Indianapolis, Ind. - The Missouri Southern track and field programs had 15 individuals listed as qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships hosted in Pueblo, Colo. by Colorado State University - Pubelo at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl as announced by the NCAA on Tuesday, May 16th.

Southern had 10 men and five women listed to compete in Pueblo beginning on Thursday, May 25th and ending on Saturday, May 27th.

The men that qualified were: Maksym Andurukhiv (110m hurdles), Peyton Barton (hammer and discus throws), Connor Boyd (hammer throw), Rajheim Carby (javelin throw), Taris Jackson (triple jump), Nathan Kovis (javelin throw), Cedric Pearson (shot put and discus throw), Malachi Pipkin (110m hurdles), Brendan Rozier (javelin throw) and Jon Watts (long jump). Coming into the championships Barton leads the division in the discus and hammer throws, Boyd is third in the hammer throw, Carby is sixth in the javelin, Watts is eighth in the long jump, Kovis is 10th in the javelin, Pearson is 10th in the discus and 11th in the shot put, Rozier is 11th in the javelin, Malachi Pipkin is 13th in the 110m hurdles and Andurukhiv is 21st.

The women that qualified were: Samariae Bonds (shot put and hammer throw), Chardae Overstreet (400m dash), Elizabeth Pomatto (javelin throw), Holly Robinson (pole vault) and Kiara Smith (100m hurdles). Coming into the championships Bonds leads the division in hte shot put and is 17th in the hammer throw, Smith is second in the 100m hurdles, Pomatto is 13th in the javelin, Overstreet is 18th in the 400m and Robinson is 19th in the pole vault.