SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a week off of competition during spring break, Santa Clara track and field returns to action Friday at two events. Mary Kriege will run the 10000 meter race at the Stanford Invitational and the rest of the Broncos account for 35 entries at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival.
STANFORD INVITATIONAL (Full Entries)
Kriege is running the 10000m for the first time this season, and aims at qualifying for the NCAA Preliminary Meet, which takes the top 48 marks in each event. Friday marks her fourth collegiate 10000m run; the redshirt senior set a program record 35:12.72 at the 2015 Mt. SAC Relays.
"Her 5k mark at the Husky Classic and all her work at practice has indicated she has that level of fitness," associate head coach Pete Cushman said. "The field is perfect, the weather will be perfect, and now we look forward to her executing the plan. We'll feel comfortable with qualifying if she's under 34:30."
SF STATE DISTANCE CARNIVAL (Full Entries)
The Broncos will have 15 of their 31 competing runners take part in the 5000m race. They are also slated for 800m and 1500m events, and four of the men's runners have multiple races scheduled.
Men's 800m: Ross Corey, Jean-Baptiste Tooley, Jeffery Stalun, Carson Bode, Brynn Sargent, Nicholas Mantovani
Women's 800m: Julia Wood, Greer Chrisman, Karen Mac, Anika Renken
Women's 1500m: Bevin McCullough, Hannah Wood, Marisa Rudolph, Allison Martinez, Christine Cremer, Julia Green
Men's 1500m: Jeffery Stalun, Jean-Baptiste Tooley, Ross Corey, Brynn Sargent
Women's 5000m: Grayson Murphy, Heather LaPlante, Allison Maio, Kaitlyn Kuehn, Elsa Valenzuela, Camille Dyer
Men's 5000m: Bryan Crook, Evan Misuraca, Andrew Melendez, Noah Westfall, Matt Burke, Will Burschinger, Jack Prazich, Wilder Boyden, John O'Hagan
"SF State is a great race opportunity for our team," Cushman said. "They host a great meet, their facility is one of my personal favorites and the environment is exciting. With a field as deep as this one, each section is perfectly seeded for us to be competitive and we are looking for wins in as many sections as possible."
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