SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In her first collegiate 100-meter hurdles race, Stanford junior Tess Stapleton shattered her longtime lifetime best and became the fifth-fastest in that event in school history.
On the second day of the Hornet Invitational, Stanford's season-opening track and field meet, Stanford athletes established 10 personal bests and earned two victories at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium – by Stapleton in the long jump and Kaiah Fisher in the women's shot put.
Stapleton took the momentum she collected during in the indoor season and brought it into her outdoor season debut, running 13.59 to place third in the hurdles. Her previous best was a wind-aided 14.10 and a wind-legal 14.37, both from her sophomore year at Fairfield Ludlowe High School in 2019.
Stapleton began the day by winning the long jump at 19-5 ½ (5.93m), which she reached on her third jump. Teammate Teagan Zwaanstra took third at 19-1 ¼.
Fisher, with her parents in attendance and visiting from Applegate, Oregon, uncorked her winning throw of 48-11 ½ (14.92m) in the first round of the second flight, giving her winning margin of nearly 3 ½ feet. Fisher, a junior, came in with a personal best of 46-10 ¾ (14.29m) from the indoor River Hawk Invitational in Boston on January 26 of this year.
Stapleton and Fisher joined sophomore Julia Flynn, the women's 3,000 winner on Friday night, as Stanford's winners over the course of the two-day meet.
In the women's 100, the top three Cardinal placers all set personal bests: Alaysia Oakes (12.02), Zwaanstra (12.03), and Megan Olomu (12.05), who was celebrating her birthday.
Maya Valmon, who ran on Stanford's distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships last week, ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay on Stanford's B team that finished sixth. The Cardinal A team of Cydney Wright, Samantha Thomas, Camille Peisner, and Sage Hinton placed second in 3:41.34.
Next on the schedule for the Cardinal is the Stanford Invitational on March 29-30 at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
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Saturday's results
Hornet Invitational
At Hornet Stadium
Winners and all Stanford
Men
100 – 1, David Foster (Cal) 10.24; 16, Dylan Davis (Stanford) 10.76; 41, Evan Jackson (Stanford) 11.09.
400 – Shemar Palmer (Fresno Pacific) 46.98; 30, Gabriel Ajaegbu (Stanford) 49.93.
1,500 – 1, Caden Carney (Cal) 3:49.46; 11, Caleb Boutelle (Stanford) 3:52.99; 28, Liam Anderson (Stanford) 3:59.72 (PB); 55, Galen Topper (Stanford) 4:06.28.
400 hurdles – 1, Tatsuhiro Yamamoto (unat.) 51.35; 13, Joseph Bailey (Stanford) 56.12 (PB).
4x400 relay – 1, Academy of Art 3:09.76; 6, Stanford (Joseph Bailey, Dylan Davis, Olufemi Cole, Gabriel Ajaegbu) 3:20.77.
High jump – 1, Riley Knott (Cal) 6-10 ¾ (2.10m); 13, James Stevens (Stanford) 6-1 ¼ (1.86m).
Long jump – 1, Mason Mangum (Cal) 25-9 1/2w (7.86m); 3, Allan Hunter (Stanford) 24-10w (7.57m).
Shot put – 1, Jeff Duensing (Cal) 59-7 ¾ (18.18m); 3, Sam Liokumovich (Stanford) 56-4 ¾ (17.19m); 17, Garin Gross (Stanford) 46-8 ¾ (14.24m).
Discus – 1, Nicholas Godbehere (Cal) 166-8 (50.81m); 4, Sam Liokumovich (Stanford) 162-3 (49.45m); 11, Garin Gross (Stanford) 136-7 (41.64m).
Women
100 – 1, Makhaila Mills (Cal) 11.60; 16, Alaysia Oakes (Stanford) 12.02 (PB); 17, Teagan Zwaanstra (Stanford) 12.03 (PB); 20, Megan Olomu (Stanford) 12.05 (PB); 31, Maya Valmon (Stanford) 12.16; 45, Rachel Nelson (Stanford) 12.41.
400 – 1, Ryan Lacefield (Cal) 54.26; 6, Sage Hinton (Stanford) 56.59; 14, Camille Peisner (Stanford) 57.53.
800 – 1, Sarah Jane Underwood (City Speed SF) 2:07.76; 2, Cate Peters (Stanford) 2:10.48.
1,500 – 1, Rayna Stanziano (St. Mary's) 4:22.05; 8, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 4:28.74; 12, Hillary Studdert (Stanford) 4:32.86 (PB); 14, Madison Shults (Stanford) 4:34.55 (PB); 43, Tori Starcher (Stanford) 4:48.56.
100 hurdles – 1, Jada Hicks (Cal) 13.35; 3, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 13.59 (PB; No. 5 Stanford AT); 32, Madison Romain (Stanford) 15.89; 35, Sky Schuller (Stanford) 16.32.
400 hurdles – 1, Olivia Alexandre (USF) 58.29; 3, Samantha Thomas (Stanford) 1:00.41.
4x400 relay – 1, San Jose State 3:41.03; 2, Stanford A (Cydney Wright, Samantha Thomas, Camille Peisner, Sage Hinton) 3:41.34; 6, Stanford B (Maya Valmon, Cate Peters, Rachel Nelson, Megan Olomu) 3:50.90.
Long jump – 1, Tess Stapleton (Stanford) 19-5 ½ (5.93m); 3, Teagan Zwaanstra (Stanford) 19-1 ¼ (5.82m); 9, Alaysia Oakes (Stanford) 18-3 ¾ (5.58m).
Shot put – 1, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 48-11 ½ (14.92m) (PB).
Discus – 1, Jasmine Blair (Cal) 171-10 (52.38m); 3, Kaiah Fisher (Stanford) 168-11 (51.49m); 4, Brandy Atuatasi (Stanford) 158-6 (48.32m); 6, Abbey Moody (Stanford) 148-10 (45.38m) (PB).
Javelin – 1, Carolina Visca (Cal) 161-0 (49.07m); 5, Abbey Moody (Stanford) 144-9 (44.12m).
