Michigan
Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
Zeller Runs World-Leading School Record at Miami
3/26/2022 5:59:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
The University of Michigan men's track and field team competed at both the Miami Hurricane Collegiate Invitational and the NC State Raleigh Relays on Saturday (March 26) to close out a weekend of competition.
Joshua Zeller headlined the day with a world-leading school record in the 110-meter hurdles at Miami, where Michigan also got wins in the high jump from Cassidy Henshaw and in the meet-finale 4x400 relay.
Michigan will return for its first full-team competition of the spring at Duke on April 7-8.
Site: Coral Gables, Fla. (Cobb Stadium)
Event: Miami Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Thu-Fri., April 7-8 -- at Duke Invitational (Durham, N.C.)
• Complete Results (PDF)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Joshua Zeller was exceptional and historic in his 2022 individual outdoor debut as he clocked a nearly technically flawless 13.42 (+1.6m/s) to win the 110-meter hurdles and take the global lead in the event this year, taking down a nearly four-decade school record in the process.
The fastest time run under all wind conditions in school history had been 13.52 (+4.2m/s) by Thomas Wilcher in 1985, with 13.57 having stood as the wind-legal school record by Wilcher (+0.0m/s) in 1986 and two-time Olympian Jeff Porter (+1.8m/s) in 2007.
Not missing a beat from an indoor season in which he won the Big Ten title and advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships, Zeller immediately reestablished himself as an outdoor national contender. He did not make contact with a single barrier as he crossed the line in a time that put him just 0.05 of a second outside the all-time collegiate top-25 and just 0.1 shy of the 2022 World Championships qualifying standard.
In all of British history, Zeller now ranks tied for No. 12.
Fellow 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships competitors and individual second-team All-Americans Dubem Amene and Miles Brown also posted strong finishes in their individual outdoor debuts.
Amene won his section of the 200 meters in a career-best 21.20 (+0.4m/s) to finish third overall and move to a share of No. 10 in school history with Omar Davidson. Zeller would double back to join him with another career-best of his own at 21.77 for eighth overall.
Brown posted a runner-up finish at 800 meters in 1:49.33. Just over two seconds off his indoor school record from earlier this winter, the true freshman put himself on the bubble of NCAA East Prelims qualification, with plenty of time remaining this spring to solidify his outlook.
Joining Zeller as a winner for the Wolverines was Cassidy Henshaw, who took the high jump title with an outdoor career-best 2.11m (6-11) clearance.
The Wolverines closed out the meet with one last victory as the quartet of Lawrence Gilliam, Jacob Koerner, Brown and Amene combined to run 3:08.62 to claim the 4x400 relay. Amene trailed by over a second behind Miami when he got the stick for the anchor leg, but used a 45.46 split to beat the Hurricanes to the line by 0.27 of a second.
The time puts the Wolverines in contention to return to the NCAA East Prelims, from which they have advanced to nationals in their last two opportunities in 2019 and 2021.
Michigan Results by Event
100 meter dash
Final
--. Jacob Koerner / FS
200 meter dash
Final
3. Dubem Amene / 21.20 (+0.4m/s) [New PR]
8. Joshua Zeller / 21.77 [New PR]
24. Job Mayhue / 22.83 (+1.4m/s)
400 meter dash
Final
6. Lawrence Gilliam / 48.83
800 meter run
Final
2. Miles Brown / 1:49.33
110 meter hurdles
Final
1. Joshua Zeller / 13.42 (+1.6m/s) [U-M Record]
3. Job Mayhue / 14.11 (+1.6m/s)
17. Mason Mahacek / 16.33 (+1.0m/s)
400 meter hurdles
Final
3. Gabe Piepergerdes / 53.73
8. Leo Gabaron / 55.11
4x400 Relay
Final
1. Gilliam, Koerner, Brown, Amene / 3:08.62
High Jump
Final
1. Cassidy Henshaw / 2.11m (6-11) [New PR]
Pole Vault
Final
2. Henry Sheldon / 5.05m (16-6.75) [New PR]
4. Mason Mahacek / 4.75m (15-7)
Long Jump
Final
8. Bera Ajala / 6.80m (22-3.75)
Triple Jump
Final
5. Bera Ajala / 14.74m (48-4.25)
6. Tianhao Wei / 14.22m (46-7.75)
Shot Put
Final
4. Aiden Felty / 16.19m (53-1.5) [New PR]
Discus
Final
6. Eli Winter / 49.04m (160-10)
Distance Crew Concludes Weekend at Raleigh Relays
Site: Raleigh, N.C. (Paul H. Derr Track)
Event: NC State Raleigh Relays
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Thu-Fri., April 7-8 -- at Duke Invitational (Durham, N.C.)
• Complete Results (PDF)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field team closed out the last of three days at the NC State Raleigh Relays on Saturday (March 26), with solid performances at 800 meters.
Henry Johnson was the top Michigan finisher at 800 meters as he rallied in windy conditions to clock 1:52.12 for 12th place overall.
Michigan Results by Event
800 meter run
Final
12. Henry Johnson / 1:52.12
34. Oli Raimond / 1:52.89
37. Anthony DeKraker / 1:52.94
90. Thomas Shilgalis / 1:54.58
140. John Florence / 1:58.50
1500 meter run
Final
31. Oli Raimond / 3:45.34
74. Thomas Shilgalis / 3:49.30
104. Anthony DeKraker / 3:51.16
195. Henry Johnson / 3:59.86
196. John Florence / 3:59.89
. Derrick Simmons / DNF
Steeplechase
Final
7. Christian Hubaker / 8:48.64
29. Austin Remick / 9:04.26
31. Jack Spamer / 9:04.87
44. Joe Meyers / 9:20.52
5000 meter run
Final
83. Joost Plaetinck / 14:25.75
90. Will Landowne / 14:26.89 [New PR]
145. Anthony Hancock / 14:40.37
213. Michael Hancock / 15:12.55
10,000 meter run
Final
69. Zach Stewart / 30:01.91
83. Devin Meyrer / 30:11.29
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