ELSAH, Ill. – For the second consecutive week, Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard) surpassed the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in the shot put in capturing the competition at the TRXC Timing Opportunity 3 meet at Principia College, highlighting nine first place finishes by the two Missouri S&T track & field teams in the meet.

Swadley, who won last week's shot put event with a mark of 55-10½, won Friday's competition with a better mark of 56-9¼ to match his S&T school record.  His last two throws of the day were better than his best showing of a week ago, with the winning mark coming on the final attempt that put him currently into 13^th place on the national list.

The Miners had five additional winning performances Friday, which came from Joseph Nickell (Nixa, MO/Nixa) in the pole vault as he cleared 15-1 as did Garrett Miller (Kearney, MO/Kearney) in the weight throw with his mark of 56-8, Nick Janke (Rolla, MO/Rolla) in the high jump as he cleared 6-4, Aaron Toben (Wildwood, MO/Lafayette) in the 400-meters in a time of 49.91 seconds and Hayes Pateidl (Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley West) in the mile with his time of 4:16.29.

Luke Allen (Jefferson City, MO/Calvary Lutheran) placed second in the long jump with a leap of 22-4½, as did Jacob Luebbert (Warsaw, MO/Warsaw) in the weight throw at 56-4½, Bailey Crone (Collinsville, IL/Collinsville) in the high jump as he cleared 6-4, Ethan Haller (Ballwin, MO/Marquette) in the mile in 4:19.69 and Janke in the pole vault at 11-7¾.

S&T had third place showings from Swadley in the weight throw with a mark of 54-5¼, Miller in the shot put at 48-6¼, Caleb Craft (Jackson, MO/Jackson) in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.18 seconds, Toben in the 200-meters in 23.35 seconds and Lucas Rackers (Florissant, MO/St. Louis University HS) in the mile in a time of 4:19.93 that completed a sweep of the top three spots in that event.

Fourth place finishes came from Jake Anderson (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt West) in the long jump at 20-7¾, Craft in the high jump at 5-4¼, Luebbert in the shot put at 45-8½, Dakota Doupe (Jones, OK/Jones) in the 400-meters in 53.24 seconds, while Crone took fifth in the long jump with a mark of 20-5¼ as did Janke in the shot put at 39-10¾.  Craft was seventh in the long jump at 19-2.

On the women's side, the victorious Miners were Danielle Wilson in the 200-meters in 26.63 seconds and 400-meters with a time of 1:03.22, Maya Washington in the 60-meter dash for the second week in succession in 7.98 seconds and Mia Magby in the pole vault with a clearance of 10-7½.

S&T got second place performances from Jessica Rhoads in the shot put as he recorded a mark of 39-6½, as well as Sydney Gratz in the pole vault at 9-7¾, Laurana Mitchell in the 400-meters in 1:04.62 and 800-meters in 2:53.14 and Washington in the 200-meters in 26.71 seconds and Krista Hilmas in the mile with her time of 5:37.10.

Annmarie Tyson finished in third place in the high jump with a clearance of 5-0¼ and Wilson did so in the long jump with a leap of 17-0¾.  Anne Simpson also recorded a third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.17 seconds as did Aly VanCardo in the 400-meters in 1:07.31. 

Kassandra Hayes finished fourth in the high jump by clearing 4-10½, while  Delaney Guy also had a fourth place showing in the long jump at 16-3 and 60-meter hurdles in 10.27 seconds as did Rhoads in the weight throw at 45-11¾ and VanCardo in the 800-meters in 3:00.59.  S&T got a fifth place showing from Keaton Painter in the high jump at 4-8¾ and Tyson in the long jump at 16-1½, while Guy finished sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 4-6¾ along with Simpson in the long jump at 16-1 and Painter in the 60-hurdles in 10.43 seconds.  Paige Lambright recorded an eighth place showing in the weight throw with a mark of 38-2.