BOSTON – On a day when his brother set the collegiate 5,000-meter record, Leo Young broke a formidable Stanford freshman record at the John Thomas Terrier Classic indoor track and field meet on Friday night.
Stanford is competing at two Boston meets Friday and Saturday, with the River Hawk Invitational at the Track at New Balance being the other.
On Friday, the 200-meter banked track at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center was the center stage for fast races, with Stanford runners right in the middle of them.
Leo Young, 18, was third in the non-invitational 3,000 section in 7:55.36, breaking a school frosh mark set by Chris Derrick in 2009. In that race, Derrick placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 7:56.31, a U.S. under-20 record at the time.
Young now is No. 7 on the U.S. U20 list and should be a contender for a national top-16 spot, which would qualify him for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 8-9 back in Boston.
Minutes later, on the same B.U. track, Young's older brother Nico of Northern Arizona broke the collegiate absolute record in the 5,000 in 12:57.14. The second collegiate runner in that race was Stanford's Ky Robinson, who ran a strong 13:21.99. Robinson has placed second among collegians in the past two 5,000 collegiate indoor record races, having done so on the same track on December 2 to Harvard's Graham Blanks at the Colyear-Danville meet.
A minor shuffling of the collegiate top-10 lists has Robinson at No. 3 indoors and No. 6 on the absolute (indoors and outdoors) performers' lists after his 13:06.42 at Colyear-Danville.
Cole Sprout raced in the next section of the 5,000 and ran 13:30.37 – only five seconds off his indoor best – to place fifth. In Section 2, Stanford sophomore Callum Sherry (14:07.52) and freshman Milo Skapinsky (14:07.79) each ran personal bests.
At the River Hawk meet, reigning Pac-12 champion Alyssa Jones won the long jump in her season debut in that event, jumping 20-7 ¾ (6.29m).
In the shot put, Kaiah Fisher and Brandy Atuatasi threw season bests of 46-10 ¾ (14.29m) and 45-2 ¼ (13.77m), respectively. For Fisher, her distance was not only a personal best, but it moved her into Stanford's all-time top-10 indoor list, at No. 9.
Leo Young. Photo by ISI Photos.
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Friday's results
John Thomas Terrier Classic
At Boston University Track and Tennis Center
200-meter banked track
Winners and Stanford results
Men
200 – 1, Stephen Harris (Franklin Pierce) 21.11; 19, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 22.12.
400 – 1, Gregory Lapit (Harvard) 47.10; 5, Will Floyd (Stanford) 47.74.
800 – 1, Luke Griner (Army) 1:47.47; Lorenzo Botter (Stanford) DNF.
Mile – 1, Colin Sahlman (Northern Arizona) 3:53.17; 94, Thomas Boyden (Stanford) 4:12.23.
3,000 – 1, Gabriel Sanchez (Tennessee) 7:54.36; 3, Leo Young (Stanford) 7:55.36 (PB; Stanford frosh record); 20, Lex Young (Stanford) 8:07.53; 74, Nolan Topper (Stanford) 8:22.67; 98, Caleb Boutelle (Stanford) 8:32.22.
5,000 – White heat: 1, Adrian Wildcschutt (NAZ Elite) 12:56.76; 11, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 13:21.99. Main heat: 5, Cole Sprout (Stanford) 13:30.37; 18, Callum Sherry (Stanford) 14:07.52 (PB); 19, Milo Skapinsky (Stanford) 14:07.79 (PB).
Triple jump – 1, Femi Akinduro (Toronto) 51-0 ¾ (15.56m); 4, Kevin Yang (Stanford) 47-2 ¼ (14.38m).
Shot put – 1, Sam Engebretson (MIT) 53-7 ½ (16.34m); 10, Garin Gross (Stanford) 47-3 ¾ (14.42m); 20, Garrett Brown (Stanford) 37-2 ¼ (11.33m) (PB).
Weight throw – 1, Cameron Smith (Army); 10, Mason McKhann (Stanford) 50-2 (15.29m).
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River Hawk Invitational
At the Track at New Balance
200-meter banked track
Winners and Stanford results
Women
60 – Qualifying: 12, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 7.80; 32, Trinity Price (Stanford) 8.23.
200 – 1, McKenna Watson (Arizona) 23.85; 14, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 25.13.
Long jump – 1, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 20-7 ¾ (6.29m); 3, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 19-3 ¼ (5.87m).
Shot put – 1, Tapenisa Havea (Arizona) 51-0 (15.54m); 3, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 46-10 ¾ (14.29m) (PB; No. 9 Stanford AT); 5, Brandy Atuatasi (Stanford) 45-2 ¼ (13.77m).
PB = Personal best
AT = All-time
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Stanford's Saturday Schedule (all times Pacific)
John Thomas Terrier Classic
At Boston University Track and Tennis Center
8 a.m.: Women's 60 hurdles – Tess Stapleton.
8:12 a.m.: Women's 60 – Megan Olomu.
8:30 a.m.: Women's 800 – Amelia Everett, Taylor James, Cate Peters, Madison Shults, Juliette Whittaker, Roisin Willis.
9:35 a.m.: Women's 400 – Sage Hinton, Camille Peisner, Cate Peters, Trinity Price, Samantha Thomas.
10:44 a.m.: Women's 200 – Alyssa Jones, Megan Olomu, Camille Peisner, Trinity Price, Tess Stapleton, Cydney Wright, Teagan Zwaanstra.
11:58 a.m.: 4x400 relay – Stanford A (Cydney Wright, Roisin Willis, Juliette Whittaker, Sage Hinton), Stanford B (Amelia Everett, Taylor James, Madison Shults, Hillary Studdert), Stanford C (Samantha Thomas, Camille Peisner, Trinity Price, Cate Peters).
1:10 p.m.: Women's mile – Nicola Hogg, Lucy Jenks, Sophia Kennedy, Riley Stewart, Hillary Studdert, Juliette Whittaker.
2:40 p.m.: Women's 3,000 – Grace Connolly, Audrey DaDamio, Nicola Hogg, Lucy Jenks, Ava Parekh.
4:10 p.m.: Women's 5,000 – Amy Bunnage, Audrey DaDamio, Caroline Wells.
Noon: High jump – Alyssa Jones.
Noon: Shot put – Brandy Atuatasi, Kaiah Fisher.
Following women's shot put: Weight throw – Brandy Atuatasi, Kaiah Fisher.
River Hawk Invitational
At the Track at New Balance
6 a.m.: Men's weight throw – Mason McKhann
7 a.m.: Men's 60 – Dylan Davis
7 a.m.: Men's long jump – Garrett Brown
8:05 a.m.: Men's mile – Thomas Boyden, Caleb Boutelle, Nolan Topper, Ky Robinson, Callum Sherry, Milo Skapinsky, Cole Sprout, Leo Young, Lex Young
10 a.m.: Men's 800 – Liam Anderson
10:30 a.m.: Men's 200 – Lorenzo Botter, Thomas Boyden, Caleb Boutelle, Will Floyd
11:50 a.m.: Men's 1,000 – Lorenzo Botter, Thomas Boyden, Ky Robinson, Cole Sprout, Galen Topper, Nolan Topper, Leo Young, Lex Young
12:10 p.m.: Men's 3,000 – Ky Robinson, Cole Sprout
Following men's weight throw at 6 a.m.: Shot put – Garin Gross.
Following men's long jump at 7 a.m.: Triple jump – Kevin Yang