Yadon Nearly Breaks School-Record
Sophomore Falls 29 Seconds Short of 6K Record
September 28, 2002
PALO ALTO, CA -- Jenny Yadon (Lancaster, CA), fell just 29 seconds short of the school-record racing to a time of 22:30 in the 6K course at the Stanford Invitational. Overall, the men's cross country team finished 17th while the women's team finished 23rd at the Stanford Invitational. Yadon finished in 52nd place overall with the third-best time in LBSU history.
"Our team took a step in the right direction today," Distance Coach Geoff Masanet said. "Although we would have liked to place higher then we did, we had solid performances from our runners, as well as some personal bests."
Sharon Burnett (Springfield, OR) finished in 126th place with a time of 23:36, while Diane Mendoza (Cerritos, CA) finished just two places behind Burnett with a time of 23:37.
On the men's side, Brian Stehmeier (Running Springs, CA) was the top finisher in 91st place with a time of 25:38. Teammates Kenny Lawrence (Ramona, CA) and Brian Robles (Norwalk, CA) finished in 106th and 107th place with the same time (25:58).
Running in the open division after coming off an ankle injury was junior Cory Martin (Lake Tahoe, CA). Martin ran a personal-best time (26:08) which would have placed him as the team's fourth best finisher, had he ran in the scored race.Stanford Invitational Results:
Men 8K: Winner -- Ian Dobson, Unattached (23:27), 91. Brian Stehmeier, LBSU (25:38), 106. Kenny Lawrence, LBSU (25:58), 107. Brian Robles, LBSU (25:58), 153. Aaron Trunnell, LBSU (26:38), 167. Jacob Kruczynski, LBSU (26:56), 168. Bryan Kinkaid, LBSU (26:57), 185. Randy Hills, LBSU (27:16), OPEN: 30. Cory Martin, LBSU (26:08).
Women 6K: Winner -- Sara Bei, Stanford (20:02), 51. Jennifer Yadon, LBSU (22:30), 126. Sharon Burnett, LBSU (23:36), 128. Diane Mendoza, LBSU (23:37), 183. Amber Murphy, LBSU (24:52), 198. Veronica Capron, LBSU (25:23), 203. Monica Salazar, LBSU (25:44). |
