Posted: Jan 14, 2023

Track & Field Shows Grit At The Michigan Invitational

OVERVIEW

MEET: MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL

LOCATION: ANN ARBOR, MICH. – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

RECAP: Northwood track & field gave it its best shot Saturday (January 14) at the Michigan Invitational. The Timberwolves competed against seven Division I schools and numerous unattached athletic competitors and clubs.

INSIDE THE MEET – MEN

Xzavia Price finished fourth (6.92) in the 60m. Price earned his place, racing against five Division I athletes in the finals.
Nathan Powers led the NU throwers hitting 19.28m in the weight throw and taking third and clearing the NCAA provisional mark. Powers now holds the sixth-best throw in NCAA Division II and is second in the GMAC this season.
Sebastian Tesch set a new weight throw personal record (PR) hitting 18.00m. He also clears the NCAA provisional mark and has the 24th-best throw in DII this season.
Dillan Haviland's 15^th place, 4:07.33 mile cleared the NCAA provisional mark and was just over a second behind the school record he set last season. His mark is currently fourth-best in DII this season.
Haviland's teammate Josh Jones set a new PR in the mile (4:10.09 – 19^th) event and moved into third all-time in NU history books. He also cleared the NCAA provisional mark and now holds the 10th-best time in DII this season.
Preston Earl (4:15.73 – 28^th) and Zane Aldrich (4:22.90 – 35^th) also competed in the mile.
Will Nemecek hit 16.13m in the shot, leading the Timberwolves as he earned a fourth-place finish. Nemecek nows has the second best shot throw in the GMAC this season.
Travis Schepers hit 14.53m as he also competed in the shot and placed sixth.
JeRonn Body ran his first collegiate 400m race finishing in 51.59.
Body, Jones, Earl, and Price competed in the 4x400m for NU, finishing in 3:25.44.
Jon Kelm competed in the long jump. Kelm's best just of the day was 6.65m.