Wolverine Pride: Unleashing the Spirit of University of Michigan Athletics

Promotions

• Wolverine Kids Club Day

• Post-meet kid’s lap

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan men’s track and field squad will stay at home for the second consecutive meet, organizing the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 18) at the U-M Indoor Track Building. Field competitions will commence at 10:30 a.m. and track competitions will start at 11:30 a.m.

Notes

• The Wolverines will face Big Ten rivals Michigan State and Purdue in their sole scored competition of the regular season.

• Trent McFarland has begun the year 2025 with remarkable speed, clocking a mile at 3:58.71 to secure first place at the Wolverine Invitational on Jan. 11. This performance ranks No. 10 on the program’s all-time list, No. 1 in the Big Ten, and No. 5 in the NCAA. McFarland was awarded Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week on Wednesday (Jan. 15) for his achievement. Camden Law also participated in the mile, achieving third place with a time of 4:02.83, improving his previous best by nearly seven seconds. His time positions him at No. 21 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the conference.

• Freshman Brendan Herger triumphed in the 800-meter race with a time of 1:49.29, marking the No. 9 time in the program’s history and the No. 2 time in both the conference and NCAA.

• In the 60-meter dash, Corey Royster recorded a time of 6.79 seconds to reach the finals, falling just 0.001 seconds short of equaling the No. 9 time on the program’s performers list. Royster finished sixth in the finals with a time of 6.83.

• Liam Kinney and John McNeil both made their inaugural appearances for the Maize and Blue, winning their individual events. Kinney cleared a height of 5.00m (16 feet, 4.75 inches) in the pole vault, while McNeil cleared 2.11m (6-11) in the high jump.

• The throwers displayed a strong performance, achieving five top-three results across two events. Zane Forist secured second place in the weight throw (18.91m/62-0.50) before winning the shot put with a personal best of 17.89m (58-8.5). Forist’s weight throw distance ranks No. 18 in the Big Ten, while his shot put distance is No. 10.

• Eli Winter claimed victory in the weight throw with a distance of 19.62m (64-4.5), while Jake Steslicki finished third (18.55m, 60-10.5) — marking the No. 8 and No. 22 performances in the league, respectively. Freshman Josh Huisman took second place in the shot put (16.94m, 55-7.00) to rank No. 16 in the Big Ten.