RALEIGH, N.C. – Michigan State Track & Field competes in its second weekend of the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays, a meet with a field of nation-wide top talent and will feature the outdoors debut of the MSU distance squad.
The meet will take place over the course of three days; Thursday, March 28 through Saturday, March 30th. Competition for the highly touted meet takes place at NC State’s Paul Derr Track & Field Facility.
Not only will both the men’s and women’s distance crews be making their outdoor debuts across the 800m, 1500m, 5K, 10K and 3,000m steeple chase, but graduate student Katie Osika will be making her track season debut.
The 2023 Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year and All-American did not compete attached during the indoor season due to eligibility restrictions. Osika, a native of Waterford, Mich., was a national qualifier in the 2023 outdoor season.
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On the first meet day of the outdoor season Friday, it was the senior Kendel Hammock that delivered, posting a 400m hurdles winning time of 53 seconds flat.
On Saturday, junior Noah Sage followed it up with Michigan State’s other podium finish of the weekend, a 46.57 400m dash time, which is good for the 13th fastest in NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field on the young season.
Other notable performances included a pair of top-five finishes on the women’s side. On Friday, sophomore Natalie Blake pole vaulted to a fourth-place finish at 4.00m. Freshman and MSU Indoor shotput record holder Jessica Stieb tossed the shot 16 meters, good for fifth.
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