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Magness Repeats as Women’s 5000m Winner on Final Day of the B1G Championships
5/15/2022 5:55:00 PM | Track and Field
Osika Finishes as Women’s 1500m Runner-Up as Six Spartans Reach Podium
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Another Big Ten title by Jenna Magness on Saturday afternoon capped off the Michigan State track and field team's performance on the final day of the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Championships at the University of Minnesota Track & Field Stadium.
Repeating as the women's 5000m champion two days after claiming the 10,000m crown on Friday night, Magness was one of six Spartans to reach the podium on the final day. Joining Magness with medal-winning performances were Katie Osika and John Petruno, as Osika earned silver in the women's 1500m and Petruno took home bronze in the men's 1500m finals for the second-straight season.
In the team scoring, the MSU women took eighth place at 49 points, while the Spartan men placed 10th at 38 points.
Dylan Terryberry got the Spartans started on Sunday in the men's javelin throw by qualifying for the finals with a 58.14m personal-best throw on his third try, but he was unable to top that mark in his final three attempts to finish just off the podium in ninth place. In the men's high jump, Tylor Leedom cleared the 1.95m and 2.00m bars on his second attempt each time but went 0-for-3 at 2.05m to miss the podium.
The men's pole vault started out well for MSU, as Michael Davenport cleared the first two bars, but could not fault over the 5.15m bar in three tries. For Trevor Stephenson, he vaulted 5.25m on his first attempt at the height, but was unable to clear the 5.35m mark in three vaults and ended up in fifth place to earn the Spartan men four points.
After the women's 4x100m relay team was DQ'd, the men's 4x100m squad of Logan Allen, Terrence Muex, Zachary DiStefano, and Antonio Postell II nearly made the podium with a ninth-place finish at 42.05.
A pair of Spartans found the podium in the women's 1500m finals, as Osika was able to jump out near the front of the pack and keep pace until the final stretch, eventually finishing as the B1G Runner-Up to earn the silver medal at 4:23.17 following the disqualification of Michigan's Samantha Tran. Osika was joined by fourth-place finisher Lauren Freeland, who used a last push to cross the line at 4:24.10 and pick up additional points for MSU.
In the men's 1500m finals, John Petruno repeated his performance from last year, battling out of a slow field to make his way towards the front in the final lap and cross the finish line at 3:52.94, earning the bronze medals in back-to-back Big Ten Championships.
Muex continued his day in the men's 400m dash finals, finishing ninth with a 48.16 mark.
The women 5000m finals featured Magness building up her lead on the final lap en route to repeating as the Big Ten champion, posting a time of 16:17.88 to take first, while teammate Makayla Perez was able to claim eighth place at a 16:32.31 finish and join Mangess on the podium.
Magness is the first Spartan woman to win the Big Ten title in the both the 5000m and the 10,000m in the same meet since Spartan great Jamie Krzyminiski in 2004. She is also the first MSU woman to repeat in the 5000m since Krzyminiski achieved the feat in both 2003 and 2004.
In the finals of the men's 5000m, Brendan Favazza was the top Spartan finisher at 14:30.75 to take 15th.
Reaching the final events of the weekend, the women's 4x400m relay team of Kate Stewart-Barnett, Osika, Haley Rathwell and Shakira Dancy finished 12th with a time of 3:49.99 while the men's 4x400m relay squad of Muex, DiStefano, Jalen Smith and Kendel Hammock ended up in 13th at 3:21.75.
"Today was solid," said Director of Track and Field Lisa Breznau. "We came in with a few intentions and it's seems all those went to plan, so I'm super proud of the group that had finals today."
"Starting off with Trevor in the pole vault, for him just to be consistent, sometimes it goes the way you want it to and sometimes it doesn't, but you still have to keep fighting," added Breznau. "He kept fighting and ended up fifth and I know he's definitely got more in the tank for the NCAA First Round and onto the national meet. I do want to talk about Dylan, he didn't get in the money (and onto the podium) but just for him to come up that short despite not much collegiate experience yet, we just know he's going to be someone special down the road and we're proud of the progress he made today."
"Moving on to the 1500m, starting with Katie and Lauren, it's just incredible momentum that they built," Breznau continued. "Just couldn't ask for more out of those two honestly, they're learning, they're evolving, they're growing and it's going to be a blast to continue to coach both of them. With John, we had him run the 800m yesterday because coach Aaron Simoneau and I thought he could get in the finals and he came up just short, but I firmly believe John, like Katie and Lauren, is one of the best 1500m runners in the country. So, for him to end up third in the 1500m and make a big charge at the 800m mark was a phenomenal job by John. Wrapping up the day with the women's 5000m, Jenna and I talked about whether she needed to go or not while thinking ahead to NCAAs, and she really wanted to run it. She's a competitor, she loves MSU, she likes competing for her team and it was a gritty finish there to lead the last bit and come up with the championship crown. I thought Mak Perez did an incredible job of fighting, and she's going to go back to the 10,000m for the NCAA preliminary round where she has a really good shot of getting to the final round in Eugene."
"We've got some great momentum, a lot of young talent on both sides and especially the men's, and I'm super excited to see where this program goes in the next couple of years."
Magness, Morgan Beadlescomb and Heath Baldwin were all named to the All-Big Ten First Team at the conclusion of the championships, while Osika and Quiara Wheeler earned All-B1G Second Team honors.
Michigan State now heads to the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Indiana on May 25-28. The top 48 declared student-athletes in the region will be accepted into the competition for individual events. For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition. Combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are not contested at the Preliminary Round sites, as the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event, based on their position on the national descending-order list, will be accepted directly into the Championships.
Repeating as the women's 5000m champion two days after claiming the 10,000m crown on Friday night, Magness was one of six Spartans to reach the podium on the final day. Joining Magness with medal-winning performances were Katie Osika and John Petruno, as Osika earned silver in the women's 1500m and Petruno took home bronze in the men's 1500m finals for the second-straight season.
In the team scoring, the MSU women took eighth place at 49 points, while the Spartan men placed 10th at 38 points.
Dylan Terryberry got the Spartans started on Sunday in the men's javelin throw by qualifying for the finals with a 58.14m personal-best throw on his third try, but he was unable to top that mark in his final three attempts to finish just off the podium in ninth place. In the men's high jump, Tylor Leedom cleared the 1.95m and 2.00m bars on his second attempt each time but went 0-for-3 at 2.05m to miss the podium.
The men's pole vault started out well for MSU, as Michael Davenport cleared the first two bars, but could not fault over the 5.15m bar in three tries. For Trevor Stephenson, he vaulted 5.25m on his first attempt at the height, but was unable to clear the 5.35m mark in three vaults and ended up in fifth place to earn the Spartan men four points.
After the women's 4x100m relay team was DQ'd, the men's 4x100m squad of Logan Allen, Terrence Muex, Zachary DiStefano, and Antonio Postell II nearly made the podium with a ninth-place finish at 42.05.
A pair of Spartans found the podium in the women's 1500m finals, as Osika was able to jump out near the front of the pack and keep pace until the final stretch, eventually finishing as the B1G Runner-Up to earn the silver medal at 4:23.17 following the disqualification of Michigan's Samantha Tran. Osika was joined by fourth-place finisher Lauren Freeland, who used a last push to cross the line at 4:24.10 and pick up additional points for MSU.
In the men's 1500m finals, John Petruno repeated his performance from last year, battling out of a slow field to make his way towards the front in the final lap and cross the finish line at 3:52.94, earning the bronze medals in back-to-back Big Ten Championships.
Muex continued his day in the men's 400m dash finals, finishing ninth with a 48.16 mark.
The women 5000m finals featured Magness building up her lead on the final lap en route to repeating as the Big Ten champion, posting a time of 16:17.88 to take first, while teammate Makayla Perez was able to claim eighth place at a 16:32.31 finish and join Mangess on the podium.
Magness is the first Spartan woman to win the Big Ten title in the both the 5000m and the 10,000m in the same meet since Spartan great Jamie Krzyminiski in 2004. She is also the first MSU woman to repeat in the 5000m since Krzyminiski achieved the feat in both 2003 and 2004.
In the finals of the men's 5000m, Brendan Favazza was the top Spartan finisher at 14:30.75 to take 15th.
Reaching the final events of the weekend, the women's 4x400m relay team of Kate Stewart-Barnett, Osika, Haley Rathwell and Shakira Dancy finished 12th with a time of 3:49.99 while the men's 4x400m relay squad of Muex, DiStefano, Jalen Smith and Kendel Hammock ended up in 13th at 3:21.75.
"Today was solid," said Director of Track and Field Lisa Breznau. "We came in with a few intentions and it's seems all those went to plan, so I'm super proud of the group that had finals today."
"Starting off with Trevor in the pole vault, for him just to be consistent, sometimes it goes the way you want it to and sometimes it doesn't, but you still have to keep fighting," added Breznau. "He kept fighting and ended up fifth and I know he's definitely got more in the tank for the NCAA First Round and onto the national meet. I do want to talk about Dylan, he didn't get in the money (and onto the podium) but just for him to come up that short despite not much collegiate experience yet, we just know he's going to be someone special down the road and we're proud of the progress he made today."
"Moving on to the 1500m, starting with Katie and Lauren, it's just incredible momentum that they built," Breznau continued. "Just couldn't ask for more out of those two honestly, they're learning, they're evolving, they're growing and it's going to be a blast to continue to coach both of them. With John, we had him run the 800m yesterday because coach Aaron Simoneau and I thought he could get in the finals and he came up just short, but I firmly believe John, like Katie and Lauren, is one of the best 1500m runners in the country. So, for him to end up third in the 1500m and make a big charge at the 800m mark was a phenomenal job by John. Wrapping up the day with the women's 5000m, Jenna and I talked about whether she needed to go or not while thinking ahead to NCAAs, and she really wanted to run it. She's a competitor, she loves MSU, she likes competing for her team and it was a gritty finish there to lead the last bit and come up with the championship crown. I thought Mak Perez did an incredible job of fighting, and she's going to go back to the 10,000m for the NCAA preliminary round where she has a really good shot of getting to the final round in Eugene."
"We've got some great momentum, a lot of young talent on both sides and especially the men's, and I'm super excited to see where this program goes in the next couple of years."
Magness, Morgan Beadlescomb and Heath Baldwin were all named to the All-Big Ten First Team at the conclusion of the championships, while Osika and Quiara Wheeler earned All-B1G Second Team honors.
Michigan State now heads to the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Indiana on May 25-28. The top 48 declared student-athletes in the region will be accepted into the competition for individual events. For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition. Combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are not contested at the Preliminary Round sites, as the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event, based on their position on the national descending-order list, will be accepted directly into the Championships.
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