ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – For the first time since Kori Carter’s final season of 2013, a Stanford hurdler threatened a school record held by the 2017 world champion.
Tess Stapleton ran 8.22 to place second in the invitational 60 hurdles on Saturday at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The time was a huge personal best and was only 0.05 off Carter’s 12-year Stanford standard.
Stapleton moved from No. 3 to No. 2 on Stanford’s all-time list, edging ahead of Katie Nelms, who ran 8.27 in 2013. Stapleton’s previous best was 8.31 from last year’s Ken Shannon Invitational.
Carter, who won the 2013 NCAA 400 hurdles title in a collegiate record time, continues to hold Stanford outdoor records in the 100 hurdles (12.76) and 400 hurdles (53.21) by substantial margins.
Stapleton has been outstanding two meets into the indoor season. She won the 60 hurdles and long jump at the UW Indoor Preview and set a personal wind-legal best in the 200 (23.88) on Friday.
For the men, freshman Xavier Drumgoole provided a glimpse of his outstanding potential by traveling a personal-record 51-1 ¾ (15.59 meters) in only his second collegiate meet to place second in the triple jump. Drumgoole was 3 ¾ inches from winner Kelsey Daniel of Texas, who was eighth in the NCAA Indoor Championships last year.
Drumgoole was the only one in the field with three 50-foot jumps. The third of Drumgoole’s six attempts was his best, closing in on Daniel’s second-attempt distance of 51-5 ½ (15.68m).
At No. 5, Drumgoole became the first addition in 19 years to Stanford’s all-time top-5 freshmen list, which includes outdoor marks. Drumgoole also comes in at No. 6 on Stanford’s all-time indoor list, just ahead of teammate Kevin Yang (50-9 ½, 15.47m) and football great Richard Sherman (50-4 ¾, 15.36m) at Nos. 7 and 8.
The Stanford men’s 4x400 relay team ran 3:14.56 for its fastest time since the 2023 outdoor Mt. SAC Relays (3:11.25). The team was Zachary Ryan, Ryce Reynolds, Joseph Bailey, and Gabriel Ajaegbu.
Stanford was represented by 10 women and nine men on Saturday, with three personal bests and three additions to the Cardinal top-10 lists, including Alyssa Jones' 7.42 in the 60 prelims for No. 10 on the women's list.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational
At Albuquerque Convention Center
(200-meter banked track)
Saturday’s results
Men
60 – Invitational: 1, David Foster (Cal) 6.61; Prelims: 16, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 6.96. Unseeded ‘B’: 11, John Kroeger (Stanford) 7.06.
4x400 relay – 1, Texas 3:08.13; 8, Stanford (Zachary Ryan, Ryce Reynolds, Joseph Bailey, Gabriel Ajaegbu) 3:14.56.
Pole vault – 9, Garrett Brown (Stanford) 16-7 ½ (5.07m).
Triple jump – 1, Kelsey Daniel (Texas) 51-5 ½ (15.68m); 2, Xavier Drumgoole (Stanford) 51-1 ¾ (15.59m) (PB; No. 6 Stanford AT; No. 5 Stanford frosh).
Shot put – 1, Michael Pinones (Texas) 59-0 ¾ (18.00m); 6, Garin Gross (Stanford) 49-7 ¼ (15.12m).
Women
60 – Invitational: 1, Kenondra Davis (Texas) 7.28; 5, Teagan Zwaanstra (Stanford) 7.43; 7, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 7.45. Prelims: 3, Jones 7.42 (PB; No. 10 Stanford AT); 5, Zwaanstra 7.43.
400 – Invitational: 1, Akala Garrett (Texas) 52.35; 10, Camille Peisner (Stanford) 56.34; 13, Sage Hinton (Stanford) 57.77.
60 hurdles – Invitational: 1, Mariam Abdul-Rashid (Canada) 8.17; 2, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 8.22 (PB; No. 2 Stanford AT). Prelims: 5, Stapleton 8.41.
4x400 relay – 1, Texas 3:33.94; 4, Stanford (Rachel Nelson, Camille Peisner, Sage Hinton, Sevilla Duran) 3:46.79.
Pole vault – 1, Sophia Kowalski (Texas) 13-0 ¼ (3.97m); 5, Sky Schuller (Stanford) 12-6 ¼ (3.82m).
Triple jump – 1, Taryn Burkett (Grand Canyon) 42-8 (13.00m); 3, Alaysia Oakes (Stanford) 39-7 ¾ (12.08m).
Shot put – 1, Nina Ndubuisi (Texas) 56-4 ½ (17.18m); 11, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 41-5 (12.62m).
PB = personal best
AT = all-time