COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The SBU men and women’s teams travelled to Columbia Missouri for the 9^th annual Missouri University Relays.  The relays were labeled as the premier track and field festival of the week.  Mother nature attempted to put a damper on the meet by having temperatures drop to the low 40’s, with winds up to 20 mph.  The Bearcats endured the tough conditions to have a good meet to open the outdoor season.

 

Coach McElhaney commented: “We had several positive things come out of this weekend, but also had a lot of performances that need to be and will be improved as the season roles along.  That is one thing that running a meet every weekend from now till the end of the season helps with.  The athletes will get plenty of chances to improve their performances.  Overall I was very proud of the entire team. “

 

Top performances on the women’s side came from sophomore Jenny Blair who improved her school record in the 200 meter dash by running a 25.55 and placing 5^th in the University division.  Chelsea Strahm also had a strong race for the women’s team by placing 2^nd in the 1500 University division, with a 4:58.  The trio of Alyssa Maggart, Kelsi Chowning, and Mallory Roth went 1-2-3 in their heat of the women’s 800 meter elite division.  Their times of 2:18, 2:19, 2:19 are currently the top three times in the conference. 

 

SBU Women Results

Women 200 meter Dash University

5^th           Jenny Blair                          25.55

24^th         Jennifer Gillespie             26.76

29^th         Kassidy Porter                   27.01

41^st         Katie Ware                          27.64

 

Women 400 meter Dash University

13^th         Kassidy Porter                   1:02.68

 

Women 800 meter University

9^th           Casey Verner                     2:38.67

 

Women 1500 meter University

2^nd          Chelsea Strahm               4:58.39

11^th         Andrea Owensby             5:16.92

23^rd        Christine Flippin                5:34.90

 

Women Shot Put University

11^th         Jennifer Golden                 9.96 meters

Women Discus University

9^th           Jennifer Golden                 10.26 meters

 

Women 100 meter dash University

31^st         Katie Ware                          13.86

 

Women 5,000 meter University

27^th         Kristen Colon                     19:00.38

37^th         Erica Whitfield                   19:46.55

39^th         Rebecca Brigance             19:53.84

 

Women 800 meter run Elite

6^th           Alyssa Maggart                 2:18.64

7^th           Kelsi Chowning                 2:19.03

8^th           Mallory Roth                      2:19.36

 

Women 400 meter hurdles Elite

6^th           Jennifer Gillespie             1:05.96

 

Women 4x100 meter relay University

5^th           Kassidy Porter, Jennifer Gillespie,

Katie Ware, Jenny Blair                                 49.70

 

Women 4x800 meter relay University

3^rd           Alyssa Maggart, Chelsea Strahm,

Kelsi Chowning, Mallory Roth                     9:51.24

 

 

The top performances on the men’s side came from sophomore Michael Pierce who opened the season with a 5,000 meter (3.1 mile) race.  Pierce, an indoor All-American in the mile, placed 9^th place with a 14:55, just missing the National provisional time of 14:45.  Jeremy Glassmaker placed first in the 1500 meter University Division with his 4:00, his time is currently #1 in the conference.  The big story of the day was the men’s 4x800 meter relay.  The team that consisted of Michael Pierce, Jeremy Glassmaker, Vince Tichenor, and Shawn Etzenhouser placed 4^th place with a 7:50.15, a time that broke the school record of 7:51.84.  The impressive thing about the relay was all the athletes had already ran their open races and still came back strong in the relay. 

 

SBU Men Results