The Cardinal Track & Field Invitational
Cobb Track and Angell Field
Stanford University
May 4, 2001
In just six years, the Cardinal Invitational has developed into
one of the premier track and field meets of the outdoor season. Each
May, college and elite level athletes gather at Cobb Track and Angell
Field with intentions of achieving qualifying marks for the season's
remaining championship meets. Tonight's athletes will have their
eyes set on the standards for the NCAA Championships, USATF
Championships, and the IAAF World Championships, making the 2001
version of the Cardinal Invitational the best yet. Hundreds of top
collegiate athletes and international stars are scheduled to compete
assuring top performances in virtually every event.
Excluding the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, tonight's Men's
10,000 meters may be the best field ever assembled in the United
States. American distance stars Bob Kennedy, Alan Culpepper, Meb
Keflezighi, Abdi Abdirahman, Nick Rogers, and former Stanford
All-American Brad Hauser are scheduled to compete putting in jeopardy
the 10,000 meter American record of 27:20.56 held by Mark Nenow since
1984. Kennedy, the American record holder over 5000 meters, owns the
fastest time among these six U.S. Olympians in the 10,000 meters at
27:38.37 set at Stanford's Cobb Track and Angell Field in 1999.
Abdirahman finished tenth in the 10,000 meter Olympic finals in
Sydney while Keflezighi was twelfth. Culpepper was the 2000 U.S.
Olympic Trials runner-up. Hauser and Nick Rogers ran the 5000 meters
for the United States in the Sydney Olympics.
Competing against the Americans in their record attempt will be
a slew of international stars including a group of Kenya's top
distance runners representing Kim MacDonald International Management.
After training at Stanford since April, Kenyan Luke Kipkosgei will
run the 10,000 meters on the Cobb Track oval for the first time.
Kipkosgei has a personal best of 27:22.54 over the 6.2 mile distance
and last year was ranked eighth in the world in the 5000 meters with
a time of 12:56.50. Abraham Chebii was ranked 15th in the world over
5000 meters with a time of 13:01.90, but will tackle the longer
distance tonight. Mark Carroll and Jeff Schiebler, 10,000 meter
national record holders from Ireland and Canada are also entered
along with Japan's Toshin Takaoka, the seventh place finisher at the
Olympic Games in Sydney. Nineteen-year-old Kenyan sensation Albert
Chepkurui and Martin Keino, son of the great Kip Keino, will pace the
field. With such a strong group of athletes entered, tonight's race
could be the fastest 10,000 meters ever run on American soil. You
will not want to miss this featured race!
In addition to the men's 10,000 meters, each of the other 25
men's and women's events will feature elite university and post
collegiate athletes vying for championship performances. Former
Stanford All-American Jason Lunn and this year's NCAA Indoor mile
champion Bryan Berryhill are headliners in the men's 1500 meters.
U.S. Olympian Shayne Culpepper is scheduled to run in the women's 800
meters. Culpepper brings to The Farm a personal record of 2:02.51
for the half-mile. University of Arkansas' Tracy Robertson, the 2001
women's NCAA Indoor mile champion will compete in the 1500 meters.
In the men's 5000 meters, Olympian Sean Kaley representing Nike
enters with a personal best of 13:25.18. With a best of 13:27.46,
Matt Lane from William and Mary, winner of the 10,000 meters at the
Stanford Invitational on March 31 will push Kaley to the wire. Look
for Nike's Tom Chorny and Ray Hughes to push the pace in the men's
steeplechase with personal bests of 8:27.67 and 8:33.29,
respectively. In the women's 100 meter hurdles, Bisa Grant, who
recently finished seventh at the World Indoor Championships over the
60 meter barriers, should lead the field to a quick time. The field
events should be just as competitive where big jumps and far throws
should be the norm. American Andy Bloom, the number two ranked shot
putter in the world in 2000 will throw both the shot put and the
discus, an event in which he had the world's sixth furthest throw
last season at 224-7.
We are confident you will enjoy the 2001 Cardinal Invitational.
Many of the most prominent American and international stars will
compete at Cobb Track and Angell Field as the championship portion of
the 2001 outdoor track and field season gets under way at Stanford.
Enjoy the meet!
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REVISED TIME SCHEDULE
Please be sure to check at the track on Friday for any
last minute changes to the time schedule.
Running Events
6:15pm Men's 110m Hurdles
6:20pm Women's 100m Hurdles
6:30pm Women's 100m
6:35pm Men's 100m
6:45pm Women's 400m
6:50pm Men's 400m
7:00pm Women's 3000m Steeplechase
7:15pm Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Non-Championship Section)
7:30pm Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Championship Section)
7:45pm Women's 800m
7:55pm Men's 800m
8:05pm Men's 5000m (Non-Championship Section)
8:25pm Women's 5000m
8:45pm Men's 5000m (Championship Section)
9:05pm Women's 1500m
9:15pm Men's 10,000m (Championship Section)
9:45pm Men's 1500m
10:05pm Men's 10,000m (Non-Championship Section)
10:35pm Women's 10,000m
Field Events
4:00pm Men's Hammer
5:00pm Women's Hammer
5:00pm Men's Pole Vault
5:30pm Women's Discus
5:30pm Men's Shot Put
6:30pm Men's High Jump
6:30pm Women's Shot Put
6:30pm Men's Discus
6:30pm Women's Pole Vault
