It was another big week for the Missouri Tigers and it’s easy to miss things along the way.
So here’s a recap of the events we didn’t cover, with links to what we did.
Football
I kicked off the week with the second story in my series of the best wins of the Eliah Drinkwitz Era with a win against Florida for No. 9.
Kenny wrote about Keenan Harris bringing versatility to the Tigers, then he added a story about safety target Jacob Eberhart.
I added a story about the Tigers’ shrunken special teams room, then Kenny put up a Wednesday recruiting notebook.
I wrote about the biggest changes for South Carolina’s football team as I look through the Tiger football schedule, then Kenny wrote about Raheem Floyd developing into a Power 4 target.
I added a story about Drinkwitz discussing the safety room, then started a series looking back at historic Border War wins, starting with the first Tiger win in the series.
Kenny added a story about 2026 defensive backs naming Mizzou one of their top schools, then I wrote about Blake Craig using visualization as he prepares for his second season as the Tigers’ kicker.
I finished the week with a look at how Joshua Manning spent his free week helping inspire young football players and a look at the wide receiver depth chart.
A lot was still to come Sunday night as Kenny wrote about Evan Goodwin raving about on-field possibilities, then he added a story about Evan Jacobson seeing the Tigers' family values on his visit, and finally adding a story about Mizzou sitting in prime position for cornerback Nick Hankins Jr.
Men's Basketball
I continued my look at the best wins of the Dennis Gates Era with No. 9, his first win against a top-15 team.
Kenny added a story about Miles Simspon staying grounded and another about Jimmy McKinney focusing on his playmaking ability.
At the final minute of the weekend, Mizzou hired its first general manager.
Track & Field
The Tigers took to the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in College Station, Texas, mostly taking part in the throws from Wednesday-through-Saturday.
- On Wednesday, Callan Saldutto clinched a trip to the men’s javelin final in Eugene, Oregon by taking ninth place with a throw of 226-feet, 11-inches.
Saldutto will try to become the first Tiger to win a javelin national championship in school history.
Sam Innes took on the hammer throw on Wednesday, placing 13th with a throw of 213-9, then Drew Rogers took 28th in the men’s 10,000-meter run with a time of 29:15.18.
Steven Marks took 33rd in the men’s 100-meter dash with a time of 10.54, and Lasse Funck placed 33rd in the men’s 800-meter run at 1:49.40.
- On Thursday, Valentina Barrios reached the national final in the women’s javelin by placing fifth with a throw of 186-0.
The Tigers had four competitors in the women’s javelin, with Kaesha Georga placing 18th at 156-1, Val Galligan taking 29th at 150-2 and Morgan Cannon placing 45th at 119-0.
Alica Burnett moved on from the women’s 100-meter dash preliminaries by taking ninth with a personal record of 11.13 seconds.
Monica Wanjiku placed 18th in the women’s 10,000-meter run with a time of 34:49.42, while Regan Kimrey took 30th in the women’s hammer throw with a toss of 187-6 and Petra Gombas took 38th in the hammer throw at 180-6.
Burnett added a 34th-place finish in the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 23.63 seconds.
- On Friday, Skylar Coffey joined the group of Tigers heading to Oregon when he placed ninth in the men’s discus with a throw of 193-4, which is a personal record. Tarique George took 13th in the men’s discus with a personal record of 190-2, while Sterling Scott took 14th in the men’s triple jump at 51-11.75.
- On Saturday, the Tigers added three competitors to the group going to Oregon for the championships, led by Claudina Diaz who placed fifth in the women’s high jump by clearing 6-0.5. Kristi Perez-Snyman also cleared 6-0.5 in the high jump for seventh to get to Oregon.
Burnett returned for the women’s 100-meter dash final and took eighth with a personal record of 11.10 seconds.
Ames Burton placed 30th in the women’s discus with a toss of 170-8, while Wanjiku placed 35th in the women’s 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:28.21 and Rahel Broemmel was close behind in 41st at 16:44.49.
Barrios, Burnett, Coffey, Diaz, Perez-Snyman and Saldutto will go to Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon for the national championship meet which will be from June 11-through-14.
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