Michigan
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational
Jha, Brady Propel Wolverines at Nuttycombe Invitational
10/14/2022 3:39:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
Site:Â Madison, Wis. (Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course)
Event:Â Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Â
Distance:Â 8 Kilometers (~5 Miles)
U-M Team Finish:Â 20th Place of 33 Teams (201 Points)
Top U-M Individual:Â Arjun Jha -- 46th (23:42.9)
Next U-M Event:Â Friday, Oct. 21 -- at EMU Fall Classic (Dexter, Mich.), 4:30 p.m.
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MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Michigan men's cross country team raced well to finish 20th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course on Friday (Oct. 14).
Graduate Student Arjun Jha finished in 46th place with a career-best time 8K time of 23:42.9. Jha's position changed throughout the race as he started in 26th, but he fell to 49th at the halfway mark. With 2000 meters to go, he made his way to 30th, but ended up in 46th.
The next finisher for the Maize and Blue was senior Tom Brady who finished in 56th in his season debut for the Wolverines. Brady started off strong in 19th place but fell back to 44th with 2000 meters to go. Brady also ran a career-best time in the 8K beating his previous time by 18 seconds.
The Wolverines' next finishers were sophomore Oli Raimond (24.10.4), junior Zach Stewart (24:15.4), and sophomore Jozef Meyers (24:34.9) who finished 121st, 131st and 172nd overall. Raimond and Meyers both set career-best times.
Through the 2000M, the top 200 competitors were separated by just seven seconds, at the halfway point seven seconds separated 1st and 88th.
Ten runners also ran in the "B" race today which was highlighted by junior Anthony Hancock, who finished 32nd with a time of 24:38.3 and junior Jack Spamer who ran 24:45.7 to end in 39th. These racers led Michigan to eighth place of 15 in the "B" final.
A small group of Michigan runners will compete on Friday, Oct. 21, at the EMU Fall Classic in Dexter, Mich., before the full team is back in action for the Big Ten Championships on Oct. 28 at U-M Golf Course.
Michigan Results
Championship Race
46. Arjun Jha -- 23:42.9
56. Tom Brady -- 23:48.8
123. Oli Raimond -- 24:12.2
133. Zach Stewart -- 24:15.8
175. Jozef Meyers -- 24:34.9
190. Colton Yesney -- 24:45.3
192. Nick Foster -- 24:47.4
201. Luke Venhuizen -- 24:55.0
"B" Race
32. Anthony Hancock -- 24:38.3
39. Jack Spamer -- 24:45.7
49. Cole Johnson -- 24:56.1
54. Michael Hancock -- 24:58.1
60. Caleb Jarema -- 25:02.0
99. Ian Hill -- 25.34.1 *
104. Tom Shiligalis -- 25:40.3
118. James Gedris -- 25:55.9
122. Xander Black -- 26:02.2
124. John Florence -- 26:08.2
126. Henry Johnson -- 26:20.0
134. Kyler Mcnatt -- 27:22.0 *
*Unattached
Team Results
Championship Race
1. No. 2 Stanford -- 54 points
2. No. 1 BYU -- 89 points
3. No. 3 NAU -- 145 points
4. No. 12 Air Force 149 -- points
5. No. 13 Notre Dame -- 186 points
6. No. 5 Tulsa -- 214 points
7. No. 6 Wisconsin -- 221 points
8. No. 8 Colorado -- 225 points
9. No. 17 Villanova -- 343 points
10. N.C. State -- 366 points
11. Portland -- 367 points
12. No. 24 Oregon -- 368 points
13. No. 9 Syracuse -- 370 points
14. No. 10 North Carolina -- 384 points
15. No. 26 Washington -- 398 points
16. No. 23 Utah State -- 443 points
17. No. 28 Georgetown -- 457 points
18. Colorado State -- 475 points
19. Duke -- 495 points
20. MICHIGAN-- 526 POINTS
21. No. 20 Harvard-- 538 points
22. No. 11 Iowa State -- 543 points
23. No. 27 Michigan State -- 608 points
24. Boise State -- 617 points
25. Providence-- 628 points
26. No. 14 Gonzaga -- 682 points
27. Furman -- 683 points
28. Indiana -- 684 points
29. Iona -- 720 points
30. Florida State -- 788 points
31. New Mexico -- 791 points
32. Santa Clara -- 794 points
33. Minnesota -- 987 points
"B" Race
1. No. 8 Colorado -- 68 points
2. No. 13 Notre Dame -- 69 points
3. No. 1 BYU -- 131 points
4. Toledo -- 132 points
5. Utah Valley -- 132 points
6. No. 5 Tulsa -- 182 points
7. No. 3 Northern Arizona -- 191 points
8. MICHIGAN -- 201 POINTS
9. No. 23 Utah State -- 225 points
10. No. 6 Wisconsin -- 231 points
11. No. 28 Georgetown -- 241 points
12. No. 17 Villanova -- 248 points
13. Boise State -- 260 points
14. No. 11 Iowa State -- 292 points
15. No. 27 Michigan State -- 332 points
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