SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State track and field team opens the 2016-17 indoor slate at the Bob Timmons Challenge, hosted by the University of Kansas, on Friday. The Bears will begin competition at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the pole vault and 3:30 p.m. on the track in the 60-meter hurdles.  
 

Missouri State Track and Field at the Bob Timmons Challenge
December 2, 2016	Anschutz Sports Pavilion, Lawrence, Kan.
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Keeping Track of the Bears

• For the second-consecutive season, Missouri State will open the indoor slate at the Bob Timmons Challenge at the University of Kansas. Last season, the Bears' second-place finish was highlighted by six individual victories, including one apiece by returners Shani Adams and Savannah Beaver Aleckson.  
• Director of track and field and cross country, Ronald Boyce, enters his 21^st season at the helm in 2016-17. In his time at MSU, his indoor and outdoor track and field teams have claimed nine Missouri Valley Conference Championships and have been Valley runners-up six times.
• The Bears return five letterwinners – Shani Adams, Marissa Kurtimah, Asha Cave, Kadisha Francois and Daijha Heron – from last season's indoor squad. This group of student-athlete combined for 21 top-five finishes during the 2015-16 indoor season in their respective individual events.
• Missouri State will focus on sprints and field events at the Bob Timmons Challenge. The longest race for the Bears will be the 800-meter run, where Selena Buckner is slated to compete for MSU.
• Three 2016 All-Missouri Valley Conference performers return to the indoor squad, including Marissa Kurtimah, who broke the MSU school record in the 60-meter dash for the third and final time last season at the conference championships with a winning time of 7.37 seconds.