Michigan
Rod McCravy Memorial
Holman, Rynda Lead Way on Final Day at Kentucky, Indiana
1/29/2022 3:47:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
The University of Michigan women's track and field team concluded split-squad competition at both Kentucky and Indiana on Saturday (Jan. 29).
Reigning Big Ten champion and school record-holder Ziyah Holman set the standard for the conference at the 400 meter distance to headline to the Wolverines' day at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Memorial, where the squad's sprinters, jumpers and throwers were in action.
Multiple-time conference winner Aurora Rynda was the top performer for the distance squad at Indiana, where she posted a strong opener in the 800-meter event in which she is the defending outdoor Big Ten champion.
Select Wolverines hit the road again Friday and Saturday (Feb. 4-5) for the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational.
Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial
Site: Lexington, Ky. (Nutter Fieldhouse)
Event: Rod McCravy Memorial (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Feb. 4-5 -- at Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (South Bend, Ind.), TBA
• Complete Results (PDF)
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Sprinter Ziyah Holman showed she is still the woman to beat in the Big Ten at 400 meters to headline the Wolverines' second and final day at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Saturday.
Running in the fastest heat against former Big Ten champion Alexis Holmes of Kentucky and her Olympian UK teammate Megan Moss, Holman held her own with a 52.95 performance that earned her third place in the competition.
Only four-tenths of a second shy of her school record from last year's Big Ten Championships, Holman also leads the Big Ten by more than a second and will emerge from the weekend inside the national top-20 and likely higher.
She teamed with Savannah Sutherland, Nikki Stephens and Chika Amene to finish fourth in the 4x400 relay in 3:39.08, bringing the Wolverines home in comeback fashion to overtake Howard for the lead in their section in the closing meters.
Sutherland battled in a tight three-way race on the opening leg, getting passed but holding strong with the group. Stephens opened strong and briefly took the lead back, but was passed and held on to put Michigan in third. Michigan fell behind on the third leg with Amene early.
Holman was the standout newcomer of the 2021 season, and many of the Wolverines' 2022 newcomers also posted strong performances in Lexington on Saturday.
Riley Ammenhauser added just one centimeter to her collegiate career best in the triple jump, leaping 12.47m (40 feet, 10 inches) for fifth place on her sixth-and-final attempt, but it was enough to claim outright the U-M first-year record in the event. With her performance last weekend at home, Ammenhauser had tied current school record-holder Casey Taylor.
In semifinals sprints action, transfer Aasia Laurencin finished 10th in the 60-meter hurdles and just missed the final by .01 seconds at 8.52, while first-year BreeAna Bates was 12th at 60 meters in 7.51, just .06 shy of the final.
Laurencin was eventually advanced to the final as a runner ahead of her was disallowed, and she ran her fastest time of the weekend in 8.42 to finish seventh.
Michigan Results by Event
q = qualified for final
60 meter dash
Semifinals
12. BreeAna Bates / 7.51
Prelims
14. BreeAna Bates / 7.50q
21. Hannah Waller / 7.55
35. Hanna Hearn / 7.76
43. Aasia Laurencin / 7.80
200 meter dash
Final
8. BreeAna Bates / 24.18 [New PR]
20. Hanna Hearn / 24.71 [New PR]
31. Ameia Wilson / 25.24
400 meter dash
Final
3. Ziyah Holman / 52.95
21. Chika Amene / 56.92 [New PR]
600 meter run
Final
3. Savannah Sutherland / 1:30.15 [New PR]
60 meter hurdles
Final
7. Aasia Laurencin / 8.42
Semifinals
10. Aasia Laurencin / 8.52q
Prelims
12. Aasia Laurencin / 8.64q
4x400 relay
Final
4. Chika Amene, Nikki Stephens, Savannah Sutherland, Ziyah Holman / 3:39.08
Pole Vault
Final
3. Mia Manson / 4.21m (13-9.75) [New PR]
4. Brooke Tjerrild / 4.21m (13-9.75) [New PR]
7. Jessica Mercier / 4.06m (13-3.75)
14. Cate Visscher / 3.76m (12-4)
Long Jump
Final
2. Ameia Wilson / 6.09m (19-11.75) [New PR]
5. Hannah Waller / 5.98m (19-7.5) [New PR]
Triple Jump
Final
5. Riley Ammenhauser / 12.47m (40-11) [New PR]
Shot Put
Final
6. Corinne Jemison / 15.08m (49-5.75)
Pentathlon
Final
3. Theresa Mayanja / 3614.00
5. Clare McNamara / 3459.00
Theresa Mayanja
60 meter hurdles / 8.69 (976 pts) / Place: 2
Shot Put / 12.14m (39-10) (670 pts) [New PR] / Place: 2
800 meter run / 2:31.79 (671 pts) / Place: 3
High Jump / 1.62m (5-3.75) (759 pts) [New PR] / Place: 4
Long Jump / 4.92m (16-1.75) (538 pts) / Place: 6
Clara McNamara
800 meter run / 2:25.36 (752 pts) / Place: 2
Long Jump / 5.54m (18-2) (712 pts) / Place: 3
Shot Put / 10.79m (35-4.75) (581 pts) / Place: 4
High Jump / 1.56m (5-1.5) (689 pts) [New PR] / Place: 5
60 meter hurdles / 9.93 (725 pts) / Place: 7
Indiana Relays
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Gladstein Fieldhouse)
Event: Indiana Relays (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Feb. 4-5 -- at Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (South Bend, Ind.), TBA
• Complete Results (PDF)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Wolverine women's distance squad closed out its weekend at Indiana on Saturday (Jan. 29) with several top-10 performances at three different distances.
Reigning outdoor 800-meter champion Aurora Rynda turned in the Wolverines' best performance of the day as she finished runner-up at 800 meters in 2:06.92 in her 2022 debut in the event.
The time ranks her third in the conference based on times entering the weekend and inside the top-15 nationally, but the NCAA rank likely will change as results from around the country come in. The performance should still stand among the top-25 in the country.
Ericka VanderLende battled with the leaders throughout at 3,000 meters, but faded late to a fifth-place finish in 9:15.06. In the mile, Alice Hill clocked a season's best 4:45.82 for sixth place to lead three Wolverines inside the top 10.
Michigan Results by Event
q = qualified for final
800 meter run
Final
2. Aurora Rynda / 2:06.92
9. Lucy Petee / 2:11.06
12. Amber Gall / 2:11.56
13. Lauren Fulcher / 2:11.91
14. Kayla Windemuller / 2:12.46
17. Gabby Swider / 2:13.18 [New PR]
20. Samantha Saenz / 2:14.36 [New PR]
22. Eva Jansohn / 2:14.50
24. Julia Vanitvelt / 2:14.69
Mile
Final
6. Alice Hill / 4:45.82
8. Anne Forsyth / 4:48.16
9. Samantha Tran / 4:50.53
Unseeded
1. Julia Vanitvelt / 4:45.26 [New PR]
3. Kayla Windemuller / 4:47.25 [New PR]
4. Lucy Petee / 4:48.68 [New PR]
5. Samantha Saenz / 4:50.05 [New PR]
15. Gabby Swider / 5:02.26
3,000 meter run
Final
5. Ericka VanderLende / 9:15.06
4x400 relay
Final
3. Amber Gall, Alice Hill, Aurora Rynda, Samantha Tran / 3:52.06
6. Lauren Fulcher, Julia Vanitvelt, Kayla Windemuller, Lucy Petee / 3:57.98
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