Monday, May 18, 2015

Stanford's Brooks and Allman Win at Pac-12s




    Darian Brooks. Photo by Spencer Allen/SportsImageWire.com.
    Brooks, Allman Win at Pac-12s
    Courtesy: David Kiefer
    Release: 05/17/2015
    LOS ANGELES – Darian Brooks and Valarie Allman made Stanford history by winning titles on the final day of the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships on Sunday at UCLA’s Drake Stadium.

    Brooks earned a triple jump repeat, becoming the first Stanford male to win back-to-back titles since Gabe Jennings won 1,500-meter crowns from 2000-02.

    Allman, a sophomore, became Stanford’s first conference women’s discus champion, with a throw of 187-3. She joined Saturday winners Brianna Bain (javelin) and Jessica Tonn (10,000) as champions, helping Stanford to third as a team, with 87 points – its highest total in three years.

    Brooks, a senior psychology major with a fifth year of eligibility remaining, jumped 52-0 1/2 to outlast second cousin and high school teammate Casey Burns of Washington, who was second in a personal record 51-8. He was the only men’s champion from Stanford, which was ninth with 64.5 points.

    Brooks competed outdoors only once this year, April 4 at the Big Meet against Cal, because of ailments, but he has proven to be able to overcome inactivity. Last year, he was sidelined for much of the season and still set four personal records during a Pac-12 competition that culminated with breaking a 44-year-old school record on the final jump to win.

    This time, Brooks’ farthest jump (52-0 ¼, 15.86 meters) came on his second try, which was fortunate because he had trouble hitting a consistent step pattern – partly due to a swirling wind – and did not have to rally to win.

    Meanwhile, he watched his cousin Burns come close. Burns graduated in the same class at Seattle’s Kennedy Catholic High, but joined the Army and now is in freshman season of eligibility. Burns reached 51-8 ½ on his second-to-last jump – just four inches shy of Brooks.

    “It feels good,” Brooks said. “I came out last year and performed a lot better than I did today, but given the circumstances I guess it turned out well for me. There are a lot of good guys out there. It was a good time.”

    Brooks is looking forward to improving up his mark at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin, Texas, on May 28-30 and at the NCAA Championships in mid-June in Eugene, Ore.

    “It's good to know that I still have it,” Brooks said. “And I'm going to come back even stronger for regionals. I really wanted 16 meters. I know I have a lot more in me.”

    And, as for next year?

    “I’m going to go for three,” he pronounced.

    Allman entered the completion as the No. 3 seed in a stacked women’s discus field. She through out of the sector for a foul on her first try, but secured a 178-0 mark on her second throw to give her some breathing room and the opportunity to go for it on her third.

    “Our coach (Michelle Eisenreich) preaches on how we have to keep every day the same,” Allman said. “Stay relaxed, and build off the momentum we’ve had the last couple of weeks. Understand the process, and take your struggles and work them to your advantage.”

    Allman indeed popped her best throw on her third try, but had to wait until the final throw of USC junior Tera Novy was measured (it was 185-9, 18 inches short) before she could enjoy the victory.

    “It feels really good and, honestly a little bit surreal right now,” Allman said.

    Bain’s javelin victory on Saturday also played into Allman’s success, and that of teammate Rebecca Hammar, who was fifth in the discus at 177-1.

    “That win really set a good tone for the Stanford throwers from the start, and established the kind of effort it’s going to take to win,” Allman said. “It’s so much more enjoyable when you know you’re in this together and you can hold each other accountable.”

    With the exception of Brooks, the Cardinal men didn’t win any titles, but did pile up three runner-up finishes – Harrison Williams in the decathlon the previous weekend, Erik Olson in the 10,000 on Saturday and Jackson Shumway’s shocker in the 400 hurdles on Sunday.

    Shumway entered the meet with a personal best of 53.00, and dropped his times in the preliminary round and in the final – to a personal record 51.45. Shumway improved his best by more than 1.5 seconds over the weekend and displaced his father, Garry Shumway, on Stanford’s all-time list.

    Jackson moved to No. 6 while Garry, with a best of 51.71 from 1981, dropped to No. 7.
    Two freshmen women made big jumps on the Stanford all-time lists: Olivia Baker and Elise Cranny.
    Baker dropped her personal record in the 800 by two seconds, to finish third in 2:04.00 – placing her from off the list all the way to No. 4. It also makes her the second-fastest freshman in school history, moving past Regina Jacobs. Claudia Saunders
    Cranny couldn’t catch reigning NCAA champion Shelby Houlihan of Arizona State in the 1,500, but captured fourth in 4:14.05 to move past Sara Bei, Justine Fedronic, and Lauren Fleshman into No. 6 on Stanford’s all-time list and within a second of Cardinal frosh record-holder Arianna Lambie.
    In the men’s 200, freshman Isaiah Brandt-Sims placed eighth in 21.38, but was the first Stanford runner to reach a final in one of the short sprints since Mark Mueller was sixth in the 200 in 2010.

    * * *

    Pac-12 Championships
    At Drake Stadium, UCLA

    Sunday’s results
    Winners and Stanford competitors

    Men
    Final team scores – 1, Oregon 152; 2, USC 121; 3, Washington 84.5; 4, UCLA 83; 5, Arizona State 75; 6, Arizona 73.5; 7, Colorado 68; 8, California 66; 9, Stanford 64.5; 10, Washington State 31.5.
    100 – 1, Andre De Grasse (USC) 9.97 (meet record).
    200 – 1, Andre De Grasse (USC) 20.05; 8, Isaiah Brandt-Sims (Stanford) 21.38.
    400 – 1, Vanessa Jones (USC) 51.50; 4, Kristyn Williams (Stanford) 52.84.
    800 – 1, Jesse Jorgensen (Washington State) 1:46.49.
    1,500 – 1, Izaic Yorks (Washington) 3:46.42; 5, Sean McGorty (Stanford) 3:47.07; 7, Thomas Coyle (Stanford) 3:47.63.
    5,000 – 1, Edward Cheserek (Oregon) 13:45.25; 9, Jack Keelan (Stanford) 14:09.74.
    110 hurdles – 1, Marquis Morris (USC) 13.95.
    400 hurdles – 1, Ben Thiel (Oregon) 50.32; 2, Jackson Shumway (Stanford) 51.45 (No. 7 Stanford all-time; PB).
    400 relay – 1, USC 39.17.
    1,600 relay – 1, Oregon 3:05.84; 5, Stanford 3:12.47.
    High jump – 1, Bryan McBride (Arizona State) 7-2 ¼ (2.19m); 5, Dartis Willis II (Stanford) 6-11 ½ (2.12m).
    Triple jump – 1, Darian Brooks (Stanford) 52-0 ½ (15.86m); 9, Jaak Uudmae (Stanford) 49-8 ¼ (15.14m).
    Discus – 1, Gerhard De Beer (Arizona) 193-8 (59.04m); 12, Nick Budincich (Stanford) 166-10 (50.85m).

    Women
    Final team scores – 1, Oregon 185; 2, USC 182; 3, Stanford 87; 4, Arizona State 72; 5, Washington State 64; 5, UCLA 64; 7, Washington 63; 8, Colorado 43; 9, Arizona 36; 10, Utah 14; 11, Oregon State 6; 12, California 3.
    100 – 1, Jasmine Todd (Oregon) 11.18.
    200 – 1, Tynia Gaither (USC) 22.97.
    400 – 1, Marcus Chambers (Oregon) 45.21.
    800 – 1, Raevyn Rogers (Oregon) 2:01.67; 3, Olivia Baker (Stanford) 2:04.00 (No. 4 Stanford all-time; No. 2 Stanford frosh all-time; PB); 4, Claudia Saunders (Stanford) 2:05.17; 8, Malika Waschmann (Stanford) 2:08.18.
    1,500 – 1, Shelby Houlihan (Arizona State) 4:11.06 (meet record); 4, Elise Cranny (Stanford) 4:14.05 (No. 6 Stanford all-time; No. 2 Stanford frosh); 8, Rebecca Mehra (Stanford) 4:22.43; 10, Molly McNamara (Stanford) 4:22.87.
    5,000 – 1, Shelby Houlihan (Arizona State) 15:58.45.
    100 hurdles – 1, Dior Hall (USC) 12.99.
    400 hurdles – 1, Jade Stepter (USC) 55.85.
    400 relay – 1, USC 43.10 (meet record).
    1,600 relay – 1, USC 3:32.12; 2, Stanford 3:35.44.
    Pole vault – 1, Kristina Owsinski (Washington) 14-2 (4.32m).
    Triple jump – 1, Jasmine Todd (Oregon) 42-11 ¾ (13.10m); 5, Marisa Kwiatkowski (Stanford) 41-3 (12.57m).
    Discus – 1, Valarie Allman (Stanford) 187-3 (57.07m); 5, Rebecca Hammar (Stanford) 177-1 (53.97m).
    Hammer – 1, Ida Storm (UCLA) 215-0 (65.54m); 9, Valarie Allman (Stanford) 180-5 (54.99m) (No. 10 Stanford all-time; PB); 10, Lena Giger (Stanford) 176-3 (53.72m).

    * * *

    The top 48 in each event in each half of the country advance to the NCAA prelims. For Stanford, the West prelims are May 28-30 in Austin, Texas. While the official list of entrants won’t be released until Thursday, these Stanford athletes are in position to advance:

    Men
    200 – 41, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, 20.93.
    800 – 8, Luke Lefebure, 1:47.73.
    1,500 – 10, Sean McGorty, 3:40.62; 19, Erik Olson, 3:42.31; 26, Thomas Coyle, 3:42.80; 37, Justin Brinkley, 3:43.48.
    5,000 – 7, Erik Olson, 13:36.77; 14, Jack Keelan, 13:45.82; 17, Sean McGorty, 13:48.13; 38, Garrett Sweatt, 13:54.40.
    10,000 – 10, Garrett Sweatt, 28:51.56; 35, Sam Wharton, 29:23.21; 44, Erik Olson, 29:36.75.
    400 hurdles – 30, Jackson Shumway, 51.45.
    High jump – 38, Dartis Willis II, 6-11 ½.
    Pole vault – 4, Dylan Duvio, 18-1 ¾; 26, Garrett Starkey, 17-3.
    Triple jump – 7, Darian Brooks, 52-5 ½; 36, Jaak Uudmae, 50-3 ½.
    Shot put – 46, Tristen Newman, 56-11 ½.
    Javelin – 28, Andrew Rondema, 217-8.
    Decathlon – 3, Harrison Williams, 7,679.

    Women
    400 – 18, Kristyn Williams, 52.76.
    800 – 3, Claudia Saunders, 2:01.79; 10, Olivia Baker, 2:04.00; 30, Malika Waschmann, 2:07.50; 37, Elise Cranny, 2:08.26.
    1,500 – 5, Elise Cranny, 4:14.05; 13, Rebecca Mehra, 4:17.67; 15, Jessica Tonn, 4:18.28; 35, Molly McNamara, 4:20.86; 43, Claudia Saunders, 4:21.90.
    5,000 – 1, Jessica Tonn, 15:18.85; 14, Vanessa Fraser, 15:54.12.
    10,000 – 21, Jessica Tonn, 34:00.33; 27, Vanessa Fraser, 34:07.00.
    3,000 steeplechase – 24, Danielle Katz, 10:23.32.
    4x400 relay – 15, Stanford, 3:35.44.
    Triple jump – 24, Marisa Kwiatkowski, 41-7.
    Shot put – 25, Lena Giger, 51-11 ¼; 33, Rebecca Hammar, 50-11.
    Discus – 6, Valarie Allman, 188-7; 12, Rebecca Hammar, 182-7.
    Javelin – 5, Brianna Bain, 174-10; 30, Victoria Smith, 155-4.



    * * *
    The top 48 in each event in each half of the country advance to the NCAA prelims. For Stanford, the West prelims are May 28-30 in Austin, Texas. While the official list of entrants won’t be released until Thursday, these Stanford athletes are in position to advance:
     
    Men
    200 – 41, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, 20.93.
    800 – 8, Luke Lefebure, 1:47.73.
    1,500 – 10, Sean McGorty, 3:40.62; 19, Erik Olson, 3:42.31; 26, Thomas Coyle, 3:42.80; 37, Justin Brinkley, 3:43.48.
    5,000 – 7, Erik Olson, 13:36.77; 14, Jack Keelan, 13:45.82; 17, Sean McGorty, 13:48.13; 38, Garrett Sweatt, 13:54.40.
    10,000 – 10, Garrett Sweatt, 28:51.56; 35, Sam Wharton, 29:23.21; 44, Erik Olson, 29:36.75.
    400 hurdles – 30, Jackson Shumway, 51.45.
    High jump – 38, Dartis Willis II, 6-11 ½.
    Pole vault – 4, Dylan Duvio, 18-1 ¾; 26, Garrett Starkey, 17-3.
    Triple jump – 7, Darian Brooks, 52-5 ½; 36, Jaak Uudmae, 50-3 ½.
    Shot put – 46, Tristen Newman, 56-11 ½.
    Javelin – 28, Andrew Rondema, 217-8.
    Decathlon – 3, Harrison Williams, 7,679.

    Women
    400 – 18, Kristyn Williams, 52.76.
    800 – 3, Claudia Saunders, 2:01.79; 10, Olivia Baker, 2:04.00; 30, Malika Waschmann, 2:07.50; 37, Elise Cranny, 2:08.26.
    1,500 – 5, Elise Cranny, 4:14.05; 13, Rebecca Mehra, 4:17.67; 15, Jessica Tonn, 4:18.28; 35, Molly McNamara, 4:20.86; 43, Claudia Saunders, 4:21.90.
    5,000 – 1, Jessica Tonn, 15:18.85; 14, Vanessa Fraser, 15:54.12.
    10,000 – 21, Jessica Tonn, 34:00.33; 27, Vanessa Fraser, 34:07.00.
    3,000 steeplechase – 24, Danielle Katz, 10:23.32.
    4x400 relay – 15, Stanford, 3:35.44.
    Triple jump – 24, Marisa Kwiatkowski, 41-7.
    Shot put – 25, Lena Giger, 51-11 ¼; 33, Rebecca Hammar, 50-11.
    Discus – 6, Valarie Allman, 188-7; 12, Rebecca Hammar, 182-7.
    Javelin – 5, Brianna Bain, 174-10; 30, Victoria Smith, 155-4.

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