Pittsburg, Kan. - The Missouri Southern track & field teams competed at the Crimson & Gold Invitational on Saturday to open their indoor season. Peyton Barton and Peyton McBride brought home first place finishes, and 12 Southern athletes recorded NCAA qualifying marks. The team will be off until January 13 when they compete in both the Graduate Classic in Nebraska and at Kansas State University. 

60m Hurdles

• Malachi Pipkin and JaDarius Pigg both hit NCAA qualifying marks. Pipkin placed 8th with a time of 8.07 and Pigg placed 15th at 8.17. Maksym Andurukhiv finished with a time of 8.32, good for 25th place.
• Precious Olatunji and Ashyiria Savage also recorded times under the NCAA qualifying mark. They went back-to-back in the placings, Olatunji took 6th with a time of 8.70 and Savage placed 7th at 8.80. Olatunji is already in MSSU's top-10 for the 60m, but Savage's time puts her at 7th.  

60m Dash

• Malachi Pipkin narrowly missed the NCAA qualifying mark, running the race in 6.88 which placed him 17th. Maksym Andurukhiv took 89th with a time of 7.25. 
• Ashyiria Savage took 29th with a time of 7.84, and Gabrielle McPherson finished with a time of 7.96 for 51st place.

300m Dash

• Matthew Haddock was the first Lion to finish the race, placing 16th with a time of 35.06. In 21st was Kyzer Gann-Vega at 35.41, and Cole Barker finished at 36.78 which was good for 37th. 
• Chardae Overstreet took 5th overall, running the race in 39.44 which puts her second on the MSSU top-10 list. 

600 Yard Dash

• Jacob Breedlove finished 12th, running a time of 1:16.18.

800m Run

• Miguel Solano ran the race in 1:55.29, good for 14th overall. 

Mile Run

• Evan Matlock finished the race in 4:36.33, placing him 46th overall. 

5000m Run

• Jayna Gunter took 14th with a personal best time of 17:48.94, and Riley Vickrey placed 26th, running the race in 18:27.01.
• Kaden Cole finished in 19th place, running a time of 15:01.61. Clayton Whitehead took 31st with a time of 15:19.09.

High Jump

• Rylee Darnell took 13th, clearing 1.53m on her third attempt. Claire Cole placed 15th, clearing 1.48m. 
• Brendan Jewell placed 7th overall, clearing 2.03m which was the NCAA qualifying mark. Luke Brumit finished a couple spots back at 9th, jumping 2.00m. 

Long Jump

• Peyton McBride jumped a distance of 6.88m for 11th place, and Devin Greene placed 20th with a jump of 6.63m.
• Gabrielle McPherson took 15th with a jump of 5.47m, and Precious Olatunji jumped 5.19m for 21st place.

Pole Vault

• Katie Candrl and Holly Robinson tied for 6th place, hitting an NCAA qualifying mark of 3.83m. That mark puts them at 8th on MSSU's top-10 list. Emma Hobbs placed 18th with a mark of 3.33m.
• Bastien Franck cleared 4.72m, placing him 6th overall. Travis Greenfield finished 12th, clearing 4.42m. 

Shot Put

• Kirsten Womack and Briar Gillum took 9th and 10th respectively, throwing 13.15m and 13.12m. 
• Cedric Pearson placed 2nd with a personal best and NCAA qualifying mark of 17.90m, placing him fourth in the MSSU top-10. Gabe Ford also threw an NCAA qualifying mark of 16.68m, good for 6th place. 

Triple Jump

• Peyton McBride set a personal best and hit an NCAA qualifying mark with a 15.33m jump, good for 1st place. Devin Greene placed 8th with a jump of 13.89m. 

Weight Throw

• Peyton Barton won the event with a toss of 21.71m, an NCAA qualifying mark. Gabe Ford recorded a throw of 15.86m, good for 14th place.
• Mallory Huber took 3rd place with an NCAA qualifying throw of 18.44m. Kirsten Womack cracked the top-10 with a 7th place finish of 16.68m. Briar Gillum placed 11th with a throw of 15.30m, and Claire Pritchett finished 16th at 15.05m.

NCAA Qualifying Marks
Malachi Pipkin - 60m Hurdles - 8.07
JaDarius Pigg - 60m Hurdles - 8.17
Precious Olatunji - 60m Hurdles - 8.70
Ashyiria Savage - 60m Hurdles - 8.80
Brendan Jewell - High Jump - 2.03m
Katie Candrl - Pole Vault - 3.83m
Holly Robinson - Pole Vault - 3.83m
Cedric Pearson - Shot Put - 17.90m
Gabe Ford - Shot Put - 16.68m
Peyton McBride - Triple Jump - 15.33m
Peyton Barton - Weight Throw - 21.71m
Mallory Huber - Weight Throw - 18.44m