WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Stanford competes in its first Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday through Saturday at Wake Forest University’s Kentner Stadium.
The Cardinal had competed in the Pac-12 and its previous versions (Pacific Coast Conference, AAWU, Pac-8, Pac-10) since 1919. Now, the ACC represents the fifth different outdoor conference championship meet Stanford will participate in. Stanford competed in the IC4A meet 15 times from 1916-35, five Western Conference (now the Big Ten) meets between 1904-14, and the Missouri Valley Conference meet in 1914.
Stanford had mixed results at the ACC Indoor Championships on March 1-3 in Louisville, Ky. The Cardinal women were second, winning five individual titles, and the men were 12th. Stanford’s ACC indoor champions were Alyssa Jones in the long jump and high jump, Roisin Willis in the 800, Sophia Kennedy in the 3,000, and Zofia Dudek in the 5,000.
Jones, a junior, was named ACC Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet. She never has lost a conference long jump competition, winning Pac-12 titles in 2023 and 2024 and the ACC indoor title in 2025. The Pac-12 did not have indoor track and field.
Willis, a junior, and the NCAA outdoor 800 runner-up last year, is perfect in conference championships while racing the 800. The won the 2024 Pac-12 outdoor and 2025 ACC indoor titles in the 800. As a freshman in 2023, she competed in the 1,500 at the Pac-12 outdoor meet, and there was no Pac-12 indoor meet.
This will be the fifth conference outdoor championship meet for Stanford under sixth-year Franklin P. Johnson Director of Track and Field J.J. Clark and his staff.
This weekend will be the final opportunity to qualify athletes for the NCAA Prelims. The top 48 advance in individual events and 24 on relays advance. The top 24 in the country in the multi-events advance to the NCAA final.
The NCAA West Prelims is in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 28-31. From there, the top 12 advance to the NCAA Championships June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
The Stanford men have won 10 conference outdoor championships, the most recent in 2002 in the Pac-10.
The Stanford women have won three conference outdoor championships, the most recent in 2005 in the Pac-10.
Here are Stanford athletes in qualifying position for the NCAA West Prelims, pending results this weekend:
Women
100 – 40, Teagan Zwaanstra 11.40.
400 – 33, Roisin Willis 52.89.
800 – 6, Juliette Whittaker 2:00.76; 10, Roisin Willis 2:01.72.
1,500 – 25, Sophia Kennedy 4:14.25; 33, Juliette Whittaker 4:15.11.
5,000 – 3, Sophia Kennedy 15:11.12; 7, Zofia Dudek 15:23.46.
10,000 – 36, Audrey DaDamio 33:44.25.
4x100 relay – 17, Stanford 44.54.
4x400 relay – 16, Stanford 3:37.13.
High jump – 18, Alyssa Jones 5-10 ¾ (1.80).
Long jump – 2, Alyssa Jones 22-24 ¼ (6.81); 34, Teagan Zwaanstra 20-6 ¼ (6.25).
Triple jump – 38, Alaysia Oakes 41-9 ¾ (12.74).
Shot put – 44, Kaiah Fisher 50-10 (15.49).
Discus – 29, Kaiah Fisher 175-6 (53.51); 36, Emma Sralla 173-8 (52.94).
Men
1,500 – 15, Leo Young 3:38.00; 29, Zane Bergen 3:39.20.
5,000 – 16, Thomas Boyden 13:30.75; 17, Leo Young 13:31.92; 23, Robert DiDonato 13:34.32; 30, Lex Young 13:35.52; 31, James Dargan 13:35.57.
10,000 – 6, Lex Young 27:48.93; 20, Thomas Boyden 28:06.84; 36, Cole Sprout 28:22.32.
Pole vault – 24, Garrett Brown 17-4 ¼ (5.30).
Triple jump – 16, Xavier Drumgoole 51-4 ¼ (15.65).
Shot put – 26, Sam Liokumovich 60-11 ¼ (18.57).
Here are Stanford athletes just out of NCAA West Prelims qualifying position:
Women
100 – 94, Alyssa Jones 11.64.
800 – 68, Hillary Studdert 2:07.30; 71, Amelia Everett 2:07.60; 79, Julia Flynn 2:07.90.
1,500 – 51, Julia Flynn 4:17.92; 87, Hillary Studdert 4:20.38.
5,000 – 53, Audrey DaDamio 16:00.65.
400 hurdles – 78, Sevilla Duran 1:00.16.
Long jump – 77, Alaysia Oakes 19-9 ¾ (6.04).
Triple jump – 83, Ariana Guerrero 40-1 ¼ (12.22).
Men
1,500 – 57, James Dargan 3:41.11.
5,000 – 95, Cole Sprout 13:50.97.
10,000 – 57, Nolan Topper 28:37.64.
400 hurdles – 66, Ryce Reynolds 52.49; 92, Joseph Bailey 53.16.
4x100 relay – 35, Stanford 40.16.
4x400 relay – 32, Stanford 3:09.63.
Long jump – 77, John Kroeger (7.37).
Discus – 80, Sam Liokumovich 172-6 (52.59).
Hammer – 88, Mason McKhann 191-3 (58.29).