Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, April 13
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
All Day
Eastern Michigan University
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Chippewa Challenge
Track and Field Heads North for Chippewa Challenge
4/10/2024 12:19:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
The meet will last just one day, Friday, April 12
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – After a weekend where the Eastern Michigan University track and field programs collectively notched 48 personal-best performances, the Eagles will head back on the road, as they are slated to face competition at the Chippewa Challenge, hosted by Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant Friday, April 12.
Meet Information/How to Follow
The meet will take place at the Lyle Bennet Outdoor Track Facility, lasting the entirety of the day, with the first events beginning at 12 p.m. and the last scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
The Eagles will face teams from Albion College, Alma College, Central Michigan, the University of Detroit Mercy, Lansing Community College, and Lake Superior State University.
Fans can follow along with the meet via a live stats link that can be accessed on the EMU track and field schedule pages. A post-meet recap will be posted to EMUEagles.com.
Last Time Out: at Spartan Invitational and Jim Click Invitational, April 5-6
At the Spartan invitational, the Eagles' performances were highlighted by first-place showings from Elena Wheeler (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) and Joey Furlong (Deer Park, Ill./Barrington). Wheeler placed first in the unseeded 800m run in an outdoor personal-best 2:28.21, while Furlong claimed gold in the 5,000m run in 14:58.04.
Leilah Toran (Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson) also had a strong showing, placing second in the triple jump with a bound of 11.09m.
After topping her own discus record with a 48.31m sling at the Clyde Hart Classic, March 22-23, Miranda Cadwell (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) claimed her second school record of the season with a 62.01m (203-05) mark in the hammer throw, finishing third at the Jim Click Invitational.
The Eagles multi-athletes excelled in the first day of the heptathlon and decathlon. In the heptathlon, Maleah Scott (Farmington, Minn./Farmington) ended the first day with 2,637 points, the seventh-best day one heptathlon figure in program history. In the decathlon, Cason Doolittle (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton) finished day one with 3,303 points, the sixth-best day one mark in program history, while Samuel Jeffery (Fonthill, Ontario/E.L. Crossley Secondary) notched 3,411 points, the fifth-best number in the first day in EMU history.
Both Doolittle and Jeffery checked into the program top-10 in day two scoring of the decathlon as well. Jeffery's 2,700 points were good for eighth on the EMU leader boards while Doolittle's 2,521 points stand as the 10th-best.
Esme Davies (Lake District, England/Queen Elizabeth Grammar School) and Kyra Buffen (Columbus, Ga./Buford/Benedict) earned the Eastern women's highest finishes of the meet. Davies placed second in the 3,000m run in an outdoor personal-best 9:39.57, as Buffen collected silver in the triple jump, leaping 12.31m.
The women's 3,000m steeplechase was strong for the Green and White where Anita Zaro (Timisoara, Romania/Faculty of Physical Education and Sport) placed third in a personal-best 10:43.38, the sixth-best time in program history. Kayla Muir (Ida, Mich./Ida/Stautzenberger College) followed immediately behind, finishing fourth in 11:50.77.
Ryan Johnson (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) continues to climb the hammer throw leader boards as he heaved the hammer 66.74m (218-11) for a fourth-place finish, marking the second-farthest toss in school history.
In the long jump, Formula Thompson (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Jamaica College) tied current US Olympian and former Eagle Donald Scott's best outdoor long-jump mark (EMU No. 8), as Thompson leaped 7.58m (24-10.50) for a third-place finish.
In the men's triple jump, Yvan Lopes Ribeiro (Nice, France/Lycée Honoré d'Estiennes d'Orves/American International) and Eric Haddock Jr. (Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh/Appalachian State) went two and three. Lopes Ribeiro leaped 14.71m (48-03.25) while Haddock Jr. soared 14.55m (47-09.00).
Sam Peterson (Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix) and Linus Vennemann (Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany/Gymnasium "In der Wüste") both dominated the 3,000m races. In the steeplechase, Vennemann placed second in 9:20.46, followed by Peterson in third in a personal-best 9:21.13. Both would set personal-best in the 3,000m run, with Vennemann again placing second, this time in 8:41.48, as Peterson followed in fourth in 8:51.47.
Ronnie Brandal (Huron, Ohio/Huron) displayed his mid-distance prowess in the 800m run, grabbing silver in a personal-best 1:48.47, cracking the program top-10 leader boards at No. 10.
Up Next
The Eagles have three meets on the schedule for next weekend, April 19-20. EMU will compete at the Aggie Classic, the Wake Forest Invitational, and the LSU Alumni Gold meet.
Meet Information/How to Follow
The meet will take place at the Lyle Bennet Outdoor Track Facility, lasting the entirety of the day, with the first events beginning at 12 p.m. and the last scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
The Eagles will face teams from Albion College, Alma College, Central Michigan, the University of Detroit Mercy, Lansing Community College, and Lake Superior State University.
Fans can follow along with the meet via a live stats link that can be accessed on the EMU track and field schedule pages. A post-meet recap will be posted to EMUEagles.com.
Last Time Out: at Spartan Invitational and Jim Click Invitational, April 5-6
At the Spartan invitational, the Eagles' performances were highlighted by first-place showings from Elena Wheeler (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) and Joey Furlong (Deer Park, Ill./Barrington). Wheeler placed first in the unseeded 800m run in an outdoor personal-best 2:28.21, while Furlong claimed gold in the 5,000m run in 14:58.04.
Leilah Toran (Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson) also had a strong showing, placing second in the triple jump with a bound of 11.09m.
After topping her own discus record with a 48.31m sling at the Clyde Hart Classic, March 22-23, Miranda Cadwell (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) claimed her second school record of the season with a 62.01m (203-05) mark in the hammer throw, finishing third at the Jim Click Invitational.
The Eagles multi-athletes excelled in the first day of the heptathlon and decathlon. In the heptathlon, Maleah Scott (Farmington, Minn./Farmington) ended the first day with 2,637 points, the seventh-best day one heptathlon figure in program history. In the decathlon, Cason Doolittle (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton) finished day one with 3,303 points, the sixth-best day one mark in program history, while Samuel Jeffery (Fonthill, Ontario/E.L. Crossley Secondary) notched 3,411 points, the fifth-best number in the first day in EMU history.
Both Doolittle and Jeffery checked into the program top-10 in day two scoring of the decathlon as well. Jeffery's 2,700 points were good for eighth on the EMU leader boards while Doolittle's 2,521 points stand as the 10th-best.
Esme Davies (Lake District, England/Queen Elizabeth Grammar School) and Kyra Buffen (Columbus, Ga./Buford/Benedict) earned the Eastern women's highest finishes of the meet. Davies placed second in the 3,000m run in an outdoor personal-best 9:39.57, as Buffen collected silver in the triple jump, leaping 12.31m.
The women's 3,000m steeplechase was strong for the Green and White where Anita Zaro (Timisoara, Romania/Faculty of Physical Education and Sport) placed third in a personal-best 10:43.38, the sixth-best time in program history. Kayla Muir (Ida, Mich./Ida/Stautzenberger College) followed immediately behind, finishing fourth in 11:50.77.
Ryan Johnson (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) continues to climb the hammer throw leader boards as he heaved the hammer 66.74m (218-11) for a fourth-place finish, marking the second-farthest toss in school history.
In the long jump, Formula Thompson (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Jamaica College) tied current US Olympian and former Eagle Donald Scott's best outdoor long-jump mark (EMU No. 8), as Thompson leaped 7.58m (24-10.50) for a third-place finish.
In the men's triple jump, Yvan Lopes Ribeiro (Nice, France/Lycée Honoré d'Estiennes d'Orves/American International) and Eric Haddock Jr. (Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh/Appalachian State) went two and three. Lopes Ribeiro leaped 14.71m (48-03.25) while Haddock Jr. soared 14.55m (47-09.00).
Sam Peterson (Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix) and Linus Vennemann (Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany/Gymnasium "In der Wüste") both dominated the 3,000m races. In the steeplechase, Vennemann placed second in 9:20.46, followed by Peterson in third in a personal-best 9:21.13. Both would set personal-best in the 3,000m run, with Vennemann again placing second, this time in 8:41.48, as Peterson followed in fourth in 8:51.47.
Ronnie Brandal (Huron, Ohio/Huron) displayed his mid-distance prowess in the 800m run, grabbing silver in a personal-best 1:48.47, cracking the program top-10 leader boards at No. 10.
Up Next
The Eagles have three meets on the schedule for next weekend, April 19-20. EMU will compete at the Aggie Classic, the Wake Forest Invitational, and the LSU Alumni Gold meet.
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