For the first time since 2020, the Tigers hosted their indoor season opener thanks to their new, banked track. The Alexis Jarrett Invitational honored the Missouri track and field program’s past, and the results proved a promising future.
The meet celebrated Jarrett’s role in launching three new women’s athletic programs at Mizzou, two years after the passage of Title IX. Jarrett coached the track and field, softball and women’s basketball teams and served as the assistant athletics director and sports information director, according to Show Me Mizzou. Without any funding, equipment or coaching experience, Jarrett laid the foundation for a women’s track and field program that’s attracting global talent and rewriting the record books 50 years later.