Michigan
Sea Ray Relays
Wolverines Perform Strong at Sea Ray Relays
4/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A portion of the University of Michigan men's track and field team competed at the Sea Ray Relays Wednesday-Saturday (April 11-14) on Tom Black Track. The Wolverines also sent several members of the team to compete in the Spartan Invite Saturday (April 14) in East Lansing, Mich.
Junior/sophomore Dan Harmsen (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) improved on his NCAA regional qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking 52.04 to win his heat and place fifth in the event. The mark is just 0.1 seconds shy of his personal best (51.94). Overall, Harmsen had the second-fastest time of all the college athletes behind Kevin Hutton of North Carolina State (51.18).
Senior Michael Whitehead (East Norristown, P.A./Norristown Area) also improved on his NCAA qualifying mark in the triple jump. Whitehead landed a mark of 51-7 to claim fourth place in the event. Whitehead was just 10 1/2 inches shy of Wisconsins Alonzo Moore for the top mark (52-5 1/2).
Senior Jeff Porter (Somerset, N.J./Franklin) clocked the fastest time of any college competitor in the 110-meter hurdles, claiming seventh place overall out of 36 competitors. Porter won his heat with a regional qualifying time of 14.25. He also competed in the 100-meter dash less than an hour later, clocking 10.89 to take 24th of 42 athletes.
In the decathlon, freshman Frank Shotwell (Medina, Ohio/Medina) scored 6,644 points to finish fourth in the event. Shotwells point total was 266 points short of earning an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. His best efforts came in the 400-meter dash (49.93), the long jump (22-5 3/4) and the 110-meter hurdles (14.61), placing second in each individual event.
The final day was cut short due to lightning in the area.
Next week, the Wolverines will travel to nearby Ypsilanti, Mich., on Saturday, April 21 to compete in the Eastern Michigan Invitational.
Event Winners/U-M Results
Wednesday-Thursday (April 11-12)Decathlon 1. Chris Helwick, Tennessee 7,732* 4. Frank Shotwell, U-M 6,644Friday (April 13)
100-meter Dash 1. Demi Omole, Wisconsin 10.28# 24. Jeff Porter, U-M 10.89 110-meter Hurdles 1. Aries Merritt, Reebok 13.80 7. Jeff Porter, U-M 14.25# 400-meter Dash 1. Bershawn Jackson, Nike 45.61 27. Andre Barnes, U-M 48.96 400-meter Hurdles 1. LaBronze, Garrett, Doyle Mgt. TC 50.26 5. Dan Harmsen, U-M 52.04# 800-meter Run 1. Mark Miller, Penn State 1:49.81# 18. John D'Arcy, U-M 1:52.68 Triple Jump 1. Alonzo Moore, Wisconsin 52-5 1/2# (15.98m) 4. Michael Whitehead, U-M 51-7# (15.72m) Pole Vault (Open) 1. Michael Hogue, Tennessee 17-0 1/4# (5.20m) -- Chris Baldwin, U-M NHSaturday (April 14)
Hammer Throw (Open) 1. Andy Fryman, unnatt. 202-7 (61.75m) 13. Chris McHugh, U-M 170-10 (52.06m) * NCAA Automatic Qualifying mark # NCAA Regional Qualifying mark
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