Wolverines Land 16 Selections for NCAA East Preliminary Round
5/16/2024 1:00:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Sixteen members of the University of Michigan women's track and field team were selected to compete at the upcoming NCAA East Preliminary Round, the association announced Thursday afternoon (May 16).
The U-M contingent includes: Riley Ammenhauser (triple jump), Maria Deaviz (shot put), Trinity Franklin (shot put), Penelopea Gordon (1,500-meter run), Sidney Green (400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay), Samantha Hastie (1,500-meter run), Sophie Isom (4x400-meter relay), Corinne Jemison (shot put, discus throw), Cassie Kearney (800-meter run), Aasia Laurencin (100-meter hurdles), Noelani Phillips (400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay), Samantha Saenz (10,000-meter run), Savannah Sutherland (400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay), Elizabeth Tapper (shot put, discus throw), Cate Visscher (pole vault) and Emma Yungeberg (javelin throw).
For each individual event contested at each of the preliminary sites, the top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition; combined events (heptathlon and decathlon) are not contested. For combined events, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the NCAA Championships.
Twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event advance from each first round site.?The 2024?NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships will be hosted by Oregon at Hayward Field.
The Wolverines are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, playing host to the meet for the first time since 1988.
Laurencin earned her second straight 100-meter hurdles title, running 12.90 seconds and edging the second-place finisher by just 0.03 seconds.
Sutherland also won her second straight title in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing nearly two seconds faster than the second-place finisher and setting the meet record with a time of 55.01.
Saenz earned two podium finishes, placing fourth in the 10,000-meter run with a personal-best time of 33:35.84 and sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a season-best time of 16:19.34.
In the javelin throw, Yungeberg took home silver with a career-best throw of 50.89m (166 feet, 11 inches). Yungeberg's mark set the program record, topping the previous standard of 50.52m set by Lindsey Stephenson in 2004.
Jemison medaled in the discus throw for the second straight year, earning a third-place finish with a mark of 56.90m (186-8).
The NCAA East Preliminary Round will take place Wednesday through Saturday, May 22-25, hosted by Kentucky at the UK Track and Field Complex in Lexington, Ky.
Michigan's qualifiers, listed below by event, along with their seed mark and scheduled days of competition.
400-Meter Dash | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 7:25 p.m. / Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 6:50 p.m.
Noelani Phillips -- 53.63
800-Meter Run | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 7:50 p.m. / Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 7:05 p.m.
Cassie Kearney -- 2:05.84
1,500-Meter Run | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. / Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 5:15 p.m.
Penelopea Gordon -- 4:13.24
Samantha Hastie -- 4:16.40
10,000-Meter Run | Semifinals: Thursday, May 23 at 9:10 p.m.
Samantha Saenz -- 33:35.84
100-Meter Hurdles | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m. / Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 6:15 p.m.
Aasia Laurencin -- 12.72
400-Meter Hurdles | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 8:20 p.m. / Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 7:25 p.m.
Savannah Sutherland -- 54.86
Sidney Green -- 57.47
4x400 Meter Relay | Quarterfinals: Saturday, May 25 at 8:45 p.m.
Noelani Phillips, Sophie Isom, Sidney Green, Savannah Sutherland -- 3:36.71
Pole Vault | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Cate Visscher -- 4.07m
Triple Jump | First Round: Saturday, May 25 at 6 p.m.
Riley Ammenhauser -- 13.06m
Shot Put | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Tapper - 17.06m
Maria Deaviz -- 17.04m
Corinne Jemison -- 16.65m
Trinity Franklin -- 15.61m
Discus Throw | First Round: Saturday, May 25 at 1 p.m.
Corinne Jemison -- 58.19m
Elizabeth Tapper -- 51.36m
Javelin Throw | First Round: Thursday, May 23 at 1 p.m.
Emma Yungeberg -- 50.89m
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