Pittsburg, Kan. – The nationally-ranked Missouri Southern track and field teams posted nine event wins as the Lions competed at the Pittsburg State Tune-up inside Carnie Smith Stadium today.
 
To go along with the nine wins, the Lions posted four school records and three NCAA Automatic Qualifying marks.
 
Ryan Riddle broke the school record in the 1,500m and set a new stadium record of 3:44.97 which broke the facility record that had stood for 11 years and was held by a former Lion, Brennan Benkert. The time is a strong NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark and ranks ninth nationally. 
 
Rajindra Campbell continued his torrid pace as the Jamaican won the discus and the shot put with NCAA Automatic Qualifying marks in both and a school record in the shot put. Campbell posted a mark of 19.61m (64-04.00) in the shot ton win the event and break his previous school record by nine inches. He then went on to win the discus with another AQ of 57.64m (189-01). Campbell ranks second nationally in the shot put and third in the discus.
 
Josh Fulmer and Elijah Smith placed ninth and 12^th in the shot put, while Peyton Barton was fourth, Fulmer was 11th and Connor Boyd was 19^th in the discus.
 
The women's 4x100m relay team of J'Zaria Cartwright, Jasmine Deckard, Cornesia Calhoun-White and Chardae Overstreet broke the school record in the event that was set three weeks ago by turning in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark of 46.23.
 
Travis Petersen broke his own school record and punched his ticket to nationals with a distance of 66.16m (217-01) in the hammer throw to win the event. Fulmer was fourth in the event, while Boyd and Barton placed sixth and seventh.
 
In other action, Deckard was second in the 100m dash with a time of 11.59, nearly missing out on both an NCAA AQ and her own school record. Deckard then went on to place second in the 200m with another NCAA Provisional time of 24.22, while Overstreet was eighth and LaNea Wallace placed 10^th.
 
Wallace and Overstreet placed second and seventh in the 400m, while Ashlynn Vanatter was 20^th. Brieon Randle was seventh in the men's 400m, while Gabe McClain placed third in the 800m.
 
Kelie Henderson won the women's 1,500m with a time of 4:39.64, while Janna Hautala and Jenari Lopez placed fourth and ninth. Janeth Jepkirui won the women's 5k with a time of 17:47.49.
 
Precious Olatunji placed third in the women's 100m hurdles, while Danielle Prince was fifth in the women's 3k steeplechase. Dancan Kibet was 2^nd in the men's steeple.
 
Elena Bisotto placed fifth in the women's invite pole vault with an NCAA Provisional qualifying height of 3.83m (12-06.75), while Megan Tramel was fourth in the open pole vault.
 
Ojurere Shonekan and Olatunji placed 14^th and 15^th in the long jump, while Taris Jackson was 11^th in the men's long jump. Deiajuane Watts was 18^th in the women's triple jump, while Jackson and Adrain Broadus placed third and fifth in the men's triple.
 
Payton Roberts won the women's shot with an NCAA Provisional mark of 15.44m (50-08.00), while Alexandra Rodrigues was third in the women's hammer with a distance of 51.37m (168-06). Katelyn Mooney was second in the women's Javelin with an NCAA Provisional distance of 47.25m (155-00), while Logan Bell and Brendan Rozier both posted provisional marks of their own in the men's javelin. Bell hit a mark of 59.06m, while Rozier hit 58.91m. Trey Beachler was seventh in the javelin.
 
The Lions will be back in action on May 8-9 when Southern heads back to Pittsburg, this time to compete in the 2021 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.