Pueblo, Colo. - The nationally ranked Missouri Southern outdoor track and field programs wrapped up the Division II Outdoor Championships with five more All-American performances at the CSU ThunderBowl on Saturday, May 27th, as the men finished with a program best finish of 5th and the women finished in 14th.
The men finished with 34 points from seven events with an All-American performance in six events across three days. For the day the Lions competed in two events, the javelin throw and the shot put with Rajheim Carby and Cedric Pearson earning All-American honors.
In the javelin throw, Carby broke the program record with a mark of 74.61m to finish third for his fourth All-American honors of his career and his three best throws of the day (74.61m, 71.81m and 71.29m) are the first, second and third best marks in program history. Also competing in the javelin throw were Brendan Rozier with a 12th place finish from a mark of 63.51m and Nathan Kovis with a mark of 58.14m to finish 19th. In the shot put, Pearson finished sixth with a mark of 17.98m from his final attempt to earn All-American honors for the first time in his career.
The women finished with 21 points from six events with four All-American performances across three days. For the day the Lions competed in four events, the 100m hurdles, shot put, javelin throw and pole vault with Samariae Bonds, Kiara Smith, Elizabeth Pomatto and Holly Robinson earning All-American honors.
In the 100m hurdles, Smith broke a program record with a time of 13.13 seconds to finish second in the event and earn back-to-back All-American outdoor honors in the hurdles. In the shot put, Bonds finished third with a mark of 15.60m from her second attempt to become an outdoor All-American for the first time in her Lion career. In the javelin throw, Pomatto finished third with a mark of 47.87m from her final attempt to earn All-American honors for the third year in a row. In the pole vault, Robinson earned All-American honors for the first time in her career with an eighth place finish from a personal best mark of 4.00m.
All-Americans
Peyton Barton - Men's Discus champion and Hammer Throw
Kiara Smith - Women's 100m Hurdles
Connor Boyd - Men's Hammer Throw
Elizabeth Pomatto - Women's Javelin
Rajheim Carby - Men's Javelin
Samariae Bonds - Women's Shot Put
Jon Watts - Men's Long Jump
Cedric Pearson - Men's Shot Put
Holly Robinson - Women's Pole Vault
Taris Jackson - Men's Triple Jump
Record Breakers
Kiara Smith - Women's 100m Hurdles, 13.13 seconds
Rajheim Carby - Men's Javelin Throw, 74.61m
Chardae Overstreet - Women's 400m Dash, 54.13 seconds
