Pittsburg, Kan. - The women's and men's indoor track and field team traveled to Pittsburg, Kansas for the annual two-day Russ Jewett Gorilla Classic on the campus of Pittsburg State University. The Lions came home with another school record from Joy Udo-Gabriel in the 60m dash, 11 new personal records and 10 NCAA Qualifying Marks.
 
Day 1 – Friday, February 14
Women's Weight Throw
Briar Gillum placed in 3^rd for the Lions in the women's weight throw with a personal best throw and NCAA Qualifying Mark of 18.41m followed closely by Dailynn VanDeren in 4^th with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 18.39m. Kirsten Womack placed in 8^th with a mark of 16.61m.
 
Men's Weight Throw
Tyson Williams placed in 7^th with a mark of 17.52m followed by Jamale Williams in 11^th with a mark of 16.75m.       
 
Women's Long Jump
Gabrielle McPherson placed in 18^th with a mark of 5.32m.
 
Men's Long Jump
Peyton McBride placed in 4^th with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 7.21m.
 
Women's Pole Vault – Open
Emma Hobbs placed 5^th in the women's pole vault with a mark of 3.45m followed by Katie Candrl tied in 8^th with a mark of 3.30m.
 
Women's High Jump – Open
Lillian Hart placed 5^th with a mark of 1.55m.
 
Men's 60m Hurdles – Qualifier
JaDarius Pigg placed 7^th in the men's 60m hurdles with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 8.07 seconds qualifying for the finals on Saturday.
 
Women's 60m Dash – Qualifier
Joy Udo-Gabriel placed 1^st in the women's 60m dash breaking her personal and MSSU school record with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 7.33 seconds, qualifying for finals on Saturday.
 
Men's 60m Dash – Qualifier
Cody Grant placed 14^th in the men's 60m dash with a time of 6.89 seconds.
 
Women's 200m Dash – Open
Joy Udo-Gabriel placed in 2^nd in the women's 200m dash with a personal best time of 24.82 seconds followed closely by Morgan Pork in 3^rd with a personal best time of 25.03 seconds.
 
Men's 200m Dash -- Open
Sebastian Cooper placed 23^rd in the men's 200m dash with a time of 22.15 seconds.
 
Day 2 – Saturday, February 15
Women's Shot Put
Dailynn VanDeren placed 3^rd in the women's shot put with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 14.50m followed by Kirsten Womack in 7^th with a personal best and NCAA Qualifying Mark of 13.76m.
 
Men's Shot Put
Cedric Pearson takes 2^nd place in the men's shot put with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 17.37m followed closely by Jamale Williams in 3^rd with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 16.96m.
 
Women's Triple Jump
Lillian Hart places 10^th in the women's triple jump with a mark of 11.27m.
 
Men's Triple Jump
Ayden Walton placed in 7^th in the men's triple jump with a mark of 14.46m followed closely by Drew Beachler in 8^th with a personal best mark of 14.16m.
 
Women's High Jump – Invite
Coryn Fair placed 8^th in the women's high jump with a personal best mark of 1.63m.
 
Men's High Jump – Invite
Luke Brumit placed 2^nd in the men's high jump with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 2.06m.
 
Women's 3000m
Lilah Genel placed in 11^th for the Lions in the women's 3000m with a time of 10:13.74 followed by Jenari Lopez in 14^th with a time of 10:15.23. Isabella Frost placed in 18^th with a personal best time of 10:17.35, Jayna Gunter placed in 29^th with a time of 10:29.08, Hailey Nelson in 35^th with a personal best time of 10:31.41 and Zoe Nelson in 42^nd with a time of 10:46.48.
 
Men's 3000m
Jaden Deaton placed in 8^th in the men's 3000m with a personal best time of 8:24.91.
 
Men's 60m Hurdles – Finals
JaDarius Pigg placed 6^th in the finals of the men's 60m hurdles with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 7.98 seconds.

Men's Mile
Kaden Cole finished in 5^th for the Lions in the men's mile with a personal best time of 4:09.79 followed by Chase Sorrell in 10^th with a time of 4:13.56 and Geordan Patrylak in 29^th with a time of 4:21.65.
 
Men's 400m – Open
Sebastian Cooper placed 7^th in the men's 200m dash with a time of 48.86 followed by Matthew Haddock in 14^th with a personal best time of 49.28.                             
 
Men's 800m – Open
Miguel Solano Jr. placed 27^th in the men's 800m with a time of 1:56.94.
 
Up next:
The Lions will travel to compete at the Arkansas Qualifier on Friday, February 21^st and Saturday, February 22^nd at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
 
NCAA Qualifying Marks
Briar Gillum – women's weight throw
Dailynn VanDeren – women's weight throw
Peyton McBride – men's long jump
Joy Udo-Gabriel – women's 60m dash
JaDarius Pigg – men's 60m hurdles
Dailynn VanDeren – women's shot put
Kirsten Womack – women's shot put
Cedric Pearson – men's shot put
Jamale Williams – men's shot put
Luke Brumit – men's high jump