BOULDER, Colo. – Two Stanford athletes were crowned champions on Friday on the first day of the final Pac-12 Track and Field Championships.
Alyssa Jones repeated as women's long jump champion and two-time NCAA champ Ky Robinson won his first conference track title, winning the men's 10,000 meters.
Robinson's convincing victory was Stanford third triumph in four years in the 10,000, following Charles Hicks in 2021 and 2022. Robinson, the reigning Pac-12 cross country champion, led from the start and won by 25 seconds. His time was 29:15.03 at the 5,360-foot elevation of Potts Field at the University of Colorado.
Jones, a sophomore, was locked in a battle before taking the lead in the fifth round with a season-best jump of 21-3 ½ (6.49 meters).
Jones was seventh going into the final, teammates Tess Stapleton in fourth and Alaysia Oakes tied for fifth. Nothing changed for Jones in the fourth round, but her big jump in the fifth vaulted her six spots into first and Jones would win by 9 inches. Stapleton took fifth in 19-6 ¾ (5.96m) and Jones seventh (19-6 (5.94m).
Jones is among three Stanford women's long jump champions. The others are Jackie Edwards (1992) and Erica McLain (2005, 2006, 2008). Jones holds the wind-legal meet record of 22-1 ½ (6.74m), set last year.
The dissolution of the Pac-12 Conference after this academic year marks the end of a storied history, especially in track and field. Stanford first competed in the Pacific Coast Conference (the forerunner of the Pac-12) meet in 1919.
Jones' victory extends Stanford's streak of consecutive conference meets with a women's individual champion to 28, since 1997. The Cardinal men have had a champion in every Pac-12 championship meet since 2014.
Four events were contested among the women and three for the men. In the 1,500, four Stanford women advanced to the final and two Cardinal men. The top five in each advanced automatically. Juliette Whittaker and Lucy Jenks were third and fourth in Heat 1. Julia Flynn and Zofia Dudek were the two time qualifiers.
For the men, Leo Young was fourth in Heat 1 to advance automatically, and Thomas Boyden was a time qualifier out of Heat 2.
In the long jump, Allan Hunter scored the first point of the meet for the Stanford men, taking eighth at 24-6 ¼ (7.47m).
In the women's javelin, freshman Abbey Moody took intentional fouls on her first two attempts, but came through on her third to advance to the final. That throw (154-0, 46.95m) would be her best. She finished eighth.
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Pac-12 Championships
At Potts Field
Friday's results
Winners and Stanford
Men
Team scores (through 3 of 21 events) – 1, Washington 38; 2, USC 21; 3, Arizona 17; 4, Stanford 14; 5, California 9; 6, Colorado 7; 7, Oregon 6; 8, Washington State 5.
200 – Prelims: 13, Will Floyd (Stanford) 21.45; 23, Gabriel Ajaegbu (Stanford) 22.17 (PB); 24, Evan Jackson (Stanford) 22.26; Dylan Davis (Stanford) FS.
1,500 – Prelims: 8, Leo Young (Stanford) 3:48.60Q; 11, Thomas Boyden (Stanford) 3:48.08q.
10,000 – 1, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 29:15.03; 6, Lex Young (Stanford) 29:51.99; 14, Robert DiDonato (Stanford) 30:49.10; 16, Nolan Topper (Stanford) 31:32.55; 19, Callum Sherry (Stanford) 32:24.27.
400 hurdles – Prelims: 19, Joseph Bailey (Stanford) 55.50.
Long jump – 1, Prestin Artis (Washington) 25-6 ¼ (7.78m); 8, Allan Hunter (Stanford) 24-6 ¼ (7.47m); 11, John Kroeger (Stanford) 23-8 (7.21m).
Javelin – 1, Chandler Ault (Washington) 254-3 (77.51m).
Women
Team scores (through 4 of 21 events) – 1, Colorado 37; 2, UCLA 27; 3, Arizona 20; 4 (tie), Stanford and Oregon 17 each; 6, USC 13; 7, Washington 8; 8, Washington State 6; 9 (tie), Oregon State and Utah 4 each; 11, California 3.
200 – Prelims: 8, Cydney Wright (Stanford) 23.59q; 29, Cate Peters (Stanford) 24.85.
1,500 – Prelims: 6, Juliette Whittaker (Stanford) 4:24.18Q; 8, Lucy Jenks (Stanford) 4:25.30Q; 11, Julia Flynn (Stanford) 4:27.44q; 12, Zofia Dudek (Stanford) 4:28.20q; 18, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 4:42.46.
10,000 – 1, Bailey Hertenstein (Colorado) 34:21.03; 10, Audrey DaDamio (Stanford) 36:28.21.
400 hurdles – Prelims: 14, Samantha Thomas (Stanford) 59.37.
Long jump – 1, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 21-3 ½ (6.49m); 5, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 19-6 ¾ (5.96m); 7, Alaysia Oakes (Stanford) 19-6 (5.94m); 15, Teagan Zwaanstra (Stanford) 18-7 (5.66m).
Hammer – 1, Shelby Moran (Oregon) 225-8 (68.80m).
Javelin – Federica Botter (UCLA) 192-8 (58.72m); 8, Abbey Moody (Stanford) 154-0 (46.95m).
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Stanford's Schedule (all times Pacific)
Saturday
12:30 p.m.: Men's hammer final -- Anthony Argyropoulos, Mason McKhann.
2 p.m.: Women's 100 hurdles prelims – Ht. 2: Tess Stapleton.
2:30 p.m.: Women's 400 prelims – Ht. 1: Maya Valmon; Ht. 2: Cate Peters, Cydney Wright.
2:45 p.m.: Men's 400 prelims – Ht. 2: Gabriel Ajaegbu; Ht. 3: Will Floyd.
3:15 p.m,: Women's 100 prelims – Ht. 1: Alaysia Oakes; Ht. 4: Teagan Zwaanstra; Ht. 5: Alyssa Jones.
3:15 p.m.: Women's shot put final – Kaiah Fisher.
3:20 p.m.: Men's shot put final -- Garin Gross, Sam Liokumovich.
3:30 p.m.: Men's 100 prelims – Ht. 1: Evan Jackson; Ht. 3: Dylan Davis.
3:45 p.m.: Women's 800 prelims – Ht. 1: Amelia Everett, Madison Shults, Roisin Willis; Ht. 2: Julia Flynn; Ht. 4: Taylor James.
4:20 p.m.: Women's 3,000 steeplechase final – Riley Stewart.
Sunday
10 a.m.: Women's discus final – Fl. 1: Brandy Atuatasi, Kaiah Fisher.
10:10 a.m.: Women's triple jump final – Alaysia Oakes.
10:15 a.m.: Men's triple jump final – Kevin Yang.
11 a.m.: Women's pole vault final -- Kelly Kern, Lianne Kistler, Sky Schuller.
Noon: Women's 4x100 relay final – Stanford (Cydney Wright, Tess Stapleton, Teagan Zwaanstra, Alyssa Jones).
12:10 p.m.: Men's 4x100 relay final – Stanford (Evan Jackson, Will Floyd, Dylan Davis, Olufemi Cole).
12:15 p.m.: Men's high jump final – James Stevens.
12:20 p.m.: Women's 1,500 final – Zofia Dudek, Julia Flynn, Lucy Jenks, Juliette Whittaker.
12:30 p.m.: Men's 1,500 final – Thomas Boyden, Leo Young.
12:40 p.m.: Women's 100 hurdles final.
12:45 p.m.: Men's discus final – Fl. 1: Garin Gross, Sam Liokumovich, Mason McKhann.
12:55 p.m.: Women's 400 final.
1 p.m.: Men's 400 final.
1:05 p.m.: Women's 100 final.
1:10 p.m.: Men's 100 final.
1:15 p.m.: Women's 800 final.
1:45 p.m.: Women's 200 final – Cydney Wright.
2 p.m.: Women's 5,000 final -- Amy Bunnage, Grace Connolly, Audrey DaDamio, Zofia Dudek, Lucy Jenks, Sophia Kennedy, Caroline Wells.
2:25 p.m.: Men's 5,000 final -- Thomas Boyden, Robert DiDonato, Ky Robinson, Callum Sherry, Nolan Topper, Leo Young, Lex Young.
2:55 p.m.: Women's 4x400 relay final – Stanford (Cydney Wright, Roisin Willis, Maya Valmon, Juliette Whittaker).
3:10 p.m.: Men's 4x400 relay final – Stanford (Will Floyd, Dylan Davis, Gabriel Ajaegbu, Evan Jackson).
