Simpson Shines, Tigers Wrap Weekend of Competition in Missouri

Friday, March 31

St. Louis, Mo.

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Simpson Shines, Tigers Wrap Weekend of Competition in Missouri

Apr 02, 2023 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tigers track & field teams wrapped up a weekend of competition in the state of Missouri at the Joey Haines Invite in Cape Girardeau and the Washington University Distance Carnival in St. Louis on Friday and Saturday.

"Amber [Simpson] did amazing last night, and Sam [Lenton] had a PR in the hammer," head coach Kevin Robinson said. "Poorna [Raorane] threw pretty well, Sascha [Salesius Schmidt] had another solid meet. We won some events, and competed as well as we could. Just tough circumstances all the way around… high gusting winds, cold temps, lightning delays… a lot of adversity."

NOTABLES
• Friday night in the women's hammer throw in Cape Girardeau, Amber Simspon launched a 67.08-meter throw (220'1") to put herself at No. 2 all-time at Memphis in the event. Additionally, her throw ranks fifth in the NCAA this season. Samantha Lenton also threw a personal-best 60.47 meters (198'4") and finished third.
• Sascha Salesius Schmidt won the men's shot put at the Joey Haines Invite with a throw of 17.58 meters (57'8.25") and Poorna Raorane followed suit on the women's side with a meet-winning throw of 15.38 meters (50'5.5").
• On Saturday, Lenton continued her strong weekend, winning the women's discus with a heave of 51.87 meters (170'2").
• Vitaliy Favorov won his third-straight men's javelin competition (63.25m / 207'6") to open the season.
• In St Louis, brothers Zachary Wyatt (8.58.28) and Tate Wyatt (9:05.53) finished second and third, respectively, in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• At the Washington Distance Carnival, Jalyssa Smith finished runner up in the women's 5,000 meters with a personal-best time of 17:55.20.
• Vincent Chenier finished 13^th in the men's 5,000 meters in St. Louis, running a personal-best time of 14:29.57, and Anton Michna finished 14^th in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 30:09.71.

UP NEXT
• Next up is the Joe Walker Invitational in Oxford, Miss., next weekend April 7 and 8.

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