ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis track and field teams competed in its final tune-up before next weekend's Great Lakes Valley Conference championship meet on Friday evening at the Illinois College Hilltop Classic in Jacksonville, Ill.
Benjamin VandenBrink won the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:38.30 while
Emmett Johnson finished 11th in the event at 9:03.13.
Luke Hall took 10th in the 800 meters in a time of 2:03.89.
Elijah DeBose finished sixth in the long jump with a leap of 6.03 meters (19'9.5") and eighth in the high jump as he cleared the bar at a height of 1.70 meters (5'7").
Kennedy Moore finished second in the triple jump with a jump of 10.50 meters (34'5.5"), took eighth in the high jump clearing the bar at a height of 1.35 meters (4'5"), and 11th in the long jump with a leap of 4.56 meters (14'11.5").
Makayla Brown was sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 9.67 meters (31'8.75") and 12th in the long jump with a jump of 4.55 meters (14'11.25") while
Melissa White came in eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 9.41 meters (30'10.5") and finished 13th in the long jump with a jump of 4.41 meters (14'5.75").
Dominica Rooks took 12th in the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.90.
The Tritons are back in action next Saturday and Sunday competing at the GLVC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis, Ind.
