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B1G North Florida Invitational
4x400 Relay Excels as Michigan Closes Out Weekend at North Florida Invite
4/3/2021 8:58:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Site:Â Jacksonville, Fla. (Jax Track at Hodges Stadium)
Event:Â B1G North Florida Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result:Â No team scoring
Next U-M Event:Â Fri-Sat., April 9-10 at B1G Indiana Invitational #2 (Bloomington, Ind.), TBA
• Complete Results (PDF)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field team closed out its weekend at the B1G North Florida Invitational on Saturday (April 3), saving the day's best for last in the meet-finale 4x400 relay.
With a runner-up 3:09.63 performance in the relay, the quartet of Roland Amarteifio, Dubem Amene, Ayden Owens and Austin Lin put the Wolverines right in the thick of the qualifying conversation for the NCAA East Preliminary rounds in May. The East Prelims serve as the gateway to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships to be held this June in the renovated Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
The performance also appears to represent the earliest calendar date during the outdoor season in school history when the Wolverines have broken 3:10.00.
One day after finishing runner-up in his first outdoor competition in the maize and blue since the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Andrew Liskowitz followed up with a victory in the unseeded open section of the discus with a 51.28m (168 feet, 3 inches) heave. His mark was strong enough that it would have placed him seventh in the seeded invitational section that took place later in the afternoon.
Michigan got a top-five finish in the invitational section of the triple jump, as newcomer Bera Ajala was fifth with a leap of 14.82m (48-7.5).
The Wolverines return to action next weekend, traveling to Bloomington, Ind., for the second of four times this season for the B1G Indiana Invitational #2 on Friday and Saturday (April 9-10).
Full Michigan Results by Event
Q = automatic qualifier to final; q = at-large qualifier to final
200 meter dash
Open (Saturday)
13. Dubem Amene / 21.69 (+1.0m/s) [New PR]
24. Roland Amarteifio / 22.06 (+1.7m/s)
28. Austin Lin / 22.25 (+1.7m/s)
36. Desmond Melson / 22.86 (+1.6m/s)
400 meter dash
Invitational (Friday)
4. Dubem Amene / 48.23
11. Austin Lin / 49.27
19. Desmond Melson / 50.19
800 meter run
Invitational (Friday)
9. Cole Johnson / 1:52.24 [New Outdoor PR]
20. Thomas Shilgalis / 1:53.76
21. Derrick Simmons / 1:53.95
1,500 meter run
Invitational (Friday)
1. Nick Foster / 3:42.97
2. Tom Dodd / 3:43.21 [New PR]
3. Anthony Berry / 3:45.44 [New PR]
5. Oli Raimond / 3:46.57
19. Colton Yesney / 4:07.72
Steeplechase
Final (Friday)
2. Joost Plaetinck / 8:52.68 [New PR]
3. Christian Hubaker / 8:54.43 [New PR]
4. Jacob Branch / 9:08.29
5. Jack Spamer / 9:14.26
110 meter hurdles
Prelims (Friday)
7. Ayden Owens / 14.03q (+4.5m/s) [Did not run final]
11. Roland Amarteifio / 14.29 (+1.8m/s)
16. Heath Baldwin / 14.41 (+1.8m/s) [New PR]
27. Mason Mahacek / 16.27 (+3.0m/s)
400 meter hurdles
Invitational (Friday)
1. Roland Amarteifio / 52.32
4x400 meter relay
Invitational (Saturday)
2. Roland Amarteifio, Dubem Amene, Ayden Owens, Austin Lin / 3:09.63
4x800 meter relay
Invitational (Saturday)
3. Oli Raimond, Nick Foster, Christian Hubaker, Colton Yesney / 7:42.26
4. Derrick Simmons, Thomas Shilgalis, Cole Johnson, Anthony Berry / 7:45.61
High Jump
Final (Friday)
2. Max Wagner / 2.10m (6-10.75) [New Outdoor PR]
4. Cassidy Henshaw / 2.07m (6-9.5)
Pole Vault
Final (Saturday)
11. Henry Sheldon / 4.66m (15-3.5)
Long Jump
Final (Friday)
11. Mason Mahacek / 6.86m (22-6)
13. Heath Baldwin / 6.80m (22-3.75)
15. Bera Ajala / 6.74m (22-1.25)
Triple Jump
Invitational (Saturday)
5. Bera Ajala / 14.82m (48-7.5)
Shot Put
Invitational (Friday)
2. Andrew Liskowitz / 19.46m (63-10.25)
3. John Meyer / 18.87m (61-11)
Discus
Open (Saturday)
1. Andrew Liskowitz / 51.28m (168-3)
8. John Meyer / 48.40m (158-9)
22. Ayden Owens / 39.34m (129-1)
24. Heath Baldwin / 36.93m (121-2)
25. Mason Mahacek / 33.58m (110-2)
Players Mentioned
