U-M Set for Friday’s B1G Championships at Michigan State

• Meet Central | Championships Central

By Taalia Black

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 25-ranked University of Michigan males’s cross nation group will head north to East Lansing, Mich., for the Big Ten Cross Country Championships hosted by Michigan State at 10:35 a.m. on Friday (Oct. 31). The 8K meet will probably be run on the Forest Akers East Golf Course and will probably be broadcast stay on Big Ten Network.

Notes

• Michigan stays at No. 5 within the newest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association regional rankings and No. 25 within the Coaches National Poll. This locations the Wolverines fourth amongst convention groups within the ballot, behind Oregon, Michigan State and Wisconsin.

• The Maize and Blue closed out regular-season competitors on the EMU Fall Classic on Oct. 24 in Dexter, Mich., with 4 Wolverines ending within the prime 15 within the non-scored meet.

• Camden Law took fifth place, main U-M and setting a brand new personal-best 5K time of 15:20.2. Marcus Reilly completed in eighth (15:31.7), shaving greater than 10 seconds off his earlier greatest. Law earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors on Wednesday (Oct. 29) for his efficiency.

• The Wolverines wrapped up final yr’s Big Ten Championships with a fifth-place end in Savoy, Ill. Nathan Lopez led the Wolverines, putting twenty sixth total (23:15.1), with Caleb Jarema and Jack Spamer ending shut behind and crossing the end line in sync at 23:18.5 to take twenty seventh and twenty eighth place, respectively.

• Jarema’s time stays his private greatest over eight kilometers. The senior will look to channel final yr’s efficiency at his fourth profession Big Ten Championships.

• Lopez was Michigan’s prime finisher twice this season, posting his career-best 8K time of 23:14.9 on the Gans Creek Classic on Sept. 26 and can intention to hold that momentum into his third profession Big Ten Championships look.