UM Track and Field competing in NCAAs Wed - Sat
Michigan sends a few athletes, including Ziyah Holman, to the NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon. Unfortunately for Michigan, two of the men's runners today in the prelims collided with Nebraska runners, in two completely different running events within the span of a half hour (!) completely ruining their races.
I believe it's televised on ESPN 2 and sometimes ESPN U / ESPN 3
Here's the NCAA homepage link to the schedule and results:
https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/trackfield/d1/2021-di-outdoor-track-field-championships-schedule-results-live-updates
Go Blue!
No idea whether I am correctly assigning fault, but ... fucking Nebraska.
The first instance was in the 1500 meters (100 meters short of a mile) where the Nebraska runner stepped on the heel of the UM guy from behind and injured him, and they both finished last in the race. The second case was in the 110 meter hurdles where the nebraska runner hit his hurdle sideways into the michigan runners hurdle, causing him to fall over - both finished in last place again :(
So it was a cornhusker at fault in both instances - bad form for Scott Frost’s alma mater
well, only because you left that softball hanging over the center of the plate... in this case, Scott Frost was right, Nebraska did hit harder.
Scott Frost's mom says Nebraska should be awarded the NCAA Track and Field Championships anyway because Tom Osborne is such a fine leader of young men.
Michigan is sitting in 18th place while Nebraska is last with 0 points.
Since Minnesota currently places 13th, maybe Nebraska can start Zola-Budd-ing them for a change of pace.