WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Columbia College track and field teams returned to Warrensburg, Missouri, for the UCM Mule Relays, hosted by the University of Central Missouri, continuing to build momentum heading into the heart of the outdoor season.

The Cougar men were paced by Marcos Lara and Ryan Brown, who ran 3:55.05 and 3:56.66, respectively, to finish fourth and fifth in the invite 1500m — both improving on their marks from the CMU Invite two weeks prior. Laik Graham posted a strong outdoor 5000m with a fourth-place finish in 15:40.18, and Brenin Howell had a productive day in the field, finishing fourth in discus at 52.30m and sixth in shot put at 16.26m. The men's 4x400 relay 'A' squad clocked a 3:19.68 to finish sixth of 14.

The Cougar women were highlighted by Lauren Berhorst, who finished third of 32 in the 5000m open with a time of 19:13.81. Montgomery Keck advanced out of the 100m hurdles semifinals with a 14.50 and went on to finish fifth in the finals at 14.63, continuing her strong outdoor hurdles campaign. Ellie Berendzen led the throws corps with an eighth-place hammer finish at 50.38m, improving on her CMU Invite mark.

Columbia returns to action at the Dewey Allgood Invite on April 18th in Rolla, Mo.

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Men's Results

100m

• Sheldon Bergheger – 30th of 83 (semis) – 11.00
• Alex Rowan – 73rd of 83 (semis) – 11.66
• Harrison Knernschield – 79th of 83 (semis) – 12.11

200m

• Bernard Bailey – 30th of 72 – 22.38
• Jace Carr – 44th of 72 – 22.85
• Harrison Knernschield – 66th of 72 – 24.61

400m

• Bernard Bailey – 21st of 42 – 52.03
• Jace Carr – 24th of 42 – 52.25
• Campbell Nichols – 31st of 42 – 53.07
• Conner Diaz – 36th of 42 – 54.50
• Coen Buxton – 39th of 42 – 55.00
• Harrison Knernschield – 40th of 42 – 56.05

800m (Invite)

• Campbell Nichols – 10th of 14 – 1:54.94

800m (Open)

• Max Stephan – 13th of 59 – 1:57.65
• Liam Lyon – 18th of 59 – 1:57.98

1500m (Invite)

• Marcos Lara – 4th of 19 – 3:55.05
• Ryan Brown – 5th of 19 – 3:56.66

10000m

• Malo Helion – 11th of 26 – 32:50.41

5000m (Open)

• Laik Graham – 4th of 42 – 15:40.18
• Noah Bredehoeft – 38th of 42 – 17:37.78

5000m (Invite)

• Will Cherrington – 16th of 38 – 15:22.37

110m Hurdles

• Reed Layton – 19th of 21 (semis) – 16.61
• Silas Woodbury – 17th of 21 (semis) – 16.31

4 x 100m Relay

• 'A' Team – 9th of 16 – 42.28

4 x 400m Relay

• 'A' Team – 6th of 14 – 3:19.68
• 'B' Team – 13th of 14 – 3:38.40

High Jump

• Silas Woodbury – 11th of 13 – 1.79m (5-10.50)
• Baden Glass – 13th of 13 – 1.79m (5-10.50)

Long Jump

• Reed Layton – 17th of 29 – 6.33m (20-09.25)

Triple Jump

• Grant Erisman – 9th of 13 – 12.73m (41-09.25)

Shot Put

• Brenin Howell – 6th of 38 – 16.26m (53-04.25)
• Noah Richardson – 14th of 38 – 14.08m (46-02.50)
• Daunte White – 21st of 38 – 13.42m (44-00.50)
• Kenny Miller – 25th of 38 – 13.10m (42-11.75)
• Cody Longoria – 38th of 38 – 10.86m (35-07.75)

Discus

• Brenin Howell – 4th of 40 – 52.30m (171-07)
• Noah Richardson – 11th of 40 – 48.17m (158-01)
• Kenny Miller – 12th of 40 – 48.15m (157-12)
• Theodore Charlton – 24th of 40 – 41.48m (136-01)
• Daunte White – 34th of 40 – 37.90m (124-04)

Hammer

• Dylan Spencer – 21st of 38 – 48.10m (157-10)
• Noah Richardson – 23rd of 38 – 47.98m (157-05)
• Brenin Howell – 30th of 38 – 45.80m (150-03)
• Griffin Booth – 31st of 38 – 45.31m (148-08)
• Cody Longoria – 37th of 38 – 36.20m (118-09)

Javelin

• Easton Haslag – 4th of 36 – 60.56m (198-08)
• Grant Erisman – 16th of 36 – 49.29m (161-09)
• Dryst Bostick – 32nd of 36 – 41.11m (134-11)

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Women's Results

100m

• Caleigh Huot – 15th of 48 (semis) – 12.59
• Marianna Tomc – 30th of 48 (semis) – 12.92
• Leilani Green – 41st of 48 (semis) – 13.46

200m

• Caleigh Huot – 12th of 52 – 25.55
• Rachel Hargis – 36th of 52 – 27.19
• Leilani Green – 42nd of 52 – 28.06

400m

• Rachel Hargis – 21st of 37 – 1:01.45
• Kaylin Patton – 27th of 37 – 1:03.73
• Leilani Green – 31st of 37 – 1:05.47

800m

• Kari Kemna – 19th of 38 – 2:31.58
• Abigail Woytus – 28th of 38 – 2:38.73

5000m (Open)

• Lauren Berhorst – 3rd of 32 – 19:13.81
• Xavia Cullers – 13th of 32 – 20:01.22

5000m (Invite)

• Hailey Gerard – 10th of 42 – 17:40.95

100m Hurdles

• Montgomery Keck – 5th of 17 (semis) – 14.50
• Montgomery Keck – 5th of 7 (finals) – 14.63

400m Hurdles

• Whitney Shinn – 27th of 29 – 1:22.08

4 x 100m Relay

• 'A' Team – 9th of 14 – 49.12

High Jump

• Anyah Ranson – 8th of 12 – 1.50m (4-11.00)
• Ellie Reynolds – 8th of 12 – 1.50m (4-11.00)
• Marianna Tomc – 10th of 12 – 1.45m (4-09.00)

Long Jump

• Montgomery Keck – 25th of 30 – 4.91m (16-01.50)
• Madeline Burton – 30th of 30 – 4.59m (15-00.75)

Triple Jump

• Montgomery Keck – 9th of 19 – 10.87m (35-08.00)
• Madeline Burton – 17th of 19 – 9.91m (32-06.25)

Shot Put

• Penelope Hansen – 10th of 40 – 11.79m (38-08.25)
• Claudia Dixon – 13th of 40 – 11.37m (37-03.75)
• Emma Prettyman – 26th of 40 – 10.00m (32-09.75)
• Katie Holtmeyer – 28th of 40 – 9.86m (32-04.25)
• Brynn Hanway – 33rd of 40 – 9.24m (30-03.75)

Discus

• Hayden Kramer – 12th of 40 – 38.40m (126-00)
• Penelope Hansen – 23rd of 40 – 35.98m (118-01)
• Abigail Becker – 25th of 40 – 33.60m (110-03)
• Emma Prettyman – 28th of 40 – 32.97m (108-02)
• Katie Holtmeyer – 30th of 40 – 31.69m (103-12)

Hammer

• Ellie Berendzen – 8th of 39 – 50.38m (165-04)
• Penelope Hansen – 14th of 39 – 46.99m (154-02)
• Hayden Kramer – 27th of 39 – 41.42m (135-11)
• Katie Holtmeyer – 31st of 39 – 39.20m (128-08)
• Abigail Becker – 33rd of 39 – 38.78m (127-03)
• Emma Prettyman – 37th of 39 – 36.83m (120-10)

Javelin

• Brynn Hanway – 20th of 31 – 29.79m (97-09)
• Ellie Reynolds – 22nd of 31 – 29.44m (96-07)
• Madeline Burton – 27th of 31 – 25.88m (84-11)
• Whitney Shinn – 30th of 31 – 21.89m (71-10)