Fayetteville, Ark – The Missouri Southern women's and men's outdoor track and field team took a small group to the John McDonnell Invitational on the campus on the University of Arkansas on Friday. The Lions claimed six NCAA Qualifying Marks, and Ryan Riddle highlighted the evening by breaking his own MSSU school record in the men's 1500m for the second week in a row. See below for a full list of the evenings results.
 
Men's 110m Hurdles
JaDarius Pigg claimed 6^th place with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 14.04 seconds, followed by Ryan Jackson in 29^th with a time of 15.02 seconds.
 
Women's 100m Hurdles
Ashyiria Savage placed 6^th in the women' s100m hurdles with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 13.72 seconds, followed by Aryah Moore in 27^th with a time of 14.95 seconds.
 
Men's 100m
Cody Grant placed 29^th in the men's 100m dash with a time of 10.80 seconds.
 
Men's 400m Hurdles
JaDarius placed 5^th with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 51.70 seconds, followed by Ryan Jackson in 22^nd with a time of 55.51 seconds.
 
Men's 1500m
Ryan Riddle placed 2^nd in the men's 1500m breaking his own personal MSSU School Record for the second week in a row with an NCAA Qualifying Time of 3:42.66. Riddle currently holds the 3^rd best time in DII. Jaden Deaton takes 15^th with a personal best time of 3:50.74, followed closely by Kaden Cole in 17^th with a time of 3:52.88. Chase Sorrell placed 20^th with a time of 3:53.51 and Geordan Patrylak placed 33^rd with a time of 4:01.09.
 
Women's Pole Vault
Abby Hobbs placed 12^th in the women's pole vault with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 3.86, followed by Emma Hobbs in 18^th with a mark of 3.71m.
 
Men's Long Jump
Caleb Manning placed 9^th in the men's long jump with a mark of 6.89m, followed closely by Drew Beachler in 10^th with a jump of 6.87m, Peyton McBride in 11^th with a jump of 6.80m and Ayden Walton in 14^th with a jump of 6.78m.
 
Men's High Jump
Luke Brumit placed 4^th in the men's high jump with an NCAA Qualifying Mark of 2.08m.
 
The Lions' throwers are set to compete today, Saturday, April 26th, at the Rock Chalk Classic. Next up, the teams will head to the MIAA Outdoor Conference Championships, taking place Friday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 4th, hosted by Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas.