Saturday, February 14, 2015

KRISTYN WILLIAMS SETS STANFORD INDOOR 400 RECORD

Feb. 15, 2015

WILLIAMS SETS STANFORD INDOOR RECORD

Junior breaks Husky Classic 400 standard

For the second consecutive year, Stanford junior Kristyn Williams set school and meet records in the 400 meters to win the Husky Classic indoor track and field meet in Seattle.

Williams ran 53.35 on the 307-meter flat track at University of Washington’s Dempsey Indoor facility Saturday to break her own year-old records by 0.01. She was among seven Stanford performers who moved into the Stanford all-time Top 10 indoor list or improve upon their existing marks at either the Husky Classic or the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Chief among them was Elise Cranny, who ran 9:02.36 to place fifth in a fast 3,000 and moved to No. 4 at Stanford all-time. She also is now the second-fastest Cardinal freshman ever, and the fastest since Ceci Hopp ran 8:57.27 in 1982.

At Don Kirby, sophomore triple jumper Carla Forbes leaped 41-3 ¾ to move to No. 5 all-time indoors and freshman Harrison Williams moved to No. 6 at Stanford in the men’s 60 hurdles by placing sixth in 8.19.

Williams, a junior human biology major, earned a second victory by running the second leg on the Cardinal’s victorious 4x400 relay, joining Gaby Gayles, Claudia Saunders, and Michaela Crunkleton Wilson to run 3:40.66.

In the 400, she edged 2012 800-meter Olympian Alysia Montano, who was second. Gayles took third in 54.73 – moving up to No. 8 on the Cardinal list.

Other Top-10 performances came from freshman Anna Laman in the women’s 800, running 2:07.89 for No. 9 all-time. Sophomore Sean McGorty also moved up to No. 9 – in the men’s 3,000 (7:54.68), while placing ninth.

Stanford athletes will have one more chance to earn qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships, when they compete at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation meet at the same Dempsey Indoor track at University of Washington, on Feb. 27-28.

At Husky Classic
In Seattle

MEN
400 – 1, Aldrich Bailey (unattached) 46.46; 6, Jackson Shumway (Stanford) 48.43; 36, Colin Dolese (Stanford) 51.33.
800 – 1, Cas Loxsom (Brooks Beasts) 1:47.81; 11, Luke Lefebure (Stanford) 1:49.27; 47, Scott Buttinger (Stanford) 1:53.04; 57, Christian White (Stanford) 1:54.67.
Mile – 1, Christian Soratos (Montana State) 3:55.27; 3, Michael Atchoo (Strava TC) 3:57.58; 9, Dylan Ferris (Strava/Brooks) 4:00.59; 19, Thomas Coyle (Stanford) 4:02.69; 44, Marco Bertolotti (Stanford) 4:07.84; 59, Will Drinkwater (Stanford) 4:10.55; 72, Tai Dinger (Stanford) 4:13.56.
3,000 – 1, Kemoy Campbell (Arkansas) 7:48.13; 2, Garrett Heath ’09 (Brooks Beasts) 7:48.17; 9, Sean McGorty (Stanford) 7:54.68 (No. 9 all-time Stanford indoors); 59, Patrick Gibson (Stanford) 8:23.05.
4x400 relay – 1, BYU 3:08.73 (meet record); 5, Stanford (Colin Dolese, Luke Lefebure, Scott Buttinger, Christian White) 3:17.87.
WOMEN
400 – 1, Kristyn Williams (Stanford) 53.35 (meet record; Stanford indoor record); 3, Gaby Gayles (Stanford) 54.73 (No. 8 all-time Stanford indoors); 13, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson (Stanford) 56.54.
800 – 1, Liga Velvere (unattached) 2:04.02; 11, Claudia Saunders (Stanford) 2:06.33; 22, Anna Laman (Stanford) 2:07.87 (No. 9 all-time Stanford indoors); 28, Malika Waschmann (Stanford) 2:09.49; 31, Maddy Berkson (Stanford) 2:10.21; 47, Tess Michaelson (Stanford) 2:13.77.
Mile – 1, Amanda Mergaert (Brooks Beasts) 4:35.50; 16, Molly McNamara (Stanford) 4:43.85; 34, Danielle Katz (Stanford) 4:48.85; 54, Rebecca Mehra (Stanford) 4:55.19; 69, Sophie Chase (Stanford) 5:01.77.
3,000 – 1, Dominique Scott (Arkansas) 8:52.57 (meet record); 4, Elise Cranny (Stanford) 9:02.36 (No. 4 all-time Stanford indoors; No. 2 freshman); 51, Abbie McNulty (Stanford) 9:45.89.
60 hurdles – 13, Amber Lewis (Stanford) 8.89.
4x400 relay – 1, Stanford ‘A’ (Gaby Gayles, Kristyn Williams, Claudia Saunders, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson) 3:40.66; 10, Stanford ‘B’ (Malika Waschmann, Amber Lewis, Maddy Berkson, Anna Laman) 3:53.44;

At Don Kirby Elite Invitational
In Albuquerque, N.M.

MEN
60 hurdles – 1, William Taylor (Arizona State) 7.84; 6, Harrison Williams (Stanford) 8.19 (No. 6 all-time Stanford indoors).
WOMEN
Pole vault – 1, Anginae Monteverde (BYU) 14-0 (4.27m); 26, Taylore Jaques (Stanford) 11-8 ½ (3.57m).
Triple jump – 1, Sam Nielson (Utah State) 42-3 ½ (12.89m); 5, Carla Forbes (Stanford) 41-3 ¾ (12.59m), (No. 5 all-time Stanford indoors).
Shot put – 1, Claire Uke (Rice) 55-5 ¾ (16.91m); 14, Rebecca Hammar (Stanford) 45-11 ¼ (14.00m).


For more information, contact:

David Kiefer
Assistant Athletic Communications Director
Stanford University
(650) 759-0258, cell



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