Michigan
Music City Invitational
Jacobsen Breaks School Record on First Day of Road Trip
2/14/2020 11:05:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A school record by Courtney Jacobsen headlined the first day of a three-meet road swing on Friday (Feb. 15) for the University of Michigan women's track and field team.
Jacobsen topped her own weight throw record at the Vanderbilt Music City Invitational, while relay teammates Chloe Foster and Julia Hall posted top-10 finishes at the Arkansas Tyson Invitational and Ericka VanderLende ran into the history books at the Iowa State Classic.
Vanderbilt Music City Invitational
Site: Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility)
Event: Vanderbilt Music City Challenge (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 15 -- at Vanderbilt Music City Challenge - Day 2 (Nashville, Tenn.), 11 a.m. CST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Courtney Jacobsen continued her historic season in the weight throw, breaking her own school record in the event to highlight the first day of competition at the Vanderbilt Music City Invitational.
Jacobsen improved her all-time mark by two centimeters as she went 20.17m (66 feet, 2 inches) to finish sixth overall in the loaded competition that saw six women go farther than 20 meters. Her record throw came in the second round, and was her best of the day by more than 70 centimeters.
Teammate Briana Nelson had a strong day to finish just behind her in seventh, going 19.87m (65-2.25) for her best of the evening. Her top throw also came in the second round, after opening with a 19.71m (64-8).
In the only other final of the day for Michigan, Kathryn House led the way with a 14th-place finish in 16:50.11.
Action in Nashville will resume on Saturday (Feb. 15) at 11 a.m. CST.
Arkansas Tyson Invitational
Site: Fayetteville, Ark. (Randall Tyson Track Center)
Event: Arkansas Tyson Invitational
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 15 -- at Arkansas Tyson Invitational - Day 2 (Fayetteville, Ark.), 11:30 a.m. CST
• Complete Results (PDF)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Michigan sprinters and jumpers competed Friday (Feb. 14) on the first day of the Arkansas Tyson Invitational at the Randall Tyson Track Center.
Chloe Foster and Julia Hall both recorded top-10 finishes to headline the Wolverines' efforts on the day, both tuning up for a potential run at the 4x400 relay school record on Saturday (Feb. 15).
Foster stepped up to the 800-meter distance, finishing eighth in 2:13.87.
Hall was ninth in the non-seeded section of the 400 meters, coming within half a second of her career best in 55.58.
Action at Arkansas will continue Saturday at 11:30 a.m. CST.
Iowa State Classic
Site: Ames, Iowa (Lied Recreation Center)
Event: Iowa State Classic
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 15 -- at Vanderbilt Music City Invitational - Day 2 (Nashville, Tenn.), 11 a.m. CST; at Arkansas Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.), 11:30 a.m. CST
• Complete Results (PDF)
AMES, Iowa -- True freshman distance runner Ericka VanderLende made some history at the Iowa State Classic on Friday (Feb. 14) in her collegiate debut over the 5,000-meter distance.
With a strong 16:16.46 effort in her first-ever 5K race on a track, VanderLende finished fifth in the invitational section of the event and moved up to No. 10 in school history on the indoor list.
She held onto the lead group for the better part of half of the race, but eventually dropped back to the chase pack. She remained at the front of that group once they made contact with her, powered by a final kilometer that was five seconds faster than her penultimate 1,000 meters.
VanderLende was the only Michigan women entered to compete at Iowa State.
Michigan Collegiate Career-Best Performances
Career debuts not included
Courtney Jacobsen -- 20.17m (66-2) / Weight Throw (I)
Michigan Results by Event
Q = Automatic qualifier into the next round; q = Non-automatic qualifier into the next round; events are sorted by mark, with the best at the top, regardless of meet (meet is denoted next to result).
200 Meters (at Arkansas)
To be contested Saturday
400 Meters (at Arkansas)
9. Julia Hall / 55.58
20. Jenna Reid / 56.93
800 Meters (at Arkansas and Vanderbilt)
8. Chloe Foster / 2:13.87 (at Arkansas)
To be contested Saturday at Vanderbilt
Mile (at Vanderbilt)
To be contested Saturday
3,000 Meters (at Vanderbilt)
To be contested Saturday
5,000 Meters (at Iowa State and Vanderbilt)
5. Ericka VanderLende / 16:16.46 (at Iowa State)
14. Kathryn House / 16:50.11 (at Vanderbilt)
23. Emma Sloan / 17:12.52 (at Vanderbilt)
60-Meter Hurdles (at Arkansas and Vanderbilt)
QUALIFYING ROUND (at Arkansas)
25. Michaiah Thomas / 8.80
34. Paige Chapman / 9.05
To be contested Saturday at Vanderbilt
4x400 Relay (at Arkansas)
To be contested Saturday
High Jump (at Arkansas)
To be contested Saturday
Long Jump (at Arkansas)
30. Ameia Wilson / 5.46m (17-11)
Shot Put (at Vanderbilt)
To be contested Saturday
Weight Throw (at Vanderbilt)
6. Courtney Jacobsen / 20.17m (66-2)
7. Briana Nelson / 19.89m (65-3)
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