May 1, 2011
Stanford Men's All-Time Records
Stanford Women's All-Time Records
Stanford, Calif. - It was another fantastic evening of fast times at the Payton Jordan Invitational from Cobb Track and Angell Field, Sunday night under the lights. The meet produced its usual array of record-breaking times and personal bests with the addition of Olympic qualifying times on the first day of the Olympic qualifying period.
The men's 10,000 meters saw 14 men alone achieve the Olympic `A' Standard, while 25 runners in all achieved the mark. Nine women in the 10K and both the men's and women's winners in the 3,000-meter steeplechase also achieved the standard
Highlighting the meet for Stanford was Elliott Heath who used his now-trademark kick to chase down the Olympic `B' Standard and a new personal best in the 5,000 meters.
Heath blazed to final 400 of 55.5 seconds as he emerged from seventh place to nearly chase down the leader Brandon Bethke in the final straightaway. Heath finished with a time of 13:25.82, which ranks fourth in Stanford history. Teammates Chris Derrick and Jake Riley also ran personal bests as Derrick's time of 13:29.74 ranks seventh in school history and Riley's time of 13:39.49 ranks eighth.
Also running well in the 5,000 meters was Miles Unterreiner who competed in the second section of the event. Unterreiner ran 13:46.71 to set a personal best.
In the women's 5,000 meters, Stanford had three outstanding finishes as well. Stephanie Marcy used a blazing final lap to separate herself from to field to win in a big personal best of 16:05.35. Just behind Marcy was Kathy Kroeger who was making her 2011 debut. Kroeger ran 16:15.49, while Kate Niehaus ran 16:26.85 to complete the trio for the Cardinal.
A couple of Stanford men ran well in the second section of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Benjamin Johnson had a huge personal best, running 8:48.46, which ranks ninth in Stanford history. Right behind Johnson was teammate JT Sullivan who was an All-American in the event last season, running 8:48.82. Both times should be plenty fast to qualify for the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships.
Later, Kevin Havel came through with a huge personal best in the 10,000 meters, running 28:56.57 to become the fourth Stanford runner under 29 minutes this season. Brendan Gregg also ran well, clocking a time of 29:11.90.
In the middle distances, Michael Atchoo paced Stanford, running 3:44.98 in the 1,500 meters. He led a host of teammates in the event as Tyler Valdes had a big pr, running 3:47.96, while Kenny Krotzer (3:48.89), Marco Bertolotti (3:49.58) and Tyler Stutzman (3:49.65) also has season bests.
In the 800 meters, Dylan Ferris (1:49.51) and Andrew Berberick (1:49.54) ran season bests, while Spencer Castro ran a personal best of 1:50.69 to pace the men. Justine Fedronic led the women, running a personal best of 2:06.46.
In the sprints, Amaechi Morton led the way, winning the 400 meters in a personal-best time of 46.52. The time moved Morton to fifth on the all-time Stanford list.
On the women's side Carissa Levingston won the 200 meters with a time of 23.67, while Hannah Farley ran a personal best of 54.64, which is 10th all-time at Stanford.
The women got a big result from Kori Carter in the 100-meter hurdles as she broke her own school record in the event. Carter ran 13.12 to break her record of 13.38 set earlier this season. Katie Nelms also ran well in the event, moving to third on the Stanford list with a personal best of 13.57.
The Cardinal throwers were paced by Eda Karesin who took the meet title in the javelin. Karesin tossed a personal best of 168-4, which ranks second in school history.
The men's throwers were paced by Geoffrey Tabor who won the shot put with a personal best of 58-3, which moves him into eighth place in Stanford history. Tabor also doubled up in the discus, finishing second with a throw of 187-6. Paul Hintz also threw a personal best of 211-0 to win the javelin. The throw by Hintz was the fourth best in school history.
Next up for the Cardinal is the Pac-10 Championships hosted by Arizona. The competition begins with the multi-event finals on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. The rest of the Pac-10 meet will be Friday and Saturday, May 13-14.