Jan. 22, 2011
Stanford Women's Indoor Records
Albuquerque, N.M. - Stanford completed the Cherry and Silver Invitational with some top results. The women's sprint group showed off its improved depth with a strong overall performance, while the men got another big meet from the talented and versatile Amaechi Morton.
The Cardinal sprinters were led by Shataya Hendricks who placed second in the 60-meter dash with a career-best time of 7.38. She then doubled back in the 200 meters to place second with another career-best time of 24.12. The times were the fifth and eighth fastest in Stanford indoor history.
Also running well were Brittni Dixon-Smith, who made the final in the 60 meters, placing sixth with a time of 7.61 and Carissa Levingston who took fourth in the 200 with a time of 24.23.
In the 400, Kellie Schueler took the meet title with a time of 55.81. Teammate Joy O'Hare was not far behind, placing third with a time of 56.09. The Cardinal also won the 4x400-meter relay as O'Hare, Levingston, Hendricks and Schueler combined to run 3:42.83.
The Cardinal also put two in the final of the 60-meter hurdles as freshmen Kori Carter and Katie Nelms placed first and third, respectively. Carter took the meet title with a season-best of 8.46, while Nelms ran 8.59. Carter's time ranks second in Stanford history.
In the field, Stanford excelled the jumps as Dixon-Smith won the long jump and Whitney Liehr took the triple jump title. Dixon-Smith leaped 20-5 to win the long jump just ahead of second-place Liehr who leaped 19-9 ¾. Karynn Dunn also faired well, leaping 19-0 ¾ to place fourth. In the triple jump, Liehr leaped 42-5 ½ to win the meet title, while Dunn was fifth with a mark of 39-5. With their new indoor bests, Liehr moved to third on the Stanford triple jump list, while Dixon-Smith moved into a tie for fifth on the long jump list.
In the throws, Alyssa Wisdom placed third in the shot put with a mark of 46-4 ¼. The converted sprinted showed her immense potential in her new discipline.
The men were once again led by Amaechi Morton who made the final in both the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles and placed fourth in the 200. Morton matched his season best in the 60 meters with a time of 6.97 to place fifth. In the hurdles, Morton placed fifth, running his best time of 8.07 in the prelims. In 200, Morton ran 21.63, which moves him to fifth all-time indoors for Stanford.
The Cardinal sprint group had several other standout performances as it displayed improved depth with contributions from several freshmen. Colin Hepburn just missed the final, running 7.05 in the 60 meters to place ninth. Alex Lee was Stanford's top freshman in the 200 running, 22.45, while Alfredo Corral placed 11th in the 400 with a time of 49.51.
The field events were highlighted by the Stanford throwers, which is also a much deeper group this season. Defending MPSF champion Carter Wells placed second in the weight throw with a toss of 61-11 ½, while Quinn Dawson also fared well, placing fourth with a toss of 58-8 ½. In the shot put, Geoffrey Tabor tossed 56-9 ¼ to place third, while Jeremy Hines was fourth with a toss of 54-6 ½.
Also in the field, Jules Sharpe placed second in the high jump with a mark of 6-10 ¼ and Casey Roche was seventh in the pole vault, clearing 16-6 ¾.
The Cardinal will be back in action next week with a couple of big meet, the UW Invitational in Seattle and the Razorback Invitational at the University of Arkansas.