BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, May 12–14 — In less than an hour on Sunday afternoon, Michigan’s women won four events on the track that helped cement the Big 10 outdoor title and gave them their first in/0ut sweep since ’16.
At 1:30 p.m., discus thrower Corinne Jemison began what would become the Wolverines’ winning deluge. Although four teammates won their running events before Jemison eventually won the discus with 190-7 (58.08), she kicked it off.
A few minutes later, at 1:35 to be precise, Aasia Laurencin claimed the 100H in 12.85. Not to be outdone, Ziyah Holman popped a meet record 50.90 in the 400 just 10 minutes after that. Momentum, you think? Maybe, because at 2:03 p.m. it was 800 time and Aurora Rynda did her thing, getting the better of Penn State’s Rachel Gearing, 2:05.96–2:06.28. But Michigan still wasn’t finished when the clock showed 2:18 p.m. and soph Savannah Sutherland romped to a 400H title in 55.75.
Forty points off four wins in fewer than 60 minutes with Jemison’s winning DT making it a big 5-0. Certainly, those points were vital for Kevin Sullivan’s Michigan squad as its 139-point total held off Ohio State (123) with Nebraska (112) 3rd.
But winning the Big 10 is never easy and Ohio State didn’t make it so. The Buckeyes garnered titles in the 100 from Leah Bertrand (11.15); the 200 from Yanique Doyle (22.87); the 10K from Addie Engel in 34:43.37 in a Friday night clash with Michigan’s Ericka VanderLende; and the 4 x 100 (a meet record 43.17) and the 4×4 in 3:29.25.
To keep things interesting, team score-wise, Nebraska too was mounting a challenge, not surprisingly, from the field, on which Axelina Johansson dominated the shot. The soph’s 64-1¼ (19.54) closer was the No. 4 all-time collegiate throw and a Swedish Record. Already the No. 5 all-time collegian with the fifth-best performance, in round 1 Johansson had strengthened her hold on those positions before her big finish.
Without precedent in the javelin, Rhema Otabor (189-9/57.85) led a 1-2-3-4 Husker sweep and Nebraska also got wins in the high jump, triple jump, shot and hammer.
BIG 10 WOMEN’S RESULTS
(5/12—10K, HT, JT; 5/13—St, LJ, SP)
Teams: 1. Michigan 139; 2. Ohio State 123; 3. Nebraska 112; 4. Iowa 76; 5. Penn State 63; 6. Wisconsin 56½; 7. Minnesota 53; 8. Illinois 52½; 9. Indiana 38½; 10. Rutgers 37; 11. Michigan State 34; 12. Purdue 27½; 13. Maryland 7.
100(0.8): 1. **Leah Bertrand’ (OhSt-Tri) 11.15; 2. Amira Young (Mn) 11.17; 3. Yanique Dayle’ (OhSt-Jam) 11.19; 4. *Akilah Lewis’ (Mn-Tri) 11.28; 5. *Nya Bussey (OhSt) 11.31.
200(0.0): 1. Dayle’ 22.87; 2. *Ziyah Holman (Mi) 23.08; 3. Young 23.09; 4. Page 23.15; 5. Alyssa Marsh’ (OhSt-Can) 23.33.
400: 1. Holman 50.90; 2. Marsh’ 51.62; 3. *Bryannia Murphy (OhSt) 52.01; 4. *Jaydan Wood (OhSt) 52.02; 5. *Janielle Josephs’ (Mn-Jam) 52.38.
800: 1. Aurora Rynda’ (Mi-Can) 2:05.96; 2. Rachel Gearing (PennSt) 2:06.28; 3. ***Hayley Kitching’ (PennSt-Aus) 2:06.40; 4. ***Allison Johnson (PennSt) 2:07.04.
1500: 1. *Olivia Howell (Il) 4:20.13; 2. *Katie Osika (MiSt) 4:21.03; 3. **Madaline Ullom (PennSt) 4:21.58; 4. *Lauren Freeland (MiSt) 4:22.19.
St: 1. **Katelyn Stewart-Barnett’ (MiSt-Can) 10:01.34; 2. Kayla Windemuller (Mi) 10:02.48; 3. **Faith DeMars (PennSt) 10:14.01; 4. Lucinda Crouch’ (Wi-Aus) 10:16.93.
5000: 1. DeMars 16:11.81; 2. Howell 16:12.40; 3. Samantha Saenz (Mi) 16:12.70; 4. Ericka VanderLende (Mi) 16:12.86.
10,000: 1. *Addie Engel (OhSt) 34:43.37; 2. VanderLende 34:44.64; 3. Saenz 34:49.52; 4. *Andrea Kuhn (OhSt) 34:50.31.
100H(1.3): 1. *Aasia Laurencin (Mi) 12.85; 2. *Paige Magee (Ia) 12.90; 3. *Myreanna Bebe (Ia) 12.94; 4. *Destiny Huven (Wi) 13.01.
400H: 1. **Savannah Sutherland’ (Mi-Can) 55.75; 2. *Paige Magee (Ia) 56.97; 3. Nikki Stephens (Mi) 57.11; 4. *Mariel Bruxvoort (Ia) 57.33.
4 x 100: 1. Ohio State 43.17 (Dayle, Bussey, Marsh, Bertrand); 2. Minnesota 43.83; 3. Michigan 44.12; 4. Purdue 44.57.
4 x 400: 1. Ohio State 3:29.25 (Murphy, Dayle, Marsh, Wood); 2. Michigan 3:30.52; 3. Purdue 3:33.76; 4. Iowa 3:35.60.
Field Events
HJ: 1. **Jenna Rogers (Nb) 6-½ (1.84); 2. **Nyalaam Jok (Mn) 5-11¼ (1.81); 3. Madison Yerigan (Nb) 5-11¼ (1.81); 4. tie, **Tacoria Humphrey (Il) & *Mahogany Jenkins (In) 5-10 (1.78).
PV: 1. **Chloe Timberg (Rut) 14-5½ (4.41); 2. **Tori Thomas (Il) 14-3½ (4.36); 3. *Abigail Kuhn (OhSt) 13-7¾ (4.16); 4. Jessica Mercier (In) 13-7¾.
LJ: 1. Paola Fernandez-Sola’ (In-PR) 21-4¾ (6.52); 2. Humphrey 20-9 (6.32); 3. *Serena Bolden (In) 20-7¾ (6.29); 4. *Ashley McElmurry (Nb) 20-1 (6.12).
TJ: 1. **Lotavia Brown’ (Nb-Jam) 43-8¾ (13.33); 2. Jaimie Robinson (OhSt) 43-5¼w (13.24) (42-11/13.08); 3. **Riley Ammenhauser (Mi) 42-10¾w (13.07) (42-4/12.90); 4. Ieva Turke’ (Nb-Lat) 42-6 (12.95).
SP: 1. **Axelina Johansson’ (Nb-Swe) 64-1¼ (19.54) NR (out CL) (4, 4 C) (63-6¾ [out CL] [5, 5 C], 57-3½, 63-3½ [x, 8 C], 60-10½, 62-1¼, 64-1¼) (19.37, 17.46, 19.29, 18.55, 18.93, 19.54);
2. Josie Schaefer (Wi) 58-9½ (17.92); 3. **Jayden Ulrich (In) 58-7½ (17.87); 4. Corinne Jemison (Mi) 56-6¾ (17.24); 5. *Mallory Kauffman (PennSt) 56-4¾ (17.19); 6. Taylor Latimer (Nb) 56-4¾ (17.19).
DT: 1. Jemison 190-7 (58.08); 2. Schaefer 185-6 (56.55); 3. **Faith Bender (OhSt) 185-2 (56.44); 4. **Kalynn Meyer (Nb) 180-10 (55.12); 5. *Kat Moody (Ia) 180-5 (55.01).
HT: 1. Tanessa Morris’ (Nb-Can) 205-11 (62.76); 2. *Chloe Lindeman (Wi) 205-8 (62.69); 3. Amanda Howe (Ia) 205-5 (62.62); 4. *Olivia Roberts (Wi) 204-1 (62.22).
JT: 1. *Rhema Otabor’ (Nb-Bah) 189-9 (57.85); 2. *Maddie Harris (Nb) 184-9 (56.33); 3. *Mirta Kulisic’ (Nb-Cro) 174-3 (53.12); 4. **Eniko Sara (Nb) 164-4 (50.08); 5. ***Elizabeth Korczak (Ia) 162-1 (49.40).
Hept(5/12-13): 1. *Tionna Tobias (Ia) 5640; 2. ***Bryanna Craig (Pur) 5460; 3. Hope Purcell (In) 5282; 4. ***Maddie Pitts (PennSt) 5265.
