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Christian Cantwell
is now a seven-time All-American.
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Track
Team Completes NCAA Championships
The Tigers recently wrapped up competition
in the NCAA Outdoor
Track and Field Championships, which were held in Sacramento,
Calif. In total, Missouri had top 20 finishes in 11 events.
Two Tigers, Christian
Cantwell and Timothy
Dunne, earned All-America honors, making a total of seven
after combining the five from the indoor championships.
Dunne earned his only All-American distinction
after finishing tenth in the 800-meter run. Dunne, a native
of Jerome, Idaho, completed his career as a Tiger, but qualified
for the USATF Championships
held in Palo Alto, Calif.
Fellow Tiger senior Christian Cantwell
of Eldon, Mo., received his seventh All-American honor after
finishing runner-up in the shot put. Cantwell’s final
showing as a Tiger proved to be his best. He threw for a career-high
and a new Missouri record of 70 feet, 9 inches and also has
earned a spot in the USATF Championships.
Another senior, Fiona
Asigbee of Walford, Iowa, came within three point of being
an All-American in the heptathlon. Asigbee finished ninth overall,
and freshman teammate Jessica
Stockard of Godfrey, Ill., finished 20th. Stockard’s
best event was the 200-meter dash where she finished fourth
and earned 902 points.
Also, junior Jennifer
Bennett of Ashland, Mo., placed 12th with a 13 foot, 1.5
inch attempt in the pole vault, sophomore Jenny
Bybee of Springfield, Mo., finished 13th in the high jump
with a 5 foot, 8.75 inch jump, and sophomore Jesse
Sims of Paola, Kan., earned 14th place in the high jump
with a 7 foot, 0.25 inch jump.
Cantwell and Dunne joined Bennett, Stockard
and Janae
Strickland of Houston, Texas, for the USATF Championships.
Bennett qualified on a “B” standard in the pole
vault. Stockard competed as a junior national in the heptathlon.
And, Russ
Bell of Jefferson City, Mo., joined Cantwell and Strickland
in the shot put competition. Bell finished 14th in the shot
put, 17th in the discus, and 25th in the hammer throw in the
championships.
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