Wolverines Ready to Play Host to B1G Outdoor Championships
5/8/2024 3:59:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field team will open the postseason at U-M Track and Field Stadium as it hosts the Big Ten Outdoor Championships from Friday through Sunday (May 10-12).
Notes
• Wolverines to watch this weekend include: Dubem Amene (200- and 400-meter dash), Nick Foster (800- and 1,500-meter run), Trent McFarland (1,500-meter run), Caleb Jarema (3,000-meter steeplechase), Jozef Meyers (3,000-meter steeplechase), Tom Brady (10,000-meter run), Eli Winter (hammer throw), Zane Forist (discus throw), Tianhao Wei (triple jump), and Jake Wall (long jump).
• The Maize and Blue finished in fifth place at the 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, earning 14 top-eight finishes and one event title (Brady in the 10,000-meter run).
• Winter picked up two points with a seventh-place finish in the hammer throw (63.81m/209 feet, 4 inches) to put the team in eighth after day one.
• Jack Spamer (sixth, 9:01.34) and Jarema (eighth, 9:03.66) scored four points in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and Mason Mahacek's fourth-place finish in the decathlon (7,560 points) was good for five team points.
• Tied for eighth heading into the final day of the meet, the Wolverines earned three medals and scored points in three other events. Joshua Zeller won silver in the 110-meter hurdles (13.40 seconds) while Amene (400-meter dash, 46.20 seconds) and Brady (5,000-meter run, 13:56.70) both took home bronze.
• U-M scored 72 total points, with Nebraska (151), Minnesota (122) and Iowa (120) making up the top-three.