AMES, Iowa – In his first individual indoor race in a Stanford uniform, junior Grant Fisher took second in the 3,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic on Friday night with the second-fastest time in school history.
Fisher ran 7:48.56, placing him No. 2 on Stanford's all-time indoor performers' list with the third-fastest time in NCAA Division I this year. Only Chris Derrick's 7:46.81 during a 2012 NCAA runner-up performance is faster in Stanford history.
Fisher broke his personal record of 7:50.06, achieved during a victory at the Husky Classic while running unattached as a freshman.
In this race, Fisher was third at 2,000, when the second of two rabbits left the track. Sandwiched for most of the final kilometer between Northern Arizona runners Matthew Baxter in front and Andy Trouard in third, Fisher bolted into the lead with just over a lap to go on the 300-meter flat oval.
Trouard tried to pass on the backstretch, but Fisher held him off. As they came off the final turn, Trouard got a step on the outside and maintained the lead to the line. Still, Fisher's position in the nation's top 16, which ensures a berth in the NCAA Championships March 9-10 in College Station, Texas, seems strong. The qualifying window continues through the conference championship meets Feb. 23-24.
In the men's 5,000, Steven Fahy was ninth in 13:44.82, a 16-second improvement on his lifetime best for the distance indoors or outdoors. Fahy, a steeplechaser by trade, moved into the Stanford indoor Top 10 in the No. 8 spot.
In the earlier heat, redshirt freshman Alek Parsons also broke 14 minutes for the first, squeezing in at 13:58.87 for seventh, a lifetime best by 11 seconds. With the additions of Fahy and Parsons, the number of sub-14ers on Stanford's team balloons to six.
Iowa State Classic
At Lied Recreation Center
300-meter flat track
Friday's results
Winners and Stanford results
Men
3,000 (invitational) – 1, Andy Trouard (Northern Arizona) 7:48.21; 2, Grant Fisher (Stanford) 7:48.56 (No. 2 Stanford indoors all-time); 13, Jack Keelan (Stanford) 7:58.68.
3,000 – 1, Dylan Hodgson (Kansas) 8:01.54; 10, Tai Dinger (Stanford) 8:09.43 (personal best).
5,000 (invitational) – 1, Justyn Knight (Syracuse) 13:39.59; 9, Steven Fahy (Stanford) 13:44.82 (No. 8 Stanford indoors all-time; personal best).
5,000 -- 1, Connor McMillan (BYU) 13:48.00; 7, Alek Parsons (Stanford) 13:58.87 (personal best); 44, Sam Wharton (Stanford) 14:31.86; 56, Blair Hurlock (Stanford) 14:48.69.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Frank Kurtz ran his fastest 200 indoors or outdoors at the Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational, placing seventh overall in 21.37, moving him to No. 3 all-time indoors at Stanford.
His performance was among several highlights for the Cardinal sprint crew, including Julian Body's personal best 47.90 in the men's 200. He and teammate Louis Stenmark (48.37) had the fastest times of the day on the 200-meter banked track at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Jaak Uudmae flew to fifth in the men's long jump with an indoor personal best of 24-4 ½ (7.43m).
In the women's 200, Ashlan Best clocked 24.16 to crack the Stanford Top 10 list at No. 10.
Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational
At Albuquerque Convention Center
200-meter banked track
Friday's results
Winners and Stanford results
Men
200 – 1, Jeremy Dodson (NRR) 20.79; 7, Frank Kurtz (Stanford) 21.37 (No. 3 Stanford all-time indoors; personal best); 13, Isaiah Brandt-Sims (Stanford) 21.50; 29, Gabriel Navarro (Stanford) 21.89; 56, Isaac Westlund (Stanford) 22.31; 70, Daniel Brady (Stanford) 22.87.
400 – 1, Julian Body (Stanford) 47.90 (No. 9 Stanford all-time indoors; personal best); 2, Louis Stenmark (Stanford) 48.37; 10, Lucas Ege (Stanford) 49.09 (personal best); 14, Daniel Brady (Stanford) 49.33 (personal best); 15, Isaac Westlund (Stanford) 49.44.
High jump – 1, Isaiah Holmes (UCLA) 6-11 ½ (2.12m); 13, Trevor Rex (Stanford) 6-5 ½ (1.97m);
Long jump – 1, Tristan James (Oregon) 25-6 ¼ (7.78m); 5, Jaak Uudmae (Stanford) 24-4 ½ (7.43m) (No. 6 Stanford all-time indoors).
Women
200 – 1, Lauren Rain Williams (Oregon) 23.16; 12, Ashlan Best (Stanford) 24.16 (No. 10 Stanford all-time indoors); 36, Missy Mongiovi (Stanford) 24.78; 45, Hannah Labrie-Smith (Stanford) 24.95; 55, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson (Stanford) 25.15.
400 – 1, Shawkia Iddrisu (Central Arizona) 55.05; 22, Hannah Labrie-Smith (Stanford) 57.07.
High jump – 1, Tynita Butts (unattached) 5-11 ¼ (1.81m); 12, Rachel Reichenbach (Stanford) 5-6 (1.68m); 14, Valerie Przekop (Stanford) 5-4 ¼ (1.63m).
Long jump – 1, Christabel Nettey (Canada) 21-4 ¾ (6.52m); 10, Daryth Gayles (Stanford) 19-2 ½ (5.85m);
