Michigan
Windy City Invitational
Another School Record for Brown Highlights Strong Final Day in Chicago
2/12/2022 6:20:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Site: Chicago, Ill. (Track and Field Center at Gately Park)
Event: Windy City Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, Feb. 18 -- host, Silverston Invitational (U-M Indoor Track Building), 4 p.m.
• Complete Results (PDF)
CHICAGO, Ill. -- In its best performance of the 2022 indoor season so far, the University of Michigan men's track and field team racked up a new school record, three event wins and two sub-four-minute miles on the final day of competition at the Wisconsin Windy City Invitational on Saturday (Feb. 12).
First-year phenom Miles Brown took down his second school record of the year -- this time from an Olympian -- and brought along Cole Johnson to an all-time fast time of his own at 800 meters; milers Nick Foster and Oli Raimond both cracked into three-minute territory; and the Wolverines got wins from Joshua Zeller (60-meter hurdles), Dubem Amene (400 meters) and the 4x400 relay.
In one of the fastest performances in Big Ten history, Brown ran 1:47.37 for the runner-up spot on the 200-meter hydraulic banked track at the Track and Field Center at Gately Park, eclipsing the nearly 17-year-old U-M standard of 1:47.51 held by Olympian Nate Brannen.
Johnson was hot on his heels in fifth with a 1:47.60 effort that ranks No. 3 in school history.
Both men aggressively stuck with the hot pace from a field that included 3:50 miler Cooper Teare, and Brown was able to close fast enough to hold off a hard-charging Teare on the final straightaway.
Brown now ranks No. 11 in Big Ten indoor history with the performance, and Johnson checked in at No. 15. The performances will put them on the inside edge of the bubble for qualification to the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.
Foster at 3:58.49 and Raimond at 3:59.47 became the first Michigan teammates to go sub-four-minutes in the mile since the trio of Ned Willig, Connor Mora and Will Sheeran accomplished the feat in 2017.
Foster moved to No. 7 in school history, while Raimond missed the all-time top-10 by just 0.07 seconds.
Running from the front right from the start, Foster held sub-four-minute pace and led the field through about 1,500 meters before being overtaken by a Wisconsin runner, but was able to maintain his composure and finish strong to ensure his spot in Michigan history.
Foster closed hard with a 28.32-second circuit around the 200-meter oval, but it was Raimond who had the faster kick of the two with a 27.80 final lap.
Austin Remick took another chunk out of his personal record to take sixth in 4:02.72.
It was all Michigan in the next two men's finals on the track, sandwiched by the historic run by Brown and Johnson.
Zeller won the 60-meter hurdles by more than a quarter of a second in 7.77, just .01 off his personal best from earlier this season. He opened the day with a 7.82 showing in the prelims.
In the subsequent invitational section of the 400 meters, Amene went sub-47 seconds for the second meet in a row as he clocked 46.64 -- just 0.18 seconds off his PR and 0.22 off the school record -- to win by nearly a full second.
Brown and Amene returned to the track to contribute another victory to the cause as the Wolverines took the 4x400 relay at the line in 3:11.53. Brown ran the second leg with a 46.87 carry to bring the Wolverines to third, Lawrence Gilliam ran 48 seconds to get the Wolverines to a dead heat in second, and Amene went 46.40 to take the race by just over half a second.
Headlining the action in the field was third-place pole vaulter Henry Sheldon with a career-best 5.06m (16 feet, 7.25 inches) clearance and fifth-place triple jumper Bera Ajala at 14.98m (49-1.75).
Beyond hosting its regular-season-finale tune-up meet, the Silverston Invitational, at the U-M Indoor Track Building on Friday (Feb. 18), Michigan looks ahead to the Big Ten Indoor Championships, which will be held Feb. 25-26 in Geneva, Ohio.
Michigan Results by Event
Q = qualified for next round automatically
q = qualified for next round at-large
60 meter dash
Semifinals
17. Jacob Koerner / 7.10
Prelims
10. Jacob Koerner / 7.04q
200 meter dash
Final
5. Dubem Amene / 21.37
12. Jacob Koerner / 21.83 [New PR]
23. Lawrence Gilliam / 22.49
24. Jack Juds / 22.56 [New PR]
400 meter dash
Final
1. Dubem Amene / 46.64
Unseeded
5. Lawrence Gilliam / 49.15
800 meter run
Final
2. Miles Brown / 1:47.37 [U-M Record]
5. Cole Johnson / 1:47.60 [New PR]
11. Derrick Simmons / 1:52.59
12. Thomas Shilgalis / 1:54.14
14. Henry Johnson / 2:00.32
Mile
Final
2. Nick Foster / 3:58.49 [New PR]
4. Oli Raimond / 3:59.47 [New PR]
6. Austin Remick / 4:02.72 [New PR]
Unseeded
4. Anthony DeKraker / 4:09.72 [New PR]
3,000 meter run
Final
9. Christian Hubaker / 8:04.32
Unseeded
4. Will Landowne / 7:59.12 [New PR]
11. Colton Yesney / 8:10.86 [New PR]
13. Anthony Hancock / 8:13.83 [New PR]
18. Jack Spamer / 8:22.93 [New PR]
21. Michael Hancock / 8:30.22
5,000 meter run
Final
3. Devin Meyrer / 13:50.72
4. Tom Brady / 13:52.08
8. Joost Plaetinck / 14:17.35
Unseeded
3. Zach Stewart / 14:12.41 [New PR]
9. James Gedris / 14:27.88
60 meter hurdles
Final
1. Joshua Zeller / 7.77
Semifinals
1. Joshua Zeller / 7.82Q
9. Job Mayhue / 8.30
17. Mason Mahacek / 9.03
4x400 relay
Final
1. Jacob Koerner, Miles Brown, Lawrence Gilliam, Dubem Amene / 3:11.53
High Jump
Final
2. Cassidy Henshaw / 2.10m (6-10.75)
Pole Vault
Final
3. Henry Sheldon / 5.06m (16-7.25) [New PR]
Long Jump
Final
9. Cassidy Henshaw / 6.53m (21-5)
12. Mason Mahacek / 6.31m (20-8.5)
Triple Jump
Final
5. Bera Ajala / 14.98m (49-1.75)
Shot Put
Final
14. Mason Mahacek / 11.25m (36-11)
Weight Throw
Final
11. Eli Winter / 17.95m (58-10.75)
12. Tony Sommers / 16.83m (55-2.5)
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