An unseasonably cold day with a biting north wind doesn’t make for ideal conditions in a track and field meet.
But one event which isn’t affected by such conditions is the hammer throw. And a pair of Missouri Southern athletes make major strides in the hammer Friday [April 25] during the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.
Senior Jessica Selby-Tallman continued to extend her school record, surpassing 190 feet for the first time in competition. Her winning throw was 193-6, more than three feet beyond the previous best Division II mark in the nation this spring.
Selby-Tallman broke her week-old school record of 187-7 in winning the hammer.
Nicole Green, a freshman from Carthage who is redshirting this season, finished third in the shot put while competing unattached. Her throw of 41-83/4 was a personal best by about three feet, Tallman said.
Selby-Tallman won the shot with a throw of 49-61/2.
Olga Bulgurova showed improvement while placing fourth in the 1,500.Quotes from April 19:
Missouri Southern athletes continue to rewrite the record books.
Two more track and field marks fell late Thursday night and Friday [April 17-18].
Senior Jessica Selby-Tallman erased her own year-old record in the hammer throw on Friday at the University of Central Missouri’s Mule Relays.
Southern runners finished 3-4 in the men’s division of the 10K at Kansas. Sophomore Brennan Benkert was third in 30:04.46 and senior Ryan Arthur was fourth in 31:06.09.
Benkert’s time is a provisional qualifying mark for the nationals.
Selby-Tallman had already clinched a return trip to nationals in both the shot and hammer. She had a convincing victory in the hammer on Friday, with a throw of 187 feet, 5 inches.
Her old record, set a year ago, was 185-01/2
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