Track Squads Journey to Indiana For Weekfinish Meet

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Southeast Missouri Track and Field groups journey to the Hoosier State for his or her subsequent indoor meet, the place it should take part within the Hoosier Invitational, hosted by Indiana University. 

The meet is a two-day occasion with the sector occasions beginning the meet at 3:30 on Friday. On day one, the monitor occasions are slated to get began at 5 p.m.

On Saturday, the Field occasions begin at 9:45 a.m. Ahead of the monitor occasions beginning at midday. 

The Redhawks can be going through excessive main competitors as they’re slated to compete towards athletes from Indiana University, Ohio State University, Wisconsin University, Ohio University, Alabama University, the University of Cincinnati, and Southern Illinois. 

Last Time Out

The Redhawks hosted their first house meet of the season, the Redhawks Invite the place SEMO gained 11 occasions all through the meet. Event winners included Liberty Blackburn within the excessive leap, Marshall Swadley within the shotput, Trenton Braswell within the weight throw, Anna Thomason within the 55m sprint, Sydney Burdine within the 400-meters and Kani Smith within the males’s 400-meters. Kayla Vogelsang and Cade McCadams each gained the three,000-meters. 

All in all SEMO had 31 podium finishes. 

OVC Athletes of the Week

In the latest installment of the OVC athletes of the week, SEMO took house 4 awards. For the second time this season Marshall Swadley gained the male discipline athlete of the week. Swadley set two private greatest marks within the shotput the place he gained the occasion together with the burden throw, the place he completed second. Madelyn Gray was cited as the feminine monitor athlete of the week after ending second within the mile whereas setting a Student Rec Center report of 5:02.8. Liberty Blackburn, in her second meet for SEMO, earned feminine discipline athlete of the week after profitable the excessive leap with a private greatest mark of 5-7. Kale Clements wrapped up the weekly award winners with the feminine freshman of the week. Clements completed second within the 800-meters, dropping over a second from her first 800-meter time. 

National Rankings

The SEMO monitor group is represented on the person occasion nationwide rankings. Marshall Swadley set a brand new private greatest mark within the shotput reaching 62-2.5, which presently sits at No. 6 within the nation. Swadley’s new greatest within the weight throw additionally sits at No. 29 within the nation. He can also be joined on that checklist by teammate Trenton Brasswell whose private greatest throw of 67-7.5 sits No. 23 nationally. John Hartmann sits No. 35 within the nation within the excessive leap after he reached 6-9.5 within the first meet of the season. 

On the ladies’s facet Sydney Burdine is 24^th within the nation within the 400 with a season greatest time of 55:.36, Brianna Dixon can also be on the nationwide checklist within the excessive leap, sitting 15^th within the nation with a most top of 5-10. Anna Thomason is the ultimate Redhawk on the nationwide lists as she presently sits sixth within the pentathlon.