March 30, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Five members of the Purdue track and field team competed in the annual Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday. In the fierce day of competition, two school records were shattered and four NCAA marks were reached.
Senior Donnie Fellows ran an NCAA provisional mark and new school time of 29:02.85 in the 10,000m run. Fellows' time shattered Bill Shuey's 17-year old record of 29:23.4 set on April 5, 1985. Fellow senior Barbara Wenger beat her own school record time in the steeplechase with an NCAA provisional time of 10:18.32. Classmate Ann Stechshulte ran an NCAA automatic mark of 33.56.51 in the 10,000m run. Rookie Lindsay Zinn won her section of the 5,000m with an NCAA provisional time of 16.28.73. Geoffrey Fleming ran a personal record time of 8:59.40 in the steeplechase.
Thousands of high school, college, and professional runners, jumpers, and throwers competed at Stanford's Cobb Track and Angell Field during this two-day track and field extravaganza. The list of past champions and meet record holders include a who's who of American Track and Field, including Gail Devers, Calvin Harrison, Kelli White, and Stanford's PattiSue Plumer, Michael Stember, and Brad Hauser.