St. Louis hosts 2011 USATF Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame Induction

St. Lous will play host to two big USA Track and Field in the next three months as the USATF Annual Meeting begins today in the ‘Lou. In February St. Louis will host the USATF Cross Country Championships for the first of two consecutive years. The cross country races are the national championships and will determine the world championship junior and senior teams.

Besides meetings of coaches, officials, and administors of the sport, there is also an exhibitior expo, Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction, and the Market Street Mile, a series of age-group related races.

This is the third time the Show Me State will host the annual meeting in its 32 years. St. Louis also hosted in 1994 and Kansas City hosted in 2002.

Several Hall of Fame Inductees come from just across the Missouri Border. Craig Virgin, the legendary distance runner, is from just across the St. Louis border in Lebanon Illinois. Maurice Greene, one of the top American sprinters of all-time is from Kansas City, Kansas, and Bob Timmons was the long time University of Kansas Coach. Also Jackie Joyner Kersee is schedule to be in attendance. The East St. Louis native is one of the greatest female athletes of all-time as standout heptathlete and long jumper. We’ll try to catch up with them and hear about what they’re doing and about their careers.

 Annual Meeting page: http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/AnnualMeeting/index.asp

Special Events and Highlights: http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/AnnualMeeting/highlights.asp

If you’re interested in running the Market Street Mile here's info:

http://www.onestoprace.com/search/event.aspx?event=8b4dbda1-f8e6-49eb-8330-e6fbd96ae090.aspx

RACE MORNING SCHEDULE:

6:30 - Packet Pickup Opens

7:20 - Open Women & Men Wheelchair

7:30 - Open Women & Men 70+

7:33 - Open Women & Men 60-69

7:36 - Open Women & Men 50-59

7:39 - Open Women & Men 40-49

7:42 - Open Women & Men 30-39

7:45 - Open Women & Men 20-29

7:48 - Girls & Boys 13-19

7:51 - Girls & Boys 12 & Under (may be accompanied by a registered or unregistered adult)

8:10ish - Elite Women (introductions started immediately after the youth races are finishes)

8:20ish - Elite Men (introductions started immediately after the elite women's race finishes)

8:30ish - Awards Ceremony

Also exhibitors will be there selling stuff and USATF will be there trying to clear out there warehouse of inventory from its store, including clothing etc. : http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/AnnualMeeting/highlights.asp

Foot Locker Shocker!!! Mello qualifies! Long & Kauppila just miss.

Hickman High School junior Nicole Mello had the best race of her career Saturday placing seventh in the Girls Seeded race at the Foot Locker Cross Country Midwest Regional and qualifying for the 40 girl field of the 33rd Foot Locker National Championships. The seventh place finish comes as a surprise from the Kewpie from Columbia.

Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker High School Cross Country Nationals Finalists

Missouri All-Time Kinney Foot Locker High School Cross Country Nationals Finalists

© Missouri Track Fanatic

The Championships were known as the Kinney Cross Country Championships from 1979 – 1992 and the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships from 1993 – present.

The Foot Locker website says that from 1979 – 1980 five qualifiers from five regions =25 made it to Nationals. The website’s results seem to suggest something different. The 1979 results only list the top ten while the 1980 results show 32 finishers in each race. From 1981 – 2003 there were 38 National qualifiers, normally 8 from each of four regions. But in 1981 it appears there were 9 Midwest girls and only 7 Northeast girls. Also in 1981 there were 9 South region boys while there was one unknown non-finisher. In 1982 there were just 6 Northeast boys while there were 10 boys from the South. Things seemed to even out in 1983, with 8 qualifiers from each region. In 2004 the field was expanded to 40 National qualifiers, 10 from each region. For a long time now there have been four regions: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West.

2011 Footlocker Cross Country Midwest Regionals

2011 Footlocker Cross Country Midwest Regionals

Saturday is the Footlocker Cross Country Midwest Regional Meet in Kenosha Wisconsin. This is the 33rd year for the national high school cross country championship that is made up of four regional meets where the top 10 finishers in the boys and girls seeded races qualify for the National Finals in San Diego December 10. The meet's original title sponsor was Kinney Shoes and eventually became Footlocker. 

Six Missourians set for 2011 NCAA DI Cross Country Nationals

Six Missourians are set for 2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships 

at Terre Haute Indiana's LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.

Redshirt junior Eric Fernandez makes his third appearance for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Although this is the first time in many years the Hogs didn't qualify as a team. The 15th ranked Hogs finished 3rd at regionals but didn't receive an at-large berth. Fernandez was runner-up at the South Central Regional and will look to earn his first All-American honor. Freshman Jessica Jackson will look to help the Lady Razorbacks seek a top 10 finish. The Ladybacks are ranked 14th going into the meet and Jackson won the conference rookie of the week honor atleast three times this season.

Tulsa's Sam Masters steps in for teammate Danny Thater for Tulsa Monday. The Hickman grad sat out regionals  but is scheduled to run the 10k championship race today in place of Thater who ran at regionals. Tulsa is ranked 21st. Northern Arizona freshman Caleb Hoover will look to help the 13th ranked Lumberjacks to a top 10 finish. Hoover joins a small list of Missouri men to run at the DI National Meet as a freshman.

UMKC's Cosmas Ayabei will experience his first national meet and be in search of a top 40 finish for All-American honors. The Kenyan native earned an automatic bid last week with his 7th place finish at regionals.

Florida State freshman Collen Quigley is looking to help the Seminoles to their first National Title. After runner-up finishes the last two years, the Noles have reloaded and are ranked #1 but should face a fierce battle with two-time defending champ Villanova, Georgetown, Washington, and Oregon.

Sadly Emily Sisson won't be making an appearance in Terre Haute. The Providence sophomore who transferred from Wisconsin is on a loaded Friars team that was ranked in the top 5 most of the season. Injuries and illness cost Providence a chance at a national title though. Sisson was kept out of Regionals while recovering from illness and the Friars didn't cruise to a qualifying spot like expected. Another of their top runners who also was an All-American last year had a tough race before getting word this week she's got a stress fracture.

It's always an exciting day at Nationals, a lot of action and a lot on the line in just an hour and a half.

Tegenkamp, Sialo & Volkert earn All-American Honors at 2011 DII XC Nationals

2011 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships Missouri Review

Tegenkamp, Sialo and Volkert earn All-American Honors at DII National Championships

Three of the four Missourians competing at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships Saturday earned All-American Honors with their top 40 finishes.

Marlee Tegenkamp, the Missouri Southern junior from Lee’s Summit joined her brother Matt in the Tegenkamp All-American Club with her 30^th place finish. She battled the cold and snow in Spokane Washington to cover the 6k course in 22:08. Neely Speence, a Shippensburg senior who’s coached by her father Steve- a 1992 US Olympic Marathoner and 1991 World Champs Marathon bronze medalists, captured another national title crusing to 14 second victory in 20:53. Saturday’s performance improves upon Tegenkamp’s 46^th place finish last year and her 68^th place finish in 2009 when she was the fifth runner helping the Missouri Southern Lady Lions to a third place team trophy.

Wash U women claim NCAA DIII National Title! Men take 3rd!!

Congratulations to Coach Jeff Stiles and the Washington University (St. Louis) Bears and Lady Bears! The Lady Bears claimed their first NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship Saturday in Winneconne Wisconsin. The 2nd ranked ladies cruised to a victory scoring 70 points. Top ranked Middlebury was 2nd with 111 points while 3rd ranked Williams was third with 153. Washington was lead by sr Erica Jackey who took 4th in 21:04, 12 seconds behind winner Chiara Del Piccolo of Williams. The Bears put three more in the top 23 and their fifth at 40th.  They had just a 44 second spread 1-5.

The Wash U men earned their first national team trophy with a third place finish. The rankings rang true 1-3 on the men side as North Central (Coach Stiles alma mater) claimed another national title scoring 110 points. Haverford scored 172 for second and the Bears were third with 206. Washington senior Michael Burnstein led the bears with a 10th place finish covering the 8k course in 24:25.

2011 NAIA Cross Country Nationals

The 56th Annual Men’s and 32nd Annual Women’s event will take place at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 19. 

The men’s 8K championship race will start at 10:30 a.m. PST, 

followed by the women’s 5K run at 11:45 a.m.

Women's Championships inf: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/082211aaa.html

Men's Championships info:http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/spec-rel/082211aab.html

Host info: http://www.cascadeconference.org/index.aspx?tab=crosscountry&path=championships

Missouri Qualifiers or Missouri School conferences Qualifiers:

2011 NCAA DII Cross Country Nationals

Saturday November 19, 2011

Plates Ferry Park

Spokane, Washington

Hosted by The Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the Spokane Regional Sports Commission

Women’s 6k 1 p.m. CST

Men’s 10k    2 p.m. CST

http://www.ncaa.com/championships/cross-country-women/d2

Missouri and MIAA Qualifiers 

Women’s Qualifying Teams -24

Individuals - 19

South Central Automatic Qualifier

Marlee Tegenkamp      Jr Missouri Southern   Lee’s Summit High School

Men’s Qualifying Teams -24

Individuals -19

Dalton Moberly           Sr Central Missouri     Kearney High School

Laban Sialo                 Sr Central Missouri     Eldoret Kenya

Adam Volkert             Jr Pittsburg State         Lee’ Summit High School

Florida Southern Eric Larson

Coached by former Fort Osage and Central Missouri runner Jamie Moreno

Moreno coached at Warrensburg High School and Central Missouri before starting the program at Williams Woods University in Fulton. He’s in his fourth season as Head Coach at Florida Southern

Missouri Southern's Marlee Tegenkamp is looking for her first All-American Honors and join her brother Matt to share those accolades in the family. Her brothers Matt and Marc also ran at Lee's Summit High School before college careers at Wisconsin and Missouri State. Marlee's sister-in-law adds to the family running background, Ashley Sanders-Tegenkamp enjoyed a standout career at Clinton and Missouri State. 

This appears to be the first time in many years that a Missouri team isn't sending a mens or womens to the DII National Meet. 

Marlee Tegenkamp is looking to earn her first All-American honors. Two years ago she helped the Missouri Southern Lady Lions earn a third place team trophy.

2011 NCAA DIII Cross Country Nationals: WashU Bears look for title and trophy

In his 11th year at Washington University in St. Louis Coach Jeff Stiles has the Lady Bears on the verge of their first national championship and the Bears on the verge of their first ever national top four trophy.

The Lady Bears race is at 11am CST while the men follow.
Watch live online:http://www.ncaa.com/championship/liveplayer/player?gameId=213383

Women win Regionals, Men runner-up:
http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Content/Pages/cross11-12-11.aspx
Women's Midwest Regional Results:http://www.augustana.edu/athletics/wxcountry/stats/2011ncaamidwestregionalresultswomen.htm
Men's Midwest Regional Results: http://www.augustana.edu/athletics/mxcountry/stats/2011ncaamidwestregionalresults.htm
10 Bears All Region, Stiles Women's Region Coach of Year:http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Content/Pages/cross11-15-11.aspx

Interview with Coach Jeff Stiles before 2011 NCAA Division III Cross Country Nationals

Cross Country Videos: Race action and Interviews

It's been a busy month with little time to actually publish meet coverage. I'm working to catch up, but in the mean time don't miss out on race and interview videos at my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/motrackfanatic

Recent Meets:
Missouri High School Class 4 District 2 at Parkway Central in Chesterfield October 22
Missouri High School Class 3 District 2 & 3 at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis October 29
Missouri High School State Cross Country Championships at Oak Hills in Jefferson City November 5

NCAA DI Cross Country Midwest Regional at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb November 12
Nike Cross Country Midwest Regional at Lavern Gibson XC Course in Terre Haute, Indiana November 13

2011 Chicago Marathon: McDowell gets Trials Qualifier

Congrats to Parkway South XC/Distance Coach Adam McDowell! McDowell, the former Missouri Class 4 XC State Champion for Parkway South High School before a standout career at Mizzou, earned a ticket to the 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Team Trials Sunday at the Chicago Marathon. The 32 year old became the latest of the group of Missourians to qualify for the Marathon Trials that take place in Houston January 14.

Rock Bridge rolls at Border Wars XC Championship

The spectacular season for the Rock Bridge Boys and Girls continued Friday in St. Charles’ McNair Park at the 2011 Border Wars XC Championship. The Bruins came away with easy wins, cruising to 17 and 30 point totals on Friday afternoon. There were no divisions or classifications, just one girl’s race and one boy’s race with medals going to the top 50 finishers in each.

Photos here: http://mo.milesplit.com/meets/97231 or soon at chrisa.photoshelter.com

Thoughts and Prayers...

Please keep Jim Marshall, his wife Merry, daughter Brittanny, and granddaughter Lexi in your prayers. Coach Marshall’s son Cody, 20, passed away suddenly Tuesday.

Mitchell to run 150 meter race for USA in England Saturday

Maurice Mitchell, who made his World Championships debut two weeks ago, will wear the USA jersey for the third time Saturday in England. Mitchell, the Florida State senior, Raytown South grad, and Kansas City native will compete in the Great North City Games in Newcastle Gateshead England. The event pits Great Britain and Northern Ireland against the US in a limited schedule event that will run 2.5 hours. The event will run 1-3:30pm England time which is 6 hours ahead of us. If you want to watch online you can do so here:  http://www.greatrun.org/tv/ 7:00 -9:30a.m. Missouri time. Mitchell ran the second leg of the US 4x100 relay in the preliminaries before being replaced for the final-which the US failed to finish again. Mitchell will join Walter Dix in the straight 150 meter race. Dix just ran the second fastest 200 time ever for an American today in 19.53.

Mitchell made his first US team in the summer of 2010 at the NACAC championships.

Cantwell, US Men come up short in Shot Put

An impressive United States streak came to an end Friday in Daegu South Korea at the 2011 Outdoor World Track & Field Championships. Not only did the American Men’s Shot Put victory streak end at three, but all four Americans finished out of the medals in the 16 lb. ball toss. Cantwell (2009 champion), Reese Hoffa (2007 Champion), and Adam Nelson (2005 Champion) as well as young stud Ryan Whiting failed to throw much over 70 feet resulting in only three bids to the 2013 Championships for the Americans. The World Champion receives a bye into the next championships, allowing their country to send up to four athletes in an event if all have earned the qualifying mark.

Cantwell, the Eldon Missouri  native and Eldon High School and Mizzou graduate finished in fourth with a best toss of 21.36 meters/70-1 or so. Hoffa finished fifth, Whiting 7^th and Nelson 8^th.

Jenny Barringer-Simpson: World Champion!!!

Jenny Barringer Simpson, who I now claim as a Missourian after having married former Liberty High School and Truman State runner Jason Simpson last year, became the second American woman to claim the Outdoor World Championship Gold Medal in the 1500 meters since the inaugural bi-annual event in 1983 when Mary Decker-Slaney earned Gold. Barringer-Simpson, who now lives in Colorado Springs, CO, claimed the title Thursday in Daegu South Korea, in 4:05.40.

Tegenkamp takes 10th in World Championships 10k

 Competing in his third World Outdoor Championships and just his third 10k on the track, Matt Tegenkamp took 10^th in the 10,000 meters Sunday night in Daegu, South Korea. Tegenkamp couldn’t stay with the lead pack halfway through the race and finished in 28:41.62. 19 runners started the race with 16 finishing.

28 August 2011 - 19:30

Place    Bib      Athlete                                 Country  Time    

  1        373      Ibrahim Jeilan                         ETH    27:13.81         

  2        439      Mohamed Farah                     GBR    27:14.07         

  3        377      Imane Merga                          ETH    27:19.14         

  4        323      Zersenay Tadese                     ERI     27:22.57         

  5        660      Martin Irungu Mathathi            KEN    27:23.87         

  6        652      Peter Cheruiyot Kirui              KEN    27:25.63          (PB)

  7        1120    Galen Rupp                          USA    27:26.84          (SB)

  8        379      Sileshi Sihine                           ETH    27:34.11         

  9        665      Paul Kipngetich Tanui             KEN    27:54.03         

10       1129    Matthew Tegenkamp           USA    28:41.62 

11        861      Rui Silva                                 POR    28:48.62         

12        574      Daniele Meucci                       ITA     28:50.28         

13        890      Stephen Mokoka                    RSA    28:51.97         

14        1062    Scott Bauhs                          USA    29:03.92         

15        630      Yuki Sato                               JPN     29:04.15         

16        763      Juan Carlos Romero               MEX   29:38.38         

DNF    206      Ali Hasan Mahbood               BRN   

DNF    310      Bayron Piedra                        ECU   

DNF    365      Kenenisa Bekele                    ETH   

DNS    321      Teklemariam Medhin              ERI     

http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-28-2011/sex=M/discCode=10K/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_10K_hash_f

Universal Sports screen captures:

The lead pack moves up on Tegenkamp and others with less than two laps remaining. 

Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia tries to catch England’s Mo Farah as they approach the finish.

Tegenkamp hits the finish line with one lap to go just after Ibrahim Jeilan kicked down Mohamed Farah in a great finish to the 10k. 

Tegenkamp does run the 10k! at the World Championships Sunday

Former Missouri High School State Champion/Record Holder and Lee’s Summit native Matt Tegenkamp will run just his third career 10k on the track Sunday in Daegu South Korea at the World Championships. The race is scheduled for 7:30pm which is 5:30am in Missouri. I have to apologize this post is late and won’t provide acceptable notice before the race.

As a sophomore Tegenkamp helped Dave Denny’s Lee’s Summit High School team to the 1997 MSHSAA Class 4 Boys Cross Country State Title. In 1999 Tegenkamp claimed the Class 4 Boys XC individual championship in course record time and went on to earn Cross Country All-American honors with his fifth place finish at Footlocker Nationals. At the 2000 State Track Meet Tegenkamp earned two more State Titles and a State Meet Record with his time in the 3200 meters. Tegenkamp blazed the Dwight T Reed Stadium Track in Jefferson City that Friday Night as rain delayed the meet several hours. His 8:57 3200 performance that night gave him the State Meet Record. He followed that up with a 4:11 1600 meters win on Saturday.

As a freshman at The University of Wisconsin, Tegenkamp ran to a fifth place finish at the World Junior Cross Country Championships. He and US teammate Dathan Ritzenhein’s 3^rd place made for one of the best US duo finishes at the World XC Championships.

2011 IAAF Outdoor World Track & Field Championships, includes five Missourians

2011 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships

13^th biennial Championships

Daegu, South Korea

Five native Missourians are apart of Team USA while several others with Missouri ties will also be involved. Daegu is 14 hours ahead of Missouri and Central Standard Time.

Rodgers withdraws from Worlds, Mitchell replaces him on 4x1 team pool squad

Michael Rodgers breakout on the Outdoor World stage will have to wait while another Missourian will take his place and get his first chance to wear the Red, White, and Blue with the world watching. Rodgers, who in June jumped to a tie for ninth on the world all-time 100 meter performance list with his 9.85 second time at the Prefontaine Classic, accepted a provisional suspension from the US Anti-Doping Agency and withdrew from the World Championships after testing positive for a banned stimulant: methylhexaneamine, which is found in energy drinks.

Rodgers, the St. Louis native, Berkeley High School grad, NAIA national champion at Lindenwood and Oklahoma Baptist Universities, and 2009 USA 100 meter champion was to compete in the 100 meters and 4 x 100 meter relay at the World Championships in Daegu South Korea that began yesterday. Rodgers, who earned a spot on the US team after his third place finish at this years national meet, said on twitter that he unknowingly consumed the stimulant when he drank an energy drink in Italy in July while training and competing with the US team in preparation for the World Championships.

The 2011 IAAF World Championships are under way!

The 2011 IAAF World Track & Field Championships are underway in Daegu South Korea. Five native Missourians are apart of Team USA while several others with Missouri ties will also be involved. Deagu is 14 hours ahead of Missouri and Central Standard Time. Here is the first day’s schedule and the webcast and television schedule. I’ll have another post tonight before 11pm with info on all of the Missouri connections and info about the athletes. The first Missourian to compete will be Matt Tegenkamp in the 10,000 which will be Sunday morning at 5:30 CST.

4 Missourians part of Team USA for Thorpe Cup: Lefever, Adock, McMillan, Lettow

Four Missourians are apart of Team USA in the annual Thorpe Cup this weekend in Chula Vista California at the USA Track & Field National Training Center. The Thorpe Cup is a combined events competition between the USA and Germany featuring a women's heptathlon and men's decathlon with seven athletes per country per gender. The event is named after Jim Thorpe I believe, the former multi-sport athlete who excelled at just about everything he seemingly tried in the early 20th century. The competition will also include a few Americans competing in a few selected events in preparation for the World Championships later this month.

Rodgers, Mitchell named to Initial Team USA World Champs 4x100 Relay Pool

Missourians Mike Rodgers and Maurice Mitchell are among the ten athletes named to the initial Team USA 4x100 relay pool for the 2011 World Championships.

Rodgers finished third in the 100 at the USATF Championships last month in Eugene to earn a spot on Team USA in the 100 and a spot in the 4x100 relay pool. Mitchell finished fourth in the 200 at the USATF Championships and was selected to the initial relay pool by the World Championships coaching staff. Rodgers and Mitchell will train and compete with the relay pool in Italy on July 19th. The list of ten athletes will be cut down to six and on August 6th, USATF will submit their final roster for the World Championships. That six will come from the top four finishers from nationals as well as two others not on the team in other events. So Maurice Mitchell will be vying for one of those two spots. It's not clear whether Mitchell will be on  the roster as a 200 alternate whether he makes the 4x100 pool of six or not.

Day 4 Missouri Results & Recap 2011 USATF Nationals

Day 4 Sunday June 26, 2011

Senior Men’s 20k Racewalk

3 Patrick Stroupe 1:26.29.44 unattached, Central Methodist U, Fayette HS, Armstrong, MO

3:04 behind winner, 2:38 behind second.

Earned another USA medal but wasn’t fast enough to earn the World Championships B standard of 1:24.00. We’ll see if he’ll try to achieve the standard within before the deadline in about six weeks.

13 entries, 10 finishers, 1dnf, 2 dq,

Senior Women’s Heptathlon

Chantae McMillan leads Heptathlon with just the 800m to go!!!

Nebraska 5th year senior, Rolla High School grad, and Rolla Missouri native Chantae McMillan has taken the lead in the 2011 USATF Nationals Heptathlon!!! McMillan who was in 7th after day 1 and four events used a second place finish in the long jump: 20-3.5 to score 905 points, and a victory in the javelin with a pr of 156-1 for 813 points to win by almost 9 feet. She gained 51 points on the field and moved into first place overall.
http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results40-6.htm

So with just the 800 meters to go Chantae leads Sharon Day by 33 points, Hyleas Fountain by 58 points, Bettie Wade by 113, Abbie Stechschulte by 132 and Ryan Krais by 170.

800 prs and those correlating scores

Chantae                       2:18.61            842pts

Sharon Day                 2:13.64            912pts -33

Hyleas Fountain          2:15.32            888pts -58

Bettie Wade                2:17.89            852pts -113

Abbie Stechschulte     2:15.71            883pts -132 

Ryann Krais                2:09.90            966pts -170

USATF Nationals Day 4 Info and Note

USATF Nationals Day 4 Sunday June 26, 2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Today's Tv Schedule:
(Universal, June 26 3:00-4:00 pm ET) 2-3 CST
(NBC, June 26 5:00-6:00 pm ET) 4-5 CST
The webcast is live showing the field events: or actually only the high jump at the moment but you can hear the track calls and heptathlon updates.
http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/video.asp
Today's Missouri competitors:                                                                                                                    All Senior events:
Heptathlon: Chantae McMillan, Liz Roehrig, Lindsay Lettow
Women's Pole Vault: Vera Neuenswander
Men's 200 Semis/Final? Maurice Mitchell
Women's 100 Hurdles Semis/Final? Tiffani McReynolds
Men's Shot Put: Christian Cantwell
Men's 20k Race Walk: Patrick Stroupe


We've got two Missouri Team USA World Championships Qualifiers so far in Matt Tegenkamp 10k, and Michael Rodgers 100. Hopefully we'll add a few more today. The one's probably with the best chances: Christian Cantwell and Maurice Mitchell, but we won't count any of them out and cheer and pray for all of them!!!

Day 3 Missouri Results and Recap of 2011 USATF Nationals

Day 3 Saturday June 25, 2011

Senior Women’s Heptathlon

100 Hurdles

7 Chantae McMillan 13.93 +1.2w 988pts Heat 1 3^rd
              Nebraska, Rolla HS, Rolla, MO

8 Lindsay Lettow 14.10 +1.62w 964pts Heat 2 5^th
              Central Missouri, Des Moines Christian HS, Urbandale Iowa

9 Elizabeth Roehrig 14.24 +1.2w 945ptss Heat 1 4^th
               unat, Mizzou vol Asst, Minnesota, Chilton Wisconsin

Day 2 Missouri Results and Recap of 2011 USATF Nationals

Day 2 Missouri Results and Recap of 2011 USATF Nationals

Day 2 Friday June 24, 2011

Women’s Junior Heptathlon

Long Jump

4 Lindsay Vollmer 5.46m/17-11 +0.0w 688pts unattached/Penney HS

19 Breanne Borman 4.94m/16-2.5 +0.2w 543pts unattached/Festus HS

2011 High School Nike Track Nationals

The Lee's Summit West High School (Track Club) Lady Titans make their second straight appearance at the second annual Nike Team Track Nationals in Eugene at Oregon's Hayward Field. The Meet is held tonight after the USATF Nationals meet concludes. The top 12 boys and girls teams from across the country selected and provided transportation for 9 athletes and two coaches. There were 8 regional winners based on the scores of the contested events and 4 at-large berths. Only 10 events are contested and a team gets to compete in the 9 of their choice. Points are scored based on the international scoring table, not finish place. The larger margin of victory the more points gained on the competition. The Lady Titans won the Midwest Region and scored the 4th most points in the country.

Thursday Interviews:

Mike Rodgers after finishing second in the 100 meters first round in 9.95 seconds:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238236-2011-USATF-Outdoor-Track-Field-Championships/video/497996-Michael-Rodgers-after-first-round-100m-at-USATF-Outdoor-Championships-2011

Matt Tegenkamp after taking second in the 10k to earn a berth to the World Championships:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238236-2011-USATF-Outdoor-Track-Field-Championships/video/498017-Matt-Tegenkamp-2nd-in-10k-at-USATF-Outdoor-Championships-2011

USATF Nationals Updates on Twitter

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Matt Tegenkamp makes USA World Championships Team in 10k

In just his second career 10k on the track, and second of the season, Matt Tegenkamp held off all but one of a large pack over the last mile to take second place at the USA Championships and earn another berth to the World Championships. Tegenkamp took second to Galen Rupp as the began pair to pull away a bit from the field over the last 600 meters or so. Rupp claimed the national title in 28:38.17, with Teg following in 28:39.97, and Scotty Bauhs taking third in 28:40.51. Bauhs is former NCAA DIIer at Chico State and another former DIIer got a mention on the webcast call. Larry Rawson, the long time track analyst, when talking about Matt after the race mentioned a fellow Lee's Summit Missourian and former Central Missouri(CMSU) standout Mark Curp. 

2011 USATF Nationals Day 1 Missouri Results

2011 USATF Outdoor Nationals Day 1 Missouri Results

The first day of the 2011 USATF National Meet saw one Missourian make the World Championship team while three others advanced to the next rounds in their track races. Matt Tegenkamp, in just his second career and season 10k on the track, nabbed second place in the 10k to make his third World Championships Team. Four Missourians participated in the first of two days of combined event competition. Penney HS grad Lindsay Vollmer stands in 2nd place of the Junior Women's Heptathlon. We'll see if she can hold on and make the USA Junior Team for the Pan Am Champs next month. Oak Park and Mizzou grad Nick Adcock will try to move up to from ninth into the to three of the Senior Decathlon to make his first world team. 

In the Senior Men's 400 Miles Smith advanced to the semis while Mike Rodgers and Maurice Mitchell did the same in the 100.Three Lee’s Summit North High School graduates competed Thursday. Christine Spence advanced in the Senior Women’s 400 Hurdles with a 12^th place prelims finish. Chris Rohr formerly of Mizzou and Lee's Summit North missed the Senior Men's Hammer Finals and three more throws by 1 foot 1 inch. Sandra Hampton of Mizzou and Lee's Summit North took 7th in the junior women's discus. 

Full Missouri Results:

2011 USATF Nationals Schedule with Missouri Participants

2011 USATF Nationals

Hayward Field, Eugene Oregon, June 23-26

Schedule

2011 USA Track & Field Outdoor Nationals Missouri Qualifiers

2011 USATF Outdoor Nationals Missouri Qualifiers

Junior Nationals

Qualifiers must not turn 20 in the current calendar year

Top two finishers make USA Junior Team for Pan Am Championships July 22-24, Miramar, Florida

Event, Qualifying Standard, Last mark qualified if lower than standard

Women

400 meters 55.24

 6 Kendra White 53.72           Gateway United Track Club,  McCluer North HS, St. Louis, MO   

 7 Montenea Speight (Roye) 53.84     Gateway United Track Club, Ladue HS, St. Louis, MO                  

16 Lauren Waterbury  55.10   unattached, MICDS HS, St. Louis                

800 meters 2:13.14/2:13.37

3Samantha Levin 2:06.74       Gateway United Track Club, Ladue HS, St. Louis, MO

7Kianna Ruff  2:07.97            Tennessee, McCluer South Berkeley HS, St. Louis, MO      

2011 USA Track & Field Outdoor Nationals

2011 USA Track & Field Outdoor Nationals

Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon

June 23-26, 2011

The 2011 USA Track & Field National Championships are the annual National Meet as well as the qualifying meet for Juniors for this year’s Pan Am Junior Championships July 22-24 in Miramar Florida, while the Senior or Open Championships is the qualifying meet for the World Championships in Deagu, South Korea August 27-September 4. The top two junior finishers qualify for the Pan Am Champs while the top three finishers in the senior Champs qualify for Worlds. 2009 World Champions earn an automatic bid to the 2011 Meet, so the US could have four entrants in a number of events like the Men’s Shot Put and Decathlon for example.

Maurice Mitchell Kansas City Star story 2011 NCAA DI Track Championships

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships story about Florida State's Maurice Mitchell and his sprint coach at Raytown South High School in Kansas City Tom Lester. Story by Blair Kerkhoff:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/11/2943447/learning-curve-former-ray-south.html

Great photos! :)

2011 New Balance High School Nationals

2011 New Balance Nationals Missouri Entries

Thursday-Saturday June 16-18, 2011, Greensboro North Carolina

Meet website: http://www.nationalscholastic.org/outdoornats/

Entries for Friday and Saturdayhttp://www.nationalscholastic.org/outdoornats/article/997/

Results: http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-16-NewBalance/Day2.htm

Live Webcast: http://www.facebook.com/newbalancenationals

Maurice Mitchell!! 2 x National Champion! 4x1 and 200 in 19.99!!!

Taking the baton on the third leg of the 4x100 meter relay finals Maurice Mitchell Florida State/Raytown South put some distance on the field and Brandon Byram anchored the Seminoles home to win the 4x1 title in 38.77. Less than 40 minutes later Mitchell returned to the track for the 200 final. From lane six he scorched the track and the field in 19.99 to win his first individual title with an illegal wind of 2.3. It was still a stadium record I believe breaking Michael Johnson's mark. He beat the field by almost 4/10ths of a second. The runner-up was Marek Nitt of Arkansas in 20.38. Maurice's teammate Brandon Byram added 5 points with fourth place finish in 20.41, 1/100th of a second from 3rd place. Hopefully that one team point won't make a difference in the team battle.

With the 4x400 to go the Florida State Men lead Florida by 4 points. FSU has no 4x400 and Florida is running out of lane 1. Their lead off leg is Christian Taylor who just won the triple jump in 58-4.75!!!!
We'll see how much that took out of him.

4x100 result:http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-08-NCAAChamps/Results11-2.htm
200 result: http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-08-NCAAChamps/Results2-2.htm

Photos to come!!!

NCAA DI Finals on CBS 12-2!

Maurice Mitchell goes for 200 title, as well as 4x100 and team titles. Alishea usery of florida runs the 4x400 final as well as kianna ruff of Tennesee.

NCAA DI National Champs: Watch online when weather clears up

Watch online or on tv: CBS College Sports Channel or online here: http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/liveplayer/champplayer/player.html?gameId=2011_XTO-1_105

Live Results: http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-08-NCAAChamps/Day3.htm

Weather/schedule updates: http://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-outdoor-men/2011-06-10/friday%E2%80%99s-updated-schedule

Meet info/heat sheets: http://www.ncaa.com/content/mens-di-championship-info

Day 1 Missouri Results and Recap at 2011 NCAA DI Track & Field Nationals

It was a hot and extremely humid day in Des Moines yesterday as the championships kicked off.

2011 DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships Missourians Meet Schedule

2011 Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships Meet Schedule

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011
Field Events	WU		START
Discus	W – q/f		3:00  Brittany Borman Oklahoma
Javelin	M – q/f		3:05
Long Jump	W – q/f		5:30
Pole Vault	M – f		5:35 Brian Hancock-Missouri
Discus	M – q/f		6:00
Combined Events
100 Meters	Dec		12:00 Lars Rise-Mizzou, Richard York-New Mexico
Long Jump	Dec		12:45 Lars, Richard
Shot Put	Dec		2:00  Lars, Richard
High Jump	Dec		3:15 Lars, Richard
400 Meters	Dec		6:30 Lars, Richard
Running Events                                   LSU-Semoy Hackett, Baylor-Tiffani McReynolds, Brittany Bruce,
4x100 Relay	W – s		5:30 Florida-Alishea Usery, Ole Miss-Lauren Hollingsworth, Lajada Baldwin,
4x100 Relay	M – s		5:45 FSU Maurice Mitchell
800 Meters	W – s		6:00 Cydney Ross-Duke
800 Meters	M – s		6:15
400 Meters	Dec		6:30 Lars, Richard,
400 Meters	W – s		6:45
400 Meters	M – s		7:00
100 Meters	W – s		7:15 Semoy Hackett LSU
100 Meters	M – s		7:30 Maurice Mitchell FSU
3000 Steeple	M – s		7:45 Rick Elliott Arkansas
400 Hurdles	W – s		8:15 Leslie Farmer Mizzou
400 Hurdles	M – s		8:30 Richard Lowe Memphis
10,000 Meters	W – f		8:45

Photo Gallery: 2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Missouri Qualifiers

Check out the link for my previous photos of most of this years NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Nationals Missouri Qualifiers:

http://chrisa.photoshelter.com/gallery/2011-NCAA-DI-Outdoor-Track-Field-Nationals-Missouri-Qualifiers/G0000YyIzRXn8ZEU/

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field National Championships Missouri Qualifiers

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field National Championships Missouri Qualifiers

The DI National Meet returns to the Midwest as Drake University in Des Moines Iowa will host this year and next after previously hosting in 2008. The Meet begins Wednesday and finishes Saturday.

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Nationals Preliminary Round Missouri Results

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Nationals Preliminary Round Missouri Results

2 Regions: East and West

Per Region:

48 entries per individual event, 12 advance to National Finals for total of 24

24 Relay team entries, 12 advance to National Finals for total of 24

 Place Name Year School Time/Mark Heat Wind

2011 College Outdoor Track and Field Championships Info

USTFCCCA Communications director Tom Lewis, the former track team manager at Hardin-Central High School and Sports Information Director for the University of Missouri Track and Field program has put together a Championships Info Guide with everything you could need.

The National Junior College Championships are in the Books but the NAIA, NCAA DII & DIII and NCAA DI First Round Championships are under way. Good luck to all participants. We'll have a recap next week.

http://www.ustfccca.org/weekly-results/national-championships-central-outdoor-track-field

Class 4 District 2

2011 Missouri Class 4 District 2
Eureka High School
http://mo.milesplit.com/meets/88882
http://www.trxctiming.com/MO_Class_4_tf/2011_class_4_district_2_result.htm

Interview with St. Josephs High School Krista Menghini. The volleyball, cross country and track standout has signed with Southern Illinois to play volleyball but expects nothing will be able to keep her from continue running.

Interview with Ladue senior Drew Padgett. He's signed with Washington University in St. Louis and has already accomplished a lot in just a few years. He's only been running a few years and is looking to break the Ladue school record of 4:13 for the 1600m this year.

2011 Missouri NCAA DI First Round and Multi-Event National Qualifiers

2011 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Nationals Multi-Event and First Round Missouri Qualifiers

Country divided up into two sections: East and West

48 Qualifiers per event

24 Relay Teams

Event

Seed, Name, Year, School, Mark/Time

NCAA Division I 2011 Outdoor

Track & Field Championships -East Preliminary

5/26/2011 to 5/28/2011

Bloomington, Indiana

Women

100 Meter

 1  Semoy Hackett                 JR LSU                   10.98D

200 Meter

 2  Semoy Hackett                 JR LSU                   22.41D

27  LaJada Baldwin                SR Mississippi           23.63D

400 Meter

34  Lauren Hollingsworth          SO Mississippi           54.10D

800 Meter 

 8  Cydney Ross                   SO Duke                2:05.32D

37  Kianna Ruff                   FR Tennessee           2:07.97D

1500 Meter

19  Lauren Borduin                JR Georgetown          4:21.59D

4x100 Meter

 1  LSU                                                    43.31D

     2) Semoy Hackett JR               

 8  Florida                                                44.57D

     2) Alishea Usery JR               

16  Mississippi                                            44.93D

     4) LaJada Baldwin SR              

4x400 Meter

 3  Mississippi                                          3:33.22D

     1) Lauren Hollingsworth SO        

 6  Florida                                              3:36.20D

     3) Alishea Usery JR           

Pole Vault

 1  Vera Neuenswander             SR Indiana               4.36mD

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/east_w_decl.htm

Men

100 Meter

3  Maurice Mitchell              JR Florida State         10.03D

200 Meter

1  Maurice Mitchell              JR Florida State         20.19D

1500 Meter

28  Adam Behnke                   SO Columbia            3:45.88D

4x100 Meter

3  Florida State                                          38.87D

     3) Maurice Mitchell 

4x400 Meter

10  Florida State                                        3:07.40D

     1) Phillip Young FR                2) Brandon Byram SR               

     3) Brandon O'Connor SO             4) Maurice Mitchell JR            

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/east_m_decl.htm

NCAA Division I 2011 Outdoor

Track & Field Championships -West Preliminary

5/26/2011 to 5/28/2011

Eugene, Oregon

Women

100 Meter

34  Shantel Llewellyn             SR Missouri State        11.63D

200 Meter

25  Brittany Bruce                SR Baylor                23.68D

35  Shantel Llewellyn             SR Missouri State        23.91D

400 Meter

46  Ariel Butzine                 SO Missouri State        54.62D

800 Meter

48  Layne Moore                   JR Missouri            2:09.42D

1500 Meter

22  Mary Goldkamp                 SR Bradley             4:23.29D

33  Laura Roxberg                 SO Missouri            4:25.41D

37  Alyssa Allison                SO Arizona State       4:26.37D

38  Hilary Orf                    SO St. Louis           4:26.65D

5000 Meter

21  Emily Sisson                  FR Wisconsin          16:16.06D

35  Kaitie Vanatta                SO Missouri           16:35.44D

41  Ashley Scott                  SO Tulsa              16:40.52D

10000 Meter

47  Kinsey Farren                 JR Missouri           35:12.14D

100 Meter Hurdles

 1  Tiffani McReynolds            FR Baylor                12.74D

34  Precious Selmon               SO New Mexico            13.66D

46  Chantae McMillan              SR Nebraska              13.81D

400 Meter Hurdles

12  Leslie Farmer                 JR Missouri              58.22D

4x100 Meter

 3  Baylor                                                 43.75D

     1) Tiffani McReynolds FR           

     3) Brittany Bruce SR            

23  SE Missouri                                            45.66D

     1) Rachel Kahle SR                 2) Angelica Larrier JR            

     3) Magan Edwards JR                4) Jerika Lewis SO              

4x400 Meter

 5  Baylor                                               3:31.58D

     4) Brittany Bruce SR              

18  Tulsa                                                3:39.33D

     1) Racquell Powell JR             

Pole Vault

 9  Bethany Buell                 FR South Dakota          4.20mD

11  Tara Diebold                  JR Arkansas              4.20mD

32  Breanna Bussel                JR Nebraska              4.00mD

Long Jump

29  Precious Selmon               SO New Mexico            6.07mD

Triple Jump

27  Shemeika Brewer               SO SE Missouri          12.65mD

28  Kimsue Grant                  SO Missouri State       12.65mD

30  Brittney Cloudy               JR St. Louis            12.61mD

42  Jordan Bond                   SO Missouri State       12.43mD

Shot Put

 9  Gwen Berry                    SR So. Illinois         16.99mD

28  Jasmine Boyer                 SO Wisconsin            15.42mD

41  Laura Greenfield              SO Missouri             15.09mD

Discus

 3  Brittany Borman               JR Oklahoma             56.44mD

37  Megan Collins                 SO Missouri             49.36mD

48  Jelani Kelly                  JR Missouri State       48.56mD

Hammer

 1  Gwen Berry                    SR So. Illinois         70.52mD

32  Melissa Coil                  JR Missouri             56.81mD

Javelin

 6  Brittany Borman               JR Oklahoma             52.29mD

18  Samantha Espiricueta          SR SE Missouri          48.69mD

31  Hailey Twietmeyer             FR Missouri             44.70mD

38  Kimoya Hariott                SO UMKC                 43.92mD

44  Bethany Pfeiffer              FR Missouri             43.08mD

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/west_w_decl.htm

Men

100 Meter

13  Kenneth Chambers              FR Missouri              10.37D

200 Meter

28  Kenneth Chambers              FR Missouri              21.04D

400 Meter

28  Andre Thomas                  SR Texas                 46.84D

43  Mark Hughes                   SR Missouri              47.24D

800 Meter

29  Aaron Dixon                   SR Missouri            1:49.46D

1500 Meter

 8  Jacob Boone                   SR Oklahoma            3:42.40D

3000 Meter Steeplechase

20  Rick Elliott                  JR Arkansas            8:53.63D

5000 Meter

24  Nick Happe                    FR Arizona State      13:54.15D

25  Eric Fernandez                SO Arkansas           13:54.33D

10000 Meter

 8  Eric Fernandez                SO Arkansas           28:48.44D

25  cosmas Ayabei                 SO UMKC               29:25.29D

110 Meter Hurdles

32  Dahmar Smiles                 JR St. Louis             14.21D

400 Meter Hurdles

22  Chris Davis                   SR Missouri              51.47D

41  Kellyn Fogarty                JR Missouri              52.17D

4x100 Meter

14  Iowa                                                   39.86D

     3) Paul Chaney SR                

4x400 Meter

 9  Texas                                                3:06.93D

     2) Andre Thomas SR                

17  Missouri                                             3:09.28D

     1) Mark Hughes SR                  2) Tucker Bounds SO               

     3) Aaron Dixon SR                  4) Chris Davis SR                 

20  Kansas                                               3:09.66D

     1) Dalen Fink FR                  

Pole Vault

 8  Brian Hancock                 SR Missouri              5.36mD

10  Mickey DeFilippo              JR Wisconsin             5.35mD

Long Jump

13  Oscar Emegano                 SR UMKC                  7.67mD

37  Tyler Terry                   SR SE Missouri           7.43mD

Triple Jump

41  Oscar Emegano                 SR UMKC                 15.11mD

47  DC Okonta                     JR UMKC                 15.07mD

Shot Put

18  Brooks Mosier                 SO Missouri             17.81mD

23  Brandon Colbert               SR SE Missouri          17.72mD

26  Josh Uchtman                  JR SE Missouri          17.62mD

45  Craig Robinson                SO SE Missouri          16.91mD

Discus

30  Brooks Mosier                 SO Missouri             53.86mD

46  Tim Opfer                     JR Missouri             52.55mD

Hammer

13  Chris Holly                   SR Missouri             63.32mD

16  Brandon Colbert               SR SE Missouri          62.81mD

36  Justin Kwasa                  SR St. Louis            59.60mD

41  Jacob Bullinger               SO Missouri             59.04mD

Javelin

47  Ed Draper                     SR SE Missouri          61.81mD

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/west_m_decl.htm

NCAA DI Outdoor Multi-Events National Qualifiers

NCAA Division I 2011 Outdoor

Track & Field Championships  - 6/8/2011 to 6/11/2011

6/8/2011 to 6/11/2011

Women Heptathlon

  1  Chantae McMillan              SR Nebraska               5951D

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/hep_decl.htm

Men Decathlon

 4  Lars Rise                     SR Missouri               7808D

24  Richard York                  SO New Mexico             7389D

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor11/dec_decl.htm

Another post with the athletes hometowns and high schools will be posted later.