JT 400 Day1 100H LJ HJ Skujyte, Austra m 3.10m 48.78m m 16.42m 1.78m 5:15.86 Nike w: w: WORLD RECORD (revised) 8358 (872) (776) (602) (836) (816) 3894 (943) (887) (956) (953) (725) Eveland, Breanna m 4.10m 37.22m 1: m 11.19m 1.45m 5:39.35 Kansas State w: w: JR - COLLEGIATE RECORD 6821 (773) (635) (1018) (614) (638) 3678 (822) (562) (608) (566) (585) Grigoriev, Lindsay m 2.20m 38.05m 1: m 13.12m 1.51m 5:35.13 Kansas State w: w: SO 6641 (787) (798) (282) (630) (681) 3178 (867) (620) (735) (632) (609) Young, Liz m 3.30m 23.95m 1: m 10.23m 1.69m 5:33.46 Missouri w: w: JR - MISSOURI RECORD 6019 (716) (345) (680) (363) (617) 2721 (762) (530) (545) (842) (619) Men s Decathlon Points 100 LJ HJ 400 Day1 110H DT PV JT Uldal, Hans m 14.09m 1.80m m 4.75m 59.42m 4:38.34 Missouri w: w: JR - MISSOURI/MEET RECORD 7731 (830) (896) (734) (627) (758) 3845 (874) (758) (834) (729) (691) Sommerfeldt, Bjorn m 13.05m 1.89m m 4.55m 52.20m 4:37.09 Missouri w: w: SO - NCAA PROV, PR 7336 (782) (852) (670) (705) (753) 3762 (814) (665) (775) (621) (699) Pyle, Pat m 12.42m 1.95m m 4.55m 45.73m 5:00.97 Unattached w: w: (890) (767) (632) (758) (823) 3870 (822) (593) (775) (526) (554) Goebbert, Brandon m 11.03m 1.89m m 4.75m 47.21m 4:51.99 Missouri w: w: SR 6773 (776) (648) (548) (705) (739) 3416 (792) (577) (834) (547) (607) Women s Heptathlon Points 100H HJ 200 Day1 LJ JT Asigbee, Fiona m 12.44m m 34.76m 2:20.84 Unattached w: w: MEET RECORD 5773 (991) (966) (690) (934) 3581 (813) (567) (812) Baker, Sara Jane m 10.82m m 39.64m 2:15.77 Nebraska w: w: JR 5469 (866) (891) (583) (849) 3189 (738) (660) (882) Partain, Tracy m 11.40m m 32.13m 2:17.61 Southwest Missouri w: w: JR 5372 (935) (891) (621) (895) 3342 (657) (517) (856) Liz Young (Jefferson City, Mo.) became the first women from the University of Missouri to compete in the women s decathlon, and she will now stand as the school s record holder, scoring 6019 points. The women s decathlon has been added recently to the track and field competition program as the IAAF recognized France s Marie Collinville s women s decathlon score of 8,160, set in Talence, France, in September Currently, the IAAF women s program for the Olympic Games and World Championships includes the seven-event heptathlon. No time table has yet been set to add the 10-event decathlon to normal competition. The pole vault, an event in which the decathlon adds, was just added to the women s program in The athletes were aided by fair skies and cool breezes over both days of the meet. Former K-Stater Austra Skyjute breaks the world record of the women s decathlon at the Walton Combined Event Not to be out done, junior Hans Uldal breaks Missouri s record in the event, qualifying automatically for the NCAA s 99

4 96th annual Drake Relays by the 2000, 1981, and 1964 relay teams that won Drake Relays Championships. The 2000 team contained 2004 WOOLSEY DRAKE RELAYS CHAMP, TIGER DISTANCE RELAYS Olympian Derrick Peterson and 2003 All-American Timothy Dunne. With Neville Miller redplace SECOND shirting this outdoor season, Young distance core helps bring two runner-up races talented youth returning for the DES MOINES, Iowa Friday at the 96th Annual Drake Relays, 06 relays, and an aging K-State the University of Missouri women s distance medley relay team not returning key runners, team took runner-up, running in 11:14.05, the second-fast- Missouri could have what it est time for the outdoor season in the world. With three takes to take the title in the future. sophomores, the Tiger men ran the Three-time Division I All-American Conrad Woolfourth-fastest time all-time at MisDes Moines, Iowa sey took the title in the men s university division souri in the 4x800-meter relay with April 27-30, 2005 shot put, winning by over two feet over defenda second-place showing. Throwing in ing champ, Iowa s Ken Kemeny. Woolsey s best of his third Drake Relays all-time, senior 61 feet, 2 inches (18.64m) is a season best and Conrad Woolsey became a men s university division shot put champion at Drake Stadium in front of an estimated expands his NCAA regional qualifying mark. Sophomore Bill Hobson took eighth in the event, reaching the finals. Freshcrowd of 9,000. man Nate Englin placed ninth in his first Drake Relays. The women s DMR comprised of the same crew that ran for ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships: Ashley Patten, Woolsey s win gives the Missouri men their 67th relay title Whittney Stuart, Trisa Nickoley, and Amanda Bales. Patten all time, third best of all schools in the university division. lead off, running a 3: meter leg, standing in fourth. The Tigers have taken three of the last four titles in the Senior, Stuart, retained the fourth-place spot, running a 56.7 men s shot put university division Russ Bell won the diviat 400 meters. Then the stick once again went to freshman sion in 2002 and Between the special invitational and Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.). Just like with many of the DMRs university divisions, the Tiger collegians have accounted for ran by the team during the indoor season, Nickoley sped the 10 Drake Relays Championships. Christian Cantwell has won team into a closing position with her 800-meter leg, running the special invitational division of the men s shot put for the in 2:08.0. Tiger senior Amanda Bales anchored with a 4:44.9 last three years consecutive, and will compete tomorrow 1600-meter leg and cruised to a runner-up showing. National afternoon for the 05 title. champion Michigan took the title for the second year in a row, clocking a world-leading time of 11:10.80 the Tigers Saturday took second for the second-consecutive year. CANTWELL SECOND, DUNNE THIRD, PETERSON FOURTH AT The men s 4x800-relay team edged out Kansas and Illinois DRAKE S FINAL DAY State for the runner-up spot in their race. Running the fourth- Tiger post-collegians highlight world-class field, Cantwell a best time for Missouri all-time, the Tiger relay was made up of fingernail from victory three sophomores; Tipper O Brien, Jimmie Jones, and Marcus Mayes; and junior Rem Moll. O Brien and Jones led off with DES MOINES, Iowa In front of another sold-out crowd 1:52.7 and 1:52.5 legs, respectively to place the Tigers sev- of 18,000, the Missouri Track and Field team completed enth in a tight-nit pack. Moll ran a 1:50.8 to move the Tigers competition at the 96th Drake Relays on Saturday. Key up to fourth. Mayes exploded out to the gate, taking over distances relays once again had a solid day for the Tigers second by the end of the second turn, and ran a 51.3 opening with impressive results from their youth. Several Tiger postlap as a result. With unwavering strength, Mayes cruised to collegians competed today as well with Christian Cantwell a 1:49.0 overall leg, topping the Jayhawks and Redbirds as taking second in the men s shot put. they closed. Kansas State won the race in 7:21.32, giving the Cantwell finished runner-up to Resse Hoffa in the men s Big 12 a top-three sweep in the event. special invitational shot put, throwing his season best on his The team s 4x800 time is only surpassed all-time at Missouri final throw of 68-9¾ (20.97m). Cantwell initially took the lead on his second toss, going 68-6 (20.88m). Hoffa responded on his fifth throw, marking 68-10½ (20.99m), his best. Cantwell came so close to topping on his last throw, but missed by just two centimeters. Friday In the men s special invitational 800-meter run, Tiger postcollegians Timothy Dunne and Derrick Peterson finished third and fourth in the race, respectively. Dunne ran in 1:48.36 Peterson right behind at 1: Dunne improves from his fourth-place showing a year ago. The Tiger men s distance medley relay took third overall in their race, clocking 9:43.53, the best for a Tiger team at the Drake Relays since Sophomore Tipper O Brien ran the lead-off leg in 2:58.6 for 1200 meters, putting the team in third. Sophomore Jimmie Jones sped through the scene, running a 47.8, 400-meter split to put the Tigers in second. Another sophomore, Marcus Mayes took the baton for the 800-meter leg, running the best of his life in 1:48.6. Senior Ryan Hampton kept the pace, running a 4:08.2 closing 1600-meter leg. Senior Conrad Woolsey became the 10th Drake Relays shot put champ from the University of Missouri 100 The women s 4x800-meter relay team placed fourth with two freshman, clocking a blazing time of 8:40.75, the second-best all-time at Mizzou. Transfer Nicole Johnson led off the relay, handing to junior All-American Ashley Patten. Patten s split of 2:05.4 was an amazing feat in the unmerciful wind for the Tigers second leg. Freshmen Kasey Kimball and Trisa Nickoley ran the final two legs to give the Tigers their finish. Nickoley ran a 2:09.0 for her final leg. Junior Amanda Bales ran against a stacked field in the women s special invitational 1500-meter run. Bales ran in 4:22.90 to take the fifth-place overall spot and recorded the best time for a collegian in the race. Tiger heptathlon post-collegian Fiona Asigbee tied for third in the women s special invitational high jump, clearing 5-9¾ (1.77m) Rem Moll hands off to Marcus Mayes in the 4x800-meter relay, the Tigers finished second to K-State Kansas was third Top 10 Tigers at the Drake COLLEGIANS WOMEN special invitational events 1500 Amanda Bales 4: th 4: : : : rd 10th 4th 4th 11: nd collegiate events 1500 Kristin Hansen 5000 Valerie Lauver Steeple Jill Petersen 4x800 Nicole Johnson Ashley Patten Kasey Kimball (Fr.) Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) DMR Ashley Patten Whittney Stuart Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) Amanda Bales DISC Melanie Uher MEN 49.61m th collegiate events 5000 Tim Ross 14: th 4x800 Tipper O Brien 7: :52.7s 2nd Jimmie Jones 1:52.5s Rem Moll 1:50.8s Marcus Mayes 1:49.1s DMR Tipper O Brien 9: rd Jimmie Jones Marcus Mayes Ryan Hampton HJ Jason Miller 2.05m 6-8¾ Conrad Woolsey 18.64m st Bill Hobson 16.66m 54-8 Nate Englin 16.62m 54-6½ 9th POST-COLLEGIANS (all invitational events) WOMEN HJ Fiona Asigbee 1.77m 5-9¾ 3rd Janae Strickland 15.51m 50-10¾ exh MEN 800m Timothy Dunne 1: rd Derrick Peterson 1: th Christian Cantwell 20.97m 68-9¾ 2nd

5 Big 12 Championships Thursday ULDAL IN THIRD, FOUR EARN ALL-BIG 12 HONORS IN FIRST DAY MANHATTAN. Kan. The Missouri Track & Field team began action at the Big 12 Championships on Friday at R.V. Christian Track Complex in Manhattan, Kan. Hans Uldal stands in third after day one competition in the men s decathlon. Four Tigers also scored, earning a spot on the all-big 12 team. Uldal finished the first day with a third-place total of 3,875 points, a season best and 49 points off his school-record pace. Uldal was helped ultimately by his two-foot personal best toss in the shot put of 48-8¾ (14.85m), an event he won by three feet. The day started with a moderate rain that impacted the 100-meter dash and long jump events. Sophomore Bjorn Sommerfeldt actually did well with the rain falling, clocking a personal-best in the 100-meter portion of the decathlon with a time of His day-one score of 3,717, places him fifth with five events to go. Senior Brandon Goebbert stands 10th with 3,311 points. Friday ULDAL BIG 12 DECATHLON CHAMP, BREAKS OWN SCHOOL RECORD Tiger junior records second-best score in meet history MANHATTAN. Kan. Missouri track and field junior Hans Uldal won the decathlon crown in the second day of the Big 12 Championships in Manhattan, Kan., on Saturday. Uldal gave Missouri the team s fourth title in five years in the event, breaking his own school record with a score of 7,740 points. Also today, Conrad Woolsey placed third in a thrilling men s shot put competition and eight Tigers advanced to tomorrow s track finals. the open javelin event for the NCAA Regional Championships. With a seemingly insurmountable lead, Uldal ran the final event, the 1500 meter, in 4:48.01, a second better than Kilmartin who finished second overall with 7,472 points. Uldal, along with Bjorn Sommerfeldt and Brandon Goebbert scored 17 team points for the Tigers. Sommerfeldt himself had an outstanding competition, placing third with 7,262, gaining personal bests in three of day two s events. Sommerfeldt threw the discus (40.90m), pole vaulted (4.55m), and threw the javelin (54.49m). Goebbert finished the day in eighth with 6,370 points, earning his fourth all-big 12 honor. Uldal also won the Tigers fourth conference decathlon title in five years. Fellow Norwegian Knut Sommerfeldt swept titles in 2001, 2002, and Later in the day, the men s shot put competition stopped the hearts of many as its thrilling finish, similar to the Big 12 Indoor Championships earlier in the year, will go down as one of the best shot put finals in conference history. Entering the finals, Tiger Conrad Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) stood in fourth-place, Texas A&M s Brian Custis third, Kansas Sheldon Battle second, and Texas Brian Robinson first. In the fifth overall round, Woolsey topped Custis with at toss of 61-8½ (18.81m) to take over third. The final round throws were a sight to see. Woolsey started the madness by hurling a four-inch overall personal best of 63-8¼ (19.41m) to take over the lead in the clubhouse. Then, after Custis throw fell short, Kansas Battle stepped in the ring. In a moment reminiscent to the indoor championships, Battle topped Woolsey at 63-10½ (19.47m) to wow the crowd. Woolsey at the indoor meet topped Battle on his final throw to take the conference title and Battle yesterday won the men s hammer throw on his final toss. The throws weren t over. After throwing an meet-opening toss of 62Uldal (Ardenal, Norway), runner-up in the 2004 Big 12 Championships, 9½ (19.14m) to take the lead into the finals, Texas Robinson set quiet recorded the second-best score in meet history and the fifth-best in in the finals until his last throw. With the crowd s full attention from the awakening of the previous two lead changes, the world for the current season. Robinson uncorked his personal-best with a throw Manhattan, Kan. topping all at 64-7¾ (19.70m). Uldal started day one in third place, trailing Texas Donovan Kilmartin by 137 points and the May 13-15, 2005 Woolsey wounded up third, now a five-time all-big Longhorns Trey Hardee by 129. In the 100-meter 12 performer. Tiger sophomore Bill Hobson behurdles, Hardee, the national leader in the event, appeared to have had a groin pull and had to withdraw from the came a three-time all-big 12 performer with a seventh-place showing, remainder of the competition. In the discus, Uldal came within a foot marking an outdoor personal best of 57-5½ (17.51m). Freshman Nate of his personal best against a vexing crosswind, still throwing Englin scored in his second-consecutive conference meet, placing (46.46m). Uldal moved to the lead as Kilmartin, 2004 NCAA Indoor eighth with a throw of 56-11¼ (17.35m). Also worth noting, freshman heptathlon champ, fouled his first two throws, but obtained a mark Tyler Dailey became the fourth Tiger to qualify for the NCAA regionals in the event with his toss of 54-7½ (16.65m), placing 13th. of (35.06m) on his final toss. Action then moved to the pole vault, where Kilmartin had the advantage with a personal best two feet better than the Tiger. Uldal would go on to clear the bar at 15-7 (4.75m), tying an outdoor personal best. Kilmartin faltered, clearing his opening height of (4.85m) on his third attempt followed by missing all three attempts at his next bar at 16-6¾ (5.05m). In the javelin, Uldal owned a 55-point advantage over Kilmartin and widened that lead to 209 points after throwing the spear (62.09m), marking a three-foot personal best, actually qualifying for Saturday PATTEN WINS THIRD BIG 12 TITLE MANHATTAN. Kan. The Missouri Track & Field team completed competition in the Big 12 Championships in Manhattan, Kan., on Sunday. In what is arguably the toughest conference in the World, the Tiger women placed seventh the men ninth. Some outstanding individual performances included junior Ashley Patten becoming a three-time Big 12 Champion, winning the women s 800-meter run in 2:04.04, the second-best time this season in the NCAA. In addition, Patten and sophomore Marcus Mayes earned automatic entry into the USA Track & Field Championships. Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) had to come from behind to take the title with her personal best, also earning a U.S. Championship A qualifier. With 400 meters remaining, Patten was in second as a fast pace, set by Kansas State s Lysaira Roman-Del Valle with an opening lap of 58 seconds, kept the Tiger and the pack two seconds behind. As the Wildcat started to fade in the final 50 meters, Patten kicked on the jets, to take the title by 62 hundredths of a second. Patten s time is not only the second-best clocking for the season in the NCAA, it ranks as the sixth-best ran by an American for the year. The performance was also the second-best ever in the Big 12 Championships; only former Tiger Ashley Wysong ran a faster (2:03.96) at the 2000 Big 12 meet. Wysong is also the school s record holder (2:02.94). Freshman Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) ran an outdoor collegiate best in the same race, placing fifth with a time of 2: In the men s race, sophomore Marcus Mayes (Sand Spring, Okla.) went toe-to-toe with some of the best half-milers in the country and placed sixth with a 1:47.78 time, a personal best by over a second. The race s winner Texas Tech Olympian Jonathan Johnson (1:44.86), set a blistering pace of 50 seconds for the opening lap to help push the top seven in the race over the U.S. Championship A standard. Hans Uldal once again stole headlines, winning his first Big 12 Championship with another school record, topping NCAA Indoor Champ, Donovan Kilmartin Junior Amanda Bales (Bettendorf, Iowa) continues a successful season, placing second in the women s 1500-meter run with a time of 4: The time is eighth best on the NCAA list and ranks as the second-best Recap 2005 ever by a Tiger. Later in the day, Bales placed fifth in the 5000 meter with a time of 16: Bales, now a 13-time All-Big 12 performer, has qualified for the NCAA regional at both distances. Junior Kristin Hansen (Milford, Iowa) earned her first All-Big 12 honor, placing sixth in the 1500 meter, clocking 4: Junior Valerie Lauver (Allen, Texas) placed eighth in the 5000-meter run, running 16: Lauver placed fourth in the 10k on Friday night. Senior Marquis Davis (O Fallon, Ill.) became a three-time All-Big 12 performer with the best conference finish in his career with a 21.48, fifth-place showing in the men s 200-meter. Senior Jennifer Bennett (Ashland, Mo.) scored in her sixth conference meet, placing fifth in the women s pole vault, clearing 12-9½ (3.90m). Senior Jill Petersen (O Fallon, Mo.) took fifth in the women s 3000-meter steeplechase, running 10:45.29, earning her eighth spot on the All-Big 12 team. Sophomore Greg Bracey (Milwaukee, Wisc.) scored in his first conference meet, taking seventh in the men s 100-meter dash, clocking Sophomore Melanie Uher (Wilber, Neb.) placed sixth in the women s discus with a throw of (48.79m), earning her second straight All-Big 12 honor. All-Big 12 Performers WOMEN 800 Ashley Patten (Jr.) 2:04.04# Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) 2: Amanda Bales (Jr.) 4:18.79# Kristin Hansen (Jr.) 4:26.48# 5000 Amanda Bales (Jr.) 16:38.55 Valerie Lauver (Jr.) 16: k Valerie Lauver (Jr.) 34: mH Margaret Ibe Umah (Sr.) 1: :03.33 Steeple Jill Petersen (Sr.) 10: x400 Whittney Stuart (Sr.) 3:43.88 Ashley Patten (Jr.) Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) Laura Brandt (Sr.) PV Jennifer Bennett (Sr.) 3.90m 12-9½ Lindsey Markworth (Sr.) 14.65m 48-¾ Elizabeth Robe (Fr.) 14.48m# 47-6¼ DISC Melanie Uher (So.) 48.79m HT Denise Gilmore (Fr.) 52.62m# MEN 100 Greg Bracey (Fr.) 10.31W# Marquis Davis (Sr.) 20.89w Marcus Mayes (So.) 1:47.78# 10k Tim Ross (Sr.) 30: x100 Marquis Davis (Sr.) Greg Bracey (Fr.) Jason Jones (Sr.) Michael Madison (Fr.) 4x400 Jimmie Jones (So.) 3:09.83 Jason Jones (Sr.) Marquis Davis (Sr.) Marcus Mayes (So.) HJ Jesse Sims (Sr.) 2.05m 6-8¾ Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) 19.41m# 63-8¼ Bill Hobson (So.) 17.51m 57-5½ Nate Englin (Fr.) 17.35m 56-11¼ DISC Bobby Musil (So.) 53.15m HT Bobby Musil (So.) 56.90m DEC Hans Uldal (Jr.) 7,740 SR Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.) 7,262 Brandon Goebbert (Sr.) 6,370 SR - School Record, # - Personal Best 1st 5th 2nd 6th 5th 4th qual 5th 7th 5th 6th 7th 6th qual 7th qual 5th 6th 7th 7th 3rd 7th 6th 1st 3rd 101

6 NCAA Mideast Regional more Melanie Uher broke a 12-year old school record Friday in the women s discus, gaining a stronghold on a WOOLSEY, BENNETT PUNCH TICKET possible at-large bid into the NCAA Championships. TO SACRAMENTO Top five finishes by Tiger seniors secure spots before And, sophomore Tipper O Brien ran a heart-stopping 1500-meter race to seemingly lock-up an at-large bid the rain delays late action BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Missouri Track and Field se- to the national collegiate meet. niors Conrad Woolsey and Jennifer Bennett earned fifth-place performances in the men s shot put and Uher (Wilber, Neb.) threw the disc 166 feet, 7 inches women s pole vault, respectively, Friday at the first day (50.77m) to break Erica Brooks 1992-school record of the NCAA Mideast Regional in Bloomington, Ind., throw by 11 inches, to place eighth in the competito automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships tion. The placing earned Uher her first all-region honor of her career, and more importantly, in Sacramento in two weeks. The put her in the at-large pool for selecmeet, having a weather delay early in Bloomington, Ind. tion into the NCAA Championships. the day, had to be postponed again in May 28-29, 2005 Her throw today extended her mark the late-evening, was suspended and to be considered and a comparison will continue tomorrow. amongst the regions show that Uher should be sixth Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) took fifth with his on the at-large list. meet-best throw of 61-7¾ (18.79m). Woolsey earns entry into his fourth-straight NCAA Division I cham- The top five placeholders in each of the nation s four regions automatically qualify for the NCAA Championship in the event with today s effort. pionships to be held in Sacramento in two weeks. Bennett (Ashland, Mo.) qualified in the women s Positions six thru eight in each event (that declare pole vault, clearing 12-11¾ (3.96m), giving her the their intentions to participate in the national meet) fifth-place showing and a ticket to Sacramento. are put into an at-large pool of 12 competitors from Bennett has returned to her true form after having around the nation. Their top marks from the entire to redshirt in 2004 due to back injury. Bennett earned season are compared against each other, then, the All-America honors in 2003 at the NCAA meet in NCAA Track & Field Committee traditionally chooses between five to seven participants for at-large entry Sacramento. into each event to fill a maximum total field of 544 Surprising the field, true freshman Nate Englin men and 544 women. (Shoreview, Minn.) qualified for the finals in the men s shot put. Englin took ninth in those finals, eight spots Junior Amanda Bales (Bettendorf, Iowa) was second above his entry seed with a throw of 57-9½ (17.61m), in the women s 1500-meter, securing an automatic bid into the national meet, with a time of 4: grabbing a new personal best. Michigan s Lindsey Gallo won her second-straight Junior Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) qualified for region title in 4:18.86, passing Bales at the 800-meter tomorrow s finals in the women s 800 with a time of mark. Bales was in the lead and ran a steady race to 2: Freshman Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Kan.) retain second the rest of the way. Bales concentrated placed 12th in the event, running 2: Although on the 5000 meters last year and placed fifth at the Nickoley did not qualify for the final, her season will region meet. continue with the USATF Junior National ChampionSophomore Kristin Hansen (Okoboji, Iowa) placed ships to be held in late-june. 10th in the 1500, clocking 4: Sophomore Tipper O Brien (Kirkwood, Mo.) ran from sixth-place back in the final 120 meters to place third In maybe the gutsiest performance of the weekend in his heat, automatically qualifying for tomorrow s by a Tiger, sophomore Tipper O Brien (Kirkwood, Mo.) came back from yesterday s preliminary in the final in the men s 1500-meter run. men s 1500-meter run in which he had to out-sprint A short rain shower early in the day effected the three competitors on the homestretch to secure an men s high jump and men s discus events. Senior automatic spot in today s finals to once again pull Jesse Sims completed his career as a Tiger, placing through in the clutch. In today s race, O Brien had to do the same, sprinting back from ninth place to ninth in the high jump. take sixth at the line, clocking 3:47.31, coming within At 8:30 p.m., meet officials suspended the final three four-tenths of a second from automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships. With the sixth-place events of the day due to lightning in the area. finish O Brien, like Uher, gets put into the at-large Saturday pool. Looking at results around the country, O Brien, UHER BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD, by the looks of it, is fourth among the 12 in the pool, SECURES STRONG AT-LARGE STATUS which puts him in almost certain position to advance Tiger sophomore likely bid into NCAA Championships to the national championships. in the women s discus BLOOMINGTON, Ind. The University of Missouri Junior Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) ran a 2:06.22 wrapped up a successful run at the 2005 NCAA to place fifth in the women s 800-meter final, becommideast Regional Championships on Saturday in ing another Tiger to advance to the NCAA ChampionBloomington, Ind. Tigers Ashley Patten and Amanda ships. Patten, Big 12 Champion in the event, ran well Bales added top five performances that automatically amongst a challenging field that kept scrambling qualify them for the NCAA Championships. Sopho_ 102 at the top seven positions to the finish. Senior Marquis Davis (O Fallon, Ill.) was 16th in the men s 200-meter, clocking The event was ran a timed final, due to preliminary rounds being cancelled last night because of adverse conditions. Jimmie Jones, Jason Jones, Marquis Davis, and Marcus Mayes placed 11th in the men s 1600-meter relay with a time of 3: Jason Jones and Davis ended their Tiger careers with the regional. Davis ended as a five-time Big 12 scorer and two-time qualifier for these regionals. Jones (Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge HS) ran the race of his life at the Big 12 Championships, a 46.8 split in the 1600-meter relay, to allow the relay team the opportunity to qualify for the post-season. Tigers at NCAA Regionals WOMEN Top 5 performances (automatic to NCAAs) 800 Ashley Patten (So.) 2:05.81 qual 2: th 1500 Amanda Bales (Jr.) 4: nd PV Jennifer Bennett (Sr.) 3.96m 12-11¾ 5th Top 8 performances (in at-large pool) DISC Melanie Uher (So.) 50.77m SR166-7 Other Regional Qualifiers 800 Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) 2: th 1500 Kristin Hansen (So.) 4: th Steeple Jill Petersen (Sr.) 11: PV Lyndsey Tait (Sr.) no height Lindsey Markworth (Sr.) 14.47m 47-5¾ 1 Elizabeth Robe (Fr.) 14.42m 47-3¾ 20th DISC Lindsey Markworth (Sr.) 44.70m th MEN Top 5 performances (automatic to NCAAs) Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) 18.79m 61-7¾ 5th Top 8 performances (in at-large pool) 1500m Tipper O Brien (So.) 3: :47.31 qual 6th Other Regional Qualifiers 200m Marquis Davis (Sr.) th 800m Marcus Mayes (So.) 1: th 5000m Ryan Hampton (Sr.) 14: nd 5000m Tim Ross (Jr.) 15: th 4x400 Jimmie Jones (So.) 3: th Jason Jones (Sr.) Marquis Davis (Sr.) Marcus Mayes (So.) HJ Jesse Sims (Sr.) 2.06m 6-9 t9th LJ Chris Horn (Jr.) 6.26m 20-6½ 29th Nate Englin (Fr.) 17.61m# 57-9½ 9th Bill Hobson (So.) 17.08m 56-½ 16th Tyler Dailey (Fr.) 16.28m nd DISC Bobby Musil (So.) 51.60m th DISC Chris Rohr (Fr.) 48.35m th DISC Jason Morris (Fr.) 46.92m th HT Tyler Dailey (Fr.) 54.03m st HT Jason Morris (Fr.) foul HT Bobby Musil (So.) foul

7 NCAA Championships ond day, entered Thursday in eighth-place overall Wednesday teammate, sophomore, Bjorn Sommerfeldt stood A SOAKED DAY IN SACTO TO START NCAA 15th. The first of event of the day, the 110-meter TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS hurdles was a good event for Uldal, as he rose a Uldal in eighth after four of 10 events in men s spot to seventh with a clocking of in the event. decathlon Sommerfeldt struggled, running 16.04, but held his SACRAMENTO, Calif. In a scene reminiscent of spot at 15th. last year s NCAA Track & Field Championships in Austin, the 2005 version of the nation s top colin the discus, Uldal earned a personal-best mark with legiate meet started with some adverse weather a throw of (48.58m), improving one spot to conditions in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday. sixth in the overall standings. Sommerfeldt obtained As of press time the men s decathlon the fourth a solid mark of (39.06m) to of five events of day one with just move to 13th. completed with junior Hans Uldal in Sacramento, Calif. eighth place and sophomore Bjorn June 8-11, 2005 The Tiger decathletes shined in the Sommerfeldt in 13th. pole vault, as both Uldal and SomThe weather, while not as imposing of the thunder- merfeldt earned personal bests and once again storms in Austin, did cause some problems in the inched through the rankings. Uldal cleared the bar men s decathlon. A stiff head wind and moderate at 15-9 (4.80m) to jump to fourth overall, and Somrain kept a majority of the scores down for the first merfeldt went above 15-1 (4.60m) to hit the 11th spot overall. day of competition. Sommerfeldt held his ground at 11th after an average javelin toss. Uldal, who threw (58.65m), placing second in the event, went to third overall in the standings with one event to go. In the 1500-meter run, Uldal ran a 4:38.23 to hold his third place spot; During the high jump, the rain intensified and com- Sommerfeldt slipped to 13th, but had a good meet, petition was halted for 15 minutes. Uldal had to at- seeded as the 14th-best competitor in his first NCAA tempt his second height of 5-11½ (1.82m) soon after Championships. with a soaked jumping apron and barely cleared on his third attempt, avoiding a lower score in the event. The meets scores were relatively low due to adverse Uldal would go on to clear 6-2 (1.88m), a quarter-inch rain and wind conditions yesterday. Uldal, who placed fifth in the 2004 decathlon, actually scored higher in below his personal best. Sacramento than in Austin last year. The Big 12 ConIn the first of three rounds of the women s 800-meter, ference occupied three of the top four spots in the junior Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) drew a heat event as Texas Trey Hardee won the meet with 7,881 that was the fastest of the day, as she qualified for points and Texas Donovan Kilmartin placed fourth tomorrow s semifinal with a fourth-place heat time with 7,662. Uldal took the Big 12 Championship in the event in mid-may. of 2: After the first three events of the day, the 100-meter dash, long jump, and shot put, Uldal stood in seventh and Sommerfeldt was in eighth in the overall standings. In the women s discus, sophomore Melanie Uher (Geneva, Neb.), who was a pleasant surprise to make the NCAA Championships placed 14th in today s preliminaries, coming within three feet of making Friday s final with her best toss of (49.47m). Uher was not expected to finish in the top 12 necessary to make the final as she came into the meet ranked 26th. However, with her an average performance, Uher was able to creep up the rankings as most other competitors faltered, troubled by a ring that was slick. Uher qualified for the NCAA Championships with a school-record toss, placing eighth in the NCAA Mideast Regional two weeks ago. Uldal earned the second All-America honor of his career in the decathlon and his third overall (2005 NCAA indoor heptathlon). The Tiger decathletes season is not over, however. Uldal and Sommerfeldt, in the following weeks, are slated to compete in the European Cup for their home country of Norway and will later compete in the Norwegian National Championships. Uldal s next goal will ultimately be to reach the 8,050-point plateau. In doing so, Uldal would earn a B (provisional) standard for the IAAF World Championships to be held in Helsinki, Finland in September and would be eligible to be selected for his national team. Recap 2005 S enior Amanda Bales (Bettendorf, Iowa) came so close to a personal-best in the women s 1500-meter run and so close to qualifying for the final. Bales ran a 4:18.94 in her heat to place sixth and consequently 13th overall, missing the 12th, and final qualifying spot by one-hundredth of a second. Duke s Shannon Rowbury nosed Bales at the line with a time of 4: Sophomore Tipper O Brien (Kirkwood, Mo.), who was a surprise to even be at the national meet, placed 25th in the men s 1500-meter run with a time of 3:54.69, not qualifying for the final. Friday / Saturday NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDES Senior Conrad Woolsey earns fourth All-America honor SACRAMENTO, Calif. The NCAA Track & Field Championships wrapped up Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. Senior Conrad Woolsey earned his fourth Division I All-America honor on Friday with a 10th-place performance in the men s shot put. The official collegiate season may be over, but the summer of track and field has just begun as the U.S. Championships are on the horizon. Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) threw his best of the day of 60-3¾ (18.38m) on his third attempt. As a Tiger, Woolsey competed in four NCAA Championships (indoor and outdoor) and earned All-America honors at each meet. In total, Woolsey along with decathlete Hans Uldal and women s 800-meter runner Ashley Patten are three Tigers that earned All-America honors for the 2005 outdoor season. Senior Jennifer Bennett (Ashland, Mo.) qualified for the finals of the women s pole vault on Thursday with a season-best vault of 13-1½ (4.00m). Saturday, in the final, Bennett entered at the opening height of 12-9½ (3.90m), but did not clear in three attempts. Tigers at the NCAAs WOMEN All-Americans 800 Ashley Patten (Jr.) 2:05.72 qual 2:05.74s 9th Senior Jennifer Bennett (Ashland, Mo/Southern Thursday Boone HS), qualified for Saturday s finals in the womuldal THIRD IN NCAA MEN S DECATHLON en s pole vault with a leap of 13-1½ (4.00m), a season Other Qualifiers Tiger junior earns third All-America honor 4: th best. Bennett, who came back for this outdoor season 1500 Amanda Bales (Jr.) 34: th SACRAMENTO, Calif. University of Missouri junior after dealing with a year-long back injury holds both 10k Valerie Lauver (Jr.) Jennifer Bennett (Sr.) 4.00m 13-1½ qual Hans Uldal earned his third All-America honor at the indoor and outdoor school records for the Tigers and PV nh NCAA Track & Field Championships on Thursday in earned All-America honors in DISC Melanie Uher (So.) 49.47m th sunny Sacramento, Calif. In front of a crowd of 4,517, Uldal completed the two-day men s decathlon in Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) missed qualifying third place, scoring 7,687 points. In addition, senior for Saturday s finals in the women s 800-meter run MEN Jennifer Bennett came back from a year-long back with a time of 2: Patten who was the first to All-Americans Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) 18.38m 60-3¾ 10th injury to qualify for Saturday s finals in the women s miss the final, will place ninth in the event overall, 7,687 pts 3rd pole vault. And, junior Ashley Patten earned her good enough for an All-America honor (by virtue of DEC Hans Uldal (Jr.) third career All-America honor in the women s foreign athletes in the final). Patten earned her first outdoor All-America honor with her effort and her Other Qualifiers 800-meter Tipper O Brien (So.) 3:54.69 third overall. DEC Bjorn Sommerfeldt (So.) 7,025 pts Uldal, who usually earns stronger marks on the sec- 25th 13th 103

8 USA Track & Field Junior Championships in the women s junior 800-meENGLIN MAKES PAN-AM AMERICAN JUter run with a NIOR TEAM IN DAY ONE OF USA MEET run of 2:10.87, Dunne and Peterson advance to 800 semifinal grabbing the I definitely took notice to what those guys last qualifying CARSON, Calif. Competition just got under- threw, said Englin. I knew I had to pull it off to spot. Nickoley way at the USATF Junior National and USATF go to Pan-Am s and was happy to do it. and the rest of the field had to battle 20 National Championships in Carson, Calif., early mile-per-hour cross winds that progressively Thursday morning. Early news Englin followed with his meet- strengthened throughout the day. for the Tigers as freshman Nate best of 61-7, moving to second, Carson, Calif. Englin placed second in the men s topping Burroughs by an inch Also battling the winds, post-collegians June 22-25, 2005 junior shot put to earn a spot on and three-quarters. Timothy Dunne (Jerome, Idaho) and Derrick the American team that will later Peterson (Atlanta, Ga.) advanced to tomorrow s travel to the Pan-American Games. In addition, I think what I ve experienced with both the semifinal in the open 800-meter run. Peterson Derrick Peterson and Timothy Dunne made Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Regional won his heat in 1:50.46, actually paced by Tiger tomorrow s semifinal in the 800-meter run. prepared me for these higher-intensity situa- sophomore Marcus Mayes who led the first tions, Englin continued. You get used to the lap. Dunne placed fourth in his heat, clocking Englin (Shoreview, Minn.), a freshman, finished type of competition that you have to deal 1:49.61 in his heat, the fastest heat of the four. second in the men s junior shot put early in with on a day-to-day basis and that definitely Mayes would run a 1:51.64 and junior Neville the morning with a throw of 61-7 (18.77m) to helped me here. Miller (St. Louis, Mo.) ran a 1:51.28, both will not become the first Tiger to earn a spot on Team advance to the semi. USA traveling to the Pan-America Junior Games Also in the morning freshman Denise Gilmore Junior Tigers in Cali to be held July 28-31, in Sherbrooke, Canada. (Manhattan, Kan.) placed seventh in the wom- WOMEN 2:10.87 qual Englin, having to throw the six-kilogram (13.3 en s junior hammer throw, recording a throw 800 Trisa Nickoley (Fr.) 2:11.99 lb) shot in the completion, improved seven of (50.28m). Gilmore accomplished a 4: th feet on his best throw from the 2004 Junior successful year, considering she had not been 1500 Kasey Kimball (Fr.) 5000 Maddie Schueler (Fr.) 17: th Championships. a high school track-and-field athlete. Gilmore Elizabeth Robe (Fr.) 13.42m 44-½ 10th instead was an all-state softball player and had HT Denise Gilmore (Fr.) 50.28m th The event itself was intense as Englin entered not picked up a shot put, let alone a hammer the finals in second place with his best throw since age 14. MEN HJ Jason Miller (Fr.) nh in trials of 60-4 (18.39m), only trailing Florida 18.77m nd* State s Beau Burroughs. In the fifth round, Later in the day, freshman Trisa Nickoley (Te-, 6kg Nate Englin (Fr.) Englin quickly found himself in fourth as cumseh, Kan.) advance to tomorrow s final * Qualified for USA Team traveling to Pan-America Junior Games high-schooler Ryan Whiting and Concordia Thursday Irvine s Paul Castaneda threw 64-9¼ and 61-2, respectively, to effectively put Englin out of the top two qualifying positions for the PanAm Games. Pan-American Junior Championships ENGLIN GRABS SILVER AT PAN-AM JUNIORS Tiger freshman completes fine first season in Missouri uniform WINDSOR, Ontario, Canada University of Missouri s Nate Englin completed a tremendous freshman season as a Tiger Track & Field athlete on Friday by winning the Silver medal at the Pan-American Junior Games in Windsor, Canada. Englin was part of a 1-2 American sweep of the men s shot put in a Pan-Am Games that pits the best athletes from North and South America under 20-years-old in the three-day meeting. Englin s (Shoreview, Minn.) best throw of 64 feet, 4 inches (19.61m) ranks as the third-best in the World in 2005 with the junior implement of 13.2 pounds. Fellow American Ryan Whiting, an incoming freshman for Arizona Tiger Nate Englin (right) with Ryan Whiting, a 2006 State, won the Gold with a heave of 64-9¾ Arizona State freshman. The duo won gold and silver (19.75m). in the Pan-America Junior shot put competition 104 It felt great to do Windsor, Ontario what Ryan and I July 28-31, 2005 did, said Englin. It s all about keeping with that American shot putting tradition that we were able to uphold here. I was a little nervous until I took my first two practice throws and then it started to come to me. My first throw wasn t the best, but I seemed to improve in every other throw. It was a great atmosphere, a lot of people in the stands and a great facility, just an amazing feeling. Englin capped a spectacular start to his Tiger career. Before grabbing Silver at both the Pan-Am Juniors and USATF Junior Championships, Englin grabbed All-Big 12 status at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. At the NCAA Regionals, Englin was part of a national-high four shot-putter contingent from Missouri and placed a surprising ninth, coming inches from the at-large selection pool for the NCAA Championships.

9 USA Track & Field Championships Recap 2005 ranked Cantwell No. 1 in the World to end 2004, dedunne, PETERSON RUN TO U.S. 800-METER FINAL ASIGBEE IN THIRD AFTER STRONG DAY ONE AT U.S. spite missing the Former teammates will represent Mizzou in Sunday s last HEPTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS Olympic Games. run Former Tiger records three personal bests on day CARSON, Calif. University of Missouri post-collegians CARSON, Calif. University of Missouri post-collegian Cantwell will contimothy Dunne and Derrick Peterson qualified for Sunday s Fiona Asigbee had a personal-best day one in the women s tinue his season 800-meter run final at the USATF National Championships heptathlon at the 2005 USATF Championships in Carson, before Helsinki with a European tour of meets. in Carson, Calif., on Friday. Dunne placed third in the first Calif., on Saturday. The former Big 12 Champion earned heat and Peterson took fourth in the second heat, both three personal bests on the way to a score that places her Fiona Asigbee (Walford, Iowa) earned a third-place showing in the women s heptathlon. Asigbee started the day in earning automatic advances into the final. in third with three events to go. third place with a 3,652-point day-one total. In the long Dunne (Jerome, Idaho) clocked 1:47.95 in the first heat, run- Asigbee started the day with the 100-meter hurdles. Run- jump, the first event of the day, Asigbee leaped to 19-11¼ ning a race in which he never fell below fourth place. ning smooth on the outside in lane nine, Asigbee had (6.09m), a three-inch personal best and coming so close to the best race of her life, time wise, clocking 13.56, despite topping 20 feet for the first time in her career. In the javelin, I knew I needed to finish in the top four to advance to the clipping the 10th-and-final hurdle before crossing the Asigbee recorded her fourth personal-best of the six events, final and that was the main focus, said Dunne. We ve been line. Asigbee stood in fourth after the first event with throwing the spear, (37.45m). working hard on our racing strategy and Coach [Jared] 1,041 points. Asigbee, coached by Missouri Head Coach, Dr. Rick McGuire, Wilmes has been telling us how to run off the lead, but not so far to where you have to catch up from far behind. Asigbee went on to the high jump and competed for 90 slipped to fourth after the javelin, as Tracye Lawyer-Thomas minutes straight, clearing 10 bars, jumping over 5-11¼ threw (45.29m), to take a 135-point advantage over Dunne, along with heat winner Khadevis (1.81m), the best of the field. Asigbee Asigbee to third. Entering the 800, Asigbee stood fourth Robinson and Kansas State s Christian jumped at her personal-best bar of 6-¼ with 5,147 and had to finish more than 10 seconds faster Carson, Calif. Smith, separated from the field coming (1.84m), coming the closest on the second than Lawyer-Thomas to take over the third spot. Asigbee June 22-25, 2005 around the homestretch. Dunne was chalattempt. The marathon-like effort put ran a 2:18.29 to Lawyer-Thomas 2: lenged for fourth by 2005 indoor NCAA Asigbee in second overall after two of her Asigbee finished with 5,994 points. and USA Champ, Florida A&M s Kevin stronger events. Hicks, but Dunne held strong for third. Asigbee walked into the shot put ring on her first attempt I m pretty pleased by what I was able to accomplish in Dunne makes his first national-championship final with the and hit 41-5¾ (12.64m) for an eight-inch personal-best these two days, said Asigbee. I did want to run a little faster in the track events and make the standard [World A run, a goal he primarily set to begin the season. addition to her score after three events (2,736). Standard], but I m still happy. It s been my goal this year to finish ranked in the top 10 Before the 200-meter dash, Asigbee was actually leading, in the U.S., obviously you have to make the final to do that, up six points on Tracye Lawyer-Thomas. Hyleas Fountain, Asigbee needs to hit the 6,100-point mark to earn a World and I m glad to make it 2004 NCAA Champ, formally of Georgia is by far the favorite Championship A Standard mark in order for USA Track & in the overall competition, and went into the 200 in fourth Field to enter her in the field in Helsinki. Training partner and 2004 Olympian Derrick Peterson also place with 2,684. I don t know if I m going to compete in another heptathlon qualified automatically in his semifinal, clocking 1:49.08 in the slower of the two heats. Asigbee ran a in the 200, recording her third personal before August; I definitely need to take a break and get best of the day out of the four events, actually running some much needed rest. I knew coming in that this would be the tougher of the into a stiff head-wind. Lawyer-Thomas and Gigi Miller had two heats based on who was in the field, said Peterson. easier 200-meter races by the wind readings and came Last year, Asigbee placed 11th in the Olympic Trials and had We seemed to have a sluggish start in the first 200 and out on top of the overall standings after day one. Asigbee a personal-best score of around 5,500 points. In a year, Asigwe all jockeyed for position. In the last 300, it was every stands third with 3,652 points, a new personal-best day one bee has added an astonishing 400 points to her overall-best man for himself. score, besting her best from May s NACAC Championships score and has put herself in elite heptathlon status. by 12 points.. I m real pleased hpw the season went this year, Asigbee Peterson hung back in sixth until the final straightaway added. I used to consider myself just a sprinter and a when the eight-time Big 12 Champ started to make his Sunday jumper, now I feel like a hep [a heptathlon competitor]. classic move. Peterson slipped by Sam Burley and nipped 2004 U.S. Champ and Texas Tech senior Jonathan Johnson CANTWELL WINS FIRST U.S. OUTDOOR Asigbee, at 23-years-old, is still young for her event. at the line, taking the ever-so-important fourth spot. Based CHAMPIONSHIP; ASIGBEE THIRD IN _ on his time, Johnson did not earn the one at-large spot HEPTATHLON This year has really been encouraging to what I can do in in the final. Former Tigers make headlines in sunny California day CARSON, Calif. University of Missouri post-collegian Chris- this event, Asigbee continued. We ll see how things go in Peterson and Dunne are roommates currently at the Long tian Cantwell won his first outdoor U.S. Championship on the next months and see where I m at in September. Beach Best Western where the team is staying. Sunday, leading the field in the entire competition in the VISA Men s Shot Put. Another former Tiger, Fiona Asigbee Another big event for the former Tigers was the Hershey I ll try to keep him up all night, Peterson said joking about finished third overall in the women s heptathlon, adding Men s 800-meter run where post-collegians Timothy Dunne his roommate and final s competitor. Honestly, seeing Tim 160 points to her personal best. Cantwell will advance and Derrick Peterson, coached by Tiger Assistant Coach and I make the final is just a testament to our hard work to the IAAF World Championships to be held in Helsinki, Jared Wilmes, were to run. Peterson placed fourth with a time of 1:47.30, surging from the back of the pack in the this year and all of the good training we had this season. Finland, in mid-august. final 75 meters to make the finish very close between It s great that we are in the final together. Cantwell (Eldon, Mo.), coached by Missouri Associate Head him and Florida A&M s Kevin Hicks. Dunne ran a 1:52.78, The final is scheduled for Sunday at 5:17 p.m., central, and Coach Brett Halter, won the meet with his best throw of 71-0 placing in ninth. will be shown live as part of EN2 s coverage that begins (21.63m). Cantwell, going against five of the top 10 in the at 4:00 p.m., central. world, came out of the gate early, hitting (20.98m) on his first throw to take the early lead in the first flight. In more Tiger results, freshman Trisa Nickoley (Tecumseh, Cantwell improved again on his second throw, going 70-5 Tigers at USA Championships Kan.) placed eighth in the final of the junior women s 800- (21.46m). His third was the best of the day, and Cantwell WOMEN meter run, clocking a 2: Junior teammate Ashley Pat- entered the finals in the lead. 800 Ashley Patten (Jr.) 2: th ten placed 15th in the first round of the open women s 800, Janae Strickland ( 04) 15.46m 50-8¾ 15th clocking 2:10.12, and will not advance to Sunday s final. Cantwell s mark held up through the finals, only Adam 5,994# 3rd Nelson challenged the 2004 IAAF World Champions mark, HEPT Fiona Asigbee ( 03) Post-collegian Janae Strickland finished 15th in the coming within five inches of the lead with a throw of 70-7¼ women s shot put, throwing her best of the day of 50-8¾ (21.52m) on his fifth throw. MEN (15.46m) 1: th It s great to win, said Cantwell. In a perfect world, I would 800m Derrick Peterson ( 00) Timothy Dunne ( 03) 1:47.95 qual-semi have thrown farther and added to my best. I ve felt real Early in the morning, freshman Elisabeth Robe (Waukesha, good in the last weeks of training and I m ready to put up 1: th Wisc.) placed 10th in the junior women s shot put. Her best a big throw sometime in the next months. Obviously, this Neville Miller (Jr.) 1: nd throw of the day was 44-½ (13.42m). a better result than what I had last year in the Olympic Marcus Mayes (So.) 1: rd Trials, it feels good to come out on top today. Our team Christian Cantwell ( 03) 21.64m st* Later in the afternoon, freshman Kasey Kimball (Eureka, [Cantwell, Nelson, and John Godina] will be ready to be Conrad Woolsey (Sr.) foul Mo.) clocked 4:37.67 in the preliminaries of the junior on top in Helsinki. women s 1500-meter run. Kimball just missed qualifying * Qualified for USA Team traveling to for the final by 17 hundredths of a second and settled for Cantwell established himself on the world scene in 2004 IAAF World Championships 13th overall. by having four of the longest throws in the world and winning the World Indoor Championship. Track & Field News # personal-best Friday Saturday 105

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12 Cross Country Season Recap 2005 No one could have predicted the way Missouri s cross country season would have turned out. With twists and turns taken throughout the course of the 2005 campaign, valuable members of the team were plagued with injuries forcing Missouri s younger staff to step up and fill the voids. A true growing season for the Tiger team, Missouri earned praise from onlookers astonished at the determination and strength of such a young group of student-athletes. Despite setbacks, three Tigers earned Big 12 Conference Runner-of-the Week honors and together the men s and women s team s combined for 24 top-10 finishes over the course of six meets. Ending the season on a high note, senior Matt Noonan (Baldwin City, Kan.) made his first NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship appearance after qualifying individually at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Iowa City, Iowa. The season, although not one many could have foreseen, was filled with highlights and gave fans a glimpse of what lies ahead in Missouri s cross country future. Opening the season at home Sept. 10, on the A.L. Gustin Golf Course, Missouri s men and women took on teams from Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, UMKC and Wichita State in the 12th annual Missouri Cross Country Challenge. Sweeping both team titles, in the 5K and 8K races, senior Tim Ross (Alto, Mich.) came through with his third Missouri Cross Country Challenge first-place finish, completing the course in 25: The Tiger men stole all top- six finishes in the race, with redshirt freshman Michael Barrows (Flint, Mich.) finishing second in 25: On the women s side, the Tigers entered 10 runners for competition. Senior Valerie Lauver (Allen, Texas), the Oct. 4 Big 12 Runner of the Week, finished second on the 5K course, (17:57.94) ahead of preseason favorite and returning All-American Amanda Bales (Bettendorf, Iowa) who finished third. The race proved to be Bales final of the season as she was forced to the sidelines with injury. Finishing the race fourth overall and third for the Tiger women was sophomore Maddie Schueler (Louisville, Ky.). Running the course in 18:05.59, the time was a two-second improvement on her finish from one year earlier. Staying within state borders, Head Coach Jared Wilmes and the Tiger squads ventured to Joplin, Mo., for the Southern Stampede, Sept. 17. A 5K race for the women and 8K challenge for the men, the Missouri Southern Cross Country Course of Southern Missouri gave MU s younger runners a chance to spread their wings and compete. Ranked 19th in the nation entering the morning competition, Missouri s women finished first of 35 programs, with senior Kristin Hansen taking fourth in 17: For her effort, the Milford, Iowa native was named Big 12 Runner of the Week. Senior Chase Hall (Tulsa, Okla.) crossed the line first for the Missouri men, taking 19th in 25: Senior Matt Noonan was at-large qualifier for the NCAA Championships, finishing just outside of the top third 108 Next up for the harriers was a trip to South Bend, Ind., for the 50th running of the men s 8K and women s 5K Notre Dame Invitational. Hosted by Notre Dame, nine of the nation s top25 teams ran the Notre Dame Golf Course, with both of Missouri s teams finishing ninth. Racing first, the Missouri women were led by Lauver who improved on her 2004 Notre Dame Invitational finish (97th) with a 10th place showing in 17:14. In his final outing of the season, Ross claimed tophonors for the Missouri men, racing his way to a 12th place finish in 24:01 and was followed closely by Noonan who completed the course in 26th (24:25). Although the race was Ross last, it marked not only his best time ever on an 8K course, but set a Missouri school record as well. Ross was a two-time All-Big 12 Runner of the week in 2005, his final recognition garnered following the Notre Dame Invitational. The loss of Bales and Ross forced the Tigers to suffer growing pains. Younger runners such as sophomore Kasey Kimball (Eureka, Mo.) and true freshman Ellen Ries (Ryan, Iowa) on the women s side and true freshman Garrett Jeffries (Clarkson Valley, Mo.) and sophomore Billy Bell (Chesterfield, Mo.) on the men s team were now being counted on to help with team scoring. With strength and leadership provided by Noonan, the Tigers finished second at the 8K Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill., Oct. 14, as Noonan challenged Cristiano Mauricio of Windsor College on the Newman Golf Course for first place. Noonan finished the race second and was followed across the line by junior Colten Green (Roach, Mo.) who earned his third top10 career finish with a seventh place showing in 25: Bell, took ninth (25:39.88). Lauver continued her dominate ways in the women s race with a second place finish on the 6K course, with Schueler and Hansen earning the third and fourth place honors, respectively. Prior to the start of post-season action, 14 members of Missouri s cross country team were awarded Academic All-Big 12 honors, with 13 of those individuals named to the first team. The 10th annual Big 12 Cross Country Championship was held Oct. 28, in Waco, Texas, on the Bear Run Cross Country Course. Hosted by Baylor, the Missouri women completed the relatively flat course in fourth place while defending Big 12 Champions Colorado took first. Her fourth top-10 finish of the season, Lauver was awarded All-Big 12 honors for her ninth place finish in 21:08. Noonan finished first of the Tiger men on the 8K course, racing to a 21st place finish in 24:38., followed by Jeffries (37th) and senior 800-meter runner turned cross country athlete Neville Miller (St. Louis, Mo.) in 42nd. The Tiger men took fifth overall, with the Buffaloes of Colorado earning their 10th straight men s team title. A two week respite was enough for the Tigers as they traveled to Iowa City, Iowa, for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships. Up

13 against four of the nation s finest teams, the Missouri women took seventh with the men finishing sixth. Noonan provided the day s highlights running the race of his career and exchanging the lead for first place on the 10K course before finishing third of 142 competitors in 30:58. For his accomplishments, Noonan received his first NCAA All-Midwest Region Team nod and advanced to his first NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. A day like none other for Noonan, his finished tied Missouri s highest finish for a male at the Regional meet in over 10 years and made him the second straight Missouri male individual to qualify for the Championship meet. CROSS C ecap OUNTR RY 05 Noonan traveled to Terre Haute, Ind., for the 67th running of the men s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Competing on the 10K Wabash Family Sports Center course, the determined senior finished 90th in 30:54.21 and became the first Tiger in five years to crack the top-100 and first since 1977 to complete the race in just over 30 minutes. -- Emily Gatewood Team Photo (L to R) Front Row: Amanda Bales, Anne Case-Halferty, Trisa Nickoley, Kate Greer, Summer Owens, Mallory Van Ness, Emily Ramsey, Kristina Werner, Rachel Stollings; Second Row: Allison Werner, Becca Miller, Kristin Hansen, Carolyn Rauen, Nicole Johnson, Kasey Kimball, Maddie Schueler, Amber Warren, Ashley Guy, Ashley Patten, Ellen Ries; Third Row: Jared Wilmes (Head Coach), Billy Bell, Josh Davis, Brian Graybill, Michael Barrows, Tipper O Brien, Bryce Malloy, Tim Cornell, Dan Hedgecock, Chase Hall, Garett Jeffries, Rebecca Wilmes (Asst. Head Coach); Back Row: Jimmie Jones, Colten Green, Chris Pullen, Rem Moll, Tim Ross, Alex Muntges, Matt Noonan, Ben Wade, Mike Oldroyd, Marcus Mayes 109

14 Meet-by-Meet Recaps Women s Results Missouri CC Challenge Sept Columbia, Mo., 5k Team Champion: Missouri Missouri Finish: 1st 1 Desiraye Osburn, Wichita State 17: Valerie Lauver, Missouri 17: Amanda Bales, Missouri 18: Maddie Schueler, Missouri 18: Serena Ramsey, unattached 18: Kristin Hansen 18: Ashley Patten 18: Ellen Ries 18: Angela Potrykus 19: Kasey Kimball 19: Summer Owens 19: Carolyn Rauen 19:31.73 Notre Dame Invitational Sept South Bend, Ind. Team Champion: Michigan Missouri Finish: 9th 1 Stephanie Madia, Notre Dame 16:36 2 Molly Huddle, Notre Dame 16:39 3 Aly Kohlmeieer, Michigan 16:40 4 Victoria Mitchell, Butler 16:49 5 Cassie Hunt, Illinois 16:52 10 Valerie Lauver 17:14 29 Maddie Schueler 17:41 66 Kristin Hansen 18:03 79 Ashley Patten 18:12 93 Kasey Kimball 18: Mallory VanNess 18: Summer Owens 18: Ellen Ries 18: Angela Potrykus 19:03 Big 12 Championships Oct. 28- Waco, Texas, 6k Team Champion: Colorado Missouri Finish: 4th 1 Christine Bolf, Colorado 20:24 2 Jennifer Barringer, Colorado 20:34 3 Violet Chemakwila, Texas Tech 20:39 4 Brittany Brockman, Baylor 20:42 5 Mary Davies, Oklahoma State 20:48 9 Valerie Lauver 21:08 20 Kristin Hansen 21:48 26 Maddie Schueler 21:56 29 Ashley Patten 22:05 33 Summer Owens 22:25 Southern Stampede Bradley Classic NCAA Midwest Regional Sept Joplin, Mo, 5k Team Champion: Missouri Oct Peoria, Ill., 6k Team Champion: Missouri Nov. 12- Iowa City, Iowa, 6k Team Champion: Oklahoma State Missouri Finish:1st 1 Faithy Kamangila, Oral Roberts 17: Eveliona Slatinska, Cen. Methodist 17: Diana Chelimo, Oral Roberts 17: Kristin Hansen, Missouri 17: Janee Jones, Harding 17: Kasey Kimball 17: Ellen Ries 18: Summer Owens 18: Carolyn Rauen 18: Angela Potrykus 18: Nicole Johnson 19: Missouri Finish: 1st 1 Ashley Anklam, Drake 20:57 2 Valerie Lauver, Missouri 21:22 3 Maddie Schueler, Missouri 21:39 4 Kristin Hansen, Missouri 21:52 5 Caedryn Schrunk, UNI 21:58 6 Mallory VanNess 22:09 8 Kasey Kimball 22:15 12 Carolyn Rauen 22:22 15 Summer Owens 22:30 17 Angela Potrykus 22:37 24 Ellen Ries 23:16 Missouri Finish: 7th 1 Desiraye Osburn, Wichita State 20:43 2 Ladia Albertson-Junk, Minnesota 20:52 3 Emily Brown, Minnesota 20:55 4 Lauren Williams, Minnesota 21:00 5 Mary Davies, Oklahoma State 21:01 12 Valerie Lauver 21:22 34 Kristin Hansen 22:17 49 Summer Owens 22:44 54 Ashley Patten 22:39 55 Maddie Schueler 22:49 60 Kasey Kimball 23:02 88 Ellen Ries 23:41

15 CROSS C ecap OUNTR RY 05 Men s Results Missouri CC Challenge Sept Columbia, Mo., 8k Team Champion: Missouri Missouri Finish: 1st 1 Tim Ross, Missouri 25: Michael Barrows, Missouri 25: Matt Noonan, Missouri 25: Billy Bell, Missouri 26: Garrett Jeffries, Missouri 26: Colten Green 26: Brian Graybill 26: Tim Cornell 27:22.79 Southern Stampede Sept Joplin, Mo, 8k Team Champion: Harding Missouri Finish: 4th 1 James Cheruiyot, Harding 24: Seth Summerside, Arkansas 24: Marc Rodrigues, Arkansas 24: Julius Kosgei, Harding 24: Jason Sandfort, Unattached 24: Chase Hall 25: Rem Moll 25: Tipper O Brien 25: Neville Miller 25: Mike Oldroyd 26: Marcus Mayes 27: Bryce Malloy 27:46.20 Notre Dame Invitational Sept South Bend, Ind., 8k Team Champion: Arizona Missouri Finish: 9th 1 Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin 23:21 2 Obed Mutanya, Arizona 23:30 3 Vincent Rono, S. Alabama 23:30 4 Tonny Okello, S. Alabama 23:33 5 Kurt Benninger, Notre Dame 23:42 12 Tim Ross 24:01 26 Matt Noonan 24:25 72 Garrett Jeffries 25:12 94 Billy Bell 25:30 99 Colten Green 25: Tim Cornell 25: Neville Miller 25: Brian Graybill 25:58 Bradley Classic Oct Peoria, Ill., 8k Team Champion: Windsor Missouri Finish: 2nd 1 Cristiano Mauricio, Windsor 24: Matt Noonan, Missouri 24: Jeff Powers, Central Michigan 24: Matt Louiselle, Central Michigan 25: Dave DePiero, Windsor 25: Colten Green 25: Billy Bell 25: Brian Graybill 25: Tim Cornell 26: Rem Moll 26: Mike Oldroyd 27:20.53 Big 12 Championships Oct. 28-Waco, Texas, 8k Team Champion: Colorado Missouri Finish: 5th 1 Benson Chesang, Kansas 23:45 2 Joe Thorne, Texas 23:48 3 Erik Stanley, Texas 23:51 4 Kevin Chelimo, Texas Tech 23:56 5 Stephen Pifer, Colorado 23:56 21 Matt Noonan 24:38 37 Garett Jeffries 25:17 42 Neville Miller 25:26 43 Colten Green 25:26 53 Chase Hall 25:41 NCAA Midwest Regional Nov. 12-Iowa City, Iowa, 10k Team Champion: Oklahoma State Missouri Finish: 6th 1 Antonio Vega, Minnesota 30:52 2 Kiel Uhl, Iowa State 30:55 3 Matt Noonan, Missouri 30:58 4 Joe Gray, Oklahoma State 31:01 5 Ryan Malmin, Minnesota 31:03 33 Garrett Jeffries 32:12 37 Colten Green 32:23 57 Billy Bell 32:49 62 Tim Cornell 32:56 83 Michael Barrows 33:30 84 Neville Miller 33:30 NCAA Championships Nov. 21-Terre Haute, Ind., 10k Team Champion: Wisconsin Missouri Finish: DNS 1 Simon Bairu, Wisconsin 29: Richard Kiplagat, Iona 29: Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin 29: Josh McDougal, Liberty 29: Westly Keating, UTEP 29: Matt Noonan 30:

16 Cross Country History Big 12 History Year MU Finish 4th, 117 2nd, 59 3rd, 88 2nd, 107 7th, 166 3rd, 100 3rd, 119 3rd, 106 3rd, 110 2nd, 78 Year MU Finish 5th, 182 5th, 157, 161 9th, 218 9th, 246 3rd, 113 3rd, 103 3rd, 98 5th, 121 4th, 140 Women MU Top Finisher Valerie Lauver (SR), 9th Amanda Bales (JR), 6th Amanda Bales (SO), 3rd Valerie Lauver (FR), 5th Ann Marie Brooks (SR), 6th Kerry Hills (SO), 10th Anna Gullingsrud (SR), Kim Moore (FR), Erin Windler (JR), 1st Erin Windler (SO), 6th Men MU Top Finisher Matt Noonan (SR), 21st Tim Ross (JR), 6th Tim Ross (SO), 14th Ryan Hampton (JR), 11th Mike Pitts (SR), 16th Nick Smith (SR), 12th Adam MacDowell (JR), 11th Ryan Pirtle (SR), 14th Nick Smith (FR), 14th Ray Hughes (JR), 21st Erin Windler Windler is the only Tiger to capture an indivdual Big 12 Conference title since it began in In 1997, Windler - then a junior - led the women s team to an NCAA Midwest Region title while also taking the indivdual crown. Windler went on to lead the team to a 15th-place national finish, the team s best in 13 years while taking a 35th-place indivdual finish. 112 NCAA Regional History Year Team Champ, Pts MU Finish, Pts NCAA Midwest Region (6k) 2005 Oklahoma State, 71 7th, Missouri, 52 1st, 52 2nd, Nebraska, Missouri, 63 1st, 63 5th, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, 61 3rd, 124 NCAA Midwest Region (5k) 1999 Kansas State, 40 2nd, Kansas State, 92 2nd, Missouri, 76 1st, 76 NCAA District V (5k) 1996 Missouri, Iowa State, 68 t-1st, Missouri, 57 1st, Kansas, 67 3rd, Kansas, 76 6th, th, n/a 1992 Nebraska, Nebraska, 45 4th, Iowa State, 56 4th, Nebraska, 41 4th, Nebraska, 38 3rd, Colorado, 52 6th, Colorado, 33 5th, Iowa State, 42 6th, Kansas State, 53 2nd, Iowa State, 39 3rd, Iowa State, 43 3rd, Missouri, 35 1st, 35 AIAW Region 6 (5k) 3rd, Iowa, Iowa State, 26 3rd, Iowa State, 30 5th, Iowa State, 26 4th, 153 Year Team Champ, Pts MU Finish, Pts NCAA Midwest Region 2005 Oklahoma State, 49 6th, Minnesota, 48 6th, Oklahoma State, 78 7th, Iowa, 79, Minnesota, 78 1, Oklahoma State, 68 2nd, Minnesota, 56 2nd, Oklahoma State, 42 4th, Oklahoma State, 86 5th, 121 NCAA District V 6th, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma State, 33 5th, 163 7th, Iowa State, Iowa State, 35 6th, Kansas State, 58 16th 1991 Iowa State, 29, Iowa State, 21 12th, Iowa State, 33 9th, Nebraska, 51 2nd, Colorado, 80 9th, Colorado, 46 11th, Iowa State, 51 three runners 1984 Iowa State, 66 three runners 1983 Iowa State, 49 one runner 1982 Colorado, 41, Iowa State, 70 4th, Colorado, 50 2nd, Colorado, 26 unknown, Colorado, Missouri, 31 1st, Oklahoma, 54 3rd, Colorado, 50 did not compete 1974 Kansas State, 32 already qualified 1973 did not compete 1972 Oklahoma State, 35 5th, 96 Women MU Top Finisher Location Valerie Lauver (SR), 12th Serena Ramsey (SR), 5th Amanda Bales (SO), 1st Amanda Bales (FR), 3rd Ann Marie Brooks (SR), 4th Kerry Hils (SO), 7th Iowa City, Iowa Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Normal, Ill. Carbondale, Ill. Waterloo, Iowa Anna Gullingrud (SR), 10th Ann Marie Brooks (FR), 7th Erin Windler (JR), 1st Champaign, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Rebecca Davis (SR), 1st Kristen Allen (SO), 12th Rebecca Davis (SO), 12th Rebecca Davis (FR), 13th Kelly Fisher (FR), 35th Tami Micham (JR), 13th Susan Bliss (JR), 1st Susan Bliss (SO), 3rd Susan Bliss (FR), 6th Stephanie Shockley (SO), 19th Jill Kingsbury (SR), 9th Cyd Thomas (SR), 14th Andrea Fischer (JR), 1st Sabrina Dornhoefer (JR), 1st Sabrina Dornhoefer (SO), 1st Andrea Fischer (FR), 2nd Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Springfield, Mo. Carbondale, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Springfield, Mo. Terre Haute, Ind. Des Moines, Iowa Columbia, Mo. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Springfield, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Lincoln, Neb. Donna Ganly (SO), 7th Mary Ellen Kunkel (JR), 3rd Mary Ellen Kunkel (SO), 10th Mary Ellen Kunkel (FR), 7th Men MU Top Finisher Matt Noonan (SR), 3rd Tim Ross (JR), Tim Ross (SO), 12th Ryan Hampton (JR), 1 Steve Wade, 71st Nick Smith (SR), 3rd Nick Smith (JR), 6th Nick Smith (SO), Ray Hughes (SR), 10th Iowa City, Iowa Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Normal, Ill. Carbondale, Ill. Waterloo, Iowa Champaign, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Ray Hughes (JR), 13th Ray Hughes (SO), 11th Brett Phillips (SR), 26th Warren Skeeter Rankins, 27th Warren Skeeter Rankins, 53rd Sean Birren (FR), 51st Brett Phillips (FR), 47th Walter Davis (JR), 2 John Pendergraft (SR), 26th Walter Davis (SO), 31st Paul Bonfiglio, 41st Jeff Dick (SO), 33rd Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Springfield, Mo. Carbondale, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Springfield, Mo. Terre Haute, Ind. Des Moines, Iowa Columbia, Mo. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Springfield, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Lincoln, Neb. not available Lars Stromo (FR), 17th Mark Kennard (SR), 29th Daniel Wheeler (SR), 37th Willis Ware (JR), 1 Location Steve Fisher (SR), 14th Steve Fisher (JR), 3rd Ron Harmon (SR), 7th Wichita, Kan. Des Moines, Iowa Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla. Charle McMullen (JR), 4th Wichita, Kansas