SAN FRANCISCO -- Stanford senior Jackson Shumway and junior Valarie Allman were among those named Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the Pac-12 Conference.
Shumway was the men's track athlete of the week and Allman earned women's field honors. This is Shumway's first such award and Allman's third this season.
Shumway anchored Stanford to a school-record 3:05.59 in the 4x400-meter relay to place third at Baylor’s Michael Johnson Invitational. Shumway ran a 45.3 split to help break one of the school’s oldest records, the 1978 mark of 3:06.6 on a team anchored by NFL Hall of Famer James Lofton.
Earlier, Shumway ran a lifetime best 51.39 – strengthening his spot at No. 7 in Stanford history – to finish third in the 400 hurdles.
Defending Pac-12 discus champion Allman set lifetime bests in both the discus and the hammer at the Michael Johnson Invitational. Allman was second in the discus to two-time defending NCAA champion Shelbi Vaughan of Texas A&M, but threw 190-11 (58.19 meters) for the No. 6 collegiate throw this year, which strengthens her spot at No. 2 in Stanford history.
Allman won the hammer at 199-5, a lifetime best of more than 10 feet – to jump to No. 3 all-time at Stanford. It was the seventh consecutive meet in which Allman has set a lifetime best in the hammer or the event’s cousin, the indoor 20-pound weight throw.