2021 home schedule
NOTE: Due to COVID-19 precautions, in-person spectators will not be permitted in 2021. All meets will be streamed live on MGoBlue.com.
Saturday, January 16 - Simmons-Harvey Invitational (vs. MSU, OSU, IU, PUR)
Friday-Saturday, January 29-30 - B1G Multi-Event Invitational
Saturday, February 6 - Wolverine Invitational (vs. MSU, PSU, MD)
Friday, February 19 - Silverston Invitational
Keep reading below to meet the student-athletes in all the event disciplines -- sprints/hurdles, distance, jumps, throws, combined events -- who could make this 2020 indoor season one for the record books.
Field Events
KEY RETURNER // John Meyer / Throws
- 4th in 2020 Big Ten Indoor Shot Put Final
- Michigan Freshman Record Holder - Indoor Shot Put
- No. 2 returner from 2020 Big Ten Indoor Shot Put Final
KEY RETURNER // Ayden Owens / Multi-Events
- Set to make Michigan debut in 2021 after redshirt/COVID year
- 2019 First-Team All-American in the heptathlon
- 2nd-best-ever decathlon score by an NCAA freshman
KEY RETURNER // Mason Mahacek / Multi-Events
- 7th in 2020 Big Ten Indoor Heptathlon as a freshman
- U-M Freshman Record-Holder in Heptathlon
- No. 4 in school history in Heptathlon
KEY RETURNER // Heath Baldwin / Multi-Events
- 8th in 2020 Big Ten Indoor Heptathlon
- No. 2 freshman in school history in Heptathlon
- No. 7 in school history in Heptathlon
UP-AND-COMING
Cassidy Henshaw // Nearly cleared 7 feet in his collegiate high jump debut as a freshman in 2019.
NEWCOMERS TO WATCH
Bera Ajala // Won the 2020 Scottish National U20 Championships in the indoor triple jump ... In 2019, claimed the bronze medal at the England Athletics U20 Championships
Eli Winter // Won the 2020 MITS Indoor State Finals title in the weight throw, finished third in the shot put and took fourth in the discus ... During the 2020 indoor season, set the state record in the weight throw at 21.05m (69-1)
THE SPRINTS/HURDLES
KEY RETURNER // Josh Zeller / Hurdles
- 7th in the 2020 Big Ten Indoor 60 Hurdles final
- No. 3 in school history in the 60 Hurdles
KEY RETURNER // Job Mayhue / Hurdles
- 8th in the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 60 Hurdles final
- 9th in the 2020 Big Ten Indoor 60 Hurdles final
- No. 11 in school history in the 60 Hurdles
KEY RETURNER // Vail Hartman / Sprints
- 2019 2nd-Team All-American (4x400 relay outdoors)
- No. 17 in school history at 400 meters indoors
NEWCOMER TO WATCH
Austin Lin // A transfer from Northeaster, he claimed the bronze medal over 400 meters at the 2017 CAA Championships, and won silver medals on the 4x400 relay team in both 2017 and 2019
distance
KEY RETURNER // Jack Aho / Distance
- Two-time NCAA Cross Country All-American
- 8th in the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 3,000 Meters final
- 9th in the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 5,000 Meters final
- No. 11 and No. 13 in school history at 5,000 & 3,000
KEY RETURNER // Devin Meyrer / Distance
- 2019 NCAA Cross Country All-American
- 4th in 2019 Big Ten Outdoor 10,000 Meters final
- No. 9 in school history at 5,000 meters indoors
KEY RETURNER // Anthony Berry / Mid-Distance
- 7th in the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 800 Meter final
- 5th in the 2018 Big Ten Indoor Mile final
- No. 7 in school history at 800 meters indoors
KEY RETURNER // Nick Foster / Mid-Distance
- 2019 Brooks PR Invitational Mile Champion ... 2018 New Balance Nationals Two-Mile Champion ... Fastest high school miler in the nation in 2019 (4:03.11)
UP-AND-COMING
Will Landowne // Finished 7th in the 2019 Big Ten Indoor 3,000 Meters final to score in his first-ever postseason race
James Gedris & Tom Brady // Finished 1st & 3rd in the 5,000 meters at the 2020 Power Five Invitational, and were poised for a strong sophomore cross country season in the fall prior to COVID-19 postponement
NEWCOMERS TO WATCH
Tom Dodd // Clocked 1:48.84 for 800 meters in 2019, making him the seventh-fastest U23 athlete in the United Kingdom for the season ... Ran 3:45.63 over 1,500 meters in 2019, making him the 12th-fastest U23 athlete in the United Kingdom for the season
Oli Raimond // With 2020 outdoor bests during the COVID-19-shortened season, ranked No. 1 in the world among U20 athletes at 3,000 meters in 8:09.95 and No. 5 globally at 1,500 meters in 3:46.31
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Michigan Athletics