Track and Field | 4/13/2017 7:25:00 PM
AZUSA, Calif. – The San Francisco track and field team heads to the Bryan Clay Invitational at the Cougar Athletic Stadium on Azusa Pacific's East Campus poised to continue a strong spring campaign. The Dons are coming off a
notable night at the Stanford Invitational, where four school records were broken on the track. Along with the record-setting affair in the South Bay, many personal bests fell not only at the Invitational but also around the track at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival.
USF's contingent at the Bryan Clay spans from the 200 meter distance to the 1,500 meters, as well as men's javelin. All of the Dons' events will be contested on Friday. The Dons are seeking to use their momentum-building time out as a springboard for even more success in Southern California.
Quotable
"Our distance crew is either running the 1,500 or 800 and we could not ask for a better opportunity for our team to walk away from the weekend with personal bests. There is both a ton of quality and quantity so we are looking forward to building upon what we got going two weeks ago at Stanford." - USF head coach
Helen Lehman-Winters on the Bryan Clay Invitational
USF Schedule of Events
Friday, April 14 at Cougar Athletic Stadium (Azusa, Calif.)
11:25 a.m. – 400 m (W) –
Skylar Fenton
1 p.m. – Javelin –
Katoa Ahau
1:35 p.m – 800 m (M) –
Cristian Monsalud
2:15 p.m. – 800 m (W) –
Elena Burkard,
Emma Stahr
5:35 p.m. – 200 m (W) –
Asaundra Dalton,
Skylar Fenton
7:15 p.m. – 1,500 m (M) –
Ben Alcock (Sec. 10),
Mohamed Aziz (Sec. 9),
Ryan Driscoll (Sec. 13),
Hugh Nicklason (Sec. 15),
Edward Shepherd (Sec. 11)
8:35 p.m. – 1,500 m (W) –
Marie Bouchard (Sec. 2),
Magdalena Dias (Sec. 5),
Kelsey Nielsen (Sec. 8),
Daryl Phill (Sec. 7),
Weronika Pyzik (Sec. 3),
Tatjana Schulte (Sec. 5)
Media Coverage
Fans can
watch the meet on FloTrack, the exclusive live video provider at the 2017 Bryan Clay Invitational, or follow along with live results
here. For more information on the meet including schedues, maps and spectator information, please visit Azusa Pacific's
meet information page.
Dons in the Rankings
The USF women are ranked 33rd nationally, and 19th in the West Region after two weeks of the outdoor season. Four women have current season scored bests, paced by
Charlotte Taylor's 4th fastest 10K time in the country. Also notching points are
Elena Burkard (1,500 m),
Weronika Pyzik (5K) and
Isabelle Brauer (10K), as well as pre-season scoring for
Marie Bouchard (3K SC) and Burkard (5K).
On the men's side,
Alex Short's 14th place 10K and
Hugh Nicklason's 1,500, both school records set March 31, earn national points for the Dons.
NCAA Qualifying
The Top 48 student-athletes in each event in each region will advance to the preliminary championships, with the West Region Championships taking place May 25-27 at the University of Texas. Currently, 14Â USF marks lie within the 48-athlete threshold with approximately one month remaining in the regular season:
  800 m (M):
Hugh Nicklason – 1:50.17 (29th)
  800 m (W):
Emma Stahr – 2:10.15 (41st)
    1,500 m (M):
Hugh Nicklason – 3:43.70 (12th);
Ryan Driscoll – 3:48.73 (47th)
    1,500 m (W):
Elena Burkard – 4:17.76 (8th);
Marie Bouchard – 4:24.50 (29th)
    5,000 m (W):
Weronika Pyzik – 15:59.00 (13th);
Tatjana Schulte – 16:38.43 (40th)
    10,000 (M):
Alex Short – 28:46.83 (5th);
Caleb McClain – 31:03.73 (47th)
    10,000 (W):
Charlotte Taylor – 32:11.80 (1st);
Isabelle Brauer – 33:44.11 (5th)
    3,000 SC (M):
Ryan Driscoll – 8:56.99 (16th);
Mohamed Aziz – 8:57.77 (17th)
On the Horizon
Next on the docket for the Dons is the Cardinal Classic, held April 21-22 at Stanford.
