STANFORD, Calif. – More than 2,500 athletes -- open competitors, entrants from 110 colleges and universities, plus high schools -- will converge on Cobb Track and Angell Field on Friday and Saturday for the 41st Stanford Track and Field Invitational.
Track fans will be treated to 24 hours of competition over a 33-hour stretch. On Friday, the first event begins at 9 a.m. and the final event ends at aboout 11:30 p.m. On Saturday, it’s 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The meet serves as a great qualifying opportunity for the NCAA preliminaries and, for some athletes, Olympic trials qualifying.
In the 10,000 meters, 41 of the 50-fastest NCAA men’s competitors in 2015 achieved those times at this meet, and 30 of the top 50 women. In the 5,000, three of the top four NCAA men’s times were achieved the Stanford Invitational, and the top six women’s times were run at Stanford, either at the Stanford or Payton Jordan invites.
A closer look at top competitors and events will be posted later this week at GoStanford.com.
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Meet information:
When: Friday and Saturday.
What: 41st Stanford Invitational
Where: Cobb Track and Angell Field
Events begin:
Friday: Field, 9 a.m.; Running, 10:42 a.m.
Saturday: Field, 9 a.m.; Running, 9:52 a.m.
Follow the action:
Entries/Live results: Click here
Heat sheets: Click here
Event schedule: Click here
Flotrack premium webcast (10:30 a.m. each day): Click here
Meet Twitter: @StanfordMeets
Stanford Twitter: @stanfordXCTF
Stanford Instagram: StanfordXCTF
Tickets: For adults, tickets are $10 each day. For youths, seniors, and staff, tickets are $5 each day. The ticket booth outside the entrance to the track stadium opens at 8 a.m. each day. To buy on-line, click here.
Parking: Free everywhere on campus after 4 p.m. Friday and on weekends.
* * *Williams seeks decathlon qualifier
AUSTIN, Texas – Stanford sophomore Harrison Williams seeks an NCAA qualifying mark in the decathlon at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays beginning Wednesday.
Williams, the Stanford record holder, is coming off a fourth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships only 17 days earlier. The Texas Relays provides a chance to qualify early for NCAA Outdoors – he was fourth in the decathlon as a freshman – and not compete in another until the Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships May 7-8 in Seattle.
Williams, who was second at this meet last year and the top collegian, will compete against two-time world champ Trey Hardee, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist.
Live results link: Click here
Longhorn Network/Watch ESPN:
Wednesday (6:30 p.m. PT): Click here
Thursday (2:30 p.m. PT): Click here
Thursday (4 p.m. PT): Click here