Michigan Finishes Day One at OSU Jesse Owens Invitational

Friday, April 30

Columbus, Ohio

2:00 PM

Michigan

OSU Jesse Owens Classic

Michigan Finishes Day One at OSU Jesse Owens Invitational

4/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

April 30, 2010

Site: Columbus, Ohio (Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium)
Event: OSU Jesse Owens Classic (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Team Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, May 1 -- at OSU Jesse Owens Classic - Day Two (Columbus, Ohio), 11 a.m.; at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.), 3 p.m. PDT

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

Hammer Throw  1. Stevi Large, Unattached        66.88m (219-5) 28. Emily Pendleton, U-M           49.60m (162-9) 31. Erin Pendleton, U-M            49.13m (161-2)     Ashley Greer, U-M               FOUL
Pole Vault  1. Brianna Neumann, Purdue         4.10m (13-5 1/4) 13. Abbey Breidenstein, U-M         3.55m (11-7 3/4)T21. Carly Schiffer, U-M             3.55m (11-7 3/4) 23. Andrea Marcos, U-M              3.40m (11-1 3/4)
Javelin  1. Karelee McQuillen, Penn State  47.79m (156-9)  -- Sara Nitz, U-M                    ND

N O T E S

• Redshirt junior Abbey Breidenstein was U-M's highest finisher in the pole vault, eclipsing 3.55 meters (11-7 3/4 feet). Redshirt junior Carly Schiffer took 21st place with the same high mark, but Breidenstein advanced by clearing the height in fewer attempts. Redshirt junior Andrea Marcos took 23rd (3.40 meters/11-1 3/4 feet).

• Junior Emily Pendleton took 28th in the hammer throw (49.60 meters/162-9 feet), while her younger sister, freshman Erin Pendleton, took 31st (49.13 meters/161-2 feet). Redshirt junior Ashley Greer fouled on all three of her attempts.

• Freshman Sara Nitz did not record a distance on any of her javelin throws.

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