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Nineteen Tigers Qualify for NCAA Track & Field West Regional Championships

Story Links COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nineteen University of Missouri track and field student-athletes have qualified to compete at the 2025 NCAA Track & Field West Regional Championships, which will take place at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas, May 28-31. Headlining the qualifiers is Kristi Perez-Snyman, who captured Mizzou’s first-ever conference women’s high jump […]

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nineteen University of Missouri track and field student-athletes have qualified to compete at the 2025 NCAA Track & Field West Regional Championships, which will take place at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas, May 28-31.

Headlining the qualifiers is Kristi Perez-Snyman, who captured Mizzou’s first-ever conference women’s high jump title with a school-record clearance of 1.90m (6-2.75) at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 16. Perez-Snyman enters NCAA competition ranked third in the region. She will be joined by fellow high jumper Claudina Diaz, who qualified with the ninth-best mark in the field after clearing 1.84m (6-0.5).

Additionally, Valentina Barrios headlines a deep women’s javelin group after earning a silver medal at the SEC Championships with a school-record throw of 58.20m (190-11), qualifying with the third-best mark in the West. She leads a strong contingent including Val GalliganKaesha George and Morgan Cannon, who each secured a spot in the top 48 regional qualifiers.

Distance standout Monica Wanjiku will double in the 5000m and 10,000m, with a top-10 regional ranking (sixth) in the 10,000m. She’s joined by Rahel Broemmel in the 5000m. Sprinter Alicia Burnett continues her dominant campaign with qualifications in both the 100m and 200m.

On the men’s side, Sterling Scott (triple jump, 10th), Sam Innes (hammer throw, 10th), and Callan Saldutto (javelin, sixth) all bring top-10 regional rankings into the regional championship weekend.

Drew Rogers (10,000m), who impressed with a 12th-place finish at the SEC Championships last weekend, Steven Marks (100m), Lasse Funck (800m) and Skylar Coffey (shot put, discus) will also represent the Mizzou’s men’s team at the Regional.

The NCAA West Regional Championships serve as the gateway to the NCAA National Championships, with the top 12 finishers in each event advancing to Eugene, Oregon, competing June 5–8.

Mizzou 2025 NCAA West Regional Qualifiers

(Event – Athlete – Regional Rank)

Men

-100m: Steven Marks (45)

-800m: Lasse Funck (55)

-10,000m: Drew Rogers (25)

-Triple Jump: Sterling Scott (10)

-Shot Put: Skylar Coffey (44)

-Discus: Skylar Coffey (20), Tarique George (24)

-Hammer Throw: Sam Innes (10)

-Javelin: Callan Saldutto (6)

Women

-100m: Alicia Burnett (18)

-200m: Alicia Burnett (32)

-5000m: Monica Wanjiku (23), Rahel Broemmel (38)

-10,000m: Monica Wanjiku (6)

-High Jump: Kristi Perez-Snyman (3), Claudina Diaz (9)

-Discus: Ames Burton (24)

-Hammer Throw: Reagan Kimrey (36)

-Javelin: Valentina Barrios (3), Val Galligan (25), Kaesha George (31), Morgan Cannon (38)

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