Five Mizzou Track and Field athletes prepare for NCAA Championships
EUGENE, Oreg. (KMIZ)
Five Mizzou Track & Field athletes will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene.
We caught up with Mizzou Track & Field head coach Brett Halter on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch the full interview in the video player below.
Three of the five are freshman, and all of them are competing in their first ever outdoor championships.
Freshman javelin thrower Skylar Ciccolini is already the MU program record holder. She'll begin competition on Thursday.
Redshirt freshman discus thrower Mitch Weber will also be in action on Thursday. The Minnesota native came in second place at the SEC Championships.
On Friday, sophomore Georgi Nachev will compete in the triple jump. In the women's triple jump, freshman Mara Häusler and sophomore Arianna Fisher will compete on Saturday.
It will be a busy June for three of MU's five NCAA qualifiers. Weber, Ciccolini and Fisher will also compete in the Olympic Trials at the end of the month.
