April 14, 2001
BERKELEY, Calif. -
Michael Ponikvar qualified provisionally for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a winning effort of 7-3 to highlight Stanford's activities at the Brutus Hamilton Relays on Saturday at Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field.
Ponikvar, who redshirted last year to train for the Olympics for Canada, surpassed his previous season-best of 7-2 1/4 at the Razorback Invitational in January.
Another NCAA provisional qualifier was Milton Little, who won the long jump competition with a career-best of 25-4 3/4, the fifth-best leap in school history. Little easily surpassed his previous best of 23-5 set last year as a freshman.
In all, five Stanford men's competitiors won their events with five others placing second or third.
Stanford's men's team finished second in the seven-team competition with 144.5 points. Cal won with 152 points.
Three Cardinal women's competitors won top honors while six others either placed second or third. Sophomore Kimberly Stone won the high jump and qualified provisionally for the NCAA's with a career-best leap of 5-10 1/2 (fourth-best in school history). Maurica Carlucci qualified for the Pac-10 Championships later this year at Berkeley with a first place time of 4:25.46 in the 1,500 meters. Freshman Lindsay Johnson won the 100 meter hurdles (14.10).
Stanford women's team finished third in the seven-team competition with 136 points compared to 165.5 for first place California.
Men's Team Scores - 1. California 152, 2. Stanford 144.5, 3. Arizona 143, 4. USC 113.5, 5. UC Davis 79, 6. Chico State 46, 7. Sacramento State 40
Women's Team Scores - 1. USC 173, 2. Arizona 165.5, 3. Stanford 136, 4. California 123, 5. Nevada 92, 6. UC Davis 464, 7. Chico State 26.5
Stanford Men's Results
100 meters - 8. Williams 11.20, 12. Harte 11.54
400 meters - 8. Kelty 49.1
400 meters (morning race) - 4. Banoko 50.40
800 meters - 2. Stevens 1:50.10, 10. Ojumu 1:56.66
1,500 meters - 2. Robison 3:48.24, 3. Carroll 3:55.63, 7. Loughlin 3:58.48, 9. West 3:58.84, 11. Gifford 3:59.36, 14. Stillman 4:01.87
3,000 meter steelpechase - 3. Thomas 9:04.02
5,000 meters - 4. Hill 14:28.55, 11. Knapp 15:01.06
400 meter relay - 5. 41.89
1,600 meter relay - 6. 3:19.37
110 meter hurdles - 5. Williams 14.56, 7. Harte 14.78
Discus - 1. Inan 183-8 (55.98m), 5. Welihozkiy 163-2 (49.74m), 13. Svitek 131-7 (40.12m), 14. Goff 126-0 (38.40m), 15. Seeman 121-7 (37.06m)
Hammer - 2. Welihozkiy 194-3 (59.22m), 14. Seeman 152-0 (46.32m)
High jump - 1. Ponikvar 7-3 (2.21m), 7. Beyerlein 6-4 3/4 (1.95m)
Javelin - 1. Wassink 215-11 (65.82m)
Long jump - 1. Little 25-4 3/4 (7.74m)
Pole vault - 7. Gray 14-1 1/4 (4.30m), 9. Goff 14-1 1/4 (4.30m)
Shot Put - 5. Inan 51-10 (15.80m), 6. Sprague 51-1 1/2 (15.58m), 8. Curts 46-10 3/4 14.29m), 11. Svitek 44-3 1/4 (13.49m)
Triple Jump - 1. McDowell 47-10 (14.58m), 4. Little 43-3 (13.18m)
Stanford Women's Results
100 meters - 3. Charles 12.13
200 meters - 7. Charles 25.32
400 meters - 3. Smith 55.29
800 meters - 2. Couper 2:09.27, 6. Hotchkiss 2:10.91, 8. Elmore 2:12.5
1,500 meters - 1. Carlucci 4:25.46, 5. Ettinger 4:35.42, 6. Gunnison 4:36.96, 13. McMillan 4:51.013,000 meter steeplechase - 3. Turner 10:44.20
100 meter hurdles - 1. Johnson 14.01, 7. Woolfolk 14.20
400 meter hurdles - 4. Spurlock 62.25
400 meter relay - 3. 46.72
1,600 meter relay - 4. 3:49.76
Discus - 2. Meyer 153-7 (46.82m), 4. Currier 150-3 (45.80m), 5. Camarena 149-3 (45.50m)
Hammer - 16. Currier 125-9 (38.32m), Meyer 114-7 (34.92), Onyeagbako - fouled out
High jump - 1. Stone 5-10 1/2 (1.79m), 6. Ivy 5-4 1/2 (1.64m), 10. Aldridge 5-4 1/2 (1.64m)
Javelin - 3. Beatty 143-5 (43.72m), 8., Drumright 127-3 (38.80m), 10. Goff 120-9 (36.82m), 11. Regan 117-10 (35.92m)
Long jump - 7. Bush 18-2 1/4 (5.54m), 11. Overly 17-6 (5.33m), 16. Goff 15-3 1/2 (4.66m)
Pole vault - 4. Donoghue 12-7 1/2 (3.85m), 8. Ben-Youssef 11-7 3/4 (3.55m), 14. Von der Ahe 10-2 (3.10m)
Triple Jump - 6. Overly 37-5 3/4 (11.42m)
Shot Put - 2. Camarena 51-3 (15.62m)