Sophomore Shawnté Middlebrook earned two podium finishes.  Middlebrook set a personal best in the long jump with a distance of 18-10.75, three and a half inches farther than her previous best.  She landed in second place in the event.  Middlebrook also reached the podium with a third-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 37-11.25 feet.

Rashida Allen placed third in the 200-meter dash seeded, running a time of 24.79 seconds.  Her teammate, Corteneé Boulard placed eighth in the event with a time of 25.69 seconds.

Junior Staci Nelson also placed in the top-five with a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter run.  She ran a time of 10:17.37, a personal best in the event.

Just missing the top-five were Asher Kyger and Renna Berry.  Kyger placed sixth in the 800-meter invitational, running a personal best of 2:12.06.  She becomes the fourth-fastest performer in school history in the 800.

Renna Berry also placed sixth.  She ran a personal best time of 26.82 seconds in the 200-meter dash unseeded.

The 4x400-meter relay “B” team of Berry, Kyger, Boulard, and Alexandria Oembler finished eighth.  The team finished in a time of 3:58.44.  Missouri State’s “A” team did not compete today.

Junior Pasca Cheruiyot attained the NCAA Provisional mark of 9:30.60 in the 3,000-meter invitational yesterday, finishing second.  She is now the second-fastest performer in school history in the event.

The Missouri State track and field team will next be in action at the Iowa State Classic beginning Friday, February 13.