UW Distance Duo Reaches NCAA 10,000-Meter Qualifying Standard
March 28, 1999
STANFORD, Calif. - Washington senior Deeja Youngquist and junior Anna Aoki both reached the NCAA automatic qualifying standard in the women's 10,000-meter event, registering two of the fastest times in school history at the Stanford Invitational.
Youngquist shaved nearly one minute off her 10,000-meter career best with a fifth-place time of 34:04.70. Aoki, the 1998 Pac-10 champion in the 10,000 meters, placed seventh with a time of 34:05.30 that bettered her previous best time by nearly a minute. Those times are the second- and third-fastest in Washinton school history, trailing only the school record of 33:13.45 established by Regina Joyce in 1983.
Texas Tech's Leigh Daniel paced the elite women's 10,000 field with a time of 32:53.95.
Husky senior Lara Kelley placed fourth in the women's 400-meter hurdles (1:00.07) and eighth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.37). She clocked a career-best time of 14.11 in the 100 hurdle semifinals.
UW senior Monique Glass finished eighth in the women's 400 meters with a time of 56.55.
Washington junior Geoff Perry posted a ninth-place men's 1,500-meter time of 3:51.20.
Stanford Invitational
Cobb Track; Stanford, Calif.
March 27-28, 1999
Men's Results
1,500 meters - 1, Mike Miller, Fila Track West, 3:42.78; 2, Paul McMullen, Asics, 3:42.90. UW finishers - 9, Geoff Perry, 3:51.20; 15, Chris Ledford, 3:53.29.
110-meter hurdles - 1, Eugene Swift, New Balance, 13.48; 2, Richard Benoy, Sprintco TC, 3.79. UW finisher - 7, Ben Meyer, 14.48.
400-meter hurdles - 1, Makio Haywood, unattached, 51.52; 2, Jeff Allen, Stanford, 52.00. UW finisher - 18, Ben Meyer, 55.29.
Women's Results
200 meters - 1, Amarie Buchanan, Long Beach St., 23.53; 2, Trinity Davis, Humboldt St., 23.64; UW finisher - 17, Monique Glass, 25.65.
400 meters - 1, Liz Grow, Notre Dame, 54.72; 2, Lesly Love, Tennessee, 55.32. UW finisher - 8, Monique Glass, 56.55.
5,000 meters - 1, Tara Robatinsky, BYU, 16:12.12; 2, Maggie Chan, BYU, 16:12.75. UW finisher - 12, Kara Syrdal, 16:50.03.
10,000 meters - 1, Leigh Daniel, Texas Tech, 32:53.95; 2, Shelley Smathers, New Balance, 33:13.17. UW finishers - 5, Deeja Youngquist, 34:04.70; 7, Anna Aoki, 34:05.30.
100-meter hurdles - 1, Valerie Manning, Air Force, 13.30; 2, Monica Fisher, unattached, 13.34. UW finisher - 8, Lara Kelley, 14.37.
400-meter hurdles - 1, Skye Green, Asics, 59.25; 2, Tish Hennes, Oregon, 59.29. UW finisher - 4, Lara Kelley, 1:00.07.
