Michigan
Spartan Invitational
U-M to Head to Michigan State for Spartan Invitational
4/3/2024 5:23:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field program will compete in the Spartan Invitational at Michigan State on Friday (April 5) beginning at 10:52 a.m.
Notes
• Action at the Ralph Young Track will begin at 10:52 p.m. with the 5,000-meter run.
• The Wolverines have been solid through the first three weeks of outdoor action. In the USTFCCCA Event Squad rankings, the 1,500-meter run squad is No. 2 and the 800-meter run squad is No. 4.
• The Maize and Blue split action last weekend, with the distance squad competing at the Stanford Invitational and the rest of the team competing at the Battle on the Bayou hosted by LSU.
• In Palo Alto, Calif., Tom Brady set the program record for the 10,000-meter run with a time of 28:21.89, shaving 25 seconds off his previous personal-best (28:46.83). Luke Venhuizen finished fourth in section four of the 5,000-meter run with a personal-best time of 13:52.88. In section three of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Caleb Jarema finished second with a personal best of 8:52.09.
• At LSU, Nick Foster (3:40.36) finished first, Trent McFarland (3:42.99) finished second, Riley Flemington (3:43.56) finished third, and Henry Johnson (3:34.56) finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run. Flemington and Johnson both set career bests and all four Wolverines broke the meet record. Foster's time set a new 1,500-meter run standard for the meet.
• In the 800-meter run, Johnson finished fourth with a personal-best time of 1:48.27 and Foster finished fifth with a personal-best 1:48.28. McFarland placed sixth (1:48.66), Camden Law placed 11th with a personal-best 1:49.83, and Flemington finished 12th (1:50.26) with a season-best time. Johnson's time is the 10th fastest in program history.
• Dubem Amene ran 46.01 seconds to finish seventh in the 400-meter dash, just a half-second shy of tying his personal best. Jacob Koerner placed 20th (48.18) while Lawrence Gilliam placed 23rd (48.36), with both running season bests.
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