Rogers Closes Out Career with Personal Best in Discus

Saturday, May 19

Bloomington, Ind.

Michigan

Big Ten Outdoor Championships (Day 2)

Rogers Closes Out Career with Personal Best in Discus

5/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Senior Nick Rogers (Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm HS) ended his University of Michigan men's track and field career by taking fourth place in the discus today (Saturday, May 19) at the Big Ten Conference Outdoor Championships at the University of Indiana.

Rogers' toss of 172-4 was a personal best and marked his best finish ever at the Big Ten Championships. With Rogers' five points, Michigan ended the day tied in eighth place with Iowa with 15 points. Wisconsin leads the team competition after two days with 59 points.

Junior Ike Okenwa (San Diego, Calif./Morse HS) finished runner-up in his heats of the 100- and 200-meter dashes and posted the third fastest time overall for both events to advance to the finals on Sunday.

Two Wolverines advanced to the finals in the middle distance events as well Sophomore Phil Stead (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child HS) ran a 1:51.24 in the 800-meter run, which was just fast enough to advance to the finals on Sunday. Freshman Brian Turner (Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS) took sixth in his heat of the 1,500 and will compete tomorrow in the finals.

Michigan will be in action tomorrow (Sunday, May 20) for the final day of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST/CDT.

Team Standings (after Day 2)

 1. Wisconsin 59 2. Purdue 45 3. Ohio State 37.5 4. Michigan State 30 5. Indiana 28 6. Penn State 25.5 7. Minnesota 23 8. MICHIGAN 15 Iowa 15 10. Illinois 0

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day 2)

100-Meter Dash (Prelims) Heat Two 1. Prentice Stovall, Purdue 10.61q 2. Ike Okenwa, U-M 10.62q 200-Meter Dash (Prelims) Heat Two 1. Andrew Pierce, Ohio State 20.85q# 2. Ike Okenwa, U-M 21.10q 400-Meter Dash (Prelims) Heat One 1. Markus Williams, Purdue 46.78q 6. Ravi Smith, U-M 47.70 7. Tony Wishart, U-M 47.98 Heat Three 1. Andrew Pierce, Ohio State 46.50q 6. Anthony Beal, U-M 49.08 800-Meter Run (Prelims) Heat One 1. Ryan Huber, Indiana 1:49.40q 3. Phil Stead, U-M 1:51.24q 5. Kevin Rogan, U-M 1:52.88 Heat Two 1. Nick Gow, Illinois 1:50.34q 7. Tom Greenless, U-M 2:00.21 Heat Three 1. Jason Van Swol, Illinois 1:48.22q 7. Dan Cooke, U-M 2:00.96 1,500-Meter Run (Prelims) Heat One 1. Nate Uselding, Wisconsin 3:49.15q 6. Brian Turner, U-M 3:50.21q 9. Tom Caughlan, U-M 3:55.42 12. Terrance Rindler, U-M 3:58.73 Heat Two 1. Brad DelMuto, Penn State 3:51.23q 6. Mason Ward, U-M 3:53.43 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Finals) 1. Ian Conner, Ohio State 8:42.58# 13. Dave Sage, U-M 9:24.40 14. Ryan Hesselink, U-M 9:26.04 400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims) Heat Two 1. Brian Derby, Penn State 50.07q@ 6. Josh Sellers, U-M 52.36 8. Andrew Ochs, U-M 53.41 Long Jump (Finals) 1. Lenton Herring, Wisconsin 25-8 3/4# 12. Oded Padan, U-M 22-3 1/4 High Jump (Finals) 1. Shaun Guice, Purdue 7-3# 10. Robert Arnold, U-M 6-6 3/4 Discus (Finals) 1. Jeremy Allen, Iowa 194-5# 4. Nick Rogers, U-M 172-4 Decathlon (Finals) 1. Paul Terek, Michigan State 7,695 pts. 9. Ryan Stevenson, U-M 6,446 @ NCAA Automatic Time # NCAA Provisional Mark $ Big Ten Meet Record q Qualified for finals