General | 1/20/2026 11:35:00 AM
Maryville, Missouri – The Bulldogs hit the road for their third meet of the indoor season. After competing in the First Chance Qualifier a week prior following the holiday break, the Bulldogs sought after faster times, bigger jumps and longer throws.
The Basics
Location: Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse
Women's Highlights
Alexis Wolfe competed in the Long Jump event and flew a season-best distance of 4.13m. In the 60m Hurdles,
Blake Posey would finish with a personal best of 9.30; she would also finish with personal-best times in the 60m (8.30) and the 200m (27.22).
Chloe Guzman also competed in the Long Jump event and finished with a 4.08m personal-best distance.
In the 1000m event,
Johanna Walker ran a season-best 3:43.06.
Nina Zimmerman competed in both the 60m (9.20) and the 200m (30.57); similar to Posey, she would also finish with personal-best times.
Stephanie Schmidt's Long Jump of 3.92m gave her a season-best distance. The program's numbers continue to grow each meet as EJ Daffin and his staff progress throughout the long season.
Men's Highlights
Brian Fackert highlighted the men's performances finishing 1
st place in the 1000m with a season-best time of 2:31.23. Not only was this a season-best finish for Fackert, but this would place him in the record books with a time that no Bulldog has ever achieved; it would go down as the fastest 1000m time in program history.
Elias Neely ran a 400m time of 50.74 for his season-best; this would place Neely 14th place of 61 at the meet.
Eric Brown's 400m finished with a career-best 55.23.
Travis Stevens competed strongly in the 200m (24.59 PR) and the 400m (55.16 PR).
Austin Glezen, Fackert, Neely and Brown all competed in the Men's 4 x 4 and ran a season-best time of 3:28.20 which placed them 12
th of the 21 competing teams.
In the throws category,
Kamden Tackett threw a personal-best distance of 13.36m in the shot put. Joshua Ferguson's freshman debut featured a shot put throw of 13.94m. Placing on the podium in 2
nd place for the Weight Throw event was
Lamar Gordon throwing a distance of 17.92m.
Up Next
With the NAIA Challenge trip being canceled due to the snow storm that posed travel issues for multiple teams, the Bulldogs will be split up for their next competition. On January 30
th, there will be members of the team heading to the Coach Wilson Invitational in Wichita, Kansas and the other athletes will head to Washburn Open in Topeka, Kansas.
