Wolverines Robust on Day Two of Spec Towns Invitational

Site: Athens, Ga. (Spec Towns Track)

Event: Spec Towns Invitational

U-M Team Finish: No Team Scoring

Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 11 — at Spec Towns Invitational – Day Three (Athens, Ga.), 1 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Michigan ladies’s observe and discipline crew continued competitors on the Spec Towns Invitational on Friday (April 10) at Spec Towns Track.

Chiamaka Odenigbo opened the meet for the Wolverines on Thursday within the heptathlon, clearing 1.65 meters (5-5) within the excessive bounce earlier than withdrawing from the meet.

Payton Smith led a contingent of Wolverines within the 200-meter sprint, ending 14th (23.72). Keyanna O’Tey positioned sixteenth (23.76), Alyssa Bean completed twenty first (24.08), and Myla Wilkes positioned twenty third (24.17).

The Wolverines went 1-2-3 and claimed seven of the highest 10 spots within the 1,500-meter run. Brooke Johnston gained with a time of 4:27.20, whereas Anjali Hocker Singh completed second (4:30.35), Alyna Lewis positioned third (4:30.87), Jadyn Zdanavage completed fifth (4:31.45), Lisa Luecke positioned sixth (4:33.30), Elena Figueroa completed seventh (4:33.53), and Mara Longenecker positioned eighth (4:37.74). Johnston, Luecke, and Figueroa every recorded personal-best instances.

Amare Harlan completed fourth within the lengthy bounce with a mark of 6.16 meters (20-2.5) to tie her private greatest. Kourtney Rathke positioned seventh with a mark of 6.01 meters (19-8.75), and Maya Anderson completed eighth at 5.91 meters (19-4.75).

Kourtney Rathke additionally cleared 4.01 meters (13-1.75) within the pole vault to position sixth, whereas Iliana Downing completed simply behind her in seventh with a mark of three.91 meters (12-10).

In the hammer throw, Janey Campbell recorded a personal-best mark of 45.68 meters (149-10) to complete thirteenth.

Michigan will shut out the weekend with day three of the Spec Towns Invitational on Saturday (April 11), starting with the 100-meter hurdles preliminary spherical at 1:15 p.m.