STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior Grant Fisher will run the 5,000 meters for the first time this season, at the two-day Cardinal Classic, which opens Friday at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
Fisher won the 2017 NCAA outdoor 5,000 title and was third last year. He used the Cardinal Classic as his only 5,000 of the 2018 regular season, beating Colorado's Zach Perrin down the homestretch. Fisher responded to Perrin's final lap surge by kicking past the Colorado runner over the final 200 meters.
The Cardinal Classic is in its fourth year and features athletes from 16 schools, including men's No. 15 Stanford, No. 7 Oregon, No. 17 Indiana, and No. 25 Purdue. Also, women's No. 13 Stanford, No. 5 Oregon, No. 14 Colorado, and No. 17 Washington.
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Meet information:
Cardinal Classic
When: Friday and Saturday.
What: 4th Cardinal Classic
Where: Cobb Track and Angell Field
Events begin:
Friday: Field, 2 p.m.; Running, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday: Field, 2 p.m.; Running, 5:30 p.m.
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Tickets: Admission is free.
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Parking:
Best options: Varsity Lot, Lot 2.
Free parking on Friday and Saturday is available at the track lot, the Varsity Lot (next to Sunken Diamond), and Lot 2 (on the El Camino Real side of Stanford Stadium). Access to each is from Nelson Road/Sam McDonald Road off Galvez Street. Keep in mind that parking is free everywhere on campus after 4 p.m. Friday and on weekends.
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Meet notes:
The invitational section of the men's 5,000, which caps Friday's action at 8:24 p.m., includes four who raced in the 2018 NCAA outdoor 5,000 final in Eugene. Fisher was third, Iowa State's Edwin Kurgat was seventh, Purdue's Jaret Carpenter was 10th, and Oregon's Cooper Teare was 17th. The field also includes reigning Pac-12 steeplechase champion Steven Fahy, who was third in the NCAA last year, and Furman's Aaron Templeton steps down in distance after running this season's No. 8 time in the 10,000. Look for potential lifetime bests from Stanford sophomore Alek Parsons, in the midst of a breakthrough season, and redshirt freshman Connor Lane, who ran his first sub-14 three weeks ago at the Stanford Invitational.
The women's 5,000 invitational (Friday, 8:04 p.m.) features a group of top Stanford runners against four-time NCAA runner-up Erin Finn of Michigan and returning NCAA outdoor 5,000 finalist Savannah Carnahan of Furman. Stanford's Fiona O'Keeffe, a two-time top-five NCAA 5,000 placer, joins teammates Jessica Lawson, Abbie McNulty, and Jordan Oakes in the field. Lawson, a sophomore, is Stanford's highest-ranked men's or women's track athlete this season, at No. 8 in the 1,500, and could be a rising star in the 5,000. McNulty is coming off her first All-America honor, the NCAA indoor 5,000 last month. The race
Jenna Gray, the NCAA javelin runner-up last season and a two-time NCAA champion in volleyball, leads the women's field in an event that opens the meet, at 2 p.m. on Friday.
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Stanford athletes scheduled to compete, by event:
Men
200 – Louis Stenmark, Isaac Westlund, Miles Zoltak.
400 – Isaac Westlund, Miles Zoltak.
800 – Invite: Hari Sathyamurthy; Sec. 2: Nathaniel Kucera.
1,500 – Sec. 2: Connor Lane; Sec. 3: Hari Sathyamurthy.
5,000 – Invite: Steven Fahy, Grant Fisher, Connor Lane, Alek Parsons, Thomas Ratcliffe. Sec. 2: Clayton Mendez, Michael Vernau, Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau, Charlie Perry.
10,000 – Blair Hurlock.
400 hurdles – Julian Body.
4x400 relay – Stanford 'A', Stanford 'B'.
High jump – Trevor Rex.
Triple jump – Keyshawn King, Fisayo Omilana.
Discus – Landon Ellingson, Jake Koffman, Max McKhann.
Hammer – Landon Ellingson, Jake Koffman, Max McKhann.
Javelin – Will Kingsfield.
Shot put – Sal Spina.
Women
100 – Ashlan Best.
200 – Missy Mongiovi, Mary Gillett.
400 – Missy Mongiovi, Carolyn Wilson, Mary Gillett.
800 – Invite: Julia Heymach. Sec. 2: Christina Aragon. Sec. 3: Kaitlin Ryan, Sarah Walker.
1,500 – Sec. 2: Ella Donaghu, Julia Heymach. Sec. 4: Catherine Pagano, Kaitlin Ryan, Claire Smith.
3,000 steeplechase – Jordan Oakes.
5,000 – Invite: Jessica Lawson, Abbie McNulty, Fiona O'Keeffe, Jordan Oakes.
100 hurdles – Giana Gayles, Hannah Labrie-Smith.
400 hurdles – Hannah Labrie-Smith.
4x400 relay – Stanford 'A'.
High jump – Rachel Reichenbach.
Pole vault – Erika Malaspina, Jackie McNulty, Kaitlyn Merritt, Nicole Summersett.
Long jump – Yinka Braimah, Giana Gayles, Aria Small.
Discus – Jaimi Salone.
Hammer – Jordan Fong.
Javelin – Giana Gayles, Jenna Gray, Virginia Miller.
Shot put – Jaimi Salone.