Wolverines Take Fourth at Michigan Intercollegiate

Saturday, February 12

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Michigan

Michigan Intercollegiate

2/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field squad notched 123 points en route to a fourth-place finish at the annual Michigan Intercollegiate Championships, held Saturday (Feb. 12) on the campus of Central Michigan University. Michigan, which was led by four individual victories, including two 1-2 finishes, wound up just behind second-place Central Michigan (129 points) and Western Michigan (124), while Eastern Michigan won the title with 150 points.

The Wolverines continued to impress in the pole vault as Michigan finished 1-2 in that event for the second consecutive week. Sophomore Brent Sheffer (Traverse City, Mich./Central HS) led the way for the Maize and Blue by posting a mark of 16-6 3/4. Sheffer was followed by junior Charles DeWildt (Wyoming, Mich./Grand Rapids Catholic Central), who vaulted 16-0.

Michigan also took the top two spots in the 600-meter run as sophomore Jeremy Schneider (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Andover HS) won with a time of 1:20.42, while senior Steve Moffat (Villa Park, Calif./Villa Park HS) came in second (1:20.96). The finish was the most impressive in that event for Michigan this season as both men broke the Jack Skoog Indoor Track record of 1:21.20. Following close behind Schneider and Moffat was freshman Phil Stead (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child HS), who finished in the fourth spot (1:21.60).

In the sprints, Ike Okenwa (San Diego, Calif./Morse HS) posted a Jack Skoog Indoor Track record in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.79, breaking the mark by one-tenth of a second. The sophomore would later go on to finish second in the 60-meter dash final (6.86) and win the 200-meter dash (21.63).

The other Wolverine victory came in the 3,000-meter run. Senior Steve Lawrence (Consecon, Ontario/East Northumberland SS) paced the Maize and Blue with a time of 8:34.72, winning the event by less than a second.

Michigan closes out the regular-season portion of its indoor schedule by hosting the Silverston Invitational on Saturday (Feb. 19) at noon at the U-M Indoor Track Building.

N O T E S

Ike Okenwa's 60-meter dash time of 6.79 tied his best mark of the season and currently ranks fifth in the Big Ten Conference.

Jeremy Schneider's time of 1:20.42 in the 600-meter run ranks eighth in the Big Ten Conference. Schneider also posted a time of 1:19.92 in the 600 meters on Jan. 15, which is a Michigan best this season and currently ranks sixth in the Big Ten.

Steve Moffat's time of 1:20.96 in the 600-meter run is a season best and ranks 10th in the Big Ten Conference.

Final Team Standings

 1. Eastern Michigan 150 2. Central Michigan 129 3. Western Michigan 124 4. MICHIGAN 123 5. Michigan State 13 Detroit Mercy 13

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

60-Meter Dash

Heat 1 1. Olayemi Olatunji, EMU 6.86 3. Steve Molnar, U-M 7.03 4. Steve Jenkins, U-M 7.09 Heat 2 1. Ike Okenwa, U-M 6.79* Final 1. Gerald Rasool, EMU 6.79* 2. Ike Okenwa, U-M 6.86 6. Steve Molnar, U-M 7.03 7. Steve Jenkins, U-M 7.04

200-Meter Dash

 1. Ike Okenwa, U-M 21.63 5. Steve Molnar, U-M 22.38 12. Brad Haudan, U-M 22.78 13. Steve Jenkins, U-M 23.02

400-Meter Dash

 1. Braden Bush, CMU 49.26$ 3. Kevin Lamb, U-M 49.51 8. Ravi Smith, U-M 49.66 9. Tony Wishart, U-M 49.96 17. Josh Sellers, U-M 54.86

600-Meter Run

 1. Jeremy Schneider, U-M 1:20.42$ 2. Steve Moffat, U-M 1:20.96$ 4. Phil Stead, U-M 1:21.60

800-Meter Run

 1. Ben Reese, EMU 1:52.53$ 2. Jay Cantin, U-M 1:53.77 5. Dan Snyder, U-M 1:55.55 12. Dave Cook, U-M 1:58.69 13. John Butsic, U-M 1:59.94

Mile Run

 1. Ben Reese, EMU 4:08.36 5. Steve Lawrence, U-M 4:14.70 6. Mike Wisniewski, U-M 4:14.87 10. John Butsic, U-M 4:29.04

3,000-Meter Run

 1. Steve Lawrence, U-M 8:34.72 7. Mike Wisniewski, U-M 8:44.10

60-Meter Hurdles

Heat 1 1. Jalilu Mayo, EMU 7.90# 3. Andre Snellings, U-M 8.54 Heat 2 1. Greg Richardson, CMU 8.02 4. Derek Applewhite, U-M 8.31 6. Jon Cohen, U-M 8.47 Final 1. Greg Richardson, CMU 7.86 3. Derek Applewhite, U-M 8.22 6. Andre Snellings, U-M 8.33

1,600-Meter Relay

 1. Central Michigan 3:18.58 4. Michigan DNF

Distance Medley

 1. Eastern Michigan 10:08.64 3. Michigan 10:10.41

High Jump

 1. Mike Hanson, WMU 6-10 1/4 (2.09m)$ 7. Robert Arnold, U-M 6-4 (1.93m)

Pole Vault

 1. Brent Sheffer, U-M 16-6 3/4 (5.05m)$ 2. Charles DeWildt, U-M 16-0 (4.88m)

Long Jump

 1. Okoineme Giwa-Agbomeirele, MSU 23-2 (7.06m) 10. Oded Padan, U-M 21-1 (6.43m)

Triple Jump

 1. Ndjeka Luhahi, WMU 49-8 1/4 (15.14m)$ 3. Oded Padan, U-M 47-7 1/4 (14.51m)

Shot Put

 1. Dale Cowper, WMU 55-1 1/2 (16.80m) 7. Nick Rogers, U-M 52-8 1/4 (16.06m) 8. Patrik Johansson, U-M 51-5 1/2 (15.68m) 10. Jason Hoyner, U-M 50-6 3/4 (15.41m)

35-Lb. Weight Throw

 1. Dale Cowper, WMU 63-0 3/4 (19.22m)$ 2. Patrik Johansson, U-M 59-2 3/4 (18.05m) 14. Nick Rogers, U-M 46-11 (14.30m)

Heptathlon

 1. Nate Parker, CMU 5159 points 3. Ryan Stevenson, U-M 4847 6. Blair Yonkoski, U-M 4660 # indicates NCAA Provisional Time $ indicates Jack Skoog Indoor Track Record * indicates Michigan Intercollegiate Record

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