Emporia, Kan. – The Missouri Southern track and field teams came away with four more event wins in the final day of the 2022 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Emporia State University at Welch Stadium.
 
The Southern men finished in second with 135 points, while the women were in eighth with 61 points.
 
Rajheim Carby led the way in the men's javelin as Southern put four athletes in the top-9. Carby broke a school record in the event as he hit an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark of 71.13m, breaking the previous record that was set 17 years ago. Brendan Rozier (64.32m) and Nathan Kovis (64.11m) placed fifth and sixth, while Logan Bell (62.68m) was ninth and Trey Beachler was 13^th (58.35m), all four earning NCAA Provisional Qualifying Marks.
 
Ryan Riddle won his second title of the meet as he took home the championship in the 5k, crossing the finish line in a time of 14:45.14. Gidieon Kimutai was fourth, while JP Rutledge placed sixth in the event for the Lions. Riley Simpson was 14^th, while Jarod Ozee placed 17^th.
 
Elizabeth Pomatto continued her dominance of the women's javelin as she took home the title, winning the event for the second-straight year and picking up her third-straight All-MIAA honors in the event. She hit an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark of 49.68m.
 
Brendan Jewell picked up the Lions' fourth win of the day with an NCAA Provisional Qualifying height of 2.12m, while Luke Brumit was tenth at 1.98m.
 
Kiara Smith was an All-MIAA honoree in the women's 100m hurdles as she finished second in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 13.67. Claire Luallen was fifth (14.02) and Precious Olatunji (14.05) was sixth, both earning provisional marks in the process.
 
Adrain Broadus and Taris Jackson both picked up All-MIAA honors in the men's triple jump with Broadus hitting an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark of 15.30m, while Jackson had a provisional of his own at 15.11m.
 
In other action, Brieon Randle was eighth in the men's 200m, hitting a time of 21.74, while Chardae Overstreet picked up an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time, placing fifth in the women's 400m dash at 55.31.
 
LaNea Wallace was sixth in the women's 400m hurdles, finishing in a time of 1:03.13, while Riley Simpson was fourth in the men's 1,500 turning in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 3:49.71. Zachary Finley placed 13^th in the 1,500 with a time of 3:59.52.
 
Jenari Lopez placed sixth in the women's 5k, finishing in a time of 18:05.08, while Kelie Henderson was 25^th. Josh Fulmer placed 7^th in the men's shot put, hitting a mark of 15.99m, while Olatunji was sixth in the women's triple jump at 11.61m.
 
The men's 4x100m relay team of Bryan Candrl, Randle, Malachi Pipkin and Cameron Linville placed fourth in a time of 41.50, while the 4x400m relay team of Randle, Elliot Rule, Jonathan Watts and Matthew Haddock was seventh in a time of 3:15.19. The women's 4x100m relay team of Cornesia Calhoun-White, Smith, Luallen and Overstreet placed sixth in a time of 46.99.
 
In total, the Lions had eight event wins over the meet, and 14 All-MIAA performances. You can see a complete list of the All-MIAA performances below.
 
The Lions will be in action next weekend at the Nebraska-Kearney Loper Twilight on Saturday.
 
All-MIAA Performances
Peyton Barton – discus (champ), hammer (champ)
Ryan Riddle – 5k (champ), 10k (champ)
Claire Luallen – long jump (champ)
Josh Fulmer – hammer
Gidieon Kimutai – 10k
JP Rutledge – 10k
Brendan Jewell – high jump (champ)
Elizabeth Pomatto – javelin (champ)
Rajheim Carby – javelin (champ)
Kiara Smith – 100m hurdles
Adrain Broadus – triple jump
Taris Jackson – triple jump