Spartans Sprint Back Into Action at the Exciting Wolverine Invitational!

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Coming back from the winter break, the Michigan State track & field squad is set to resume indoor competition at the Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 11.
 
The majority of the Spartans participating on Saturday will be throwers and sprinters. 

In the field events, the competition will kick off at 10 a.m. with the women’s weight throw, where Elly Finch, Rylan Finstrom, Valadian Pallett and Eriana Hubbard will all take part. Finch, Finstrom, and Savannah Breitwiser will also participate in the women’s shot put. 

Five Spartans are set to compete in the men’s weight throw, including Colby Morlock, Josh DeVries, Dalton DeBeau, Dillon Morlock, and Xavier Griffiths. Both Morlocks and DeBeau will also compete in the shot put later that day.

The track events will commence at 11 a.m. with the preliminaries of the women’s 60m hurdles. Experienced sprinters Kaia Scheffler and Amani Nuels will be racing in the 60m dash, while Scheffler also takes part in the 60m hurdles. Noah Heiber and Logan Allen will be involved in the men’s 60m hurdles, and Cameron Cheetam and Drew Novak will join them in the 60m dash. Elizabeth Anderson and Terrance Muex will also participate in the women’s and men’s 300m, respectively.

Live statistics and streaming links are accessible at msuspartans.com.

After the Wolverine Invitational, the Spartans will return to Ann Arbor the following weekend for the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 18.