Season Review: 2024 Michigan Men's Track and Field
7/11/2024 6:20:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
• Big Ten Indoor Championships: 8th of 11 (49 points)
• Big Ten Outdoor Championships: 4th of 13 (72)
• NCAA Indoor Championships: No Team Score
• NCAA Outdoor Championships: No Team Score
The University of Michigan men's track and field team had another successful season on the track, earning 11 Big Ten medals, setting five program records and claiming three Big Ten titles.
Individual Highlights
• Tom Brady opened the season with a bang, besting the 5,000-meter run program record that he set in 2023 with a new standard of 13:33.83 at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in December.
• A trio of Wolverines went on to set three records in the same weekend in February, as Dubem Amene broke his 400-meter dash record from 2022 (46.04 seconds) by running 45.75 at the Tiger Paw Invitational, Nick Foster set the mile run record (3:54.48), and Brady once again bested his 5,000-meter record (13:24.16) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
• The records continued to fall as the regular season came to a close, with the distance medley relay team of Trent McFarland, Amene, Miles Brown and Foster set a new standard of 9:19.33 at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
• At the Big Ten Indoor Championships, McFarland, Amene, Brown and Foster took home silver in the DMR (9:43.96). The team was just 0.01 seconds behind-first-place Wisconsin.
• Brady claimed a pair of medals on the weekend, finishing third in the 5,000-meter run (13:58.15) and in the 3,000-meter run (7:57.85). Amene and Foster also earned a second individual medal, with Amene finishing third in the 400-meter dash (46.34) and Foster finishing third in the third in the mile (4:06.22).
• Amene (DMR, 400-meter dash), Brady (5,000-meter run), Brown (DMR), Foster (mile, DMR) and McFarland (DMR) all advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Foster's ninth-place finish in the mile led the team's effort.
• In the outdoor season, Brady continued to have record-setting performances. His 10,000-meter run time of 28:21.89 broke the previous record of 28:25.94 set by Bill Donakowski in 1978.
• Three Wolverines earned individual Big Ten titles at the 2024 Outdoor Championships. Brady won his second straight 10,000-meter run title (29:19.27), while Amene (400-meter dash, 45.92) and McFarland (1,500-meter run, 3:43.59) earned their first career titles.
• Foster (1,500-meter run, 3:43.64) and Luke Venhuizen (5,000-meter run, 13:58.27) took home silver medals. Caleb Jarema earned his first conference medal with a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:45.42).
• Thirteen Wolverines earned spots at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, with five advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Brady (10,000-meter run, 29:16.82) and Jake Wall (long jump, 7.55m) qualified on day one, with Foster (1,500-meter run, 3:45.79), Jarema (3,000-meter steeplechase, 8:41.33), and Zane Forist (discus throw, 56.32m) qualifying on the final day.
• At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Brady's 15th place finish in the 10,000-meter run (28:44.35) and Forist's 14th place finish in the discus throw (57.38m) led the way for the Wolverines.
Honors and Awards
Dubem
Amene
Tom
Brady
Miles
Brown
Zane
Forist
Nick
Foster
Trent
McFarland
NCAA
All-America (Second Team): Dubem Amene (indoor 400m, DMR), Tom Brady (indoor 5,000m, outdoor 10,000m), Miles Brown (indoor DMR), Zane Forist (outdoor discus throw), Nick Foster (indoor mile, DMR), Trent McFarland (indoor DMR)
Big Ten Conference
All-Big Ten (Indoor, Second Team): Dubem Amene, Miles Brown, Nick Foster, Trent McFarland
All-Big Ten (Outdoor, First Team): Dubem Amene, Tom Brady, Trent McFarland
All-Big Ten (Outdoor, Second Team): Nick Foster, Luke Venhuizen
Sportsmanship Award: Tom Brady (indoor), Tianhao Wei (outdoor)
College Sports Communicators
Academic All-America (First Team): Tom Brady
Academic All-District: Tom Brady
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Peter Baracco, So., LSA Undeclared*
Tom Brady, Gr., Management MM*
Aiden Felty, Gr., Anthropology BA
Ian Hill, So., LSA Undeclared*
Henry Johnson, Jr., Applied Exercise Science BS*
Owen MacKenzie, Gr., Biomedical Engineering PhD*
Oli Raimond, Sr., Computer Science BSE*
Tianhao Wei, Jr., Mechanical Engineering BSE
Colton Yesney, Gr., Master of Social Work*
Italics denote a 4.0 GPA
* Earned the honor for both cross country and track
Academic All-Big Ten
Berachiah Ajala, Sr., Computer Science BS
Dubem Amene, Sr., Economics BA
Peter Baracco, So., LSA Undeclared
Dante Bassham, Gr., Real Estate Development Cert
Xander Black, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Tom Brady, Gr., Management MM
Miles Brown, Jr., Movement Science BS
Aiden Felty, Sr., Anthropology BA
Nick Foster, Gr., Management MM
Lawrence Gilliam, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Anthony Hancock, Sr., Mechanical Engineering BSE
Michael Hancock, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Ian Hill, So., LSA Undeclared
Caleb Jarema, So., Business Administration BBA
Arjun Jha, Gr., Physiology MS
Henry Johnson, Jr., Applied Exercise Science BS
Jack Juds, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Jack Kelke, So., LSA Undeclared
Jacob Koerner, Jr., Applied Exercise Science BS
Myles Liss-Riordan, So., Computer Science BSE
Owen MacKenzie, Gr., Biomedical Engineering PhD
Kyler McNatt, So., Aerospace Engineering BSE
Jozef Meyers, Sr., Art and Design BFA
Oli Raimond, Sr., Computer Science BSE
Andrew Sesti, So., Business Administration BBA
Cole Sheldon, So., Environment BS
Henry Sheldon, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Jake Steslicki, So., Economics BA
Zach Stewart, Sr., Sport Management BA
Luke Stowasser, So., LSA Undeclared
Tianhao Wei, Sr., Mechanical Engineering BSE
Eli Winter, Sr., Economics BA
Adam Wright, So., LSA Undeclared
Colton Yesney, Gr., Global SW Practice MSW
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