DMR Posts Season-Best Performance at Alex Wilson Invite

Friday, March 5

South Bend, Ind.

5:00 PM

Michigan

Alex Wilson Invitational

DMR Posts Season-Best Performance at Alex Wilson Invite

3/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

March 5, 2010

Site: South Bend, Ind. (Loftus Sports Center)
Event: Alex Wilson Invitational (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: No Team Scoring
Next U-M event: Saturday, March 6 -- at Alex Wilson Invitational - Day Two (South Bend, Ind.), 10:30 a.m.

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

20-pound Weight Throw1. Irene Cooper, WMU     19.91m (65-07.00)8. Emily Pendleton, U-M  17.03m (55-10.50)9. Erin Pendleton, U-M   16.36m (53-08.25)
Distance Medley Relay1. Kansas             11:07.963. MICHIGAN           11:11.17#  (Jillian Smith, Shana Vinson,   Rebecca Addison, Danielle Tauro)
# NCAA Provisional Time

N O T E S

• It was a season-best time for the DMR squad, bettering the previous time of 11:13.69, notched at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational on Feb. 5.

• It was the third time the DMR quartet has hit a provisional time.

• U-M will participate in the 400-meter dash (Shana Vinson) and the shot put (Allison Liske, Emily Pendleton, Erin Pendleton) tomorrow (Saturday, March 6). There is a possibility Rebecca Addison and Jillian Smith will run the 800-meter run.

• The meet is a "last chance meet", giving participants an opportunity to hit NCAA qualifying marks.

Q U O T E S

Associate Head Coach Mike McGuire
On the DMR and its chances for an NCAA bid ... "We got the time improvement today; we just do not know exactly where we are on a national scale. Kansas and Indiana were behind us heading into today and now they are ahead of us. We are probably somewhere between No. 8 and No. 10, but there are still some meets out there right now. We will just have to see what happens. Jill (Smith) gave us a lead on that first leg and Shana (Vinson) kept it. Becca (Addison) had a few people go past her and when it got to Danielle (Tauro); she was in fifth but moved us up at the end. We were solid, but thought we would run a little bit better. We are close to breaking into the 11:10 mark but can obviously do a little better."

Contact: Sarah VanMetre (734) 763-4423