UI men take 5th at Big Ten track
The Iowa men’s track and field team finished fifth with 80½ points at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday in Madison, Wis.
The Hawkeyes won two field event titles on the final day. Troy Davis won the triple jump with a leap of 54 feet, 8 inches to defend his title from a year ago, and Matt Byers won the javelin with a throw of 222-11.
Doris twice broke his previous school record en route to the championship.
“Jumping was good today,” Doris said. “I’m never really content but I am happy today.”
Byers became the fourth Hawkeye in school history to win three Big Ten outdoor titles in the same event.
“The winning throw was my first throw and it felt all-right,” Byers said. “I’m still working through some kinks with my mechanics but the main thing is to come out here, compete and get the win.”
The Iowa women finished eighth with 53 points.
McKenzie Melander won her second title of the weekend for Iowa on Sunday, winning the 5,000 meters in 16 minutes, 14.03 seconds. Betsy Flood was second in 16:21.21.
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Team scores – 1. Wisconsin 121; 2. Nebraska 115½; 3. Indiana 115; 4. Ohio State 86; 5. Iowa 80½; 6. Penn State 80; 7. Minnesota 70½; 8. Illinois 65; 9. Michigan 50; 10. Michigan State 19; 11. Purdue 15½.
Iowa place-winners:
Triple jump – 1. Troy Doris 54-8.
Javelin – 1. Matt Byers 222-11.
4×100 – 4. Iowa (D’Juan Richardson, Josh Larney, Tevin-Cee Mincy, Justin Austin) 40.18.
110 hurdles – 2. Ethan Holmes 13.74; 5. Jordan Mullen 13.97; 6. Dan Davis 14.05.
100 – 4. Justin Austin 10.52.
800 – 3. Erik Sowinski 1:47.18.
400 hurdles – 5. Ethan Holmes 51.10; 7. Keaton Rickles 51.69.
200 – 3. Justin Austin 20.65.
4×400 – 4. Iowa (Patrick Richards, Brenna Davey, Ethan Holmes, Erik Sowinski) 3:05.77.
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Team scores – 1. Ohio State 117; 2. (tie) Illinois and Nebraska 110; 4. Penn State 87; 5. Wisconsin 78; 6. Michigan State 72; 7. Michigan 67; 8. Iowa 53; 9. Minnesota 45; 10. (tie) Indiana and Purdue 40.
Iowa place-winners:
Discus – 8. Majesty Tutson 163-2.
4×100 – 4. Iowa (Erin Jones, Raven Moore, Ashley Liverpool, Hannah Simonson) 45.51.
1,500 – 4. Betsy Flood 4:19.62.
400 – 2. Ashley Liverpool 52.47.
200 – 7. Erin Jones 23.88.
5,000 – 1. McKenzie Melander 16:14.03; 2. Betsy Flood 16:21.21.
4×400 – 5. Iowa (Hannah Simonson, Ashley Liverpool, Kelsey Quinn, Nicole Erickson) 3:38.49.
SOFTBALL: The Hawkeyes failed to make the NCAA Tournament field of 64 teams, announced Sunday night.
Iowa finished the season 27-26.
BASEBALL: The Hawkeyes lost to Michigan State 7-3 in East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan State pitchers shut down Iowa until the eighth inning. Starter David Garner (4-2) allowed just two hits with three walks and six strikeouts through the first seven innings.
Chett Zeise doubled and had an RBI for the Hawkeyes, and Jacob Yacinich also had an RBI.
Iowa fell to 20-26 overall and 8-13 in the Big Ten. Michigan State is 33-17 and 12-9.
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ROWING: The Hawkeyes finished seventh with 29 points at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis. Michigan won with 147.
Annemarie Bernhard made the all-Big Ten first team for Iowa, Katy Kroll made the second team, and Sarah Radke earned the Sportsmanship Award for the Hawkeyes.
Team scores – 1. Michigan 147; 2. Ohio State 145; 3. Wisconsin 122; 4. Michigan State 80; 5. Minnesota 77; 6. Indiana 44; 7. Iowa 29.
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