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Michigan Invitational
Laurencin Sets Facility Record to Close Michigan Invitational
1/27/2024 6:49:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Indoor Track Building)
Event: Michigan Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Finish: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Feb. 2-3 -- at Meyo Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Aasia Laurencin closed the two-day Michigan Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 27) posting the 60-meter hurdle facility record at the U-M Indoor Track Building. Her performance highlighted another strong day for the Wolverines.
Laurencin set the tone early for the Wolverines, winning the 60-meter hurdles and breaking the facility record with a time of 8.11 seconds. The senior was just 0.02 seconds shy of tying her personal best.
In the 60-meter dash, BreeAna Bates finished second (7.53) while Laurencin finished fifth (7.63).
Sidney Green continued to impress in her debut season, taking second in the 200-meter dash and running the 10th-fastest time in program history (24.23). She also set a personal best to win the 400-meter dash (54.71) for the 10th-fastest time in program history.
Gabi Newman set a personal best in the high jump (1.71m/5 feet, 7.25 inches) and finished second while Kaitlin McHale tied her career best with a 3.85m mark (12 feet, 7.5 inches) to finish second in the pole vault.
The throwers also had a strong day, finishing taking four of the top-five spots in the shot put. Maria Deaviz finished first with a mark of 16.70m (54 feet, 9.5 inches), Corinne Jemison finished second (16.02m/52 feet, 6.75 inches), Trinity Franklin finished third with a mark of 15.29m (50 feet, 2 inches), and Elizabeth Tapper placed fifth (14.93m/48 feet, 11.75 inches). Deaviz, Franklin, and Tapper each set a personal best, with Deaviz and Franklin also earning the second- and ninth-best marks in program history, respectively. Tapper was just 0.05m (2 inches) shy of tying the 10th-best program mark.
U-M will hit the road for the first time this season when they head to South Bend, Ind., for the two-day Notre Dame Meyo Invitational next Friday and Saturday (Feb. 2-3). Competition on Friday (Feb. 2) is slated for 4 p.m., while Sunday's (Feb. 3) action gets underway at 10 a.m.
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