CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri track & field will host the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships May 15-17 at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.

The meet will begin on Thursday and Friday, at 9:00 a.m. with the Heptathlon and Decathlon. The field events are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. while the running events are slated for 5:00 p.m. both days.

Saturday's events are slated for a 11:00 a.m start with the women's shot put. The running events commence at 12:30 with the 4x100m relay race. 

Graduation recognition will start around 4:40 p.m. with the awards ceremony to follow.

Records Broken
Brianna Dixon cleared a height of 5' 10.75" in the women's high jump at the Memphis Invite to break her old SEMO record height of 5' 10.5" which she broke last outdoor season.

Anna Thomason jumped over hurdles for 100m in a time of 13.54 for first and a new SEMO record at the Memphis Invite, breaking the old record of 13.6 held by her teammate Brianna Dixon in 2024.

Team Rankings
The Southeast Missouri men's track and field team is ranked 118th in the nation with 5.46 points coming from Luke Hatfield Jackson's high jump (7' 1.75") and Paden Lewis' hammer throw mark of 212' 1".

The Southeast Missouri women's track and field team is ranked 141st in the nation with 1.42 points coming from Anna Thomason's 5260 points in heptathlon and Brianna Dixon high jump mark of 5' 10.75". 

The men's team is ranked 18th in the Midwest Region with 95.43 total points and second in the conference with 1,123.57 points, behind Little Rock with 1,125.99 points.

The men's squad teams that are ranked in the top 50 in the nation are the discus team (25th), high jump team (28th), long jump team (50th), shot put team (23rd), and the triple jump team (7th).

The women's team is ranked 18th in the Midwest Region with 102.13 total points and first in the OVC with 1,110.40 points, 202.8 points ahead of Little Rock in second.

The women's squad teams that are ranked in the top 50 in the nation are the 100m hurdles team (41st), hammer throw team (32nd), high jump team (35th), and the javelin team (37th).

Where We Rank
For each individual event the top 48 performances will be accepted into the NCAA regional which is broken up into East and West. For each relay event, the top 24 relay teams will be accepted into the competition. The top 24 performances in the combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are accepted directly into the Championships. 

The sport is broken up into nine regions, SEMO is in the Midwest Region which includes all the Division One schools from Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Southeast has four marks ranked in the top 50 of the country, 27 marks ranked in the top 25 in the midwest, 15 marks ranked first in the OVC, and 50 performances in the top five in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In the high jump, Luke Hatfield Jackson is ranked 16th in the NCAA, third in the Midwest and first in the OVC, achieving a mark of 7' 1.75" at the Clark Wood Open. In the long jump, Hatfield Jackson ranks 13th in the region and first in the OVC witzh a distance of 24' 7.25".

Paden Lewis ranks 50th in the nation, 11th in the region, and first in the conference in the hammer throw with a distance of 212' 1" with the mark being achieved at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational. Lewis also ranks 14th in the region and first in the OVC in shot put with a mark of 60' 3.75". Lewis ranks 14th in the region and first in the conference in discus throwing a distance of 184' 4".

Anna Thomason ranks 35th in the nation, seventh in the region, and first in the OVC in the heptathlon, getting 5260 points at the Gibson Invitational. Thomason also ranks seventh in the Midwest and first in the Ohio Valley Conference in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.54. 

Brianna Dixon ranks 25th in the NCAA, ninth in the region, and first in the conference in the high jump, achieving a height of 5' 10.75" at the Memphis Tiger Invitational. She also ranks 20th in the Midwest in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.82. 

In the 400m, Sydney Burdine ran a 54.02 to be ranked 12th in the Midwest.

In the 10,000m, Noah Little ranks first in the OVC with a time of 30:27.11.

With a distance of 49' 7.75" Kenyon Johnson ranks 13th in the region, Luke Busateri ranks 16th (49' 1.75"), and Aarion Jackson ranks 24th (47' 9")  in triple jump.

In the 400m hurdles Laila Hardin ran a 59.41 time to be ranked 14th in the Midwest and first in the OVC.

The mens and womens 4x100m teams rank 23rd (42.27) and 14th (45.85, 1st OVC) in the region. The men's team consists of Moore, Bruenderman, Jackson, and Revels. The women's team is run by Thomason, Burdine, Dwaah, and Lester.

The men's 4x400m relay team of Primeau, Fuller, Splitt, and Mygatt combined for a time of 3:18.77, ranking 23rd in the region. The women's squad of Hardin, Dwaah, Burdine, and Lester crossed the line at 3:46.01 to be ranked 21st in the Midwest Region.

Collin Beers cleared a height of 16' 6" in pole vault, earning 24th in the regional rankings and Sullivan Gleason vaulted over a height of 17' 0.25" for 18th in the region.

18th in the region and first place in the OVC women's pole vault rankings is held by Clara Billing, who cleared a height of 13' 8.5".

Clay Alewelt posted a discus throw of 182' 5" ranking 18th in the region.

In the hammer throw Makenzie Williams threw for a distance of 189' 5" to take 23rd in the region and first place in the Ohio Valley Conference rankings. Williams also ranks 16th in the region in discus with a distance of 164' 6".

Andreese Ortiz ranks 20th in the region in discus, throwing a distance of 161' 5"

Josiah Kilgore ranks 15th in the region and first in the conference in javelin throwing for a distance of 200' 3".

Throwing for a distance of 144' 0", Kennedy Zgaynor ranks 24th in the Midwest and first in the conference in javelin.

Weekly Award Winners
Paden Lewis continued his outdoor dominance being named OVC Male Field Athlete of the week, his third of the outdoor season and second in a row. Lewis competed in the shot put and discus this past weekend pacing third and second. In the shot put Lewis threw to the distance of 59' 2.25" which ranks seventh all-time in semo records. In the discus throw Lewis recorded a new PR (184' 04") which ranks 62nd in the NCAA and first in the OVC.

Makenzie Williams tabbed Female Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after a standout performance in the discus throw.Williams placed first notching a new personal best (164' 06") which ranks second in the OVC and third in the SEMO record books. 

Andreese Ortiz claimed her second OVC Female Freshman of the Week award, winning in back-to-back weeks. Ortiz recorded throws of 152' 00" and 41' 10" in the discus and shot put, placing fourth and seventh this past meet.

Jehchys Brown records his first OVC weekly award being named the Male freshman of the week with his performance in the shot put. Brown tabbed a new PR and placed fourth throwing to the distance of 54' 5.25". Brown now ranks third in the OVC with this distance.