Michigan
Big Ten Outdoor Championships
Wolverine Women Take 11th at Big Tens
5/12/2019 5:55:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Site: Iowa City, Iowa (Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track)
Event: Big Ten Outdoor Championships (Day 3 of 3)
U-M Result: 11th of 13 Teams (31 points)
Next U-M Event: Thu-Sat., May 23-25 -- at NCAA East Preliminaries (Jacksonville, Florida)
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- With five scoring performances on the final day of competition, the University of Michigan women's track and field team finished 11th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday (May 12).
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Michigan got top-eight finishes from both Micaela DeGenero and Meg Darmofal at 1,500 meters, as well as from Chloe Foster in the 400-meter hurdles, Claire Kieffer-Wright in the high jump and Bailey Baker in the discus.
DeGenero and Darmofal were sixth and eighth, respectively, to combine for four points, while both Foster and Kieffer-Wright added three apiece with sixth-place efforts. Baker took eighth for one point in the discus for her second scoring performance of the weekend.
The Wolverines' 31 points were just behind ninth-place Maryland (39 points) and 10th-place Maryland (35 points).
Ohio State claimed the team title with 126 points.
Michigan's first points of the day came by way of the 1,500-meter duo of DeGenero and Darmofal, with the former taking fifth in 4:21.40 for three points and the latter finishing seventh in 4:22.05 for one more.
Darmofal ran more from the front throughout the race, while DeGenero worked her way through the field as the three-and-three-quarter-lap contest wore on. Darmofal was running second just over halfway through at 800 meters, while DeGenero had yet to make her move in ninth. DeGenero jumped up three spots to sixth by the time the bell rang for the last lap, with Darmofal in fourth.
DeGenero held strong for sixth while Darmofal faded back a bit over the last lap, but both ultimately hung on to score their first-ever points at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Both were also Big Ten Indoor Championships scorers, DeGenero at 800 meters and Darmofal in the mile.
Foster joined Degenero and Darmofal in that indoor-and-outdoor scorer club, finishing sixth overall in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.80. Foster was part of a wave of competitors who came off the final turn essentially side-by-side, as she finished within a second of third place.
This scoring performance, good for three points, followed up an indoor season that saw her finish fourth at 600 meters.
In the field, senior thrower Baker became the only woman on the team this year to score in a pair of individual events this weekend. Her opening-round throw of 49.20m (161 feet, 5 inches) would ultimately hold up for eighth place and another point toward the Michigan team effort.
Baker finished fifth in the hammer throw final on Friday.
Two-time Big Ten champion Kieffer-Wright managed sixth in the high jump, clearing 1.70m (5-7) on her second attempt. The competition was just her third of the year.
Full Michigan results for the full weekend can be found below.
With the Big Ten Championships in the books, the Michigan men now shift their focus to the NCAA postseason. First up is the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds on May 23-25 in Jacksonville, Florida., to which the top-48 declared student-athletes in each individual event in the NCAA East Region will qualify.
The final list of qualifiers for the NCAA East Prelims will be announced Thursday, May 16, by 1 p.m.
Berths to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas, on June 5-8 will be earned at the NCAA East Prelims. Only 12 individuals per event will advance.
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.)
400 Meters
PRELIMS (Saturday)
16. Julia Hall / 56.05
26. Emma Lane / 57.99
800 Meters
PRELIMS (Saturday)
19. Aurora Rynda / 2:12.57
1,500 Meters
FINAL
6. Micaela DeGenero / 4:21.40
8. Meg Darmofal / 4:22.05
PRELIMS (Friday)
2. Micaela DeGenero / 4:20.30Q
12. Meg Darmofal / 4:23.92Q
14. Camille Davre / 4:25.35
16. Jena Metwalli / 4:28.27
5,000 Meters
FINAL
11. Anne Forsyth / 16:20.83
12. Kathryn House / 16:23.53
13. Jessi Larson / 16:26.69
10,000 Meters (Friday)
FINAL
7. Erin Finn / 33:23.17 [2 points]
16. Raquel Powers / 34:39.34
19. Maddy Trevisan / 35:05.66
100-Meter Hurdles
PRELIMS
16. Tiana Luton / 14.69 (-0.3m/s)
18. Sydney McGinley / 15.18 (+0.6m/s)
19. Lauren Rodriguez / 36.93 (+2.2m/s) [Fall]
400-Meter Hurdles
FINAL
6. Chloe Foster / 58.80
PRELIMS (Friday)
5. Chloe Foster / 58.76Q
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Saturday)
FINAL
3. Alice Hill / 10:15.73 [6 points]
9. Megan Worrel / 10:27.90
4x100-Meter Relay
FINAL
10. McGInley, Hall, Fish, Foster / 46.72
4x400-Meter Relay
FINAL
9. Foster, Hall, DeGenero, Rynda / 3:43.45
High Jump
FINAL
6. Claire Kieffer-Wright / 1.70m (5-7)
9. Katt Miner / 1.65m (5-5)
Pole Vault (Saturday)
FINAL
2. Jessica Mercier / 4.17m (13-8.25) [8 points]
Long Jump (Saturday)
FINAL
20. Jeryne Fish / 5.64m (18-6) (+0.8m/s)
Shot Put (Saturday)
FINAL
13. Briana Nelson / 14.98m (49-1.75)
19. Erin Connor / 13.26m (43-6)
Discus Throw
FINAL
8. Bailey Baker / 49.20m (161-5)
Hammer Throw (Friday)
FINAL
5. Bailey Baker / 61.80m (202-9) [4 points]
11. Kayla Deering / 58.88m (193-2)
Heptathlon (Friday-Saturday)
FINAL
9. Theresa Mayanja / 4,338 points
100-meter hurdles / 14.22 (+1.0m/s) (947 points) [Friday]
High Jump / 1.45m (4-9) (566 points) [Friday]
Shot Put / 9.90m (32-5.75) (523 points) [Friday]
200-meter dash / 26.33 (+1.1m/s) (769 points) [Friday]
Long Jump / 4.64m (15-2.75) (-0.3m/s) (464 points)
Javelin / 27.91m (91-7) (437 points)
800-meter run / 2:34.98 (632 points)
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