ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T will be sending four student-athletes – three men and one woman – to the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships next weekend at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

Three of S&T's four competitors – Jarett Johnson (Webb City, MO/Webb City) in the javelin throw, Jake Anderson (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt West) in the pole vault and Annmarie Tyson (St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph's Academy) in the high jump -- will be making their first-ever appearance at a national meet.  The fourth, Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard), will be heading to a national competition for the fourth time in his career as is coming off his best-ever showing at a national meet when he took sixth in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.

Swadley set the school record last week in the shot put as he posted a throw of 58-8¾ during the Miner Last Chance Qualifier, putting him at 16^th in the nation following the weekend competition across the country.  The shot put competition will take place on Saturday, May 28 at 3 p.m., Eastern time (all times listed are Eastern time), where the top performer in the event this season has been Turner Kelly of Southern Connecticut State with a mark of 64-6½.

Johnson finished the outdoor season ranked 17^th in the nation in the javelin throw, where he had a top mark of 209-11 at the Dewey Allgood Invitational that ranks as the second-best throw in school history.  Johnson, who also had a throw of 206-10 last week at the Miner Last Chance Qualifier, will also compete on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., where the top performance in the javelin this season has come from Northwest Nazarene's Laurenz Waldbauer with a throw of 237-6.

Anderson is tied for 18^th in the nation in the pole vault with his top clearance of 16-7½ at the Dick Cochran Classic in late April.  That was a career best for Anderson, who will compete in the event on Thursday, May 26 at 2 p.m.  The pole vault competition is led by Central Missouri's Reagan Ulrich; he cleared 17-9 two days after Harding's Dorian Chaigneau cleared 17-8½ at the Miner Last Chance Qualifier.

Tyson will make her debut at a national meet on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. after clearing 5-7¾ at the Lincoln Open in April, a performance that ranks in a tie for 17^th in NCAA Division II this season.  Josie Coffey of Colorado Mesa and Lucy Walliker of Queens (N.C.) have the best performance in NCAA Division II this season as both have cleared 5-11¼ during the 2022 outdoor season.