Spartan Throws and Jumps Conclude Regular Season at Music City Challenge

Nashville, Tennessee. – Michigan State Track and Field pitching and jumping teams wrapped up their outdoor regular season with Saturday’s Music City Challenge, competing at Vanderbilt’s Outdoor Track Compex in Nashville, Tennessee.

“Our goal was to attend and tune in to the conference,” said MSU’s multi-event and jump coach Keith Creekmer“I think we’ve done a great job coordinating the last few details so that we’ll be ready in two weeks for the Big Ten Championships.”

First day
The Spartans kicked things off Friday with the men’s and women’s long jump. Olivia Lopez He scored a mark of 5.75m on his sixth and final jump and finished fourth. Jalen Nelson In the men’s long jump, he used a jump of 6.82m in the first round and finished sixth.

MSU performed impressively in the men’s pole vault, finishing in four of the top eight places.fifth grade Trevor StevensonEntering the competition after the rest of the field had finished, won the event with a clearance on the second attempt at 5.30m.freshman Adam Blue He broke his personal best in 4.90m and came in second. heath baldwin Clear 4m70 in 4m and Senior Ryan Talbot Finished 4.60m and placed 6th.

The Spartans closed out the first day of competition with podium finishes in the men’s and women’s discus throws. Sophomore Valladian Palette Women’s Discus throw 46.96m 3rd place, teammate opal jackson He used a throw of 46.51 meters to take fifth place.boy first grade colby morlock Runner-up with a throw of 48.51m, Talbot was fifth with 46.08m.

the 2nd day
MSU kicked off the competition on Saturday after placing third and fourth in the men’s hammer throw. Joshua DeVries Third at the mark of 58.80m, Morlock used a throw of 56.22m to take fourth. Among the women, Parrett finished seventh with a throw of 52.37 meters.

Spartans finish top 2 in freshman duo in women’s pole vault Sophia Metes Cleared the season best 4.08m on the first day. Brian Black Clear 3.75m in 2 seconds.

MSU also swept the top two podium spots in the men’s high jump as a freshman. Brady Schultz Clear 2.04m and Junior Tyler Leadom Clear 2.00m on the first and second times.junior in girls Elizabeth Knoll 5th place with 1.65m clearance.

Morlock, who capped off the weekend with a shot put event, finished second to Olympic and world medalist Joe Kovacs in the men’s event with a 17.62m pitch. Jackson won the bronze medal in the women’s competition, posting a season-best 15m he recorded 74m, surpassing his 15m for the first time this season.

MSU will be taking a week off from competition before the Big Ten Outdoor Championships May 12-14 in Bloomington, Indiana.