U-M to Split Between Penn, GVSU; Sullivan to be Inducted to Penn Relays Wall of Fame

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field team will split between a pair of meets for the second straight weekend, this week heading to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., from Thursday through Saturday (April 24-26) and to the Grand Valley State Extra Weekend Meet in Allendale, Mich., on Saturday (April 26).

Director of track and field and cross country Kevin Sullivan will be inducted to the Penn Relays Wall of Fame on Saturday at 3 p.m. He will be honored for his performance at the 1998 Penn Relays, where he anchored the distance medley relay team (9:27.64) and split 3:55.50 to secure the win for Michigan. The win was U-M's first in the event since 1960. Sullivan is the sixth Wolverine individual or team to be recognized, most recently with the 2007 4x1,500-meter relay team inducted in 2023.

Notes

• The distance squad will head to the City of Brotherly Love for the Penn Relays, while the rest of the Wolverines will head to GVSU. Action at Franklin Field will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday with the 1,500-meter run and 1:05 p.m. on Saturday with the 4xMile relay.

• The 800-meter run group remained in the latest USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings, coming in at No. 5, while the 1,500-meter run squad moved up seven spots to come in at No. 7.

• A pair of Wolverines set new top-10 program times in the 1,500-meter run at the Wake Forest Invitational last weekend, with Trent McFarland (3:38.45) coming in at No. 3 and Brendan Herger (3:38.72) coming in at No. 4. McFarland's time is No. 21 in the NCAA.

• In the 1,500-meter run open section, Camden Law and Aiden Sullivan claimed the top two spots with personal-best times of 3:42.15 and 3:42.18, respectively. Law was just 0.09 seconds shy of the No. 10 time on the program performers list.

• At the Tom Jones Invitational, Liam Kinney matched his personal best in the pole vault after clearing 5.05 meters (16 feet, 6.75 inches) to finish sixth. The mark is just 0.03m short of tying the No. 10 mark on the program performers list. Tyler Baker posted a personal best in the javelin throw, finishing 17th with a mark of 47.47m (155-9).

• Eli Winter placed sixth in the discus throw with a personal-best 52.58m (172-6) and fourth in the hammer throw invite section with a mark of 66.75m (219-0). His hammer throw mark was 0.17m shy of his personal best.

• Aiden Felty and Zane Forist both posted season-best marks in the shot put to finish sixth (17.91m/58-9.25) and eighth (17.76m/58-3.25), respectively.