STANFORD, Calif. – Despite being a long way from home, Bradley Track & Field showed its middle- and long-distance prowess at the Stanford Invitational and Mike Fanelli Track Classic on April 4-5.

Two program records and 19 new top 10 and personal best times were set in California.

Jack Crull ran a 3:40.51 in the men's 1500m to lower his own program record. Crull also won the 1500m event, edging out runner-up Garrett MacQuiddy of California by just one-hundredth of a second. Jaxson Copelin (3:48.27) and Travis Gaffney (3:49.96) each set new personal bests in their respective sections in the 1500m.

The women's 1500m event saw Kaitlyn Sheppard set the fourth-fastest Bradley time at 4:20.68. Trixie Wraith (4:21.43, #5), Abi Hancock (4:21.63, #6) and Eimear McCarroll (4:24.16, #10) set new top 10 times, while Ciara Thornley set a new personal best at 4:28.41.

Jayde Rosslee's 13:39.10 in the 5000m event broke Michael Ward's program record by 15 seconds, while Caleb Lind's 13:56.95 is the third-fastest time in program history. 

Nadia Potgieter ran the third-fastest women's 5000m time in program history at 16:10.68.

The 800m men's and women's runners maintained their season-long success. Matthew Burnett's event-winning 1:49.31 is the fourth-fastest time in program history. Jamie Phillips (1:50.00) and Kaden Kingsmith (1:50.41) ran the sixth- and ninth-fastest times in program history. Sheppard ran a 2:10.01 to sneak into the top 10 program times, while Eilen Brenne (2:10.02), McCarroll (2:10.66) and Thornley (2:13.85) set new personal bests in their women's 800m races.

Rhune Vanroose ran 10:44.72 in the steeplechase for the fourth-fastest time in Bradley history in the team's first steeplechase endeavor of the season.

The Braves also succeeded in the EIU Big Blue Classic in Charleston, Ill. Julia de Palma Mendiguchia ran 1:02.42 in her women's 400m Hurdles race, breaking Charlene Dewey's 1985 program record of 1:03.25. 

Amiyah Davis ran a new personal-best of 24.59 seconds in the women's 200m event to set the second-fastest women's 200m time in program history. Carolina Martinez completed her race in 25.41 seconds, the 10th-fastest time in program history.

COMING UP…
Bradley will compete locally after a travel-filled week, running in The Normal Invite, hosted by Illinois State, on April 11-12.

BRADLEY RESULTS
Stanford Invitational

Women's 800m	3rd: Trixie Wraith (Section 3) - 2:08.59  5th: Abigail Hancock (Section 4) - 2:09.34
Men's 800m	1st: Matthew Burnett (Section 3) - 1:49.31  3rd: Jack Crull (Section 2) - 1:49.78  1st: Jamie Phillips (Section 1) - 1:50.00   4th: Kaden Kingsmith (Section 3) - 1:50.41  3rd: Jaxson Copelin (Section 1) - 1:50.74
Women's 1500m	2nd: Kaitlyn Sheppard (Section 4) - 4:20.68  7th: Trixie Wraith (Section 3) - 4:21.43  3rd: Abigail Hancock (Section 4) - 4:21.63   3rd: Eimear McCarroll (Section 5) - 4:24.16  13th: Ciara Thornley (Section 4) - 4:28.41
Men's 1500m	1st: Jack Crull (Section 1) - 3:40.51  1st: Jaxson Copelin (Section 5) - 3:48.27  1st: Travis Gaffney (Section 6) - 3:49.96
Women's 3000m Steeplechase	8th: Rhune Vanroose (Section 3) - 10:44.72
Women's 5000m	7th: Nadia Potgieter (Section 3) - 16:10.68
Men's 5000m	7th: Jayde Rosslee (Section 2) - 13:39.10  3rd: Caleb Lind (Section 4) - 13:56.95

Mike Fanelli Track Classic

Women's 800m (171 finishers)	5th: Kaitlyn Sheppard - 2:10.01  6th: Eilen Brenne - 2:10.02  9th: Eimear McCarroll - 2:10.66  46th: Ciara Thornley - 2:13.85
Men's 800m (193 finishers)	33rd: Travis Gaffney - 1:54.31

EIU Big Blue Classic

Women's 100m	4th: Jaela Pierson - 12.78  5th: Olivia Redpath - 12.82
Men's 100m	13th: Angelo Echols - 12.07
Women's 200m	1st: Amiyah Davis - 24.59  4th: Carolina Martinez - 25.41  9th: Syeira Campbell - 26.03  11th: Olivia Redpath - 26.58
Men's 200m	14th: Roman Lewis - 23.29  16th: Brayson Barth - 23.47  23rd: Angelo Echols - 25.29
Women's 400m	1st: Amiyah Davis - 55.91  2nd: Carolina Martinez - 58.09  5th: Hope Rajlich - 1:01.05  6th: Syeira Campbell - 1:01.80
Men's 400m	6th: Roman Lewis - 54.05  7th: Brayson Barth - 54.06
Women's 400m Hurdles	1st: Julia de Palma Mendiguchia - 1:02.42
Women's 800m	3rd: Andriana Erotocritou - 2:21.11
Men's 800m	4th: Isaac Lind - 1:55.36
Women's 1500m	3rd: Carissa Hamilton - 4:48.72  6th: Sonja Inzinger - 4:58.91
Men's 1500m	4th: Zachary Balzer - 3:58.37  10th: Ian O'Laughlin - 4:00.76  18th: Ivan Westcott - 4:08.80  28th: Mickey Vreeland - 4:16.04
Men's Long Jump	5th: Bryndon Wallace - 6.17 meters (20' 3")