Final Results

ROLLA, Mo. - The Bulldog Men's & Women's Track & Field team ended the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in spectacular fashion on Saturday with Jacob Morris being named the Male Field Athlete of the Year and the highest women's team finish since 2014.

Morris was heralded by league coaches for the award after Thursday's win in the hammer, Friday's fourth in the shot put and Saturday he closed with a second in the javelin and repeated as conference champion in the discus throw. 

He was the first Bulldog to win a conference title in the hammer since Geoff Heskett won back-to-back MIAA titles in 1993 and 1994. On Saturday, he led after the first throw of 57.18 meters but S&T's Rhet Liley overtook him in the fourth round at 57.39. Morris' fifth toss was his best but came up .11 meters short (or five inches) at 57.28 meters.

In the discus, he took the lead in round two at 54.29 meters and never looked back with his final attempt his best at 54.99 meters. Kirksville native and S&T freshman Owen Frasier was second at 50.84 meters.

Meanwhile, the women racked up 93 points and jumped six spots from the 2022 championships to finish in third place. It was their highest finish since joining the league when they finished third in 2014.

Ellie Weltha won a conference championship in the women's discus and became the first Bulldog since 2009 and Kortney Holeman to win a title in that event. She clinched it on her last attempt as she went 44.43 (personal best) to beat William Jewell's Cydney Banks (44.14).

Natalie Telep, Jaylynn Martin and Quinn Albertson all scored points in the women's javelin with Telep taking the silver and Martin the bronze. Both of their marks, 43.92 and 42.60 meters were good for NCAA provisionals.

Saturday Highlights:

• Sophie Oxandale, Addie Mathis and Lydia Lehmbeck all scored in the finals of the 800. Oxandale was the silver medalist at 2:15.72, Mathis ran a PR of 2:17.80 for third and Lehmbeck was seventh at 2:24.71.
• Kirsten Poole earned all-GLVC honors with a second place finish in the finals of the women's 400-meter hurdles. Poole ran a PR 1:05.00. Audrey Gilmore scored a team point with an eighth place finish (1:14.13).
• Alayna Pipkin and Raina Baker placed fourth and fifth respectively in the finals of the 400-meter dash. Pipkin ran 59.03 while Baker set a PR with a time of 59.57.
• Lexy Henrikson took fourth in the finals of the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:42.54.
• Addison Walker set a PR and took sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 10.73 meters.
• The women's 4x400 relay team earned all-GLVC honors with a second place finish. The team of Raina Baker, Kendall Dasher, Alayna Pipkin and Sophie Oxandale ran 3:58.35 to place just behind Southwest Baptist in the final event of the meet.
• Nathan Key earned a bronze medal with a PR in the finals of the 1500-meter run. Key ran 3:53.82, which shaved nearly four seconds off his previous best of 3:57.47.
• Hayden Long was fourth in the javelin after his PR in the decathlon on Friday. His javelin toss during the decathlon hit an NCAA provisional standard.
• The Truman men jumped five spots from last season's championships to fifth place and scored 54 total points.
• Lewis University ran away with the women's team title with 249 points and Missouri S&T claimed the men's championship with 207 points.