STANFORD, Calif. – In his collegiate 100-meter debut, freshman Udodi Onwuzurike shattered meet and Stanford records at the Stanford Invitational on Friday – twice.
Onwuzurike completed his day with a 10.07, the second-fastest time in NCAA Division I and the sixth-fastest time in the world this year.
Until Friday, the Stanford record and freshman record was 10.39 by Wopamo Osaisai in 2005. But Onwuzurike, the reigning world under-20 200 champion, took that down easily in his first collegiate 100 race, running 10.14 in the prelims at 1 p.m. At 2:20 p.m., Owuzurike ran even faster. Japan's Yuki Koike was second in 10.31, with the wind reading at a legal 0.6 meters per second.
The Stanford Invitational record of 10.18 had stood since 2000, when established by Washington's Ja'Warren Hooker.
Dorien Simon was seventh in 10.59. His 10.50 in the prelims places him at No. 8 at Stanford all-time.
Onwuzurike's was among three meet records to fall. Also broken were the facility record in the women's hammer throw, the national high school girls' 5,000 record, and the NCAA Division III women's 10,000 record. Also, the 10 fastest times in the men's 5,000 in NCAA Division I this year all were run in the same race at Cobb Track and Angell Field Friday night, with Ky Robinson leading a 1-2-3 Stanford finish.
Robinson, a sophomore from Australia, was two weeks removed from a runner-up 5,000 finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. He made his season outdoor debut with a 13:23.61, with Charles Hicks in 13:24.58 – both under the meet record of 13:25.63 held by Northern Arizona's David McNeill, also an Australian, since 2010. Cole Sprout was third in 13:27.02. Now, they rank Nos. 4, 5, and 8 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list.
Robinson, Hicks, and Sprout worked together, with only Alabama's Amon Kemboi and Colorado's Andrew Kent joining them to fill out a five-runner lead pack. With three laps to go, Kemboi crept up to leader Robinson's shoulder. But it was Sprout who bolted into the lead just before the gun with Kent in tow.
In a wild final lap, Robinson and Hicks swung around Kent on the curve and then passed Sprout on the backstretch. Hicks made a bid for the lead as they reached the homestretch, but Robinson was too strong and pulled away.
In the women's javelin, Stanford's Virginia Miller was sixth at the U.S. Olympic Trials last year, but never did she throw farther than on Friday, when she won in 181-3 (55.26m). Miller, making her season debut, hit her big throw on her sixth and final attempt, earning an six-foot improvement from her second-best in the competition. The distance strengthened her hold on the No. 4 spot of Stanford's top-10 list.
Laurel Wong. Photo by John P. Lozano/ISIphotos.com.
Laurel Wong had her finest day as a collegian, clearing a lifetime best 13-7 ¼ (4.15m) to win the women's pole vault.
In the women's hammer, Cal's Camyron Rogers, who already held the meet record, broke the facility record on her second throw, a distance of 243-4 (74.18m). It exceeded Gwen Berry's 239-0 (72.84m) from the 2017 TrackTown Summer Series event.
In the women's 5,000 invitational race, Natalie Cook of Flower Mound (Texas), placed third in 15:25.93, shattering the two-year-old national high school record of 15:34.47 from Jenna Hutchins of Science Hill High in Johnson City, Tennessee. And in the women's 10,000, Kassie Parker of Loras ran 33:03.61, to place fourth in the invitational and break the Division III record.
Stanford athletes set 26 personal bests, including a 193-0 (58.84m) hammer throw by Jordan Fong for fourth place among women.
The meet reconvenes on Saturday at 9 a.m. for the high school boys discus.
Virginia Miller. Photo by John P. Lozano/ISIphotos.com.
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Stanford Invitational
At Cobb Track and Angell Field
Friday's results
Winners and all Stanford
Men
100 – Final: 1, Udodi Onwuzurike (Stanford) 10.07 (PB; school record; school freshman record; meet record); 7, Dorien Simon (Stanford) 10.59. Prelims: 1, Udodi Onwuzurike (Stanford) 10.14 (PB; school record; school freshman record; meet record); 6, Dorien Simon (Stanford) 10.50 (No. 8 Stanford AT).
1,500 – Invite: 1, Ryoma Aoki (Honda) 3:41.08. Sec. 4: 5, Ryan Oosting (Stanford) 3:54.42 (PB); 6, Nick Feffer (Stanford) 3:55.44. Sec. 5: 10, Liam Conway (Stanford) 3:57.98.
5,000 – Invite: 1, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 13:23.61 (meet record, No. 4 Stanford AT); 2, Charles Hicks (Stanford) 13:24.58 (PB; No. 5 Stanford AT); 3, Cole Sprout (Stanford) 13:27.02 (No. 8 Stanford AT); 11, Evan Burke (Stanford) 13:38.82 (PB); 13, Thomas Boyden (Stanford) 13:46.14. Sec. 2: 14, Nolan Topper (Stanford) 13:54.23 (PB); 23, DJ Principe (Stanford) 14:00.68; 25, Robert DiDonato (Stanford) 14:09.92 (PB). Sec. 3: 3, Joshua Schumacher (Stanford) 14:00.37 (PB); 7, Galen Topper (Stanford) 14:01.80 (PB); 15, Michael Vernau (Stanford) 14:08.71; 23, Caleb Boutelle (Stanford) 14:41.42 (PB).
10,000 – Invite: 1, Mohamed Mohumed (Germany) 28:13.83; 31, Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau (Stanford) 29:29.84; 32, Devin Hart (Stanford) 29:41.57 (PB).
110 hurdles – 1, Ryan Fields (Cal Poly Pomona) 14.08.
400 hurdles – 1, Ryan Fields (Cal Poly Pomona) 52.21.
3,000 steeplechase – Invite: 1, Ryan Smeeton (Oklahoma State) 8:34.37.
High jump – High pit: 1, Marcus Gelpi (Diablo Valley) 7-1 (2.16m). Low pit: 1, James Stevens (Stanford) 6-6 ¾ (2.00m).
Long jump – Invite: 1, Christian Wood (Cal State Fullerton) 24-11 (7.59m): 6, Allan Hunter (Stanford) 23-10 1/4w (7.27m), 23-7 ¼ (7.19m). Collegiate: 2, John Kroeger (Stanford) 22-11 ¾ (7.00m); 3, Kevin Yang (Stanford) 22-7 ¼ (6.89m) (PB).
Discus – Invite: 1, Kristoffer Thomsen (North Dakota State) 171-5 (52.26m). Collegiate: 1, Sam Liokumovich (Stanford) 168-6 (51.37m) (PB); 4, Max McKhann (Stanford) 153-0 (46.64m); 16, Garin Gross (Stanford) 130-1 (39.65m) (PB); 19, Anthony Argyropoulos (Stanford) 122-7 (37.38m); 20, James Wright (Stanford) 121-7 (37.06m) (PB).
Javelin – Invite: 1, Jarrett Chong (Simon Fraser) 209-8 (63.91m).
Women
100 – Final: 1, Ezinne Abba (Cal) 11.35; 3, Alexa Rossum (Stanford) 11.53; 5, Olivia Okoli (Stanford) 11.77; 8, Kennedy Gamble (Stanford) 11.95. Prelims: 3, Alexa Rossum (Stanford) 11.51; 4, Kennedy Gamble (Stanford) 11.68; 6, Olivia Okoli (Stanford) 11.78; 17, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 12.26 (PB).
400 – 1, Ayana Fields (Cal Poly Pomona) 54.89; 3, Maya Valmon (Stanford) 55.18 (PB); 19, Trinity Price (Stanford) 57.82; 23, Camille Peisner (Stanford) 58.35; 27, Hannah Wilson (Stanford) 57.07.
1,500 – Invite: Val Constien (unattached) 4:09.97; 6, Christina Aragon (Stanford) 4:15.09. Sec. 2: 4, Ellie Deligianni (Stanford) 4:17.36 (PB). Sec. 3: 3, Audrey Suarez (Stanford) 4:23.50 (PB). Sec. 4: 2, Melissa Tanaka (Stanford) 4:22.60; 5, Lily Flynn (Stanford) 4:24.85 (PB); 8, Morgan Foster (Stanford) 4:27.80 (PB).
5,000 – Invite: 1, Molly Grabill (unattached) 15:22.97; 3, Natalie Cook (Flower Mound) 15:25.93 (national high school record); 7, Lucy Jenks (Stanford) 15:41.13 (PB). Sec. 3: 8, Jessica Lawson (Stanford) 16:32.77.
10,000 – Invite: 1, Lauren Gregory (Arkansas) 32:34.21; 4, Kassie Parker (Loras) 33:03.61 (NCAA Division III record). Sec. 2: 4, Grace Connolly (Stanford) 34:09.79 (PB).
100 hurdles – Final: 1, Allie Jones (Stanford) 13.42. Prelims: 1, Allie Jones (Stanford) 13.44.
400 hurdles – 1, Maya Occiano (Cal State Fullerton) 1:01.31; 4, Samantha Thomas (Stanford) 1:01.66.
3,000 steeplechase – Invite: 1, Carmen Riano (Miami, Ohio) 9:57.42.
High jump – High pit: 1, Lilian Turban (Hawaii) 5-10 (1.78m). Low pit: 3, Valerie Przekop (Stanford) 5-3 (1.60m).
Pole vault – Invite: 1, Laurel Wong (Stanford) 13-7 ¼ (4.15m) (PB; No. 5 Stanford AT); 3, Lianne Kistler (Stanford) 12-9 ½ (3.90m). Collegiate: 3, Kelly Kern (Stanford) 11-9 ¾ (3.60m).
Long jump – Invite: 1, Marie-Jeanne Ourega (Academy of Art) 21-1 ¼ (6.43m); 7, Allie Jones (Stanford) 19-0 ¾ (5.81m); 9, Teagan Zwaanstra (Stanford) 19-0w (5.79m), 18-5 ¼ (5.62m).
Shot put – Invite: 1, Maia Garren (Utah State) 51-1 ½ (15.58m). Collegiate: 3, Brandy Atuatasi (Stanford) 40-9 ½ (12.43m); 6, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 39-6 ½ (12.05m).
Hammer – Invite: 1, Camryn Rogers (Cal) 243-4 (74.18m) (facility record; meet record); 4, Jordan Fong (Stanford) 193-0 (58.84m) (PB; No. 5 Stanford AT).
Javelin – Invite: 1, Virginia Miller (Stanford) 181-3 (55.26m) (PB; No. 4 Stanford AT).
AT = all-time
PB = personal best