Mizzou's Perez-Snyman Wins SEC High Jump Title; The Buzz, Saturday, May 17, 2025

Day 2 of Mizzou competing at the Southeastern Conference Track and Field Championships is highlighted by senior Kristi Perez-Snyman winning the High Jump final while setting a new school record mark of 6-2 feet 3/4.
Perez-Snyman's conference title notches Mizzou its first ever SEC championship victory in the High Jump. Her achivement also marks the ninth ever women's individual SEC title in outdoor competition.
Her teammate and fellow high jumper, senior Claudina Diaz, finished just off the podium in fifth place, reaching a 6-0 1/2 mark. Perez-Snyman and Diaz captained the Tigers' women into sixth place with 25 points after Friday's competition.
On the men's side, freshman Elijah Limo was the best finisher of the day. In the steeplechase, he broke into the top-10 times in school history. Limo set a new personal record, placing fifth with a time of 8 minutes, 52.53 seconds.
Fifth-place finish in steeplechase in the conference ✅ Eighth in school history ✅ PR ✅
— Mizzou Track & Field (@MizzouTFXC) May 17, 2025
Pretty good day for Elijah Limo 😉 #MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/gGw692BLx3
The third and final day of the SEC Championship picks up at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday in Lexington Kentucky.
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Mizzou junior diver Collier Dyer earned a second-place finish in the US Diving National Championship meet. He scored 894.70 in the 3-meter dive to take the silver
Just can’t be stopped 👏
— Mizzou Swimming & Diving (@MizzouSwimDive) May 16, 2025
Congratulations to Collier Dyer for taking silver in 3-meter diving at the 2025 @USADiving National Championships in Auburn, Ala. Collier finished with a score of 894.70!#MIZ🐯🌊 pic.twitter.com/SM6VvwcF20
Mizzou basketball players Tamar Bates and Caleb Grill have spent the last several day competing at the G League Elite Camp, hoping to play themselves onto the radar NBA front offices. Grill spoke on the experience so far and how it's allowed him to grow as a player.
Taking it all in, while chasing a dream 💭@caleb_grill0 // #MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/0sbasY0Q19
— Mizzou Hoops (@MizzouHoops) May 16, 2025
Mizzou defensive line coach, Al Davis, has announced his decision to step away from his position with the Tigers, where he's served as an assistant coach since 2021 -Read
— Coach AL Davis (@DLineGURU) May 16, 2025
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Brady Shanahan is a journalism student at the University of Missouri, and covers baseball and softball for Missouri Tigers On SI. He's from the St. Louis area and has contributed to The Maneater student newspaper, Columbia Missourian, KOMU 8, and KCOU as a beat reporter.