Michigan
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Five Wolverine Women to Compete at NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/7/2022 4:15:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
THIS WEEK
Thu-Sat. June 9-11 -- at NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) | Meet Central
Thursday, June 9 -- at NCAA Outdoor Championships, 6:02 p.m. PDT
TV: ESPNU | Live Results | Live Video
Saturday, June 11 -- at NCAA Outdoor Championships, 2:05 p.m. PDT
TV: ESPN2 | Live Results | Live Video: Track / Discus
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Five individuals from the University of Michigan women's track and field team will test themselves against the nation's top collegiate athletes with titles and All-America honors at stake at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this Thursday and Saturday (June 9 and 11) inside the confines of the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
A decorated contingent will represent U-M in Eugene, including multiple-time Big Ten champion and school record-holder Ziyah Holman (400 meters), multiple-time All-American and school record-holder Aurora Rynda (800 meters), school record-holder Corinne Jemison (discus), and Big Ten silver medalists Aasia Laurencin (100-meter hurdles) and Kayla Windemuller (3,000-meter steeplechase).
Thursday's (June 9) schedule for the Wolverines will see all but Jemison in their respective semifinals contending for berths to Saturday's finals. The qualifying action begins for Michigan at 6:02 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, with final-round competition on Saturday beginning as early as 2:54 p.m., depending on who qualifies. The start of the discus at 2:05 p.m. will precede any track finals on Saturday.
The top-eight finishers in Saturday's finals will score team points for their respective schools and be recognized as first team All-Americans, with finishers nine through 16 earning second team All-America honors. The remaining finishers earn honorable mention status from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, but are not considered All-Americans.
Both days of competition will be televised live -- Thursday on ESPNU and Saturday on ESPN2 -- and streamed live on ESPN.com. Live results will be provided through Flash Results. Updates will be posted to the official Michigan track and field social media channels throughout the day.
Meet the Wolverine Contenders
Ziyah Holman | 400 Meters
Semifinals: Thursday at 6:32 p.m. PDT | Final: Saturday at 3:32 p.m. PDT
• 2022 Big Ten Champion in the indoor 400 meters, silver medalist outdoors.
• Swept the 400 meters titles at the 2021 Big Ten indoor and outdoor championships.
• Owns the eighth-fastest time in the field with her school-record 51.25 seconds from the NCAA East Preliminaries.
• Finished 18th at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and 20th at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials.
• Ranks No. 5 in Big Ten history in this event outdoors, and could become just the fourth Big Ten woman to break 51 seconds.
• Despite being edged out by 0.03 seconds for the outdoor Big Ten title, she is the only woman from the conference in this event at NCAAs.
• Would be the first woman in school history to earn All-America honors in this event should she finish 16th place or better.
Corinne Jemison | Discus
Final: Saturday at 2:05 p.m. PDT
• Finished seventh in the discus at the Big Ten Championships.
• Owns the 11th-farthest throw in the field with a school-record 57.40m (188 feet, 4 inches) to finish second at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds.
• Though she missed NCAA Championships qualification in the shot put by just three centimeters, she also owns the school record in that event.
• This is Jemison's first season competing in-uniform for the Wolverines after she transferred from Miami (Ohio), where she chose to pursue volleyball despite a decorated high school throwing career, ahead of the 2021 season.
• The last Michigan woman to earn All-America honors in this event was Emily Pendleton in 2012. The first female to win a national track and field title at Michigan was Penny Neer in the discus at the 1982 AIAW Championships.
Kayla Windemuller | 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Semifinals: Thursday at 6:02 p.m. PDT | Final: Saturday at 2:54 p.m. PDT
• 2022 Big Ten silver medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
• Owns the 13th-fastest time in the field at 9:49.17 from the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds
• Ranked No. 3 in school history in the steeplechase
• Making her NCAA Outdoor Championships debut
• The last Michigan woman to earn All-America honors in this event was fourth-place Claire Borchers in 2018, when Sarah Zieve also earned second-team honors. Anna Willard is the only other woman in school history to have earned All-America honors in the event when she won the NCAA title in 2007.
Aasia Laurencin | 100-Meter Hurdles
Semifinals: Thursday at 6:32 p.m. PDT | Final: Saturday at 3:12 p.m. PDT
• 2022 Big Ten silver medalist indoors in the 60-meter hurdles; fourth place outdoors in the 100-meter hurdles
• Owns the 22nd-fastest time in the field at 13.06 (+0.5m/s)
• Ranked No. 3 in school history behind only multiple-time Olympians Cindy (Ofili) Sember and Tiffany (Ofili) Porter.
• Finished 19th at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles for Texas prior to transferring to Michigan
• The last Michigan woman to earn All-America honors in this event was Cindy Ofili in 2016. Cindy was three times an All-American in the event, and sister Tiffany was three times a national champion.
Aurora Rynda | 800 Meters
Semifinals: Thursday at 7:14 p.m. PDT | Final: Saturday at 3:44 p.m. PDT
• 2022 Big Ten champion outdoors at 800 meters and indoors at 600 meters
• Won Big Ten indoor 600-meter title in 2019 and 2020, and the outdoor 800-meter title in 2021
• Owns the 24th-fastest time in the field at 2:03.63, but has a personal best of 2:01.35 from 2021
• Ranked No. 3 in school history at 800 meters outdoors, and owns indoor school records at 600 and 800 meters.
• Finished 14th at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships at 800 meters for second team All-America honors, and seventh at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships for first-team honors
• The last Michigan woman to earn All-America honors in this event was Rynda in 2021. She is looking to become the third multiple-time outdoor All-American in this event, along with two-time national champion Geena Gall and Katie Erdman.
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