Three Wolverines Medal as U-M Finishes Ninth at B1G Outdoor Championships

Site: Lincoln, Neb. (Nebraska Outdoor Track)

Event: Big Ten Outdoor Championships (Day 3 of three)

U-M Team Finish: ninth of 17 (46 factors)

Next U-M Event: Wednesday, May 27 — at NCAA East First Round (Lexington, Ky.), TBA

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Michigan males’s observe and discipline staff concluded competitors on the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday (May 17), with three Wolverines incomes medals to steer Michigan to a ninth-place staff end.

Oregon captured the staff title with 121 factors, whereas Minnesota (81) and Nebraska (81) tied for second.

The Maize and Blue scored 16 factors within the 1,500-meter run behind Trent McFarland’s runner-up end (4:01.84), Brendan Herger’s third-place exhibiting (4:01.84) and Riley Flemington’s seventh-place end (4:02.80). The trio improved upon their fourth-, fifth- and Twelfth-place finishes, respectively, from the 2025 Big Ten Championships.

Three Wolverines positioned within the 800-meter run, combining for 17 factors. Camden Law earned silver with a time of 1:47.29, Miles Brown completed fourth (1:47.94) and John O’Reilly positioned fifth (1:48.01). Brown improved on his eighth-place end from final yr, whereas Law and O’Reilly every made their first finals look.

Benny Diaz scored one level within the 110-meter hurdles, ending eighth in 22.26 after a fall. Nathan Lopez additionally added some extent with an eighth-place end within the 5,000-meter run (14:14.02). Luke Venhuizen (14:32.30) positioned sixteenth, Nolan Clark (14:40.02) was nineteenth and Heath McAllister (14:42.58) completed twentieth.

Michigan positioned ninth within the 4×100-meter relay, with Krish Gupta, Jake Machiniak, Corey Royster and Amit Rutman posting a time of 40.08. The 4×400-meter relay staff additionally completed ninth, as Will Barhite, Gupta, O’Reilly and Brown mixed for a 3:11.31 time.

Josh Huisman positioned tenth within the shot put with a mark of 18.36m (60-3), whereas Liam Kinney cleared 4.92m (16-1.75) to complete nineteenth within the pole vault.

Michigan will proceed postseason competitors May 27-30 on the NCAA East First Round in Lexington, Ky. Selections might be introduced Thursday (May 21) by the NCAA.