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Stanford Invitational
Michigan Men to Debut All-Americans at Stanford
3/28/2019 2:06:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
» The No. 21 University of Michigan men's track and field team continues to build up its outdoor campaign on Friday and Saturday (March 29-30) at the Stanford Invitational.
» This weekend will see the 2019 outdoor debuts of All-Americans Taylor McLaughlin and Jack Aho.
» Looking to build on strong 2019 campaigns after debuting in the past two weeks will be the likes of Roland Amarteifio and Ben Hill, among others.
THIS WEEK
Fri-Sat., March 29-30 -- at Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.), 11:30 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. PDT
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Following up on a successful opening two weekends of the 2019 outdoor season, the No. 21-ranked University of Michigan men's track and field team will add more top contenders to the mix this Friday and Saturday (March 29-30) at the Stanford Invitational in as the regular season continues to build.
Among the 30 Michigan men ready to run, jump and throw in Palo Alto, California, this weekend is a pair of All-Americans in hurdler Taylor McLaughlin and distance runner Jack Aho who are set to open their spring campaigns during the two-day competition.
Those two will be added to a lineup that already this spring has produced significant results in meets at Miami and Vanderbilt, especially from the likes of Roland Amarteifio and Ben Hill.
It all gets underway for Michigan on Friday at 11:30 a.m. PDT with the start of the field events. Following just under an hour later at 12:23 p.m. PDT is the beginning of a lengthy track program -- featuring two-thirds of the Wolverines' entries on the weekend -- that concludes at around 10:15 p.m. PDT.
Saturday's schedule is much more compact for the Wolverines, starting at 1 p.m. PDT in the field and 1:49 p.m. PDT on the track. The U-M weekend is expected to conclude just before 5:30 p.m. PDT.
Among the goals for the Wolverines this weekend is to start to put up marks that will ultimately put them among the top 48 in their respective events in the NCAA East Region. Those ranked top-48 after the Big Ten Championships in May will be assured of qualifying for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in late May, which serve as the feeder meet into the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
This weekend's meet will be streamed live on FloTrack's subscription streaming platform, and live results will be provided by Record Timing. Live updates can also be found on the official Michigan track and field Twitter account, @umichtrack.
Wolverines to Watch
• Recently pegged as an early-season favorite for the national title in the 400-meter hurdles, McLaughlin will make his 2019 spring debut this weekend at both 400 and 200 meters. The two-time Big Ten 400-meter hurdles champion will run the 400 on Friday at 4:53 p.m. PDT and will come back for the 200 Saturday at 3:40 p.m. PDT. He will be joined in both by freshman Ian Davis, who posted a very strong 47.55 clocking over 400 meters two weekends ago in his outdoor collegiate debut.
• Though McLaughlin will not be contesting his signature event this weekend, the 400 hurdles race Friday at 3:38 p.m. PDT will feature an early-season breakout star in Amarteifio. The junior already has tied his career best in the event with a 51.73 clocking last weekend at Vanderbilt, and will aim for an outright personal record on Friday. Teammate Noah Caudy just missed his PR by .06 seconds at Vanderbilt in the same event and will likewise go for a new PR on Friday. Amarteifio will team earlier in the day with fellow Big Ten Indoor Championships 60-meter hurdles finalists Sierra Hendrix-Williams and Job Mayhue in the 110-meter hurdles prelims at 12:23 p.m. PDT. They will be aiming for the final at 2:17 p.m. PDT.
• With cross country All-America honors and a historically fast indoor season to his name this academic year, Aho will look to kick off his outdoor campaign on that same note. He is aiming for his first sub-14:00 clocking for 5,000 meters in the invitational section of the event Friday at 8:50 p.m. PDT against some of the nation's fastest men.
• Mid-distance runner Hill had himself a weekend at Vanderbilt, running to the win at 1,500 meters and taking fourth at 800 meters in times that seeded him top-15 in the East Region for both events. He will be focusing on the 1,500 this Friday at 7 p.m. PDT.
The full schedule of competitors can be found below, followed by a 2019 outdoor season outlook.
When to Watch the Wolverines
| Friday (March 29) | Event | Round | Time (PDT) |
| Daniel Butael | Long Jump | Final | 11:30 AM |
| Cassidy Henshaw | Long Jump | Final | 11:30 AM |
| Roland Amarteifio | 110 meter hurdles | Prelims | 12:23 PM |
| Sierra Hendrix-Williams | 110 meter hurdles | Prelims | 12:23 PM |
| Cassidy Henshaw | 110 meter hurdles | Prelims | 12:23 PM |
| Job Mayhue | 110 meter hurdles | Prelims | 12:23 PM |
| Stephen Hagen | 100 meter dash | Prelims | 12:59 PM |
| Joe McCarthy | 100 meter dash | Prelims | 12:59 PM |
| Desmond Nicholas | 100 meter dash | Prelims | 12:59 PM |
| Alex Klemm | High Jump | Final (Invite) | 1:00 PM |
| Max Wagner | High Jump | Final (Invite) | 1:00 PM |
| Derrick Simmons | 1,500 meter run | Final | 1:48 PM |
| Cole Johnson | 1,500 meter run | Final | 1:54 PM |
| Finalist TBD | 110 meter hurdles | Final | 2:17 PM |
| Finalist TBD | 100 meter dash | Final | 2:28 PM |
| Roland Amarteifio | 400 meter hurdles | Final | 3:38 PM |
| Noah Caudy | 400 meter hurdles | Final | 3:38 PM |
| Sean Marshall | 400 meter hurdles | Final | 3:38 PM |
| Job Mayhue | 400 meter hurdles | Final | 3:38 PM |
| Ian Davis | 400 meter dash | Final | 4:53 PM |
| Vail Hartman | 400 meter dash | Final | 4:53 PM |
| Taylor McLaughlin | 400 meter dash | Final | 4:53 PM |
| Desmond Melson | 400 meter dash | Final | 4:53 PM |
| Alex Schwedt | 400 meter dash | Final | 4:53 PM |
| Lewis Tate | Steeplechase | Final | 5:57 PM |
| Christian Hubaker | Steeplechase | Final | 6:10 PM |
| Manning Plater | Discus | Final | 6:15 PM |
| Ben Hill | 1,500 meter run | Final | 7:00 PM |
| Isaac Harding | 5,000 meter run | Final | 8:13 PM |
| Will Landowne | 5,000 meter run | Final | 8:13 PM |
| Jacob Lee | 5,000 meter run | Final | 8:13 PM |
| John Tatter | 5,000 meter run | Final | 8:13 PM |
| Jack Aho | 5,000 meter run | Final (Invite) | 8:50 PM |
| Devin Meyrer | 10,000 meter run | Final (Invite) | 9:45 PM |
| Saturday (March 30) | Event | Round | Time (PDT) |
| Manning Plater | Hammer Throw | Final (Invite) | 1:00 PM |
| Michigan | 4x100 relay | Final | 1:49 PM |
| Matt Plowman | 800 meter run | Final | 2:48 PM |
| Derrick Simmons | 800 meter run | Final | 2:48 PM |
| Daniel Butael | Triple Jump | Final (Invite) | 3:30 PM |
| Ian Davis | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Joe McCarthy | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Taylor McLaughlin | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Desmond Melson | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Desmond Nicholas | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Alex Schwedt | 200 meter dash | Final | 3:40 PM |
| Michigan A | 4x400 relay | Final | 5:16 PM |
| Michigan B | 4x400 relay | Final | 5:16 PM |
2019 Season Outlook
• The Michigan men are coming off a narrow fourth-place finish at last year's Big Ten Championships that saw them just four points out of second place with 84 points.
• Though they lose a pair of Big Ten champions in Aaron Baumgarten and Ben Flanagan, the Wolverines still return nearly half of their points from a year ago. Leading the way are two-time 400-meter hurdles champion Taylor McLaughlin and former hammer throw winner Joe Ellis, who was second a year ago.
• Also returning are Andrew Liskowitz, the third-place shot putter outdoors a year ago who went on to win the indoor title in 2019; Roland Amarteifio, who was a double scorer both in the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles; and Anthony Berry, who has scored at the past three Big Ten Championships, including both indoors and outdoors.
• After failing to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships a year ago, hammer thrower Ellis is looking to bounce back in a big way in 2019. Coming off his third-consecutive first team All-America performance in the indoor weight throw, he will now take aim at a second first-team honor in the hammer throw after finishing eighth in 2017.
• With an indoor Big Ten title, indoor and outdoor school records, and second team All-America honors both indoors and out, Liskowitz is pursuing the few career accolades that are missing from his resume. He will look to pair his indoor Big Ten title with a matching outdoor crown, as well as earn his first first team All-America honor. He was third in the shot put for the second year in a row at last year's Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
• McLaughlin pulled triple-duty at last year's Big Ten Outdoor Championships, winning the 400-meter hurdles title and running legs of the seventh- and eighth-place 4x100 and 4x400 relays, respectively. He went on to take fifth at the NCAA Championships and make the USATF Outdoor Championships final. With just this last season remaining in his prestigious career, he is looking to upgrade that first team All-America honor -- of which he owns two -- to a national title.
• He will be joined in the hurdles crew by the likes of Amarteifio, Sierra Hendrix-Williams, Job Mayhue, Noah Caudy and Sean Marshall. Amarteifio and Hendrix-Williams combined to make three hurdles finals at the 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, and those two and Mayhue all advanced to the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 60-meter hurdles final.
• After a stellar freshman indoor campaign that saw him come within .01 seconds of the freshman record at 60 meters, Asani Hampton will look to make more history outdoors in the 100. He has a 10.26 to his name from his high school days that would have placed him third in the 2018 Big Ten Outdoor final.
• A young distance corps is looking for a big breakthrough during the 2019 outdoor season. In addition to three-time scorer Berry, the Wolverines will be led by cross country All-American Jack Aho and near-sub-four-milers Chase Barnett and Ben Hill. All three men registered times that rank top-15 all-time in school history during the indoor season, with Aho and Hill doing so in multiple events. Aho ran historically fast at 3,000 and 5,000 meters, while Hill checked in top-15 both at 800 meters and in the mile.
• Though his 2019 indoor season was derailed due to injury, high jumper Brandon Piwinksi will look to reprise and improve upon his scoring performance from last year's Big Ten Championships that ultimately propelled him to an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
• In his lone heptathlon of the indoor season, graduate transfer Jack Lint finished fifth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and just missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships as the No. 20 man in the country. He will look to get a couple decathlon performance to his name this spring and try to follow in the footsteps of 2017 Big Ten champion and first team All-American Steven Bastien. Lint was an NCAA Championships qualifier for Virginia during his undergraduate career.
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