May 16, 2013
Regional fields announced on Thursday
Stanford learned Thursday that 35 track and field athletes have advanced to the NCAA West Regionals in Austin, Texas, on May 23-25.
The Cardinal will send 22 women and 13 men to the competition, one of two regionals in the country (the other is in Greensboro, N.C.). The top 48 marks from each half of the country are accepted into each regional. The top 12 in each region advance to the NCAA Championships June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore., creating a 24-participant field for each event.
Stanford has three No. 1 seeds: Kori Carter in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles, and Brianna Bain in the javelin. Carter is the world leader in the 400 hurdles at 54.21 and No. 7 in the world in the 100 hurdles (12.76). Both were school-record times set in her Pac-12 championship victories on Sunday at USC. The 400 hurdles time ranks No. 2 all-time among in-season collegiate performers. After the Pac-12 meet, Carter expected to focus solely on the 400 hurdles in NCAA competition, but those plans now include both hurdle events.
Bain, the 2012 NCAA runner-up and two-time Pac-12 champion, leads all collegians with a school-record 183-10, set at the Big Meet against visiting Cal on April 20.
The busiest Stanford athletes will be Carter, a junior who also will run on the 4x400 relay, and senior men’s thrower Geoffrey Tabor, who will compete in the shot put and discus. He is the No. 11 seed in the discus.
Other Top 12 seeds for Stanford are Michael Atchoo (No. 2, men’s 1,500), Justine Fedronic (No. 3, women’s 800), Amy Weissenbach (No. 5, women’s 800), Tyler Stutzman (No. 6, men’s 1,500), Jules Sharpe (No. 6, men’s high jump), Steven Solomon (No. 9, men’s 400), Jessica Tonn (No. 11, women’s 5,000), Rebecca Hammar (No. 12, women’s discus), and the women’s 4x400 relay. The relay is expected to consist of Carter, Fedronic, Carissa Levingston, and Kristyn Williams).
Stanford’s Regional Qualifiers
Women
Event Name Reg. Rank 2013 Mark
200 Carissa Levingston 28 23.68
400 Kristyn Williams 41 54.15
800 Justine Fedronic 3 2:03.93
800 Amy Weissenbach 5 2:04.24
800 Claudia Saunders 38 2:08.60
1,500 Molly McNamara 34 4:24.96
1,500 Tate Murray 40 4:25.84
Steeplechase Mary Kate Anselmini 22 10:20.24
Steeplechase Julia Foster 31 10:27.42
5,000 Jessica Tonn 11 15:54.90
5,000 Emilie Amaro 19 16:11.67
5,000 Aisling Cuffe 30 16:17.30
100 Hurdles Kori Carter 1 12.76
100 Hurdles Katie Nelms 38 13.63
400 Hurdles Kori Carter 1 54.21
400 Hurdles Kala Stepter 33 59.42
4x400 Relay Stanford 12 3:35.11
High Jump Elaine Patten 39 5-8¾
Pole Vault Ellie McCardwell 33 13-0¾
Long Jump Karynn Dunn 17 20-3¾
Triple Jump Jordan Merback 19 41-8¾
Shot Put Alyssa Wisdom 14 54-4¾
Discus Rebecca Hammar 12 179-11
Javelin Brianna Bain 1 183-10
Men
Event Name Reg. Rank 2013 Mark
400 Steven Solomon 9 46.12
1,500 Michael Atchoo 2 3:39.57
1,500 Tyler Stutzman 6 3:40.43
1,500 Marco Bertolotti 23 3:44.22
1,500 Justin Brinkley 37 3:46.13
5,000 Erik Olson 12 13:46.12
10,000 Jim Rosa 43 29:47.53
High Jump Jules Sharpe 6 7-1 ¾
High Jump Dartis Willis 39 6-11
Pole Vault Dalton Duvio 42 16-10 ¾
Shot Put Geoffrey Tabor 28 58-1 ¾
Discus Geoffrey Tabor 11 189-10
Hammer Lucas Rowley 33 197-3
Javelin Aaron Konigsberg 24 220-1
Courtesy Stanford
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