STANFORD, Calif. – Thirty Stanford track and field athletes – 17 women and 13 men, plus one relay -- have qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, the meet that determines the NCAA Championships field.
The West regional, in Sacramento, on May 23-25, is one of two in the country, along with another in Jacksonville, Florida. Athletes qualified by achieving the top 48 marks from each half of the country. The exceptions are the relays, in which 24 teams advanced.
The fields were completed Thursday, though medical scratches are being accepted through Monday.
The top 12 in each event advance to the NCAA Championships, creating a 24-participant field. The top eight relay placers in each regional advance. The top 24 decathletes – including Stanford's Harrison Williams -- and heptathletes across the nation have advanced directly to the NCAA Championships, June 5-8 in Austin, Texas.
Top-12 women's seeds for Stanford are: Mackenzie Little (No. 1, javelin), Jenna Gray (No. 2, javelin), Fiona O'Keeffe (No. 6, 5,000), Jessica Lawson (No. 10, 1,500), and Julia Heymach (No. 11, 1,500).
The Cardinal's top-12 men's seeds are: Liam Christensen (No. 2, javelin), Grant Fisher (No. 2, 5,000), Thomas Ratcliffe (No. 7, 5,000), and Steven Fahy (No. 9, steeplechase).
Stanford has four qualifiers who are freshmen in eligibility: Christensen, Jordan Fong in the women's hammer, Connor Lane and Clayton Mendez in the men's 5,000, and Michael Vernau in the men's 10,000.
The most representatives in any event for Stanford is in the men's 5,000, with Fisher, Ratcliffe, No. 14 Lane, No. 15 Alex Ostberg, and No. 34 Mendez. Stanford has four in the women's 1,500, three in the women's 5,000, and three in the women's javelin.
Stanford's first-time qualifiers in individual events are: Christensen, Lane, Mendez, Ostberg, Ratcliffe, Vernau, Alek Parsons (10,000), and Louis Stenmark (400) for the men. First-time qualifiers in women's events are Fong, Ella Donaghu (1,500), Jaimi Salone (discus), and Aria Small (long jump, triple jump).
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Lists of declared athletes:
Men: Click here.
Women: Click here.
Stanford qualifiers:
Men (13)
100: 45, Gabriel Navarro 10.44.
400: 43, Louis Stenmark 46.93.
800: 41, Hari Sathyamurthy 1:50.19.
3,000 steeplechase: 9, Steven Fahy 8:43.85.
5,000: 2, Grant Fisher 13:29.52; 7, Thomas Ratcliffe 13:32.81; 14, Connor Lane 13:42.31; 15, Alex Ostberg 13:42.44; 34, Clayton Mendez 13:57.99.
10,000: 14, Alek Parsons 28:56.01; 22, Michael Vernau 29:06.84.
Javelin: 2, Liam Christensen 74.78m; 31, Will Kingsfield 63.91m.
Women (17, plus one relay)
200: 29, Ashlan Best 23.44.
400: 28, Ashlan Best 53.15.
800: 16, Carolyn Wilson 2:05.35.
1,500: 10, Jessica Lawson 4:16.85; 11, Julia Heymach 4:17.74; 14, Ella Donaghu 4:17.83; 17, Jordan Oakes 4:18.85.
5,000: 6, Fiona O'Keeffe 15:38.88; 20, Abbie McNulty 15:59.96; 31, Jordan Oakes 16:14.13.
10,000: 14, Abbie McNulty 33:30.57.
4x400 relay: 20, Stanford 3:38.63.
High jump: 16, Rachel Reichenbach 1.79m.
Pole vault: 15, Kaitlyn Merritt 4.30m; 47, Erika Malaspina 4.03m.
Long jump: 35, Aria Small 6.15m.
Triple jump: 13, Aria Small 13.24m.
Discus: 38, Jaimi Salone 51.45m.
Hammer: 44, Jordan Fong 57.94m.
Javelin: 1, Mackenzie Little 59.47m; 2, Jenna Gray 56.09m; 31, Virginia Miller 48.47m.
