PITTSBURG, Kan. – Day two of the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships produced two top-five finishes and two provisional marks for Missouri Western track and field athletes.

Julia Odir finished fourth in the women’s triple jump and earned an NCAA Division II provisional mark with a 38-8 ¾ jump. In the men’s triple jump, Phil Thompson finished fifth with a provisional mark of 49-1 ½.

In other finals action, Saturday, Kaitlyn Shoemaker recovered from a fall in the 5,000m to finish seventh with an 18:26.96. In the women’s weight throw final, Kallin Sheppard set a new Missouri Western best throw of 45-3 ½.

Hanna Williams and Graham Buresh both qualified for Sunday’s finals in the 400m. Buresh broke the school record in the prelims with a 49.28.

OTHER NOTABLES
– Chris Stanley broke the school 600yd record (1:13.98)

– Nate Jelinek recorded a personal-best 1:14.11 in the 600yd

– Morgan Doyle had a personal best 1:29.48 in the 600yd

– Megan Gillen had a personal season-best 2:23.75 in the 800m

– Kylie Lineberry recorded a pr in the 60m with an 8.29

The championships wrap up on Sunday in Pittsburg, Kansas. Along with Williams and Buresh in the men’s and women’s 400m finals, the Griffons will send entries into the men’s and women’s shot put finals and men’s and women’s long jump finals.

— MWSU Athletics —