MICHIGAN ATHELTIC COMMUNICATIONS Chad Shepard | Football 2016 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field 734-386-0372 | phone QUICK HITS [email protected] | MGoBlue.com -- The University of Michigan will be represented by five NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS athletes at the NCAA meet for the second time in the SITE: EUGENE, OREGON (HistoRIC HAYWARD FIELD) past three seasons TV & STREAMING: ESPN3 (ALL EVENTS), MORE INFO BELOW -- Michigan is in the midst of its best season since 1998, RESULTS: WWW.NCAA.COM OR HTTP://MYUMI.CH/6W87N the only other year with Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Titles and a top-6 NCAA finish indoors NOTES -- After finishing second during the Cross Country The University of Michigan women’s track and field team will send five athletes season, U-M ended the year two thirds of the way to its to Eugene, Oregon, to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Historic third-ever Big Ten Triple Crown. In all, U-M has swept Hayward Field this Thursday and Saturday (June 9 and 11). The two-day both conference track and field titles on five occasions competition is hosted by the University of Oregon for the fourth year in a row and (1994, ‘98, 2002, ‘03 ‘16) the fifth time in the past seven seasons overall. -- Cindy Ofili highlights Michigan entries this weekend, All four days of competition (two men’s, two women’s) will stream events on ESPN3 the top national seed in the 100-meter hurdles and WatchESPN, and the times below represent on-air TV coverage throughout the weekend. Fans should follow @umictrack on Twitter for live updates, video -- The three entries Michigan has in the 1,500-meter run interviews and more exclusive content. mark only the second time in program history that the Maize and Blue has been represented by three athletes Wednesday, June 8 -- 7:30-11 p.m. ET (ESPN2) in the same event (2006: Alyson Kohlmeier, Erin Web- Thursday, June 9 -- 7:30-8 p.m. (ESPNU) ster, Rebecca Walter; 5,000 meter run) Friday, June 10 -- 8:30-11 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, June 11 -- 6:30-9 p.m. (ESPN) -- Erin Finn (6x Big Ten Champion; 3 outdoor) is taking a redshirt this outdoor season to pursue Olympic goals The Wolverine schedule will be as follows: Thursday events begin at 4:46 p.m. with and has hit the Olympic standard in the 5K and 10K the 1,500-meter semifinal, followed by the 100-meter hurdle semifinals at 5:32 p.m. and the 10,000-meter run final at 7:08 p.m. On Saturday, the 1,500-meter final is -- Finn’s time of 31:51.84 in the 10K set May 1 at scheduled for a 3:41 p.m. gun and the hurdle finals are slated for 4:12 p.m. Stanford is No. 6 all-time in NCAA history, No. 3 fastest by an American collegian and fastest ever by a native WOLVERINE SCHEDULE OF COMPETITION AND ENTRIES Michigander Event: Athlete (Season-Best Time) Race Day(s)/Time(s) PROGRAM HISTORY All Times are Pacific First Year ......................................................................... 1978 Big Ten Member ............................................................... 1978 SPRINTS AND HURDLES (1 Entry) Big Ten Team Titles ............................................................. 17 Big Ten Triple Crowns ����������������������������������������2 (1994, 2003) 100-meter hurdles: Cindy Ofili (12.66*) Big Ten Indiv. Titles ����������������������������������������������������������� 167 Semifinals Thursday at 5:32 p.m., Finals Saturday at 4:12 p.m. Individual Big Ten Champions .........................86 (49 outdoors) Big Ten Relay. Titles ............................................................ 16 MIDDLE-DISTANCE AND DISTANCE (4 Entries) NCAA Top 10 Finishes ............................................................ 9 1,500 meters: Shannon Osika (4:13.43), Devon Hoppe (4:15.23), NCAA Indiv. Titles ................................................................ 10 Jaimie Phelan (4:19.22) All-America Citations ........................................................... 179 Semifinals Thursday at 4:46 p.m., Finals Saturday at 3:41 p.m. ‘THE LAST TIME’ AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 10,000 meters: Gina Sereno (34:19.39) ACCOMPLISHMENT YEAR ATHLETES/PTS EVENT Finals Thursday at 7:08 p.m. Individual Champion 2009 Tiffany Porter 100m H Geena Gall 800m Multiple All-Americans 2007 Katie Erdman 800m (2nd) CAPPING A SPECIAL SEASON In the Same Event Geena Gall (5th) The Maize and Blue has a chance to wrap what has been a spectacular 2016 season in fine form. The team swept the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Track and Team Top 30 Finish 2005 5 points scored t-29th Field Championships for the first time since the 2003 campaign, Michigan’s last Team Top 20 Finish 2015 14 points scored 19th Triple Crown season. Team Top 10 Finish 2009 28 points scored 7th Team Top 5 Finish 2007 36 points scored 3rd Michigan moves into the final meet of the year having accumulated a No. 3 ranking in the USTFCCCA’s Program of the Year race. After finishing sixth in the NCAA COACHING STAFF during cross country, the Wolverines tied for sixth during the indoor season (the Head Coach ................................ James Henry (Sprints, Jumps) program’s third-best finish ever) and are now poised to score well at the outdoor Assoc. Head Coach .....................Mike McGuire (Mid-D/Distance) meet. Asst. Coach ............................................. Sandy Fowler (Throws) Vol. Asst. Coach .............................. Shean Conlon (Pole Vault) In between those national finishes, the Wolverines won Big Ten titles Nos. 16 Vol. Asst. Coach ........................... Rebecca Addison (Distance) and 17, scoring 109 and 106 points at the indoor and outdoor conference meets, Vol. Asst. Coach ............................... Kristal McGregor (Throws) respectively, to mark the 11th time in program history that U-M has reached the 100-point plateau at both championship events. FOLLOW U-M TRACK & FIELD Web: www.MGoBlue.com Now with a top national seed and four entries spread across two middle-distance Twitter: @umichtrack and distance events, U-M seeks its first national champion since 2009, its first Facebook: www.facebook.com/MichiganWomensTrack event with multiple All-Americans since 2007 and a strong close to the program’s best season in years. COACHING STAFF James Henry Mike McGuire Head Coach (32nd Season) Associate Head Coach (27th Season) Jumps, Sprints, Hurdles Mid-Distance, Distance Head Coach, Cross Country (24 years) Among the most decorated coaches in conference history with 12 Big Ten Widely recognized as one of the nation’s top Coach of the Year honors, U-M athle- minds in distance coaching, McGuire has had tees have totaled 179 NCAA All-America a hand in 16 of Michigan’s Big Ten champion- citations and 211 All-Big Ten honors ships, including both Triple Crowns in 1994 and in his tenure, winning 167 individual 2003. He has led U-M’s cross country team to conference titles 10 individual national nine Big Ten and regional titles, including five titles and four national championship straight from 2002-06, and was also named the relays. In the classroom, Wolverines USTFCCCA Track and Field Assistant Coach of have earned 424 Academic All-Big Ten honors, eight Big Ten Medals the Year for the women’s distance events in 2005 and 2007. of Honors, three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and 14 Capital One Academic All-America honors. In addition to four NCAA champions and four NCAA DMR crowns, he has manufactured 66 individual conference champions (35 indoor, 31 outdoor) He coached Cindy Ofili to this year’s indoor NCAA title in the 60-me- for 114 titles and 135 All-America honorees, including 112 in track and ter hurdles (7.89, No. 6 all-time, NCAA) and has helped Ofili break all field. He has made U-M’s DMR a national standard of excellence, coach- 5 of her sister’s records. Tiffany (Ofili) Porter, 5x NCAA Champion, is ing the relay to 12 Big Ten Titles, including 11 straight from 2004-14. among Henry’s notable alumni. Recently, 4 U-M athletes competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials, and 12 Wolverines competed at the 2008 McGuire has coached 11 Academic All-Americans, three collegiate record trials for their respective countries. holders and one American record holder. Notable alumni include two Olympians (Anna Willard, 2008, USA; Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes, 2012, Henry has been a part of every Big Ten title since U-M’s first crown in Canada), two IAAF World Championship participants (Geena (Lara) Gall, 1982 but the seed for the program’s success was planted when Henry 2009, USA; Sifuentes, 2013, Canada) and other professionals, including added Mike McGuire and Arnett Chisholm to his staff in 1990. Amanda Eccleston (Brooks) and Lindsey Gallo (Reebok), among others. Henry earned his bachelor’s degree in education from U-M in 1980 as The Matawan, N.J. native is a former Wolverine (1976-79) himself, an a member of the track and field team (1977-80). He specialized in the All-American under Ron Warhurst who set the Big Ten three-mile record long jump, the first Wolverine to break 25 feet in that event and was (now retired) in 1976. He won the 1981 Detroit Free Press Marathon, and a four-time NCAA qualifier. Today, he is active in several Washtenaw earned his U-M degree in history and social studies in 1979. County community programs with his wife, Michelle. An experienced leader with international coaching and competition experience, Fowler was Sandy Fowler a nine-time All-American and national champion at Northeastern, where she won a 1982 Assistant Coach AIAW National Outdoor shot put title, and she brings that level of fire to an improving group Throws of Wolverine throwers. In three seasons, she has coached six athletes to NCAA Outdoor (5th Season) Regional qualifying and helped guide two to the NCAA Championships in Eugene.