March 13, 2015
STANFORD SECOND IN NCAA DMR
Card women set school record
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Stanford set a school record in capturing second in the women’s distance medley relay at the NCAA indoor track and field championships Friday, repeating its finish of last year.
The team of Jessica Tonn, Olivia Baker, Claudia Saunders, and Elise Cranny ran 10:53.66, trailing only repeat champion Arkansas, which ran 10:51.89 on its home track, a 200-meter banked surface at the Randal Tyson Center. The DMR -- consisting of legs of 1,200, 400, 800, and 1,600 meters – has been Stanford’s signature event indoors. This is the ninth national top-five finish for the Cardinal.
Cranny ran a 4:31.50 on the 1,600-meter anchor leg in a hard-fought duel with Razorback anchor Dominique Scott, who ran 4:28.90 to overtake the freshman over the final 400 meters. In a race reminiscent of last year, the Cardinal held the lead going into the final leg only for Scott to run the Razorbacks to victory.
Stanford's time was the fifth-fastest in collegiate and NCAA championship history. It also broke the year-old school record of 10:54.04 set by Amy Weissenbach, Kristyn Williams, Saunders, and Justine Fedronic.
The team of Jessica Tonn, Olivia Baker, Claudia Saunders, and Elise Cranny ran 10:53.66, trailing only repeat champion Arkansas, which ran 10:51.89 on its home track, a 200-meter banked surface at the Randal Tyson Center. The DMR -- consisting of legs of 1,200, 400, 800, and 1,600 meters – has been Stanford’s signature event indoors. This is the ninth national top-five finish for the Cardinal.
Cranny ran a 4:31.50 on the 1,600-meter anchor leg in a hard-fought duel with Razorback anchor Dominique Scott, who ran 4:28.90 to overtake the freshman over the final 400 meters. In a race reminiscent of last year, the Cardinal held the lead going into the final leg only for Scott to run the Razorbacks to victory.
Stanford's time was the fifth-fastest in collegiate and NCAA championship history. It also broke the year-old school record of 10:54.04 set by Amy Weissenbach, Kristyn Williams, Saunders, and Justine Fedronic.
Tonn led off and had Stanford in third after 1,200 at the first exchange, in 3:23.69. Baker followed with a 53.62 in the 400, handing the baton to Saunders in second. In her 800 leg, Saunders overtook Arkansas leader Therese Haiss while running a 2:04.87 split and trailed only Michigan going into the final leg. But it didn’t take long for the relay to become a two-woman race.
In the men’s DMR, Stanford’s team of Thomas Coyle, Jackson Shumway, Luke Lefebure, and Sean McGorty, placed 10th in 9:50.50.
For more information, contact:
David Kiefer
Assistant Athletic Communications Director
Stanford University
(650) 759-0258, cell
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