SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sixteen Stanford-affiliated athletes are scheduled to brave the heat and compete at the USA Track and Field Championships, which begin Thursday at Hornet Stadium.
Among them are nine current Cardinal, with seven competing in the senior championships and two in the juniors (under 20). The total Stanford count includes five alums and two incoming freshmen. The senior and junior championships are running concurrently.
At stake in the senior competition are spots on the U.S. team for the IAAF World Championships in London from Aug. 4-13. The top two juniors qualify for the Pan Am Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, July 21-23.
Stanford senior Valarie Allman already has reached the World Championships standard in the women's discus and needs only a top-three finish Thursday night to earn her first berth on the U.S. senior national team.
Cardinal junior Harrison Williams is close. His school record of 8,032 points from the 2016 NCAA Championships is near the World standard of 8,100. Williams, like Allman, redshirted this season and has focused on this meet. This will be Williams' first decathlon this year. However, he will have to contend with temperatures that are expected to reach 108 degrees on Thursday, the first day of the two-day competition.
Members of the 2017 Stanford roster, including redshirts, scheduled to compete in the senior competition:
Men: Trevor Danielson (javelin), Harrison Williams (decathlon).
Women: Valarie Allman (discus), Olivia Baker (800 meters), Vanessa Fraser (5,000), Lena Giger (shot put), Rebecca Mehra (1,500).
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Meet information
USA Track and Field Championships
Where: Sacramento
Site: Hornet Stadium
When: Thursday-Sunday
Live Results:
Senior: Click here.
Junior: Click here.
TV schedule:
Friday: NBC Sports Network, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday: NBC, 1-3 p.m.
Sunday: NBC, 1-3 p.m.
Senior headquarters: Click here.
Junior headquarters: Click here.
Meet schedule: Click here.
Senior start lists: Click here.
Junior start lists: Click here.
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Senior Stanford-affiliated entries
(With Stanford graduating class)
Men
5,000: Chris Derrick '12. World standard: 13:22.60.
10,000: Chris Derrick '12. World standard: 27:45.00.
Javelin: Trevor Danielson '18. World standard: 83.00 meters, 272-3.
Decathlon: Harrison Williams '18. World standard: 8,100 points.
Women
800: Olivia Baker '18, Claudia Saunders '16. World standard: 2:01.00.
1,500: Rebecca Mehra '16. World standard: 4:07.50.
5,000: Vanessa Fraser '17, Jessica Tonn '14. World standard: 15:22.00.
400 hurdles: Kori Carter '14. World standard: 56.10.
Shot put: Lena Giger '18. World standard: 17.75m, 58-3.
Discus: Valarie Allman '17, Summer Pierson '00. World standard: 61.20m, 200-9.
Stanford schedule
Thursday
11:45 a.m.: Decathlon 100 (Section 3: Harrison Williams).
12:30 p.m.: Decathlon long jump (Flight 1: Harrison Williams).
1:30 p.m.: Decathlon shot put (Flight 2: Harrison Williams).
2:45 p.m.: Decathlon high jump (Flight 1: Harrison Williams).
5:25 p.m.: Women's 800 first round (Heat 2: Claudia Saunders; Heat 4: Olivia Baker). Top 3, plus next 4 of 4 heats, advance to semis.
6:50 p.m.: Women's discus final (Valarie Allman, Summer Pierson).
7 p.m.: Decathlon 400 (Heat 3: Harrison Williams).
9:05 p.m.: Women's 1,500 first round (Heat 2: Rebecca Mehra). Top 3, plus next 3 fastest of 3 heats, advance to final.
10:09 p.m.: Men's 10,000 final (Chris Derrick).
Friday
12:55 p.m.: Decathlon 110 hurdles (Section 5: Harrison Williams).
1:40 p.m.: Decathlon discus (Harrison Williams).
3:25 p.m.: Decathlon pole vault (Flight 1: Harrison Williams).
5 p.m.: Decathlon javelin (Harrison Williams).
6:15 p.m.: Women's 400 hurdles first round (Heat 1: Kori Carter). Top 4, plus next 4 in 3 heats, advance to semis.
7:06 p.m.: Decathlon 1,500 (Harrison Williams).
8:28 p.m.: Women's 800 semifinals. Top 4 in each of 2 semis advance to final.
8:46 p.m.: Women's 5,000 final (Vanessa Fraser, Jessica Tonn).
9:10 p.m.: Men's 5,000 final (Chris Derrick).
Saturday
11:30 a.m.: Men's javelin final (Trevor Danielson).
12:30 p.m.: Women's shot put final (Lena Giger).
1:39 p.m.: Women's 400 hurdles semifinals. Top 4 in each of 2 semis advance to final.
2:12 p.m.: Women's 1,500 final.
Sunday
1:46 p.m.: Women's 400 hurdles final.
2:06 p.m.: Women's 800 final.
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Junior Stanford-affiliated entries
(With Stanford graduating class)
Men
400 hurdles: Julian Body '20.
Discus: Jake Koffman '21.
Javelin: Liam Christensen '21.
Women
Pole vault: Erika Malaspina '20.
Stanford schedule
Thursday
12:30 p.m.: Men's javelin final (Liam Christensen).
Friday
2:55 p.m.: Men's 400 hurdles first round (Heat 3: Julian Body). Winner and next 4 fastest among 4 heats, advance to final.
Saturday
10:20 a.m.: Men's discus final (Jake Koffman).
4:10 p.m.: Women's pole vault final (Erika Malaspina).
4:53 p.m.: Men's 400 hurdles final.