YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University men's track and field team will be pitted against a strong pool of competition, including some of the nation's top teams, at the Tennessee Relays Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Included in this weekend's competition are No. 9 Mississippi State, No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 16 South Carolina, and No. 21 Ohio State.
In last season's relays, EMU set 15 personal-records in day two, including a mark that surpassed Eastern's all-time record in the javelin. Then-sophomore Derek Ziegenfuss (Allentown, Pa.-Parkland) threw to a monstorous distance of 67.