As Adam Harris crossed the finish line at the NCAA Championship in Fayeteville, Ark., history was made. It was the first time in 49 years that the Wolverines had an All-American in the 100-meter dash.

Harris was all smiles as he stood on the podium to receive his award for his seventh-place finish in the 100-meter final on Friday, making him one of the fastest collegiate athletes in the country.

But his team didn't have much else to smile about, finishing 62nd out of 67 teams.

Under the lights at John McDonnell Field, Harris bolted out of the blocks in lane nine but was unable to muster enough speed to keep up with the rest of the field, finishing in seventh (10.29). The performance gave the Wheaton, Ill. native his first All-American honors in the event.

"I got out really well," Harris said. "Then I ended up stumbling a little bit after three or four steps — that was hard to make up."

Earlier in the meet, Harris competed in the 200-meter premlinaries and aimed to break the school record in the event. For the second consecutive year, Harris was unable to qualify for the final.

"(Harris) is the kind of runner, just by being out there people around him are a lot better," Michigan coach Fred LaPlante said. "We'll miss his points and obviously his points are huge, but it's kind of an end of a sprint era."

Throughout the season, fifth-year senior Dan Harmsen and sophomore Carl Buchanon had the luxury of competing against one another in the 400-meter hurdles, pushing each other until the finish line. But at NCAAs, they weren't competing side-by-side. Harmsen qualified for the semifinal but Buchanon wasn't so fortunate, finishing fifth in his heat as the rain began to fall.

Drawing the unfortunate outside lane assignment, Harmsen started out strong in the semifinal. But heading into the final turn, the fifth-year senior started to fade, crossing the finish line eighth in his heat (51.17).

"It was probably the fastest 300-meters I've come through in," Harmsen said. "I really had to go for it and get out hard."

For the past two years, redshirt junior Lex Williams had been plagued by injuries ending each of his seasons without even an appearance at Nationals, despite promising starts to each season. Williams finally earned a trip to the NCAA meet after a solid outdoor season. Unfortunately, the excitement was short-lived for the Ann Arbor native.

Williams made his championships debut after a three-hour rain delay postponed all events Wednesday evening. Running past midnight, Williams tucked himself by the leaders for the start of the 5,000-meter run but was unable to keep up with their blistering pace in the last two laps. The redshirt junior finished 11th in his heat (14:19.49) and 23rd overall.