STANFORD, Calif. – The University of New Mexico track & field team sent seven distance runners to the Stanford Invitational on Friday night.
Camillo Dunninger was scheduled to compete in shotput at the Texas Tech Masked Rider today but did not compete after all.
Three Lobo runners excelled in the 10K invitational to end the late night at the Stanford Invitational. Amelia Mazza-Downie placed second in the event with a time of 32:55.26, which is sure to give her one of the top spots on the national qualifying list. The current leader on the list ran a time of 33:00.89 and the list has not been updated with today’s times.
Emma Heckel placed fifth with a time of 33:05.02. Aliandrea Upshaw ran a time of 33:18.32 for seventh place in the race of 25 runners.
In her first event as a Lobo, Sarah Eckel ran a time of 4:27.34 in the women’s 1500m run to start things off for New Mexico this weekend. Elise Thorner ran in section two of the 1500m, running a great time of 4:17.44 in the event. Abbe Goldstein ran in the invitational section of the 1500m, finishing with a time of 4:15.79.
Samree Dishon placed first in the second section of the 5000m run as she ran a time of 15:54.83. Her time would land her on the top-ten of the national qualifying list as of now.
The Lobos are set to compete in a couple events at the Stanford Invitational, plus a ton of events at the Texas Tech Masked Rider all day Saturday.
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*All places on the national qualifying list are subject to change as times from other meets come in all weekend.