Rams’ distance crew shines at Stanford Invitational, San Francisco State Distance Carnival

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STANFORD, Calif./HAYWARD, Calif. – Colorado State's distance runners registered multiple personal bests and likely NCAA first-round qualifying times in their first action of the outdoor season this Friday at the Stanford Invitational and the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. The Stanford Invitational was held from Cobb Track and Angell Field, while the San Francisco State Distance Carnival was hosted at Chabot Track.

Among the top performers was Cole Rockhold, who finished with a 5,000 meters time of 13:40.29 for an improvement upon his personal best by over 12 seconds. The junior placed fourth overall and as the No. 3 collegian in the invitational section of the event, finishing just over one second behind the winner. With his performance, the Independence, Mo., native now ranks second in program history in the event.

Wayde Hall was the Rams' top runner in the third section of the 5,000 meters, placing fourth with a time of 14:05.61. Six spots behind him was Carson Hume, who completed the race in 14:14.84. Hall's time ranks ninth in program history, while Hume's is 14th.

In his first action since the 2017 cross country season, Jerrell Mock clocked a time of 28:46.86 in the invitational section of the 10,000 meters. Mock placed 10th in that section, with Grant Fischer right behind with a time of 28:54.19 and an 11th-place finish. On the women's side, Darby Gilfillan clocked a time of 34:15.46, finishing less than two seconds shy of her personal best.

Rounding out top performers on the women's side was Sanne Holland, who registered a top-10 finish and a time of 10:31.78 in section two of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The senior is one of seven in program history to run the steeplechase in under 11 minutes.

At the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, Justin Weinmeister placed 22nd out of 108 runners in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 30:10.18. That time ranks the senior at 18th in program history in the event.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State distance coach Art Siemers
On the men's distance runners:
"I thought tonight we had some good things happen. Cole (Rockhold) did extremely well to run 13:40 and finished well in a strong field. That was a great step for him, especially in his first 5k of the year. Jerrell (Mock) and Grant (Fischer) ran very consistent to both break 29 minutes. They all took care of business to make the first round of NCAAs. Wayde (Hall) not only had a nice PR, but also had a time that normally goes to the first round of NCAAs. He ran a really smart race to try to win his heat."

On the women's distance runners:
"Darby (Gilfillan) lost a shoe with eight laps to go and stayed composed and still almost had a personal best. That was probably one of the toughest performances we had tonight, and she did a great job to qualify for the first round of nationals. Sanne (Holland) was a little bit off her PR, but she didn't have the indoor or cross country seasons (exhausted eligibility), so she had a while before she competed. I thought she did a great job to knock the rust off and run a strong opening steeple for the year."

NOTES
- Although Sanne Holland's 3,000-meter steeplechase time was not a personal best, only six other athletes in program history have run a faster time in the event.
- Jerrell Mock and Grant Fischer are the only athletes in program history to run sub-29-minute 10,000 meters races. Each have done so twice.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State track & field team returns to action on Saturday for the Tom Benich Invite at Nottingham Field in Greeley, Colo. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. MT with the javelin.

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