BOSTON – Sophomore Amy Bunnage shattered the oldest women’s indoor record in the Stanford history books on Friday while running one of the fastest 3,000-meter races in collegiate history.
At the John Thomas Terrier Classic, Bunnage ran the 3,000 meters in 8:43.82 – the seventh-fastest time in collegiate indoor history. Bunnage was the top collegian and third overall behind Olympians Nikki Hiltz and Linden Hall.
Since 1983, Stanford’s indoor 3,000 record has been 8:53.54, by PattiSue Plumer, a 1988 Olympian and four-time U.S. champion. Plumer set an American record with that time, holding off Joan Benoit by 0.01 at New Jersey's Meadowlands.
Bunnage, who crushed Stanford’s absolute 5,000 record on the same 200-meter Boston University Track and Center track in December, bettered Plumer's record easily while moving up to No. 6 on the all-time collegiate indoor performer’s list.
Bunnage, 19, breaks her own Australian under-20 absolute 3,000 record of 8:51.90 (outdoors from 2023) and breaks the national U20 short-track (indoor) record of 9:08.57 by Melany Smart in 2020. Bunnage now is No. 5 on Australia’s all-time senior 3,000 short track list.
Bunnage now leads NCAA Division I in the 3,000 and is No. 5 in the 5,000. The top 16 nationally advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Bunnage covered her first 1,600 in 4:38.92 while in a four-person lead pack. Every 200 was in the 33-35 range.
Placing 10th in that race, and the third collegian, was Stanford sophomore Sophia Kennedy, who ran 8:54.06. She came in with a year-old personal record of 9:14.28. Now, Kennedy stands at No. 3 all-time indoors at Stanford.
In the women’s 800, Stanford juniors Roisin Willis and Juliette Whittaker, the past two NCAA indoor 800 champions, made their season debuts at that distance. Willis was fourth in Section 1 in 2:01.45 and Whittaker was sixth in the same race, in 2:02.39. Overall, they were ninth and 13th, and stand fourth and sixth on the season NCAA Division I list.
This was the first 800 for Whittaker since the 2024 Paris Olympic final, in which she placed seventh. Whittaker and Willis were 1-2 in the 800 at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
John Thomas Terrier Classic
Boston University Track & Tennis Center
(200-meter banked track)
Women
400 – 1, Chloe Fair (Harvard) 52.96; 9, Cate Peters (Stanford) 55.68.
800 – 1, Meghan Hunter (BYU) 2:00.21; 9, Roisin Willis (Stanford) 2:01.45; 13, Juliette Whittaker (Stanford) 2:02.39; 29, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 2:08.19; 32, Hillary Studdert (Stanford) 2:09.75 (PB).
Mile – 1, Elise Cranny (Nike) 4:20.83; 25, Maddy Berkson (Battle Road TC) 4:41.08; 31, Julia Flynn (Stanford) 4:42.82; 35, Audrey Suarez (Stanford) 4:45.78.
3,000 – 1, Nikki Hiltz (Lululemon) 8:32.52; 3, Amy Bunnage (Stanford) 8:43.82 (PB; Stanford record; No. 6 collegiate indoor performer; No. 7 collegiate indoor performance); 10, Sophia Kennedy (Stanford) 8:54.06 (PB; No. 3 Stanford AT); 38, Audrey DaDamio (Stanford) 9:23.58 (PB); 39, Riley Stewart (Stanford) 9:24.92.
5,000 – 1, Whittni Morgan (Adidas) 14:48.41; 2, Ella Donaghu (Nike) 14:50.89; 8, Jessica McClain (Brooks) 15:09.50; 15, Zofia Dudek (Stanford) 15:33.35 (No. 3 Stanford AT).
4x400 relay – 1, Harvard 3:31.57; 3, Stanford (Cate Peters, Juliette Whittaker, Roisin Willis, Amelia Everett) 3:40.57.
PB = personal best
AT = all-time
Stanford’s Saturday schedule (all times Pacific)
12:25 p.m.: Men’s mile – Zane Bergen, Leo Young.
2:20 p.m.: Men’s 3,000 – James Dargan.
4:20 p.m.: Men’s 5,000 – Zane Bergen, Caleb Boutelle, Thomas Boyden, Robert DiDonato, Patrick Koon, Cole Sprout, Nolan Topper, Leo Young, Lex Young.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Stanford sprinters set five personal records on Friday at the New Mexico Team Open at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Sevilla Duran, a graduate transfer from Columbia, had one of them in her hometown. Duran ran the 400 in 57.60.
Sophomore Joseph Bailey achieved two personal bests on the 200-meter track, running 22.41 in the 200 and 49.57 in the 400.
New Mexico Team Open
At Albuquerque Convention Center
(200-meter banked track)
Men
200 – Unseeded: 18, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 21.84; 19, Gabriel Ajaegbu (Stanford) 21.89 (PB); 32, Olufemi Cole (Stanford) 22.23; 41, Joseph Bailey (Stanford) 22.41 (PB).
400 – B: 23, Joseph Bailey (Stanford) 49.57 (PB); 33, Gabriel Ajaegbu (Stanford) 50.68.
Weight throw – 1, Ruben Banks (Alabama) 75-11 (23.14m); 5, Anthony Argyropoulos (Stanford) 64-4 ½ (19.62m); 12, Mason McKhann (Stanford) 53-9 ¼ (16.39m).
Women
200 – Unseeded: 29, Trinity Price (Stanford) 25.47; 31, Madison Romain (Stanford) 25.62 (PB); 39, Sevilla Duran (Stanford) 26.31; 45, Sara Rivas (Stanford) 26.69.
400 – B: 9, Sevilla Duran (Stanford) 57.60 (PB); 15, Trinity Price (Stanford) 58.85; 25, Madison Romain (Stanford) 1:02.08.
PB = personal best
AT = all-time
Stanford’s Saturday schedule (all times Pacific)
9 a.m.: Women’s pole vault section A – Lianne Kistler.
9:30 a.m.: Men’s triple jump – Kevin Yang.
9:50 a.m.: Women’s 60 hurdles prelims – H3, Sara Rivas.
10:10 a.m.: Men’s 60 unseeded – S4, Gabriel Ajaegbu.
10:35 a.m.: Men’s 60 invitational prelims – H3, Dylan Davis.
Noon: Men’s pole vault section A -- Garrett Brown.
Noon: Men’s shot put – F1, Anthony Argyropoulos, Mason McKhann.