Michigan
Indiana Invitational
Michigan Earns Five Top-10 Finishes on Final Day at Indiana Invitational
4/23/2022 7:41:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Haugh Track and Field Complex)
Event: Indiana Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Result: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Thu-Sat., April 28-30 -- at Drake Relays (Des Moines, Iowa)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The University of Michigan women's track and field team compiled five top-10 finishes in limited action Saturday (April 23) at the Indiana Invitational.
Carlita Taylor ran a career-best 13.98 (+1.3m/s) to finish sixth in the 100-meter hurdles, and Sam Tran led a trio of 800-meter runners to top-10 results with a matching sixth-place finish in 2:08.24.
In the field, Brooke Tjerrild added another sixth-place finish in a highly competitive pole vault competition, clearing 4.02m (13-2.25).
Taylor cut nearly a quarter of a second off her previous best as she improved from the No. 7 seed entering the final to sixth.
Tran missed her career best by 0.12 of a second, while Amber Gall clocked 2:09.54 for seventh. Lauren Fulcher followed up a third-place 400-meter hurdles finish from Friday with a career-best 2:10.12 to place 10th in the 800.
Michigan will hit the road one last time this regular season next Thursday through Saturday (April 28-30) for the Drake Relays.
Michigan Results
Q/q = qualified for the next round
200-meter dash
Final
29. Delaney Stersic / 25.73
400-meter dash
Final
18. Delaney Stersic / 57.23
800-meter run
Final
6. Sam Tran / 2:08.24
7. Amber Gall / 2:09.54
10. Lauren Fulcher / 2:10.12 [New PR]
17. Lucy Petee / 2:12.03
1,500-meter run
Final
13. Sam Tran / 4:24.27
17. Ericka VanderLende / 4:25.91
21. Eva Jansohn / 4:28.63
22. Lucy Petee / 4:29.13
27. Alice Hill / 4:31.47
100-meter hurdles
Final
6. Carlita Taylor / 13.98 (+1.3m/s) [New PR]
Prelims
7. Carlita Taylor / 14.32q (+1.8m/s)
400-meter hurdles
Final
3. Lauren Fulcher / 60.85
Pole Vault
Final
6. Brooke Tjerrild / 4.02m (13-2.25)
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