Michigan
Simmons-Harvey Invitational
Wolverines to Remain Home to Host Simmons-Harvey Invitational
1/16/2025 1:12:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Promotions
• Wolverine Kids Club Day
• Post-Meet Kid's Lap
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's track and field team will remain at home to host the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 18) at the U-M Indoor Track Building. Field events will begin at 10 a.m. and track events will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Notes
• Big Ten foes Michigan State and Purdue will head to Ann Arbor for U-M's lone scored meet of the indoor season.
• Elizabeth Tapper opened 2025 with a bang, setting the program shot put record (16.86m, 55 feet, 3.75 inches) at the Wolverine Invitational. The mark comes in at No. 9 in the NCAA and No. 5 in the Big Ten.
• Thrower Abigail Russell had an impressive debut for the Maize and Blue, finishing third in the shot put with a mark of 14.35m (47-1) and second in the weight throw with a mark of 18.63m (61-1.5) to earn big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on Wednesday (Jan. 15). Russell's weight-throw mark is No. 7 on the program performers list, while her shot-put mark is No. 24 in the league and her weight-throw mark is No. 18.
• Freshman Kourtney Rathke also made her Michigan debut at the Wolverine Invitational, winning the pole vault (3.85m, 12-7.50) to tie for the No. 10 mark on the program performers list and is No. 14 in the Big Ten.
• Aasia Laurencin ran a personal-best 7.53 seconds in the 60-meter dash preliminaries, finishing fourth with a time of 7.59 in the finals.
• Freshmen Bella Harsanyi (1:36.37) and Emma Thomas (1:36.44) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 600-meter run last weekend, while Coraline Haggarty finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14.43.
• Savannah Sutherland (200-meter dash) and Riley Ammenhauser (triple jump) are expected to make their season debuts at the Simmons-Harvey Invite.
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