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(BRADENTON, Fla.) — The third and final day of the NCAA Track and Field National Championships saw five Central Missouri Track and Field athletes claim All-American awards. The two teams earned a combined 10 All-American awards and the Mules took seventh place with 31 points and the Jennies eighth with 30 points.
Senior Heavin Warner went out with a bang, picking up her third All-American of the championships in the shot put. She finished third throwing a personal-best and school record 53-3.5. Warner’s throw came on her final attempt and gave her every UCM record in the throws. Her 10th career All-American award makes her the sixth ever UCM Track and Field athlete to collect double digits and the fourth Jennie to do so.
Warner stole the show on the opening day. She broke her own Division II record in the hammer throw with a throw of 227-5. It was her third straight national title in the event. Warner then took third in the discus on day two with a throw of 171-10 on day two.
Later in the afternoon, Cole Phillips became a four-time All-American by placing second in the pole vault. Phillips cleared 17 feet, tied with two others but was awarded second place due to number of missed attempts. Phillips also was a second-place finisher in this year’s indoor pole vault and has been an All-American in each of the last four national championship meets.
Chris Swearingin got the day started by beating his own school record in the javelin with a throw of 216-8. He finished in fourth place and took home his second All-American award.
Jacob Mahin followed that up by also finishing fourth in the shot put. The junior threw 58-1.25 to claim his All-American award to go along with the one he earned during the indoor season.
Nikki Douglas was the final competitor for Central Missouri. She too ended her career with a personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles. Douglas ran 59.14 to finish in third place, which is her third career All-American award.
Brittany Kallenberger competed in two events over the three days. She cleared 12-7.5 in the pole vault on day one to place sixth and earned her third career All-American honor. She later competed in the high jump on day three where she finished in a tie for 18th with a jump of 5-4.5.
Caniggia Raynor also made the medal stand on day one. He took second in the hammer throw with a throw of 217-2. Raynor also finished 16th in the discus throwing 158-4. Raynor has now won five All-American awards as a Mule.
In the multi-events, Blake Seitz became a three-time All-American with his fourth-place finish in the decathlon. He scored a new personal-best 7219, moving to sixth on the UCM all-time list.
Seitz ran a personal-best 15.70 in the 110-meter hurdles and finished third in the discus, throwing a season-best 134-08 and fourth in the javelin throwing 176-02. He won the shot put portion on day one, throwing 44-9.
After the two-day heptathlon, Victoria Jackson scored a personal-best 5,155 points and placed ninth. Katie Cassidy took 15th place, scoring 4,156.
Both Jennies jumped personal-best and UCM top-10 jumps in the long jump portion of the heptathlon. Jackson took fourth in the event, jumping 19-0.5, sixth all-time. Cassidy had a leap of 18-10 which was fifth in the competition and tied for seventh all-time.
On day one, Jackson won the shot put portion, throwing 43-8.75, which is a personal-best and fifth-best throw in school history. She also finished third in the 100 hurdles, running 14.33, while Cassidy ran 25.08 to take second in the 200.
In the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Jana Palmowski ran a 10:45.42 to finish in 11th place. Palmowski set a new school record in the event during the preliminary round, running 10:25.90.
The Jennies 4×400-meter relay of Katie Cassidy, Emily Thole, Kailey Fuchs and Douglas ran another school-record 3:41.62 and finished fifth in the preliminary round to conclude day two. Unfortunately, due to an unfavorable decision by the officials, the team was disqualified as they were deemed to have competed with an ineligible athlete.
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