Two from MSSU track & field teams earn league athlete of the week honor

Jan. 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Missouri Southern State University had two track & field student-athletes pick up Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday (Jan. 18).

Danee Jones (Clayton, Mo.) and Matt Campbell (Worthington, Ind.) earned the awards after their performances over the weekend at the MSSU/Radio Shack Open.

Jones, a 5-foot-9 senior, won the women’s weight throw and shot put in the season opening meet at Missouri Southern’s Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Her throw in the weight throw (58 feet, 11.25 inches) tied the school record she set in 2003 and gave her an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. The throw is also the top mark currently in NCAA-II.

Jones (first name pronounced da-NAY), a two-time All-America at MSSU, also won the shot put with a throw of 41’-7.75”.

Campbell, a 5-8 junior, captured first place in the men’s pole vault during Friday’s action at the MSSU meet. Campbell cleared 16’-8.75” to win the event and tied Mike Westlund’s facility record. The mark, an NCAA-II automatic qualifying vault and the current top distance in Division II, also guaranteed Campbell a spot at the Division II National Championships to be held in March in Boston, Mass.

Missouri Southern’s track & field teams continue action on Friday and Saturday at the University of Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville.


	Jan. 18, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two from MSSU track & field teams earn league athlete of the week honor Missouri Southern State University had two track & field student-athletes pick up Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday (Jan. 18). Danee Jones (Clayton, Mo.) and Matt Campbell (Worthington, Ind.) earned the awards after their performances over the weekend at the MSSU/Radio Shack Open. Jones, a 5-foot-9 senior, won the women’s weight throw and shot put in the season opening meet at Missouri Southern’s Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Her throw in the weight throw (58 feet, 11.25 inches) tied the school record she set in 2003 and gave her an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. The throw is also the top mark currently in NCAA-II. Jones (first name pronounced da-NAY), a two-time All-America at MSSU, also won the shot put with a throw of 41’-7.75”. Campbell, a 5-8 junior, captured first place in the men’s pole vault during Friday’s action at the MSSU meet. Campbell cleared 16’-8.75” to win the event and tied Mike Westlund’s facility record. The mark, an NCAA-II automatic qualifying vault and the current top distance in Division II, also guaranteed Campbell a spot at the Division II National Championships to be held in March in Boston, Mass. Missouri Southern’s track & field teams continue action on Friday and Saturday at the University of Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville.