BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior Trevor Stephenson driven the Michigan State track & field group with a shaft vault occasion win Saturday at the Gladstein Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana. The Spartans had a select number of competitors compete, highlighting post vaulters and remove runners.
Michigan State competed against competitors from have Indiana, Michigan and Purdue.
Stephenson medaled for the second-straight week after wrapping up moment within the post vault final week at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational. He wrapped up to begin with, clearing a season-best tallness of 5.10m. His vault currently positions to begin with within the Enormous Ten this season.
On the women’s side, the Spartans had a combine of post vaulters in activity. Junior Sophia Franklin wrapped up moment with a vault of 3.92m, fair behind Indiana’s Anna Watson (4.07m). Junior Calli Ostapowicz wrapped up fourth, clearing 3.77m.
“I was cheerful with how nowadays went. Nowadays the shaft vaulters did a great work of remaining centered and competing. I am pleased of how the bunch keeps making advance each and each week,” MSU collaborator track & field coach Ceith Creekmur said.
Sophomore James Uhlenberg smashed his individual best within the 3,000m with a time of 8:
02.58. His past best was 8:
23.55 at the Music City Challenge final season. Uhlenberg wrapped up third behind Indiana’s Ben Veatch and Kyle Mau, who was running unattached. First year recruit Brendan Favazza wrapped up fourth with an amazing MSU make a big appearance, clocking in with a time of 8:
07.66. In their Straightforward debuts, Andrew Nolan and Alexander Penski ran within the moment warm of the 3,000m. Nolan (8:
34.72) and Penski (8:
36.88) wrapped up 10th and 12th, separately.
“I thought the separate men we brought down here this end of the week were exceptional. They’ve had to bargain with a number of interferences in their preparing with us the past few weeks since of the widespread and to come out and race the way they did in spite of lost a few hones was incredible,” Right hand Cross Country/Track & Field coach Aaron Simoneau said. “Both James and Brendan were within the to begin with area, which was being paced from the weapon to run quick, and they did a decent work of being quiet and fair centering on competing. James ran a big individual best, and Brenden’s time is fabulous for a genuine first year recruit in his to begin with turn on the track. Alex and Andrew’s warm was very a bit more strategic, going out in a really traditionalist pace for the primary half, but they did a great work of locks in and competed truly well within the last 1,000 meters. We saw this end of the week as an opportunity for this gather to urge a competitive exertion in some time recently the cross nation conference meet another end of the week, and I was exceptionally cheerful with the way they raced.”
The MSU’s indoor track & field group will return to Ann Arbor with a chosen gather taking portion within the B1G Multis on Jan. 29.
The Michigan State cross nation group will moreover be in activity traveling to Shelbyville, Indiana for the Huge Ten Championships on Jan. 30.
