BOSTON – On a day when Stanford athletes set 10 personal bests, sophomore Juliette Whittaker provided the biggest highlight, breaking the school mile record on Saturday at the John Thomas Terrier Classic.
Whittaker ran 4:30.92 while placing seventh overall and sixth among collegians. All six ran times that placed them among the 30-fastest indoor milers in collegiate history. Whittaker now is No. 30 on the all-time collegiate list on all indoor tracks and No. 27 on regulation 200-meter tracks.
Whittaker actually finished second in Section 2 and was top collegian in that race, and the other top times came from Section 1. Placing fourth in Section 2 was Lucy Jenks, whose 4:36.25 makes her the eighth-fastest miler in Stanford indoor history. In Section 3, Sophia Kennedy ran a personal best 4:43.09 – placing her No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshman list.
Whittaker had been Stanford's fastest on a 200-meter indoor track, running 4:33.89 as a freshman last year, but ranked No. 3 on all indoor tracks. Elise Cranny, a 2020 U.S. Olympian, held the overall school mile mark, running 4:31.29 on University of Washington's 307-meter Dempsey Indoor track in 2018 to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title. Whittaker could qualify for the NCAA Championships in three events -- the 800, mile, and distance medley relay. Stanford has yet to run a DMR this season, but is the defending NCAA champion with Whittaker anchoring last year's winning team.
It was a good day for the Whittakers at the Terrier Classic as sister Isabella of Penn won the 400 in a facility record 51.69.
Stanford concluded two days of competition at both the Terrier Classic at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center and the River Hawk Invitational at the Track at New Balance.
Defending NCAA indoor 800 champion Roisin Willis made her season debut at that distance and finished second at the Terrier Classic and was the first collegian. Her time of 2:01.99 is believed to be the second-fastest in NCAA Division I this year and should get her into the NCAA Championships as one of the top 16 times in the nation by season's end.
A pair of Stanford 200-meter runners excelled Saturday. Cydney Wright won the event at the Terrier Classic in 23.77, which moves her into Stanford's indoor Top-10 list at No. 7. Freshman Will Floyd took third in the River Hawk in 21.35 and takes the No. 5 spot on the Cardinal men's indoor list.
Stanford's 200-meter standouts Cydney Wright and Will Floyd. Photos by Bob Drebin/ISIphotos.com.
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Saturday's results
John Thomas Terrier Classic
At Boston University Track and Tennis Center
200-meter banked track
Winners and Stanford results
Women
60 – Prelims: 11, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 7.81.
200 – 1, Cydney Wright (Stanford) 23.77 (No. 7 Stanford AT); 5, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 24.00; 6, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 24.27 (PB); 12, Trinity Price (Stanford) 24.89; 21, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 25.33.
400 – 1, Isabella Whittaker (Penn) 51.69; 8, Samantha Thomas (Stanford) 55.82; 15, Camille Peisner (Stanford) 56.54; 17, Sage Hinton (Stanford) 56.89.
800 – 1, Lucia Stafford (Nike) 2:01.79; 2, Roisin Willis (Stanford) 2:01.99; 14, Taylor James (Stanford) 2:07.20; 19, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 2:08.21; 23, Madison Shults (Stanford) 2:10.89; 29, Cate Peters (Stanford) 2:11.92.
Mile – 1, Anna Camp Bennett (adidas) 4:27.13; 7, Juliette Whittaker (Stanford) 4:30.92 (PB; School record); 13, Lucy Jenks (Stanford) 4:36.25 (PB; No. 8 Stanford AT); 27, Sophia Kennedy (Stanford) 4:43.09 (PB; No. 4 Stanford frosh); 30, Riley Stewart (Stanford) 4:43.71; 38, Nicola Hogg (Stanford) 4:47.59; 66, Hillary Studdert (Stanford) 4:57.04 (PB).
3,000 – Invite: 1, Ella Donaghu '21 (Nike Union AC) 8:46.39. Open: 8, Grace Connolly (Stanford) 9:17.79 (PB); 13, Audrey DaDamio (Stanford) 9:29.08 (PB); Lucy Jenks (Stanford) DNF.
5,000 – Open: 1, Adva Cohen (Under Armour Dark Sky Distance) 15:27.20; 26, Caroline Wells (Stanford) 16:55.49.
60 hurdles – Open: 1, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 8.71.
4x400 relay – 1, Penn 3:32.44; 2, Stanford A (Cydney Wright, Roisin Willis, Cate Peters, Samantha Thomas) 3:37.99; 5, Stanford C (Camille Peisner, Trinity Price, Megan Olomu, Tess Stapleton) 3:46.74; 6, Stanford B (Sage Hinton, Amelia Everett, Madison Shults, Taylor James) 3:46.82.
High jump – 1, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 5-8 ¾ (1.75m).
Shot put – 1, Emily Fink (Army) 49-5 ¾ (15.08m); 7, Brandy Atuatasi (Stanford) 44-8 (13.61m); 8, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 43-10 (13.36m).
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River Hawk Invitational
At the Track at New Balance
200-meter banked track
Winners and Stanford results
Men
60 – 1, Trayvion White-Austin (Arizona) 6.83; 8, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 7.01. Prelims: 8, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 6.95.
200 – 1, Trayvion White-Austin (Arizona) 21.13; 3, Will Floyd (Stanford) 21.35 (No. 5 Stanford AT).
1,000 – 1, Daniel Cosgrove (unat.) 2:24.71; 2, Miles Smith, M.S. '21 (Peninsula Distance Club) 2:25.57; 3, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 2:25.81; 4, Cole Sprout (Stanford) 2:26.68; 9, Nolan Topper (Stanford) 2:29.41 (PB); Lorenzo Botter (Stanford) DNF.
Mile – 1, Miles Smith, M.S. '21 (Peninsula Distance Club) 4:04.62; 2, Leo Young (Stanford) 4:04.87; 3, Thomas Boyden (Stanford) 4:07.47; 4, Lex Young (Stanford) 4:07.65; 8, Callum Sherry (Stanford) 4:14.00; 15, Milo Skapinsky (Stanford) 4:16.72; 21, Caleb Boutelle (Stanford) 4:18.45.
Long jump – 1, Reinaldo Rodrigues (Arizona) 25-4 ½ (7.73m); 15, Garrett Brown (Stanford) 21-6 (6.55m) (PB).
Triple jump – 1, Jakari Lomax (Youngstown State) 51-7 ¾ (15.74m); 3, Kevin Yang (Stanford) 49-7 ¼ (15.12m).
Shot put – Open: 1, Gavin McCarthy (Maine) 52-1 ¾ (15.89m); 2, Garin Gross (Stanford) 50-9 ¼ (15.47m) (PB).
Weight throw – 1, Liam McGovern (New Hampshire) 58-10 (17.94m); 13, Mason McKhann (Stanford) 49-5 (15.07m).