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U-M Women Close Out Split Weekend with Big Performances from Hill, Foster
4/20/2019 11:49:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's track and field team closed out its final regular-season road trip with a victory, national-level results and career-best performances between meets at Virginia and Stanford on Saturday (April 20).
Chloe Foster notched her second victory of the weekend and Alice Hill made her 2019 steeplechase debut at the Stanford Cardinal Classic, while several women finished in the top 10 at the Virginia Challenge.
More information on both meets can be found below.
With this final road trip of the regular season now in the books, the Wolverines will have next weekend off from competition for final exams. Michigan will have one final regular-season competition as it hosts the new U-M Outdoor Track and Field Stadium's first-ever outdoor competition -- the Len Paddock Open -- on Friday, May 3.
Cardinal Classic
Site: Palo Alto, Calif. (Cobb Track & Angell Field)
Event: Stanford Cardinal Classic (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, May 3 -- host Len Paddock Open (U-M Outdoor Track and Field Stadium)
• Complete Results (PDF)
The Wolverine women accumulated several national-caliber performances, a few career-best performances and a victory in the final day of competition at the Stanford Cardinal Classic on Saturday.
Alice Hill, competing in her first NCAA-sponsored steeplechase competition -- she only ran the event at the USATF and IAAF World U20 championship meets in 2018 -- clocked a strong 10:04.58 to finish fourth.
Hill ran up front in the lead pack for much of the race, until the eventual winners from Furman pulled away in the closing laps.
By holding strong in the late stages of the race despite losing contact with the front of the race, Hill wound up with a time that leads the Big Ten and ranks No. 5 in the NCAA East Region and No. 8 in the nation.
Michigan's lone victory of the day came courtesy of Chloe Foster. After claiming the 400-meter hurdles title on Friday, Foster doubled back on Saturday to win the open 400 meters in a career-best 54.47. The time moves her up to No. 9 in school history in the event.
Meg Darmofal led the way for the Wolverine women in the 1,500 meters, clocking a 4:21.40 for sixth in the invitational section of the competition.
In section two, Micaela DeGenero held her own in a wild finish and earned herself a more-than-two-second career best as a result. After taking the lead with just over 200 meters to go, DeGenero found herself in a six-way battle for the win coming off the final turn. Despite initially responding to the field's move, DeGenero was passed by three competitors en route to a 4:23.03.
Not only was the effort far superior to her previous 4:25.45 personal record, it puts in her in position to potentially qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the event. Reserved for the top-48 student-athletes in each event, the Prelims serve as the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships.
Full Michigan results can be found at the bottom of the article.
Virginia Challenge
Site: Charlottesville, Va. (Lannigan Field)
Event: Virginia Challenge (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, May 3 -- host Len Paddock Open (U-M Outdoor Track and Field Stadium)
• Complete Results (PDF)
Wolverine field event performers turned in several strong performances on the final day of competition at the Virginia Challenge.
Katt Miner finished fourth overall in the invitational section of the high jump, getting a timely third-and-final attempt clearance at 1.70m (5 feet, 7 inches) to stay alive in the competition.
Competing in non-invitational sections, both Jeryne Fish and Bailey Baker advanced to the finals in their respective events.
Fish had one of the most consistent performances of her career in a seventh-place finish in the long jump, leaping 5.69m (18-8) (+2.0m/s) as she surpassed 5.60m on four of her six attempts.
Baker made the final in the discus despite competing in the lower-seeded of the event's two qualifying flights. Her 48.14m (157-11) ultimately stood up well enough to finish ninth overall.
Full Michigan results can be found below.
Collegiate Career-Best Performances
Career debuts in events not included; indoor career bests are considered separate, even for the same event; wind-aided performances (greater than +2.0m/s) are not included.
Micaela DeGenero -- 4:23.03 / 1,500m (O)
Chloe Foster -- 54.47 / 400m (O)
Julia Hall -- 55.52 / 400m (O)
Theresa Mayanja -- 27.72m (90-11) / Javelin (O)
Jena Metwalli -- 16:44.56 / 5,000m (O)
Raquel Powers -- 17:08.76 / 5,000m (O)
Full Michigan Results by Event
Q = Automatic qualifier into final; q = non-automatic qualifier into final; w = wind-aided performance (Wind readings greater than +2.0m/s are considered "wind-aided" and are not eligible for record purposes. Wind readings up to and including +4.0m/s are allowable for NCAA East Preliminaries qualifying purposes.)
100 Meters (at Virginia)
35. Jeryne Fish / 12.68 (+1.0m/s)
200 Meters (at Stanford) [Friday]
4. Julia Hall / 25.16 (+1.0m/s)
9. Sydney McGinley / 25.65w (+2.4m/s)
13. Tiana Luton / 26.21w (+2.4m/s)
400 Meters (at Stanford)
1. Chloe Foster / 54.47
3. Julia Hall / 55.52
5. Emma Lane / 57.84
800 Meters
Event contested in multiple sections with no overall standings, and across two different meets. Results below are sorted by finishing time with the meet and section denoted next to it. Contested at both Virginia and Stanford on Friday.
3. Aurora Rynda / 2:06.64 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
12. Julia Vanitvelt / 2:17.53 (at Virginia, open section) [Friday]
13. Julia Sullivan / 2:17.65 (at Virginia, open section) [Friday]
1,500 Meters
Event contested in multiple sections with no overall standings, and across two different meets. Results below are sorted by finishing time with the meet and section denoted next to it.
6. Meg Darmofal / 4:21.40 (at Stanford, invitational section)
4. Micaela DeGenero / 4:23.03 (at Stanford, section 2)
5. Audrey Belf / 4:33.30 (at Stanford, section 3)
6. Faith Reynolds / 4:35.38 (at Stanford, section 3)
40. Julia Vanitvelt / 4:44.63 (at Virginia, invitational section)
5,000 Meters
Event contested in multiple sections with no overall standings, and across two different meets. Results below are sorted by finishing time with the meet and section denoted next to it. Contested at Stanford on Friday and at Virginia on both Friday and Saturday.
5. Erin Finn / 16:09.94 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
9. Kathryn House / 16:17.51 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
10. Anne Forsyth / 16:17.81 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
11. Camille Davre / 16:21.81 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
14. Jessi Larson / 16:32.32 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
15. Maddy Trevisan / 16:32.81 (at Stanford, invitational section) [Friday]
6. Jena Metwalli / 16:44.56 (at Stanford, section 2) [Friday]
8. Rachel Coleman / 17:01.17 (at Stanford, section 2) [Friday]
2. Raquel Powers / 17:08.76 (at Virginia, open section)
10. Kayla Keane / 17:32.11 (at Virginia, open section)
42. Sydney Badger / 17:37.85 (at Virginia, invitational section)
100-Meter Hurdles (at Stanford)
5. Tiana Luton / 14.77w (+2.6m/s)
6. Sydney McGinley / 14.85w (+2.6m/s)
400-Meter Hurdles (at Stanford) [Friday]
1. Chloe Foster / 59.69
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (at Stanford)
4. Alice Hill / 10:04.58
11. Megan Worrel / 10:44.85
High Jump (at Virginia)
INVITATIONAL SECTION
4. Katt Miner / 1.70m (5-7)
6. Claire Kieffer-Wright / 1.65m (5-5)
Pole Vault (at Virginia) [Friday]
OPEN SECTION
4. Jessica Mercier / 3.72m (12-2.5)
Long Jump (at Virginia)
OPEN SECTION
7. Jeryne Fish / 5.69m (18-8) (+2.0m/s)
Shot Put (at Virginia)
OPEN SECTION
14. Briana Nelson / 14.30m (46-11)
16. Erin Connor / 14.21m (46-7.5)
Discus Throw (at Virginia)
9. Bailey Baker / 48.14m (157-11)
Hammer Throw (at Virginia) [Friday]
OPEN SECTION
7. Kayla Deering / 56.53m (185-5)
23. Briana Nelson / 48.83m (160-2)
--. Bailey Baker / NM
Heptathlon (at Virginia)
Final (7 of 7 events completed)
10. Theresa Mayanja / 4,401 points
100-meter hurdles / 14.30 (+1.5m/s) (936 points) [Friday]
High Jump / 1.47m (4-9.75) (588 points) [Friday]
Shot Put / 10.54m (34-7) (565 points) [Friday]
200-meter dash / 27.11 (+0.2m/s) (703 points) [Friday]
Long Jump / 4.98mw (16-4.25) (+2.9m/s) (554 points)
Javelin / 27.72m (90-11) (434 points)
800-meter run / 2:35.89 (621 points)
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