Smith makes provisional qualifying mark in season opener
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| Tyrone Smith |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Tyrone Smith picked up right where he left off last season, passing the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark Friday night in the long jump at the University of Missouri Invitational.
Smith had a top jump of 24-2 1/2 overall as he took second place in the event to the man who topped him at the national meets last year, Lincoln’s Wilbert Walker. Walker jumped 24-3 1/2 to win the meet.
The Miners also got strong showings from their pole vaulters, as four of them finished among the top seven overall. Jordan Henry had the top finish in fourth place as he cleared 15-1, while Jared Anders, Peter Hollenbeck and Lucas Handley all came in right behind Henry with clearances of 15-1 as well.
Jarryd Dean, who busy in his first meet at the collegiate level as he competed in three events in his top finish in the triple jump as he finished fifth with a mark of 44-6 3/4. UMR had the sixth-place finisher in the event in Kyle Williams (44-5 1/2) and seventh-place finisher as well in Kal-El Waters-Jones with a mark of 43-9.
UMR also got a sixth-place effort from Charles Melton in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.03 seconds in the finals, from Ian Packard in the 200-meters with a time of 22.86 and Chris Teel in the 1,000-meter run in 2:45.49.
The Miners had three in the top eight in the 200, with Melton taking seventh in 22.94 and Ryan Vessell coming in eighth place in 22.96 seconds.
UMR also got a seventh place finish from Andrew Conrad in the 1,000 as he posted a time of 2:45.80, an eighth from Stuart Denson in the long jump with a mark of 21-2 and a ninth-place showing from Chris Carsten in the weight throw with a mark of 47-6 1/4; Carsten also took 11th in the shot put with a top mark of 43-9 1/4.
Joffroi Holcombe finished 10th in the 3,000-meters in a shade over nine minutes at 9:00.16, as did Kyle Williams in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.97 seconds.
UMR’s 4x400-meter relay team of Matt Osmond, Matt Bartels, Paul Roland and Jesse Scott posted a time of 3:31.62 in that event.
UMR will compete next weekend at Central Missouri and will also send selected individuals to the University of Arkansas.