Pendleton, 4x400-meter Relay Team Win at Stanford Invitational

Saturday, March 27

Palo Alto, Calif.

9:00 AM PT

Michigan

Stanford Invitational

Pendleton, 4x400-meter Relay Team Win at Stanford Invitational

3/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

March 27, 2010

Site: Palo Alto, Calif. (Cobb Track and Angell Field)
Event: Stanford Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 3 -- at Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.), 10 a.m.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The University of Michigan women's track and field team picked up two victories Saturday (March 27) at the two-day Stanford Invitational, with junior Emily Pendleton (Lindsey, Ohio/Woodmore) taking top honors in the discus while the 4x400-meter relay team won the final event of the day.

Pendleton won the invitational discus event with a throw of 52.96m (173-9) while also recording a seventh-place finish in the invitational hammer throw (52.30m, 171-7) and a fourth-place showing in the shot put with a toss of 14.27m (46-10).

The 4x400-meter relay team of senior/junior Alisha Cole (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac), junior Jennifer Neville (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child), sophomore Alexandria Williams (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) and senior Shana Vinson (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) combined for a time of 3:41.92 to win the final running event of the day.

Neville also recorded a second-place time of 1:00.70 in the 400-meter hurdles, and Vinson recorded a third-place showing in the 400-meter dash (54.84).

Junior/sophomore Allison Liske (Zeeland, Mich./Zeeland East) continued her strong season, picking up two second-place showings on Friday while finishing fifth in the collegiate hammer throw (46.88m, 153-10). Liske finished second in the shot put (15.27m, 50-1 1/4) and the collegiate discus (44.98m, 147-7).

Freshman Erin Pendleton (Lindsey, Ohio/Woodmore) rounded out the top finishes for the Wolverines, taking third in the collegiate hammer throw when she recorded a throw of 47.66m (156-4).

U-M returns to Michigan next Saturday (April 3), traveling to Michigan State for the Spartan Invitational. Events will begin at 10 a.m.

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day 2)

4x100-meter Relay 1. Oregon                           44.38 5. Michigan                         46.53    (Julian Purvis, Alisha Cole,     Teleicia Rose, Shana Vinson) 800-meter Run 1. Dianne Cummins, Mountain W.    2:05.0021. Rebecca Addison, U-M           2:10.9454. Meg Bellino, U-M               2:17.87 200-meter Dash 1. Charonda Williams, adidas        23.06 7. Shana Vinson, U-M                24.4811. Alisha Cole, U-M                 24.7025. Ada Unachukwu, U-M               25.2734. Teleicia Rose, U-M               25.84 4x400-meter Relay1. MICHIGAN                        3:41.92   (Alisha Cole, Jennifer Neville,    Alexandria Williams, Shana Vinson) Hammer Throw Collegiate 1. Linda Oseso, California          50.70m (166-4) 3. Erin Pendleton, U-M              47.66m (156-4) 5. Allison Liske, U-M               46.88m (153-10)11. Ashley Greer, U-M                42.52m (139-6) Hammer Throw Invitational 1. Amy Haapanen, Unatt.             62.70m (205-8) 7. Emily Pendleton, U-M             52.30m (171-7) Discus Invitational 1. Emily Pendleton, U-M             52.96m (173-9) 4. Erin Pendleton, U-M              49.02m (160-10) Pole Vault 1. Melissa Gergel, Oregon            4.30m (14-1 1/4)10. Abbey Breidenstein, U-M           3.75m (12-3 1/2)14. Carly Schiffer, U-M               3.60m (11-9 3/4)15. Andrea Marcos, U-M                3.25m (10-8)