WALNUT, Calif. – Stanford freshman Xavier Drumgoole announced his emergence as a elite collegiate performer by winning the Mt. SAC Relays elite invitational triple jump on Saturday.
Drumgoole, from Round Rock, Texas, opened with a jump of 51-4 ¼ (15.65 meters) and that held up as the winner. His next jump, 51-3 ¾ (15.64), was nearly as far and also would have won the competition.
His winning distance was a personal record and vaulted him into Stanford’s outdoor top-10 list at No. 7. It also strengthened his hold on the No. 5 spot among Stanford freshmen all-time, improving upon his indoor mark and previous best of 51-1 ¾ (15.59).
Drumgoole moved just above 2023 Pac-12 champion Kevin Yang (51-3 ¾, 15.64) on Stanford’s all-time list. The distance also was farther than the nation’s leading mark by a freshman before this weekend – 51-0 ¾ (15.56) by Jaydon Shield of Texas A&M.
Drumgoole wasn’t the only Stanford freshman newsmaker. Emma Sralla, the 2022 world under-20 championships discus champion while representing Sweden, made her collegiate debut.
Competing in the elite invitational section, Sralla threw 173-8 (52.94) to place eighth. Her best throw was her first in a Stanford uniform and immediately placed her No. 10 on Stanford’s all-time list.
Stanford junior Alyssa Jones nearly pulled off a victory in the elite invitational long jump before finishing second at 21-0 ¾ (6.42). Nicole Warwick, a postgraduate athlete, took the lead in the first round with a jump of 20-11 ¼ (6.38).
In the third round, Jones exceeded Warwick by 1 ¼ inches, with a wind-aided 21-0 ½ (6.41), only for Warwick to respond with her winning jump of 21-3 ½ (6.49) in the fifth round. Jones’ best came on her sixth and final jump.
Stanford next competes at its own Payton Jordan Invitational on Friday at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
Saturday’s results
Mt. SAC Relays
At Mt. San Antonio College
Men
Pole vault – Invitational elite: 8, Garrett Brown (Stanford) 17-4 ½ (5.30).
Triple jump – Invitational elite: 1, Xavier Drumgoole (Stanford) 51-4 ¼ (15.65) (PB; No. 7 Stanford AT; No. 5 Stanford frosh).
Shot put – Invitational elite: 6, Sam Liokumovich (Stanford) 59-0 (17.98).
Hammer – Collegiate: 11, Mason McKhann (Stanford) 190-8 (58.13).
Women
4x100 relay – Invitational elite: 7, Stanford (Teagan Zwaanstra, Alyssa Jones, Alaysia Oakes, Sage Hinton) 44.75.
Long jump – Invitational elite: 2, Alyssa Jones (Stanford) 21-0 ¾ (6.42).
Discus – Invitational elite: 8, Emma Sralla (Stanford) 173-8 (52.94) (No. 10 Stanford AT).
Beach Invitational
At Long Beach State University
Men
Shot put – 41, Garin Gross (Stanford) 49-0 ¾ (14.95).
Women
Shot put – Gold invitational: 13, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 47-2 ¼ (14.38).
Discus – Gold invitational: 8, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 171-0 (52.13).
PB = personal best
AT = all-time