SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In her collegiate debut, Stanford freshman Virginia Miller won the javelin on the competition's final throw Saturday as Stanford opened the outdoor track and field season at the Hornet Invitational.
Miller was among several freshmen who helped highlight Stanford's performances. Ashlan Best swept the women's short sprints and Will Kingsfield broke into Stanford's all-time top-10 in the men's javelin while placing second to teammate Trevor Danielson.
Miller threw 162-8 (49.59 meters) to move to No. 7 on Stanford's top-10 list. It made Miller the fifth-farthest freshman ever at Stanford and was a 21-foot improvement over her personal best entering the day.
Miller got off a 158-3 (48.23m) on the first throw, which led the competition until the sixth and final round when the second-to-last thrower, Channing Wilson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic trials competitor, threw 160-0 (48.76m) to pull ahead. But the last thrower was Miller, and that's when she pulled off a 4-foot personal best to win.
By the way, Miller, from Vashon Island, Washington, is the daughter of former high school national javelin record holder Foss Miller, who also would hold Washington State's school record.
Best, the 2017 Pan Am Under-20 200 champion for Canada, won her specialty in 24.28, edging Fresno Pacific's Brie Courseault by 0.03. Earlier, Best set her personal best in the 100, winning in 11.90. During the indoor season, Best made her mark as a member of Stanford's winning 4x400 relay team at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships.
Danielson won the javelin in 217-1 (66.18m), with Kingsfield, a redshirt freshman, next at 200-2 (61.02m), placing him No. 10 on Stanford's all-time performance list.
Besides Kingsfield and Miller, there was one other top-10 addition, pole vaulter Nicole Summersett. She moved into a tie at No. 10 on the list with a jump of 12-9 ½ (3.90m). That mark was good for second to teammate Kaitlyn Merritt, who cleared 13-1 ½ (4.00m).
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Hornet Invitational
At Sacramento State
Winners and Stanford competitors
Saturday's results
Men
Team scores – 1, California 164; 2, Stanford 153.
100 – 1, Mobolade Ajomale (Academy of Art) 10.32; 4, Gabriel Navarro (Stanford) 10.68; 13, Frank Kurtz (Stanford) 10.96.
200 – 1, Mobolade Ajomale (Academy of Art) 21.20; 2, Frank Kurtz (Stanford) 21.61; 3, Gabriel Navarro (Stanford) 21.67; 14, Isaac Westlund (Stanford) 22.40
400 – 1, Alec Foster (Sacramento State) 48.08; 3, Isaac Westlund (Stanford) 48.67; 18, Dion Brandt-Sims (Stanford) 50.06; Louis Stenmark (Stanford) DNF.
800 – 1, Brayden Leach (Humboldt State) 1:51.13; 3, Brian Smith (Stanford) 1:52.20; 6, Tom Coyle (Stanford) 1:53.05; 9, Christian White (Stanford) 1:53.96; 10, Isaac Cortes (Stanford) 1:54.15; 12, Scott Buttinger (Stanford) 1:54.25; 24, Nathaniel Kucera (Stanford) 1:56.30.
400 hurdles – 1, Vladislav Tsygankov (Simon Fraser) 52.21; 2, Daniel Brady (Stanford) 52.73; 7, Colin Dolese (Stanford) 54.37; 10, Lucas Ege (Stanford) 54.97.
3,000 steeplechase – 1, Kyle Medina (Chico State) 8:51.66; 9, Steven Grolle (Stanford) 9:42.11.
High jump – 1, Tyler Arroyo (Chico State) 6-8 ¾ (2.05m); 3 (tie), Trevor Rex (Stanford), Jack Herkert (Stanford), both 6-4 ¾ (1.95m).
Triple jump – 1, Ike Okoroike (unattached) 51-1 ¾ (15.59m); 11, Fisayo Omilana (Stanford) 46-1 ¼w (14.05m), 44-7 ½ (13.60m).
Discus – 1, Iffy Joyner (Cal) 174-9 (53.28m); 2, Jake Koffman (Stanford) 171-10 (52.39m), personal best; 15, Landon Ellingson (Stanford) 136-0 (41.46m).
Javelin – 1, Trevor Danielson (Stanford) 217-1 (66.18m); 2, Will Kingsfield (Stanford) 200-2 (61.02m), No. 10 Stanford all-time, personal best.
Women
Team scores – 1, California 155; 3, Stanford 119.5.
100 – 1, Ashlan Best (Stanford) 11.90, personal best; 4, Gaby Gayles (Stanford) 12.01; 6, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson (Stanford) 12.21; 21, Marisa Kwiatkowski (Stanford) 12.58, personal best.
200 – 1, Ashlan Best (Stanford) 24.28; 3, Gaby Gayles (Stanford) 24.38; 7, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson (Stanford) 24.99; 31, Daryth Gayles (Stanford) 26.05; 34, Brittany McGee (Stanford) 26.14.
100 hurdles – 1, Brittany Brown (San Jose State) 14.09; 6, Hannah Labrie-Smith (Stanford) 14.25w (2.1mps); 12, Amber Lewis (Stanford) 14.66 (2.1mps); 15, Brittany McGee (Stanford) 14.84 (2.1mps).
400 hurdles – 1, Cassidy Zurn (Sacramento State) 1:01.11; 2, Hannah Labrie-Smith (Stanford) 1:01.27; 6, Amber Lewis (Stanford) 1:03.78;
High jump – 1, Andrea Stapleton (BYU) 5-9 ¼ (1.76m); 8, Rachel Reichenbach (Stanford) 5-5 (1.65m); 16, Valerie Przekop (Stanford) 5-3 (1.60m).
Pole vault – 1, Kaitlyn Merritt (Stanford) 13-1 ½ (4.00m); 2, Nicole Summersett (Stanford) 12-9 ½ (3.90m), ties No. 10 Stanford all-time; 6, Taylore Jaques (Stanford) 11-9 ¾ (3.60m); 9, Jackie McNulty (Stanford) 11-9 ¾ (3.60m); Erika Malaspina (Stanford) NH.
Long jump – 1, Noelle Schiller (Cal) 19-10 ¾ (6.06m); 4, Daryth Gayles (Stanford) 19-4 ¾ (5.91m).
Triple jump – 1, Isabella Marten (Cal) 41-7 (12.67m); 2, Marisa Kwiatkowski (Stanford) 39-11 ½ (12.18m); 5, Aria Small (Stanford) 38-3 ¼ (11.66m).
Shot put – 1, Brianna Cueva (unattached) 52-8 (16.05m); 47, Brittany McGee (Stanford) 30-9 ¾ (9.29m); Jaimi Salone (Stanford) NM.
Discus – 1, Brianna Cueva (unattached) 178-1 (54.28m); 11, Jaimi Salone (Stanford) 134-5 (40.98m).
Javelin – 1, Virginia Miller (Stanford) 162-8 (49.59m), No. 7 Stanford all-time, No. 5 all-time Stanford freshmen, personal best; Mackenzie Little (Stanford), NM.
Friday's results
Men
Hammer – 1, Silviu Bocancea (Cal) 201-10 (61.53m); 3, Michael Painter (Stanford) 194-5 (59.26m); 4, Tristen Newman (Stanford) 191-5 (58.36m); 15, Landon Ellingson (Stanford) 153-8 (46.85m).
