Michigan
Big Ten Indoor Championships (Day 2)
Shotwell, Harris Win Titles, U-M Finishes Sixth at Big Tens
3/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
Site: Madison, Wis. (Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center)
Event: Big Ten Indoor Championships (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: 6th Place of 10 Teams (70 Points)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., March 7-8 -- at Alex Wilson Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
MADISON, Wis. -- Junior Adam Harris (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS) and sophomore Frank Shotwell (Medina, Ohio, Medina HS) each claimed titles Sunday (March 2) as the No. 22 University of Michigan men's track and field team finished sixth (70 points) at the Big Ten Championships in Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center. The two titles accumulated for 20 of the 49 points recorded on the final day.
Harris claimed his second conference title in as many days by crossing the line first in the 60-meter dash with an NCAA automatic, personal best and meet record time of 6.61. Harris is the first Wolverine sprinter to win the indoor 60-meter dash title since Andrew Bruce in 1982.
Shotwell secured his first conference heptathlon title with a second day surge to record an NCAA qualifying mark of 5,503 points. Shotwell's title is the first Big Ten Indoor Track heptathlon crown for Michigan. Freshman Taylor Voice (Boyne City, Mich./Boyne City HS) also competed in the heptathlon, placing 18th with a score of 3,925.
Redshirt freshman Nicholas McCampbell (Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech. HS) finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles final with a time of 8.06 to record five points for the Maize and Blue.
Junior Andre Barnes (West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield HS) also accumulated five points from his performance in the 200- and 60-meter dash, finishing sixth (22.06) and seventh (6.84), respectively.
Senior Dominic Smith (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis Central HS) and senior/junior Dan Harmsen (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) each finished fifth in their events to add four points, Smith in the triple jump (50-2) and Harmsen in the 600-meter run (1:19.55).
Junior/sophomore Brendan Lodge (Narragansett, R.I./Bishop Hendricksen HS) led the Wolverines in the weight throw, earning two points with a seventh-place mark of 60-6 1/2. Senior/junior Dan Bedoya (Muskegon, Mich./Reeths-Puffer HS) also placed in the top 10, finishing ninth (60-1 1/4).
Co-captain senior Andrew Wechter (Shelby, Ohio/Shelby HS) led Michigan in the 400-meter dash, finishing seventh (48.66) for two points.
Junior Lex Williams (Ann Arbor, Mich./Dexter HS) concluded the individual scoring for the Wolverines, finishing eighth (14:35.90) in the 5,000-meter run for one point.
Also scoring for the Michigan on the final day were Barnes, Harmsen, Smith and Wechter, who accumulated six points for placing third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:14.10.
Michigan will travel to South Bend, Ind., for the Alex Wilson Invitational Friday and Saturday (March 7-8) with the start times to be announced.
Final Team Standings
1. Wisconsin 127 2. Purdue 102 3. Ohio State 82 4. Penn State 79 5. Minnesota 77 6. MICHIGAN 70 7. Illinois 55 8. Iowa 49 9. Indiana 35 10. Michigan State 26
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
60-meter Dash (Final) 1. Adam Harris, U-M 6.61*F@ 7. Andre Barnes, U-M 6.84 (6.82) 200-meter Dash (Final) 1. Jh'Rome Tuggle, Purdue 21.35 6. Andre Barnes, U-M 22.06 400-meter Dash (Final) 1. Lesiba Masheto, Illinois 47.23 7. Andrew Wechter, U-M 48.66 600-meter Run (Final) 1. James Groce, Wisconsin 1:18.49 5. Dan Harmsen, U-M 1:19.55 9. Ricky Fleming, U-M 1:20.91 800-meter Run (Final) 1. Mark Miller, Penn State 1:52.65 Mile 1. Jeff See, Ohio State 4:22.21 3,000-meter Run 1. Brandon Bethke, Wisconsin 8:10.80 5. Lex Williams, U-M 8:18.67 8. Sean McNamara, U-M 8:23.11 12. Ciaran O'Lionaird, U-M 8:28.14 17. Tony Nalli, U-M 8:39.09 5,000-meter Run 1. Brandon Bethke, Wisconsin 14:23.84 8. Lex Williams, U-M 14:35.90 18. Sean McNamara, U-M 14:57.04 24. Brandon Fellows, U-M 15:21.71 60-meter Hurdles (Final) 1. Josh Hembrough, Prudue 7.81F 4. Nicholas McCampbell, U-M 8.06 (8.02) Distance Medley Relay 1. Wisconsin 9:54.25 (Craig Miller, Luke Hoenecke, Joe Pierre, Jack Bolas) 5. Michigan 10:01.71 (Justin Switzer, David St. Amant, Roger Billhardt, Peter Christmas) Pole Vault 1. Ben Peterson, Minnesota 17-1 3/4 (5.23m)# -- Chris Baldwin, U-M NH Long Jump 1. Adam Harris, U-M 24-10 1/2 (7.58m)# 7. Dominic Smith, U-M 23-9 1/2 (7.25m) 12. Robert Peddlar, U-M 22-9 3/4 (6.95m) Shot Put 1. John Hickey, Iowa 61-9 3/4 (18.84m)# High Jump 1. Adetayo Adesanya, Purdue 7-0 1/4 (2.14)# 14. John Kipf, U-M 6-8 1/4 (2.04) Heptathlon 1. Frank Shotwell, U-M 5,503 points# 18. Taylor Voice, U-M 3,925 points Weight Throw 1. Jon Pullum, Purdue 70-6 1/2 (21.50)*F 7. Brenden Lodge, U-M 60-6 1/2 (18.45) 9. Dan Bedoya, U-M 60-1 1/4 (18.32) 13. Vince Belitsos, U-M 57-5 1/2 (17.51) * NCAA automatic qualifier # NCAA provisional qualifier F Field record @ Meet record
Q U O T E S
U-M Sophomore Frank Shotwell -- Heptathlon Champion
On placing first at the Big Ten Conference Indoor Championships ... "It feels really good. I have come a long way since last year. Last year I know I didn't do pole vault. I had a chance to score but I didn't score in outdoors -- I had an injury that didn't let me score, but it really feels great."
On preparing for today ... "I really worked on my run a lot and it really paid off. Just working on a lot of technical work and getting my body in the right condition. The rest is on me; I just have to go out and be competitive and give it all I've got."
On goals for the rest of the season ... "I am really hoping to qualify for nationals. Coming into today, I was eighth on the list. I would just like to go to nationals and get the national experience and see what that's all about so that when I go back I can get ready for Big Ten Outdoors, which will be even better competition than this is."
U-M Junior Adam Harris -- 60- and 200-meter dash Champion
On being a Big Ten champion ... "It's nice. You know, it's been a lot of years where I'd get fourth, third and second -- it's nice to finally get gold."
On preparing for the Big Ten indoor championships ... "We just kind of tapered off a little bit, I actually didn't run the 60 that much this year, I think this was maybe my fourth time running it. I focused a lot of the 200 (meter dash), which actually didn't turn out too well in this meet ... but everything seemed to work out fine. The training, the lifting, it worked out perfectly."
On goals for nationals ... "Run faster than I ran today. I think that's always the goal for the next race."
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