Lions Win Eight Events & Had 15 NCAA Marks At David Suenram Gorilla Challenge

04.08.23 | By: Kerry Stadler

Pittsburg, Kan. - The Missouri Southern nationally ranked outdoor track and field programs competed at the David Suenram Gorilla Challenge on Saturday Apr. 8th at Carnie Smith Stadium. Southern had eighth event wins and 15 NCAA Qualifying marks today between the two programs.

1500m Run

Kelie Henderson and Lilah Genel finished first and second in the women's event with times of 4:42.43 and 4:43.84 with Kayanna Gaines (4:46.14) fourth, Riley Vikery (4:50.32) seventh, Jenari Lopez (4:50.48) eighth, Shelby Kihega (4:58.80) 14th and Alana Bundy (5:10.07) 22nd.
Riley Simpson won the men's event with a time of 3:51.74, Kelton Sorrell (3:56.61) finished fifth, Jaden Deaton (3:57.13) seventh, Geordan Patrylak (4:01.67) 10th, Gabe McClain (4:02.54) 12th and Zachary Finley (4:07.84) 27th.

Hurdles

Malachi Pipkin won the 110m men's event with an NCAA Qualifying time of 14.39 seconds, JaDarius Pigg finished second with a time of 14.75.
Kiara Smith won the 100m women's event with an NCAA Qualifying time of 13.79 seconds.
Pigg competed in the 400m men's event as well and finished fourth with a time of 54.41 seconds and Simon Siebert finished seventh with a time of 54.41.

Javelin

Elizabeth Pomatto and Susan Moman finished first and second in the women's event with NCAA Qualifying marks of 45.00m and 43.79m as Mackenzie Mayer (38.94m) and Kaylee Rampani (36.12m) finished 10th and 16th.
Brendan Rozier finished fourth in the men's event with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 61.35m and Luke Brumit finished 10th with a mark of 54.88m.

Shot Put

Samariae Bonds won the women's event with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 14.07m.
Cedric Pearson finished third in the men's event with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 17.23m.

400m Dash

Chardae Overstreet won the women's event with an NCAA Qualifying time of 55.26 seconds the sixth best time in program history and LaNea Wallace finished fourth with an NCAA Qualifying time of 55.92.
Kyzer Gann-Vega and Jacob Breedlove finished the men's event with times of 50.36 seconds and 50.45 to finish 13th and 14th.

Triple Jump

Jennifer Okeke won the triple jump with a mark of 11.63m.

Hammer Throw

Peyton Barton finished second in the men's event but was the top competing collegiate athlete finishing with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 65.87m the fourth best mark in program history as Connor Boyd finished third with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 61.64m.
Mallory Huber finished third in the women's event with a mark of 50.86m and Bonds finished ninth with a mark of 47.18m.

100m Dash

Smith finished second in the women's event and was the top collegiate athlete finishing with an NCAA Qualifying time of 11.77 seconds.
Pipkin finished seventh in the men's event with a time of 10.69 seconds.

200m Dash

Smith finished second in the women's event with an NCAA Qualifying time of 24.14 seconds tied for the eighth fastest time in program history, Overstreet finished fourth with a time of 24.79 and A. Hobbs finished 26th with a time of 27.26.

Pole Vault

Holly Robinson finished third in the women's event with an NCAA Qualifying mark of 3.86m, Abby Hobbs and Katie Candrl finished sixth with marks of 3.61m and Mackenzie Moring finished ninth with a mark of 3.41m.
Bryan Candrl finished fourth in the men's event with a mark of 4.77m and Elliot Rule finished sixth with a mark of 4.57m.

Discus

Pearson and Barton finished third and fourth in the men's event with NCAA Qualifying marks of 51.57m and 51.33m.
Huber finished 12th in the women's event with a mark of 37.27m.

5000m Run

Zoe Nelson, Grace Scott and Hailey Nelson finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the women's event with times of 19:04.64, 19:06.14 and 19:37.39 with Alyssa Elliot finishing eighth with a time of 19:38.27.
Brooks Barker finished the men's event in 17th with a time of 16:45.63.

4x100m Relay

The men's 4x100m relay team of Candrl, Pipkin, Gann-Vega and Siebert finished fifth with a time of 41.80 seconds.

High Jump

Rylee Darnell finished 12th in the women's event with a mark of 1.53m.

Up next for the Lions will be the Mule Relays hosted by Central Missouri at Walton Stadium on Friday Apr. 14th.

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