Men's Relay Team Sets World Record

Photo by Bob Kalmbach

The men's distance relay team set an indoor world record Jan. 29 at the Michigan Relays. Its time of 9 minutes and 33.48 seconds over the 4,000-meter distance shattered the 1985 U. of Arkansas mark by 1.88 seconds. Nick Karfonta '95 (2d-r) of Pinckney, Michigan, led off in the 800 meters. Trinity Townsend '96 (far-r), of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, ran the 400-meter split. Cross-country All-American Scott MacDonald '96 (2d-l) of Nepean, Ontario, ran the 1,200 meter segment. His fellow Canadian, freshman Kevin Sullivan (l) of Brantford, Ontario, anchored in the 1,600-meter run. On Feb. 26 the men's track and field team won the Big Ten championship. On the same day, both the men's swimming and diving team and women's track and field team also won conference titles. A week earlier the women's swimming and diving team won its eighth Big Ten title in a row.