ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, May 10–12 — High jumper Tyus Wilson and hurdler Darius Luff led Nebraska to a repeat of its Big 10 title under sunny skies on the final day of the first championships held at Michigan’s “new” outdoor facility (opened in ’19). By the time the day was done, the Huskers had piled up 136 points, 50 more than runner-up Iowa.
Wilson, the loop’s indoor champion and 4th at NCAA Indoor, jumped cleanly through 7-3¾ (2.23). Ohio State’s Shaun Miller, who cleared 7-1½ (2.17), played the passing game after that, with a miss and a pass at the next two heights. Finally, at 7-5 (2.26), Miller had his last miss. Wilson then chose to skip that height (his PR), and take it to a collegiate leader 7-6 (2.29). On his first attempt he came close. On the second he knocked the bar down with his arm. Finally, on his last attempt he managed a clearance with little to spare. After taking two shots at what would have been a meet record 7-7¼ (2.32), he called it a day.
Said Husker coach Justin St. Clair pre-meet, “Coach [Dusty] Jonas had mentioned, ‘Tyus is doing really well, things are about to happen.. It’s just exciting.”
Luff came into the meet as the collegiate leader at 13.25. On Saturday, in cold and blustery conditions in Ann Arbor, he looked confident in his heat with a 13.35. Later that day he lost the collegiate leader through no fault of his own, when Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp ran 13.18 at SECs. On Sunday, Luff went after it in ideal conditions after officials set up the hurdles to go from south to north to take advantage of the prevailing winds. With Wisconsin’s Giovanni Wearing pressing him for much of the distance, he tied his best of 13.25, with the same 0.7 reading that he had the first time he ran that time. Wearing finished 2nd in 13.41.
A Day 1 javelin duel between Mike Stein of Iowa and Nebraska’s Dash Sirmon saw Stein lose his early lead to Sirmon, who in round 3 threw 248-1 (75.63). On his final throw, Stein launched the spear to a meet record 266-4 (81.19), becoming the No. 10 U.S. collegian ever. Sirmon, on the last throw of the day, came close with a PR of his own, 265-3 (80.86).
Minnesota frosh Ángelos Mantzouránis impressed in the hammer with a 246-6 (75.15) win. Another Gopher frosh, Charles Godson, took the long jump at 26-¾ (7.94), a solid performance, but one that ensured that Jesse Owens’ meet record 26-8¼ (8.13) will make it to at least its 90th anniversary next year.
On the track, Minnesota’s Devin Augustine took the 100 in 10.05. The 200 went to Purdue’s Cameron Miller in a windy 19.97, with Penn State’s Cheickna Traore next in 20.05 and Augustine at 20.17. Wisconsin’s Adam Spencer, 3rd in the NCAA 1500 last year, won the 800 in 1:47.96.
BIG 10 MEN’S RESULTS
Teams: 1. Nebraska 136; 2. Iowa 86; 3. Wisconsin 78; 4. Michigan 72; 5. Indiana 66; 6. Purdue 64; 7. Minnesota 63; 8. Michigan State 61; 9. Rutgers 54; 10. Ohio State 49; 11. Illinois 46; 12. Penn State 31; 13. Maryland 12.
100(2.0): 1. *Devin Augustine’ (Mn-Tri) 10.05; 2. Antonio Laidler (In) 10.19; 3. *Kalen Walker (Ia) 10.22; 4. Damoy Allen (Ia) 10.27.
200(3.1): 1. **Cameron Miller (Pur) 19.97w; 2. Cheickna Traore’ (PennSt-CI) 20.05w; 3. Augustine’ 20.17w; 4. **Garrett Kaalund (Nb) 20.33w.
400: 1. Dubem Amene’ (Mi-Ngr) 45.92; 2. ***Josh Pugh (Ia) 46.57; 3. **Jalen Williams (Wi) 46.73; 4. ***Mason Louis (OhSt) 46.95.
800: 1. *Adam Spencer’ (Wi-Aus) 1:47.96; 2. *Camden Marshall (In) 1:48.17; 3. **Handal Roban’ (PennSt-StV) 1:48.22; 4. *Rivaldo Marshall’ (Ia-Jam) 1:48.54.
1500: 1. ***Trent McFarland (Mi) 3:43.59; 2. Nick Foster (Mi) 3:43.64; 3. *Luke Perelli (MiSt) 3:44.96; 4. Eli Hoeft (Mn) 3:45.12.
St: 1. **Logan Measner (Wi) 8:40.98; 2. *Andrew Nolan (MiSt) 8:45.33; 3. **Caleb Jarema (Mi) 8:45.42; 4. Benjamin Nibbelink (Wi) 8:52.46.
5000: 1. Skylar Stidam (In) 13:56.43; 2. **Luke Venhuizen (Mi) 13:58.27; 3. **Logan Measner (Wi) 14:01.84; 4. **Micah Wilson (Wi) 14:04.53.
10,000: 1. Tom Brady (Mi) 29:19.27; 2. Wilson 29:19.30; 3. ***Johnny Livingstone (Wi) 29:32.06; 4. Stidam 29:34.32.
110H(0.7): 1. Darius Luff (Nb) 13.25; 2. **Giovanni Wearing (Wi) 13.41; 3. Heath Baldwin (MiSt) 13.77; 4. Brithton Senior’ (Nb-Jam) 13.81.
400H: 1. ***Bryce Tucker (Rut) 50.61; 2. Robert Williams (Il) 51.24; 3. ***Isaac Lewis (Ia) 51.44; 4. Jameson Woodell (Rut) 52.08.
4 x 100: 1. Iowa 39.28 (Walker, Reed, Stapleton, Allen); 2. Nebraska 39.31; 3. Minnesota 39.50; 4. Indiana 39.79.
4 x 400: 1. Iowa 3:05.68 (Lewis, Pugh, Belken, Marshall’); 2. Ohio State 3:06.60; 3. Purdue 3:06.97; 4. Rutgers 3:07.80.
Field Events
HJ: 1. *Tyus Wilson (Nb) 7-6 (2.29); 2. Shaun Mille (OhSt) 7-1½ (2.17); 3. **Kamyren Garrett (Il) 7-¼ (2.14); 4. ***Mason Kooi (Nb) 7-¼.
PV: 1. *Jak Urlacher (Mn) 18-1 (5.51); 2. ***Cody Johnston (Il) 17-11 (5.46); 3. ***Brian O’Sullivan (Rut) 17-3 (5.26).
LJ: 1. ***Charles Godfred’ (Mn-Ngr) 26-¾ (7.94); 2. Micaylon Moore (Nb) 25-9½ (7.86); 3. *Sincere Robinson (Rut) 25-2½ (7.68); 4. ***Jaylen Lloyd (Nb) 25-1¾ (7.66).
TJ: 1. *Praise Aniamaka’ (Pur-Can) 54-1¼ (16.49); 2. Terrol Wilson’ (Nb-Jam) 53-10¼ (16.41); 3. Moore 53-6¼ (16.31); 4. Clarence Foote-Talley (OhSt) 52-11 (16.13).
SP: 1. Hayden Tobias (OhSt) 65-7½ (20.00); 2. Kevin Shubert (Nb) 64-11¼ (19.79); 3. Tyler Sudduth (Il) 62-11½ (19.19); 4. ***Cade Moran (Nb) 61-4¾ (18.71).
DT: 1. **Seth Allen (Pur) 199-11 (60.95); 2. Moran 196-9 (59.96); 3. **Konstantinos Bouzakis’ (Rut-Gre) 191-6 (58.37); 4. Jordan Johnson (Ia) 190-4 (58.03).
HT: 1. ***Ángelos Mantzouránis’ (Mn-Gre) 246-6 (75.15); 2. *Henry Zimmerman (Nb) 222-5 (67.81); 3. *Sean Mockler’ (In-Ire) 219-1 (66.78); 4. ***Austin Busch (Ia) 218-10 (66.70).
JT: 1. **Mike Stein (Ia) 266-4 (81.19) (10, x AmC);
2. **Dash Sirmon (Nb) 265-3 (80.86); 3. Tyler Brown (Nb) 224-11 (68.57); 4. Heath Baldwin (MiSt) 224-4 (68.39).
Dec(5/10-11): 1. Ryan Talbot (MiSt) 7535; 2. ***Andreas Hantson’ (Pur-Est) 7383; 3. *Quinn Lansill (Wi) 7116; 4. *Matthias Algarin (Nb) 7064.
