STANFORD, Calif. – Thirty-three Stanford track and field athletes – 15 men and 18 women – plus three relay teams have qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, the meet that determines the NCAA Championships field.
The West regional, at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium on May 24-27, 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 NCAA Championships, are June 7-10 in Austin, Texas.
Top-12 men's seeds for Stanford are: Udodi Onwuzurike (No. 1, 200; No. 6, 100), Charles Hicks (No. 1, 10,000; No. 12, 5,000), Ky Robinson (No. 2, 10,000; No. 4, 5,000), and Devin Hart (No. 11, 10,000).
Top-12 women's seeds are: Alyssa Jones (No. 2, long jump; No. 10 high jump), Roisin Willis (No. 3, 800), Melissa Tanaka (No. 3, 1,500), Zofia Dudek (No. 4, 5,000), Lucy Jenks (No. 5, 5,000), Juliette Whittaker (No. 8, 1,500), and the 4x400 relay team (No. 8).
The most representatives in any event for Stanford is in the men's 10,000, with five qualifiers – Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau, Devin Hart, Charles Hicks, Ky Robinson, and Cole Sprout. Top women's representation comes from the 800 and 5,000, with four each. Ellie Deligianni, Taylor James, Anna Tovkach, and Roisin Willis run the 800. Grace Connolly, Zofia Dudek, Lucy Jenks, and Riley Stewart run the 5,000.
Four true freshmen women advanced: Jones, Willis, Whittaker, and Riley Stewart (5,000).
Other Stanford first-time qualifiers: Audrey DaDamio (women's 10,000), Robert DiDonato (men's 5,000), Allan Hunter (men's long jump), Taylor James (women's 800), John Kroeger (men's long jump), Samantha Thomas (women's 400 hurdles), and Cydney Wright (women's 200). Grad transfer Anna Tovkach (women's 800) twice advanced to the NCAA East Prelims while at Army.
The members of the men's 4x100 relay team that recorded its fastest time this season were Kroeger, Olufemi Cole, Gabriel Navarro, and Onwuzurike.
The members of the women's 4x100 that recorded its season best were Olivia Okoli, Alyssa Jones, Wright, and Rossum. Members of Stanford's fastest 4x400 this season were Wright, Rossum, Valmon, and Whittaker.
Previous All-Americans (including cross country, and indoor and outdoor track and field) to advance are Brown, Hart, Hicks, McKhann, Onwuzurike, Robinson, and Sprout for the men.
All-Americans for the women to advance are Deligianni, Dudek, Jones, Rossum, Tanaka, Thomas, Valmon, Whittaker, and Willis.
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Men (15 individuals, 10 events)
100: 6, Udodi Onwuzurike 10.07.
200: 1, Udodi Onwuzurike 19.91.
5,000: 4, Ky Robinson 13:29.44; 12, Charles Hicks 13:33.29; 27, Evan Burke 13:44.72; 28, Robert DiDonato 13:44.89.
10,000: 1, Charles Hicks 27:57.47; 2, Ky Robinson 27:58.74; 11, Devin Hart 28:07.64; 20, Cole Sprout 28:30.91; 28, Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau 28:42.33.
4x100 relay: 23, Stanford 39.68.
Pole vault: 14, Garrett Brown 5.41; 24, Max Manson 5.31.
Long jump: 34, Allan Hunter 7.64; 44, John Kroeger 7.57.
Triple jump: 27, Kevin Yang 15.64.
Discus: 18, Chudi Ikpeazu 58.78.
Hammer: 16, Max McKhann 67.62.
Women (18 individuals, 13 events)
100: 38, Alexa Rossum 11.42.
200: 32, Alexa Rossum 23.37; 33, Cydney Wright 23.37.
400: 14, Maya Valmon 51.71.
800: 3, Roisin Willis 2:01.97; 15, Taylor James 2:05.19; 18, Ellie Deligianni 2:05.42; 21, Anna Tovkach 2:05.53.
1,500: 3, Melissa Tanaka 4:09.85; 8, Juliette Whittaker 4:12.49.
5,000: 4, Zofia Dudek 15:32.89; 5, Lucy Jenks 15:33.13; 25, Grace Connolly 16:01.72; 26, Riley Stewart 16:03.66.
10,000: 28, Grace Connolly 33:19.28; 31, Audrey DaDamio 33:21.12.
400 hurdles: 19, Samantha Thomas 58.22.
4x100 relay: 16, Stanford 44.34.
4x400 relay: 8, Stanford 3:31.64.
High jump: 10, Alyssa Jones 1.83.
Pole vault: 21, Laurel Wong 4.17.
Long jump: 2, Alyssa Jones 6.79.
