SAN FRANCISCO -- Stanford swept Pac-12 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors after Olivia Baker and Valarie Allman were recognized for their performances at the Payton Jordan Invitational on Sunday.
Baker, a sophomore half-miler from Maplewood, New Jersey, earned Track Athlete of the Week and Allman, a junior discus thrower from Longmont, Colorado, earned Field Athlete of the Week honors for the fourth time this season.
Baker took the collegiate lead in the 800 with a time of 2:01.02 while also dipping under the Olympic standard of 2:01.50. The time is the sixth-fastest outdoors in the world this year and fourth among Americans.
Baker was fourth and the top collegian against a collection of top open runners while improving upon her lifetime best by nearly three seconds. Baker strengthens her spot at No. 4 at Stanford all-time while debuting at No. 9 on the all-time Pac-12 list.
Allman, a first-team All-America last year, set a lifetime best in the discus for the third time this season and the second consecutive meet -- a 2 1/2 –foot improvement to 193-5. It is the 10th-farthest among Americans this year and No. 7 on the yearly collegiate list.
The throw strengthened her spot at No. 2 all-time at Stanford and closes Allman to within two inches of the Pac-12 all-time Top-10 list. The throw got her the victory at Payton Jordan. She also was seventh in the hammer at 190-7.