Pittsburg, Kan. – The Missouri Southern track and field program wrapped up a successful meet today as the Lions competed at the 14^th-Annual David Suenram Classic hosted by Pittsburg State inside Carnie Smith Stadium.
 
The Lions came away with four event wins and 18 top-three finishes between the men and women.
 
The sprints were strong for the women with three wins and a pair more resulting in a second-place finish each. Kiara Smith continued her dominance as she won the 100m hurdles and for the second-straight week, broke a school record in the process, this time her own. Smith picked up the win in the event as she led a 1-2-3 finish with an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 13.64, breaking her own record she set last week. Precious Olatunji (13.97) was second, while Claire Luallen (13.98) was third and both picked up provisional qualifying times. Cornesia Calhoun-White placed 8^th with a time of 14.55.
 
Smith then went on to help the relays sweep both the 4x100m and 4x400m races and do it in impressive fashion. The 4x100m relay team for the women consisting of Smith, Jasmine Deckard, Luallen and Chardae Overstreet raced to a win and an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 46.53, which ranks as the 3^rd-fastest time in program history.
 
The 4x400m relay team consisting of Olatunji, LaNea Wallace, Smith and Overstreet picked up the win in a time of 3:50.16, which is the second-fastest time in MSSU women's track history in that event.
 
Smith finished her trifecta with a second-place finish in the 100m dash and an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 11.73. Deckard was seventh in the 100m. Overstreet placed second in the women's 400m with an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 55.44, while Wallace placed third in the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:02.76. Deckard was seventh in the 200m, while Kelie Henderson, Jenari Lopez and Kayana Gaines placed 10^th, 11^th and 12^th in the 1,500m.
 
Mallory Huber was second in the women's hammer with a distance of 49.90, while Jazmine Knight was 13^th in the women's high jump at 1.41m. Katie Candrl and Mackenzie Moring placed 7^th and 8^th in the pole vault, while Alyssa Jerome was 11^th. Huber was 11^th in the discus. 
 
Josh Fulmer had a win in the men's hammer with an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Distance of 62.47m, while Peyton Barton placed second with a provisional qualifying distance of 60.29m. Connor Boyd was fourth as he hit a mark of 55.05m.
 
Fulmer followed that up with a third place finish in the shot put hitting a mark of 15.81m, while Barton was second in the men's discus hitting an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Distance of 52.72m. Fulmer was fifth in the discus, while Boyd placed ninth. Rajheim Carby (64.81m), Nathan Kovis (60.53m) and Brendan Rozier (60.30m) placed 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th in the javelin, all hitting NCAA Provisional Qualifying Marks in the process. Logan Bell was 6^th, while Trey Beachler and Luke Brumit placed 8^th and 15^th.
 
Brendan Jewell placed second in the high jump with a height of 2.04m, while Brumit was 7^th at 1.95m. Elliot Rule was 5^th in the pole vault at 4.37m.
 
In the sprints, Cameron Linville was 8^th in the 100m dash, hitting a time of 10.363, while Matthew Haddock placed 7^th in the 400m dash in a time of 49.64. Haddock and Linville placed 14^th and 19^th in the 200m dash.
 
JaDarius Pigg was third in the men's 400m hurdles hitting a time of 55.51, while Malachi Pipkin was 12^th in the 110m hurdles in a time of 15.49.
 
The Lions will be back in action next weekend as Southern will be at Central Missouri for the Mule Relays on Friday.