SEATTLE – The Stanford track and field team begins its postseason run Friday at the two-day Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor championships at University of Washington's Dempsey Indoor facility. The meet also doubles as the final opportunity to earn qualifying marks to the NCAA Championships on March 8-9 in Birmingham, Alabama.
The MPSF consists of 22 women's teams and 16 men's – schools traditionally from the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast conferences. Stanford is seeking its first MPSF team titles since the women won in 2012 and the men in 2011.
Look especially for strong efforts from Stanford in each relay as they make bids for NCAA passage.
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Meet Information:
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships
Where: Seattle, Wash.
Site: Dempsey Indoor
Surface: 307-meter flat track.
Events begin:
Friday: Noon
Saturday: 10 a.m.
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Rankings:
Men – No. 15
Women – No. 44
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Stanford's Schedule:
Friday
Noon: Women's weight throw (Jordan Fong).
12:15 p.m.: Women's pentathlon 60 hurdles (Giana Gayles, Allie Jones).
1 p.m.: Women's pentathlon high jump (Giana Gayles, Allie Jones).
2 p.m.: Women's pole vault (Erika Malaspina, Jackie McNulty, Kaitlyn Merritt, Nicole Summersett).
2:30 p.m.: Women's pentathlon shot put (Giana Gayles, Allie Jones).
3:45 p.m.: Women's pentathlon long jump (Giana Gayles, Allie Jones).
4:45 p.m.: Men's 60 hurdles prelims (Julian Body).
5 p.m.: Women's 60 prelims (Kennedy Gamble).
5:15 p.m.: Men's weight throw (Landon Ellingson, Jake Koffman).
5:20 p.m.: Men's 60 prelims (Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Gabriel Navarro).
5:30 p.m.: Men's pole vault (Harrison Williams).
5:35 p.m.: Women's pentathlon 800 (Giana Gayles, Allie Jones).
6:05 p.m.: Men's 5,000 (Steven Fahy, Connor Lane, Alek Parsons, Michael Vernau).
6:25 p.m.: Women's 200 (Missy Mongiovi).
7:05 p.m.: Men's 200 (Isaac Westlund).
7:30 p.m.: Women's distance medley relay (Julia Heymach, Ashlan Best, Carolyn Wilson, Ella Donaghu).
7:55 p.m.: Men's distance medley relay (Alex Ostberg, Louis Stenmark, Isaac Cortes, Grant Fisher).
Saturday
10 a.m.: Women's high jump (Rachel Reichenbach).
10:30 a.m.: Women's shot put (Lena Giger).
11:05 a.m.: Men's 60 hurdles final (Julian Body).
11:10 a.m.: Women's mile (Ella Donaghu, Julia Heymach, Jordan Oakes, Catherine Pagano).
11:40 a.m.: Men's mile (Tai Dinger, Grant Fisher).
11:55 a.m.: Women's 400 (Sarah Walker).
Noon: Women's triple jump (Aria Small).
Noon: Men's high jump (Trevor Rex).
12:30 p.m.: Men's 400 (Isaac Westlund).
12:55 p.m.: Women's 60 final (Kennedy Gamble).
1 p.m.: Men's 60 final (Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Gabriel Navarro).
1:05 p.m.: Women's 800 (Caitlin Collier, Kaitlin Ryan).
1:30 p.m.: Men's 800 (Isaac Cortes, Nathaniel Kucera, Hari Sathyamurthy, Brian Smith).
1:30 p.m.: Men's triple jump (Fisayo Omilana).
2 p.m.: Women's 3,000 (Fiona O'Keeffe, Abbie McNulty, Jessica Lawson, Jordan Oakes).
2:35 p.m.: Men's 3,000 (Alex Ostberg, Steven Fahy, Connor Lane, Clayton Mendez, Alek Parsons, DJ Principe, Thomas Ratcliffe, Michael Vernau).
3 p.m.: Women's 4x400 (Carolyn Wilson, Ashlan Best, Kennedy Gamble, Missy Mongiovi).
3:20 p.m.: Men's 4x400 (Julian Body, Louis Stenmark, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Gabriel Navarro).
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Stanford ranked in top 30
(16 individuals in each event and 12 relay teams qualify for NCAA Championships)
Men
Mile – 19, Alex Ostberg 3:59.31.
3,000 – 1, Grant Fisher 7:42.62; 9, Alex Ostberg 7:51.20.
Heptathlon – 1, Harrison Williams 5,961.
Distance medley relay – 12, Stanford 9:29.35.
Women
3,000 – 14, Abbie McNulty 9:05.66; 25, Jessica Lawson 9:09.88.
5,000 – 13, Fiona O'Keeffe 15:35.77; 16, Abbie McNulty 15:42.13.
Distance medley relay – 14, Stanford 11:04.30.
Pole vault – 20, Kaitlyn Merritt 13-11 ¼ (4.25m).
Triple jump – 30, Aria Small 42-4 (12.90m).
Shot put – 7, Lena Giger 56-9 ¼ (17.30m).
