Feb. 26, 2000
The Stanford men's track and field team won the MPSF Indoor Championships in Reno, Nevada Feb. 25-26 with a point total of 142, 48 points higher than the second place finisher. The Cardinal women finished second at the conference championships with 116 points. At the two day competition, the team had four new provisional and three new automatic NCAA qualifying times to the NCAA Indoor Championship to be held March 10-11 at the University of Arkansas.
NCAA automatic qualifiers included Lauren Fleshman in the mile with a time of 4:48.40, Gabe Jennings in the mile with a time of 4:04.29 and Toby Stevenson in the pole vault with a height of 5.55m (18-2 1/2). Stevenson's vault was also a new Stanford indoor record. Provisional qualifiers at the MPSF Championships included Elena Villarreal with a time of 9:43.16 and Sally Glynn who ran a 9:52.23 in the 3000m. Michael Stember ran a provisional time of 1:47.78 in the 800m, which is also a new school record, and Jonathon Riley turned in a mile time of 4:06.98.
Junior sprinter Jayna Smith broke the school record in the 400 twice in as many days. In the preliminary heats of the 400 on Friday, she broke the record with a time of 54.35, and then broke it again on Saturday in the finals with a time of 53.76. In the 800m, Lindsay Hyatt broke the 18-year-old school record, previously held by Regina Jacobs at 2:07.60, with a time of 2:07.23, which also improves her NCAA provisional mark. Leroy Sims broke the school record in the 55m dash with a time of 6.40.
The Cardinal has automatically qualified seven athletes to the NCAA Indoor Championships and the men's and women's distance medley relay teams. The teams have also provisionally qualified 23 athletes.
Stanford Results
Women -- Team: 2nd - 116 points -- Wilsa Charles: 55m prelims-4th (7.06), 55m final-4th (7.10), 200m prelims -3rd (24.53), 200m final-8th (25.11), Robyn Woolfolk: 200m prelims-16th (25.64), 55H prelims-18th (8.37), Jayna Smith: 400m prelims-1st (54.35), 400m final-1st (53.76), Danielle Spurlock: 400m prelims-9th (57.34), Lindsay Hyatt: 800m prelims-1st (2:10.92), 800m final-1st (2:07.23), Katie Hotchkiss: 800m prelims-7th (2:13.09), 800m final-5th (2:13.80), Lauren Fleshman: mile-1st (4:48.40), Elena Villareal: 3000m-1st (9:43.16), Sally Glynn: 3000m-3rd (9:52.23), Caroline Annis: 3000m-6th (10:09.51), 5000m-5th (17:38.29), Mary Huang: 5000m-2nd (17:21.04), Mariel Ettinger: 5000m-4th (17:34.60), Laura Turner: 5000m-8th (17:57.58), Kathleen Donoghue: pole vault-4th (3.85m - 12-07 1/2), Cheryl Burdick: high jump-T9th (1.67m - 5-05 3/4), Melissa Feinstein: pole vault-9th (3.70m - 12-01 1/2), Joy Goff: long jump-13th (5.48m - 17-11 3/4), Julie Tinker: long jump-18th (5.08m - 16-8), triple jump-7th (11.55m - 37-10 3/4), Shannon Overly: long jump-14th (5.45m - 17-10 3/4), triple jump-11th (11.11m - 36-05 1/2), Cassie Romuld: shot put-3rd (14.21m - 46-7 1/2), Erin Fletcher: shot put-10th (13.26m - 43-6), Maureen Onyeagbako: 20lb weight throw-2nd (18.05m - 59-02 3/4), Summer Pierson: 20lb weight throw-4th (17.65m - 57-11), 4x400 relay - 4th (3:47.72), DMR - 1st (11:44.52)
Men -- Team: 1st - 142 points -- Leroy Sims: 55m prelims-6th (6.44), 55m final-5th (6.40), 200m prelims-3rd (22.04), 200m final-7th (22.34), Michael Harte: 200m prelims-10th (22.72), 55HH prelims-3rd (7.62), 55HH final-4th (7.74), Evan Kelty: 400m prelims-6th (49.20), 400m final-6th (49.08), Ryan Carroll: 800m prelims-1st (1:52.58), 800m final-2nd (1:51.28), Michael Stember: 800m prelims-2nd (1:53.76), 800m final-1st (1:47.78), Gabe Jennings: 800m prelims-3rd (1:53.50), 800m final-4th (1:52.49), mile-1st (4:04.29), Jonathon Riley: mile-3rd (4:06.98), Brent Hauser: 3000m-1st (8:18.46), 5000-1st (14:24.39), Steve Loughlin: 3000m-7th (8:49.73), Jason Balkman: 5000-2nd (14:24.87), Thomas Murley: 5000-3rd (14:40.23), Louis Luchini: 5000-4th (14:42.12), Todd Beyerlein: high jump-4th (2.10m - 6-10 3/4), Ray Bergstrom: high jump-6th (2.05m - 6-08 3/4), Toby Stevenson: pole vault-1st (5.55m - 18-2 1/2), Warrick McDowell: long jump-6th (6.88m - 22-7), triple jump-3rd (14.67m - 48-01 3/4), Milton Little: triple jump-5th (14.27m - 46-10), Chris Sprague: shot put-4th (17.01m - 55-9 3/4), George Curts: shot put-13th (14.54m - 47-8 1/2), 4x400 - 5th (3:21.91), DMR - 2nd (10:17.44)