Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, January 14
Ann Arbor, Mich.
11 a.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Michigan Invitational
Track and Field Finishes Successful Day in Bowling Green, Ann Arbor
1/14/2023 6:57:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
The men's and women's teams competed across two separate events
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed in a pair of events today, Jan. 14, with student-athletes splitting between the Falcon Early Bird Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio, and the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor.
The majority of each team competed at the Bowling Green State University-hosted Early Bird Falcon Invitational, where both the men's and women's team finished second in the team standings. The women fell just one point short of BGSU (110), while the men's score of 109 was second only to the University at Buffalo (121).
How it Happened
In Ann Arbor, EMU student-athletes recorded seven top-five finishes across eight different events. Despite finishing fifth in the event, Baldvin Magnusson (Akureyri, Iceland-Hull University) cruised past the previous meet record in the men's 1-mile event, finishing with a time of 3:59.60. Additionally, his time is good for an Icelandic National Record.
In northwest Ohio, EMU saw numerous top finishes. Kilani Harvey (Orlando, Fla.-Jones-Morehead State-Highland C.C.) led the way in the 60m, where she took the first place finish with a time of 7.55 seconds, a personal best. Teammate Angel Gazaway (Cincinnati, Ohio-Princeton) finished first in the 200m (25.14), while Mair Edwards (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School) won the 400m with a time of 56.0 seconds. Gazaway also took home the first place finish in the 60m hurdles, finishing in 8.63 seconds.
On the men's side, Callum Robinson (Goderich, Ontario-St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School-Simon Fraser) needed just 21.72 seconds to win the 200m race, while Yvan Lopes Ribeiro (Nice, France-Lycée Honoré d'Estiennes d'Orves-American International) recorded a personal best in the 60m hurdles. His time of 7.79 currently sits in the top-10 among all NCAA performers this season, and goes down as the seventh-best performance in EMU history. Meanwhile, Almighty Williamson (Baltimore, Md.-Digital Harbor-Morgan State-Barton County C.C.) also recorded a personal best in the preliminary round of the same event as his 7.84-second mark is good for ninth all-time (tied with Bill Tipton, 1970; Jeff Dils, 1978). Brendan Hill (Huber Heights, Ohio-Wayne) was also a winner, as he jumped 2.08m in the high jump. Ribeiro also picked up a victory in the long jump, with a 7.43m mark, the eighth-best mark in EMU history. Newlyn Stephenson (Gary, Ind.-Thea Bowman Leadership Academy) gave Eastern its second top-10 NCAA performance of the season with his 22.10m hurl in the weight throw, where he took first place.
Meet Notes
Falcon Early Bird Invitational
Jan. 14 | Bowling Green, Ohio
#= personal best
Women's Results
1 mile
17., Kiera Hansen, 5:32.27
400m
1. Mair Edwards, 56.00
2. Noriyah Johnson, 56.82
3. Tijana Japundzic, 57.96
5. Chevonne Wheeler, 59.15
60m Hurdles
The majority of each team competed at the Bowling Green State University-hosted Early Bird Falcon Invitational, where both the men's and women's team finished second in the team standings. The women fell just one point short of BGSU (110), while the men's score of 109 was second only to the University at Buffalo (121).
How it Happened
In Ann Arbor, EMU student-athletes recorded seven top-five finishes across eight different events. Despite finishing fifth in the event, Baldvin Magnusson (Akureyri, Iceland-Hull University) cruised past the previous meet record in the men's 1-mile event, finishing with a time of 3:59.60. Additionally, his time is good for an Icelandic National Record.
In northwest Ohio, EMU saw numerous top finishes. Kilani Harvey (Orlando, Fla.-Jones-Morehead State-Highland C.C.) led the way in the 60m, where she took the first place finish with a time of 7.55 seconds, a personal best. Teammate Angel Gazaway (Cincinnati, Ohio-Princeton) finished first in the 200m (25.14), while Mair Edwards (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School) won the 400m with a time of 56.0 seconds. Gazaway also took home the first place finish in the 60m hurdles, finishing in 8.63 seconds.
On the men's side, Callum Robinson (Goderich, Ontario-St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School-Simon Fraser) needed just 21.72 seconds to win the 200m race, while Yvan Lopes Ribeiro (Nice, France-Lycée Honoré d'Estiennes d'Orves-American International) recorded a personal best in the 60m hurdles. His time of 7.79 currently sits in the top-10 among all NCAA performers this season, and goes down as the seventh-best performance in EMU history. Meanwhile, Almighty Williamson (Baltimore, Md.-Digital Harbor-Morgan State-Barton County C.C.) also recorded a personal best in the preliminary round of the same event as his 7.84-second mark is good for ninth all-time (tied with Bill Tipton, 1970; Jeff Dils, 1978). Brendan Hill (Huber Heights, Ohio-Wayne) was also a winner, as he jumped 2.08m in the high jump. Ribeiro also picked up a victory in the long jump, with a 7.43m mark, the eighth-best mark in EMU history. Newlyn Stephenson (Gary, Ind.-Thea Bowman Leadership Academy) gave Eastern its second top-10 NCAA performance of the season with his 22.10m hurl in the weight throw, where he took first place.
Meet Notes
Falcon Early Bird Invitational
Jan. 14 | Bowling Green, Ohio
#= personal best
Women's Results
1 mile
17., Kiera Hansen, 5:32.27
400m
1. Mair Edwards, 56.00
2. Noriyah Johnson, 56.82
3. Tijana Japundzic, 57.96
5. Chevonne Wheeler, 59.15
60m Hurdles
1. Angel Gazaway, 25.14
3. Kilani Harvey, 25.44
3000m
14. Kayla Muir, 11:04.16
18. Ella Garvin, 11:43.78
Triple Jump
4. Kyra Buffen, 11.89m (39-0)
11. Nyla Joseph-Guevara, 10.83m (35-6.5) #
High Jump
2. Micha Martin, 1.7m (5-7)
10. Natalie Buratczuk, 1.6m (5-3)
12. Kyra Buffen, 1.55m (5-1)
15. Nina Ward, 1.55m (5-1)
Weight Throw
4. Miranda Cadwell, 17.39m (57-1)
16. Safeya Woolcock, 13.91m (45-8)
20. Isabella Brent, 13.18m (43-3)
23. Aleah Johnson, 12.13m (39-10)
Shot Put
7.Miranda Cadwell, 12.9m (42-3.75)
13. Aleah Johnson, 9.83m (32-3)
Pole Vault
2. Maura Lane, 3.45m (11-3.75)
3. Fleur Van Der Linden, 3.3m (10-10)
Men's Results
400m
2. Dante Lander, 50.87
6. Josh Flake, 51.49
60m Hurdles
1. Yvan Lopes Ribeiro, 7.79#
2. Almighty Williamson, 7.90
4. Payne Wylie, 8.31
60m
6. Eric Haddock Jr.. 7.26
800m
8. Tajay Roberts, 2:02.46
200m
1. Callum Robinson, 21.72
2. Kaleb Simpson, 21.94
3. Kyle Martin, 22.54
4. Almighty Williamson, 22.57
5. Richie Sadler, 22.58
8. Payne Wylie, 23.84
Long Jump
1. Yvan Lopes Ribeiro, 7.43m (24-4.5)
2. Eric Haddock Jr., 7.01m (23-0)
9. Reese McEvers, 5.43m (17-9.75)
High Jump
1. Brendan Hill, 2.08m (6-10)#
2. Ousman Kamara, 2.05m (6-8.75)
Weight Throw
1. Newlyn Stephenson, 22.10m (72-6)
3. Andrew Knieper, 11.9m (39-1)
Shot Put
7. Andew Knieper, 11.17m (36-7.75)
Pole Vault
2. Jacob Niedzwiecki, 4.75m (15-7)
Michigan Invitational
Jan. 14 | Bowling Green, Ohio
#= personal best
% = National Record (Iceland)
Women's Results
600m
4.Chloie Musta, 1:34.66
800m
21.Esme Davies, 2:24.76
1 mile
11.Tabatha Walford, 4:59.63
19. Esme Davies, 5:15.08
3000m
3. Marta Moreno
4.Julia Pleskaczynska, 10:24.41
Men's Results
600m
4. Kian Wiles, 1:21.33
7.Brady Messer, 1:22.65
800m
2. Baldvin Magnusson, 1:52.13
5. Linus Vennemann, 1:54.67
7. Toby Gaulter, 1:55.33
9. Sam Peterson, 1:56.01
13. Grant Sweningson, 2:00.04
1 mile
5. Baldvin Magnusson, 3:59.60 %
14. Toby Gualter, 4:06.71
22. Sam Peterson, 4:11.99
25. Marcus Kemp, 4:14.16
26. Linus Vennemann, 4:14.78
30. Ronald Brandal, 4:15.97
36. Carson McCoy, 4:23.78
Players Mentioned
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
High Jump
/ Women's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Jumps
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
High Jump
/ Men's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
High Jump
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Men's Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles/Jumps
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Sprints/Jumps
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Triple Jump/Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Multis
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Men's Track & Field
Throws
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track & Field
Jumps
/ Women's Track & Field
Multis
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Men's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints/Hurdles
/ Men's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Men's Track & FieldNew Outdoor Track & Field Facility Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, September 23
Track & Field at 2025 Spartan Invitational
Tuesday, April 08
2025 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships Cinematic Recap
Wednesday, March 05
2025 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships Day 1 Highlights
Saturday, March 01