The Tigers placed in the top three of all but one event they competed in at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational at home, Saturday, January 11, 2025.
For the first time since 2020, the Tigers hosted their indoor season opener thanks to their new, banked track. The Alexis Jarrett Invitational honored the Missouri track and field program’s past, and the results proved a promising future.
The meet celebrated Jarrett’s role in launching three new women’s athletic programs at Mizzou, two years after the passage of Title IX. Jarrett coached the track and field, softball and women’s basketball teams and served as the assistant athletics director and sports information director, according to Show Me Mizzou. Without any funding, equipment or coaching experience, Jarrett laid the foundation for a women’s track and field program that’s attracting global talent and rewriting the record books 50 years later.
Missouri medaled in all but one event it competed in, and fifteen Tigers set personal best marks. The field featured mostly regional opponents including UMKC, Columbia College and Central Methodist (Mo).
Here’s a capsule look at just a few of Tigers’ top finishes:
Jump: SEC champion Andre is back.
- SEC triple jump champion (and J-School grad) Euphenie Andre proved her sights are set higher and farther than last season. Andre casually broke the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse record, jumping a personal best 13.49m. Her mark topped Tiger alum Arianna Fisher, who placed second and holds the indoor program record at 14.06m.
- On the men’s triple jump side, Sterling Scott opened his sophomore season with a personal best 16.28m; he’s only one meet into his second collegiate season and sits third all-time in program history. Scott placed second to Missouri’s newest triple jump recruit and 2018 U20 World bronze medalist, Jonathan Seremes, who’s listed on the 2025 Missouri roster but competed under the French flag.
- 2023 NCAA high jump qualifier Claudina Diaz competed through injuries last season but wasted no time re-finding her form. She cleared 1.81m for the first time since 2023, only .04m away from her PB.
Throw: Innes breaks into record books (He’s so back, too).
- Sam Innes shaved two meters off his weight throw PB to break into the Missouri record books. Innes threw 22.46m, second-farthest all time in Missouri’s indoor program history. He surpassed All-American thrower Mitchell Weber (‘24) who helped build a thrower contingent that continues to be nationally competitive. Innes’ throw is the fifth-best in the country this season.
- Petra Gombas took first in the women’s weight throw, throwing 18.51m in her first attempt. Gombas’ 19.3m PB ranks seventh all-time for Mizzou.a
Run: Select sprinters, distance runners sweep most events
- All-American 60-meter specialist Alicia Burnett saved her sprints for another invitational. Instead, she competed in, and won, the 400-meter dash in 55.57, nearly four seconds ahead of the next finisher.
- Heptathlete and jumps specialist Isabella Sokolova competed in two disciplines, winning the women’s 60m and long jump.
- The Tigers didn’t race their entire distance team yet, reserving Ryder James, Blake Morris, Drew Rogers, Jamie Mora and Nicole Louw on the women’s side. However, the Tigers who competed swept the men’s and women’s mile. Anneken Viljoen raced her first indoor mile in over a year, winning the event in 4:47.67. Trevor Peimann took first in the men’s event, setting a personal best 4:07.18.
- Rahel Broemmel basically ran a 1000m time trial, competing against only one other runner through the finish. Broemmel ran 2:46.93, another PB.
Results: https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=7596
Coming up next:
The Tigers will host their second of five consecutive indoor meets Friday, January 17 at the “Show Me Showdown.”