Season in Review: Track and Field

STANFORD, Calif. – In a year in which Stanford was deemed as the nation's top men's cross country/track and field program, the Cardinal had much to be proud of.

The Stanford men placed among the NCAA's top five in both indoor and outdoor track for the first time since 2001.

With the Cardinal women placing 10th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships – with help from Mackenzie Little's repeat triumph in the javelin – Stanford earned top-10 men's and women's team finishes for the second consecutive year. That hadn't happened since 2001-03.

The following are honors earned by Stanford teams and individuals during the 2019 indoor and outdoor seasons.
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Combined Teams Indoors and Outdoors

• No. 1 ranked combined men's and women's track and field/cross country program in the nation (unofficial, based on USTFCCCA Program of the Year average rankings).
• Only school to have two top-five placings in Program of the Year rankings.
• 15 first-team All-America honors.

Outdoors Combined Teams

• Two top-10 teams at NCAA Championships for second consecutive year, first time since 2001-03.
• 14 individuals earned All-America honors.
• 24th consecutive year with at least one NCAA top-20 team finish.
• 29th consecutive year with at least one NCAA top-five individual finish.
• Eight first-team All-Americans.
• Four Academic All-Americans.
• Qualified 30, plus one relay to the NCAA West Prelims.
• 39 Pac-12 All-Academic selections.

Indoors Combined Teams

• 44 combined points at NCAAs most since 2008.
• Seven individual first-team All-Americans.
• Sent six individuals plus a relay team to NCAAs.
• School records broken eight times.

Men Combined Seasons

• John McDonnell Men's Program of the Year (including cross country, indoor and outdoor track).
• Only program in nation with top-five team finishes in all three seasons.
• First time placing in the top 5 in NCAA both indoors and outdoors since 2001.

Women Combined Seasons

• Fifth in Terry Crawford Women's Program of the Year (including cross country, indoor and outdoor track).

Men Outdoors

• Fifth at NCAA Championships.
• Highest NCAA team finish since 2001.
• Third consecutive year with an NCAA individual champion.
• First NCAA steeplechase champion in school history.
• Extended streak of consecutive years with an NCAA 5,000 finalist to 11.
• Unbeaten against Cal at NCAAs for 23rd consecutive year (22-0-1).
• Eighth at Pac-12 Championships.
• Qualified five in the 5,000 for NCAA West Prelims.

Women Outdoors

• 10th at NCAA Championships.
• Extended streak of top-15 team finishes to nine.
• 10th consecutive top-20 NCAA team finish.
• First school in NCAA javelin history to score 15 or more points in back-to-back years.
• Fourth at Pac-12 Championships.
• Had an individual conference champion for the 24th consecutive year, the longest active women's streak in the Pac-12.
• Had an NCAA 5,000 finalist for the 18th time in 19 years, including 10 consecutive years.
• Extended streak of consecutive years with an NCAA javelin qualifier to nine.
• Fifth consecutive Big Meet victory.
• Eighth consecutive Pac-12 javelin victory.
• 17th consecutive Big Meet javelin victory.
• Ninth consecutive Big Meet 4x400 victory.
• Finished ahead of Cal at NCAAs for the 12th consecutive year.

Men Indoors

• Fourth at NCAA Championships.
• Highest finish since 2007.
• Scored 30 points at NCAAs.
• Most points at NCAAs since 2000.
• Seventh at MPSF Championships.
• School records broken six times.

Women Indoors

• 12th at NCAA Championships.
• Sixth consecutive top-20 NCAA team finish.
• Second at MPSF Championships.
• 12th MPSF 3,000 title since 1993.
   

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Coaches

Chris Miltenberg

• USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Men's Coach of the Year.

Amin Nikfar

• USTFCCCA West Region Outdoor Women's Assistant Coach of the Year.
   

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Men

Julian Body

• Captain.

Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• Leadoff leg on school-record 4x400 relay (3:07.66).
• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time list in the 60 hurdles.
• Moved to No. 1, No. 6, and No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in 4x400.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay.
• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Isaiah Brandt-Sims

• Four-time career All-American.

Indoors

• Second leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay.
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• Twice broke school record in the 60 (6.79, 6.71).
• Anchor leg on school-record 4x400 relay (3:07.66).
• Moved to No. 1, No. 6, and No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the 4x400.
• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Liam Christensen
Outdoors

• Broke school javelin record (245-4, 74.78m).
• Broke Big Meet javelin record (245-4).
• Big Meet javelin winner.
   

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Isaac Cortes
Indoors

• Third leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay.
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• Third leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Tai Dinger

• Captain.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Landon Ellingson
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Steven Fahy

• Four-time career All-American.
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.

Outdoors

• Won NCAA 3,000 steeplechase championship.
• Became first to do so from Stanford.
• First-team All-America (steeplechase).
• Repeated as Pac-12 steeplechase champion.
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
• Big Meet 3,000 winner.
• Big Meet 3,000 steeplechase winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Grant Fisher

• 12-time career All-American.
• Stanford Athletics Board Biff Hoffman Award.
• Captain.

Outdoors

• Second in NCAA 5,000.
• First-team All-America (5,000).
• Moved to No. 8 on Stanford all-time 5,000 list.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (April 23).
• Big Meet 800 winner.
• Big Meet 1,500 winner.

Indoors

• Second in NCAA 3,000.
• First-team All-America (3,000).
• Anchor leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay.
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• USTFCCCA Men's West Region Track Athlete of the Year.
• Broke school record in the 3,000 (7:42.62).
• Anchor leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay.
• MPSF All-Academic.
• USTFCCCA National Division I Women's Athlete of the Week (Feb. 12).
• Broke American collegiate record in the 3,000 (7:42.62) to win Millrose Games.
• The time was No. 4 in collegiate indoor history.

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Will Kingsfield
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

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Jake Koffman

• Captain.

Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Nathaniel Kucera
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Connor Lane
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Max McKhann
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 3 on Stanford's all-time freshmen hammer list.

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Clayton Mendez

• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshmen mile list.

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Gabriel Navarro
Indoors

• Second leg on school-record 4x400 relay (3:07.66).
• Moved to No. 3 on Stanford all-time list in 200.
• Moved to No. 6 on Stanford all-time list in 60.
• Moved to No. 1, No. 6, and No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the 4x400.

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Fisayo Omilana
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Alex Ostberg

• Three-time career All-American.
• Captain.

Indoors

• Fifth in NCAA 3,000.
• First-team All-America (3,000).
• Leadoff leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay.
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• Leadoff leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay.
• Became the 18th Stanford runner to break 4 minutes in the mile.
• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time list in the 3,000.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Alek Parsons
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic first team.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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DJ Principe
Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Thomas Ratcliffe
Outdoors

• Third in NCAA 5,000.
• First-team All-America (5,000).
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

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Trevor Rex
Outdoors

• Big Meet high jump winner.

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Hari Sathyamurthy
Indoors

• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay.

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Brian Smith
Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Louis Stenmark
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Big Meet 400 winner.

Indoors

• Broke school record in 600 (1:17.59).
• Third leg on school-record 4x400 relay (3:07.66).
• Second leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in 400.
• Moved to No. 1, No. 6, and No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the 4x400.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Michael Vernau
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Isaac Westlund

• Outdoors
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Harrison Williams

• Six-time career All-American.
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.
• Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal.
• Stanford Athletics Board Biff Hoffman Award.
• Captain.

Outdoors

• Second in NCAA decathlon.
• First-team All-America (decathlon).
• Pac-12 Men's Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
• Three-time NCAA top-six decathlon placer.
• Broke school decathlon record (8,112).
• Broke school multi-events records eight times.
• Broke school decathlon record five times.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Big Meet pole vault winner.

Indoors

• Won NCAA heptathlon championship.
• First-team All-America (heptathlon).
• First Stanford male to win an NCAA multi-events title.
• Broke school record in the heptathlon (6,042).
• Broke school heptathlon record three times.
• Moved to No. 6 on Stanford all-time list in the 60 hurdles.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Miles Zoltak
Outdoors

• Big Meet 200 winner.

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Women

Christina Aragon

• Captain.

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Ashlan Best
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time 200 list.
• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time 400 list.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time 60 list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Caitlin Collier
Indoors

• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time 800 list.

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Ella Donaghu
Outdoors

• Sixth in NCAA 1,500.
• First-team All-America (1.500).
• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time 1,500 list.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Jordan Fong
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time hammer list.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford's all-time freshmen hammer list.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 6 on Stanford all-time weight throw list.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford's all-time freshmen weight throw list.

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Kennedy Gamble
Indoors

• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time 60 list.

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Giana Gayles
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time pentathlon list.
• MPSF All-Academic.
   

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Lena Giger

• Four-time career All-American.
• Captain.

Indoors

• Second in NCAA shot put.
• First-team All-America (shot put).
• Broke school record in the shot put (58-8 ½, 17.89m).
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Jenna Gray

• Five-time career All-American (including two in volleyball).
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior

Outdoors

• Fourth in NCAA javelin.
• First-team All-America (javelin).
• No. 24 javelin thrower in collegiate history.
• No. 71 throw in collegiate history.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

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Julia Heymach
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Allie Jones
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in heptathlon.
• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshmen heptathlon list.
• Big Meet 4x400 winner.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time pentathlon list.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time 60 hurdles list.
• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshmen pentathlon list.

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Hannah Labrie-Smith
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 10 on Stanford all-time list in 100 hurdles.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Big Meet 400 hurdles winner.
• Big Meet 4x400 winner.

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Jessica Lawson
Outdoors

• 10th in NCAA 1,500.
• Second-team All-America (1,500).
• Moved to No. 6 on Stanford all-time 1,500 list.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet 1,500 winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Mackenzie Little

• Four-time career All-American.
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.
• Stanford Athletics Board Award.
• Captain.

Outdoors

• Won NCAA javelin championship
• Became sixth NCAA javelin repeat champion.
• First Stanford woman to win two NCAA titles in a field event.
• First-team All-America (javelin).
• Four-time Pac-12 javelin champion.
• Fourth in conference history to win four javelin titles.
• No. 5 javelin thrower in collegiate history.
• Nos. 10, 20, 21, 23, 24, 34, 37, 39, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78 throws in collegiate history.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• USTFCCCA National Division I Women's Athlete of the Week (April 9)
• Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Week (April 9).
• USTFCCCA National Division I Women's Athlete of the Week (March 19)
• Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Week (March 19).
• Big Meet javelin winner.

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Erika Malaspina
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic first team.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 3 on Stanford all-time pole vault list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Abbie McNulty

• Two-time career All-American.

Outdoors

• 10th in NCAA 10,000.
• Second-team All-America (10,000).
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• 15th in NCAA 5,000.
• Second-team All-America (5,000).
• Moved to No. 3 on Stanford all-time 5,000 list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Jackie McNulty
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 10 on Stanford all-time pole vault list.

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Kaitlyn Merritt

• Captain.

Outdoors

• 23rd in NCAA pole vault.
• Honorable mention All-America (pole vault).
• Moved to No. 10 on 2 on Stanford all-time list in pole vault.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Big Meet pole vault winner.

Indoors

• MPSF pole vault champion.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford all-time pole vault list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Virginia Miller
Outdoors

• 22nd in NCAA javelin.
• Honorable mention All-America (javelin).
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

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Missy Mongiovi

• Captain.

Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Jordan Oakes
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Fiona O'Keeffe

• Five-time career All-American.
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.

Outdoors

• Seventh in NCAA 5,000
• First-team All-America (5,000).
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in 5,000.
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
• Big Meet 3,000 winner.

Indoors

• Third in NCAA 5,000.
• First-team All-America (3,000).
• Broke school record in the 5,000 (15:35.77).
• Repeat MPSF 3,000 champion.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford all-time 3,000 list.
• Moved to No. 10 on Stanford all-time mile list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Catherine Pagano
Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Rachel Reichenbach

• Stanford Athletics Board Donald Kennedy Award.
• Captain.

Outdoors

• 12th in NCAA high jump.
• Second-team All-America (high jump).
• Moved to No. 5 on Stanford all-time list in high jump.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet high jump winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Kaitlin Ryan
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Jaimi Salone
Outdoors

• 23rd in NCAA discus.
• Honorable mention All-America (discus).
• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time list in discus.
• Moved to No. 10 on Stanford all-time list in shot put.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet shot put winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Samantha Seaton
Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Aria Small
Outdoors

• Moved to No. 3 on Stanford all-time list in triple jump.
• Moved to No. 10 on Stanford all-time list in long jump.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet long jump winner.
• Big Meet triple jump winner.

Indoors

• Moved to No. 5 on Stanford all-time triple jump list.
• MPSF All-Academic.

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Claire Smith
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

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Nicole Summersett
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Sarah Walker
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Big Meet 4x400 winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.

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Carolyn Wilson
Outdoors

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet 800 winner.
• Big Meet 4x400 winner.

Indoors

• MPSF All-Academic.