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Jenoah McKiver Shows Flashes of Greatness Despite DQ at Big Ten Indoor Championships

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DyeStat.com   Feb 26th 2023, 8:22pm
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Distance Dominance Powers Wisconsin Men; Michigan Women Ride Long Sprints To Title

By David Woods for DyeStat

Carol Chen photos

The biggest Big Ten happening didn’t officially happen.

In the conference indoor meet, Iowa’s Jenoah McKiver seemingly won the 600 meters Saturday in 1:14.27. The time came on the SPIRE Institute’s 300-meter oversized track in Geneva, Ohio, but it would have been No. 3 in world indoor history – if it had counted.

Only faster times have been by Donovan Brazier – 1:13.77 in 2019 and 1:13.97 in 2022.

However, McKiver was disqualified for a lane violation on the first turn. On the other hand, the run should portend a great outdoor season.

“That’s what we are hoping for,” Iowa coach Joey Woody told DyeStat in an email.

McKiver, a 20-year-old sophomore, is a former football quarterback from High Point, N.C. He clocked 45.39 in an indoor 400 last year, was second at NCAAs (behind Randolph Ross) and then opened outdoors with a 44.74 at Tucson, Ariz. The April time was then No. 2 in the world.

A hamstring injury ended McKiver’s spring. In his only previous meet this year, he ran a 400 in 46.26 at Iowa on Jan. 13.

Wisconsin, already the Big Ten champion in cross country, made it 2-for-2 in men’s titles for 2022-23 by claiming its first indoor championship since 2014. The Badgers – led by Jackson Sharp’s double at 3,000 and 5,000 meters – scored 65 of their 110 points in the mile, 3,000, 5,000 and distance medley relay.

“We knew we had some big guns ranked No. 1 in their respective events, but you don't win without a strong supporting cast who were also coming into the meet with very solid personal bests,” Wisconsin coach Mick Byrne said. “Across the board, our guys showed up.”

Nebraska was second with 103, scoring 60 in field events and heptathlon. Iowa was third with 98 and Indiana fourth with 79.

Sharp won Friday’s 5,000 in 14:07.80 and Saturday’s 3,000 in 7:51.53, winning both by less than a second over Indiana’s Jake Gephardt.

Outside the distances, the Badgers scored 10 from Lawrence Johnson’s 6.61 victory in the 60.

After McKiver’s DQ, Nebraska’s Nick Bryant was the 600 winner in 1:15.37. Including oversized tracks, Bryant climbed to 11th on the all-time collegiate list (behind McKiver’s 1:15.36 last year).

Also for Nebraska, Jonah Wilson, a transfer from Washington, won the shot put at 68-5/20.85m. He ranks second in the NCAA. The Cornhuskers’ Darius Luff won the 60 hurdles in 7.65 after a 7.63 prelim.

Oliver Desmueles led a 1-2-4 Penn State finish in the 800, clocking 1:47.87 in a race in which the top six were separated by .32.

Women: Long sprinters spark Michigan

ryndaAurora Rynda won a fourth 600 title, and long sprinters carried Michigan to its first women’s Big Ten indoor championship since 2016.

The Wolverines scored 18 points in the 400 and 10 each from wins in the 600 and 4x400 relay, totaling 109. Ohio State was second with 90, Iowa third with 85 and Minnesota fourth with 78.5.

Rynda, a 22-year-old Canadian, clocked 1:27.30. She also won in 2019, 2020 and 2022. She ran the 800 for the Wolverines’ winning distance medley relay.

In the 400, Michigan’s Ziyah Holman set a school record by winning in 51.39, followed by Savannah Sutherland in 51.41. They teamed with Sophie Isom and Nikki Stephens to set a school record of 3:30.63 in the 4x400.

Holman and Sutherland rank Nos. 8-9 in the NCAA.

The Big Ten features two No. 2-ranked throwers in Nebraska shot putter Axelina Johansson (62-7.25/19.08m) and Minnesota weight thrower Shelby Frank (79-2.5/24.14m).

Ohio State shot putter Adelaide Aquilla, the outdoor collegiate record-holder, had three fouls.

Elsewhere, former ballet dancer Amira Young of Minnesota won a 7.18/23.31 sprint double. Illinois’ Olivia Howell won a third mile title in 4:35.38.

Hope Purcell, in her first pentathlon in two years, finished first with 4,109 points. She became Indiana’s first Big Ten champion in the event since former world champion DeDee Nathan in 1990.

Contact David Woods at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.



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