DURHAM, N.C. – While her Duke teammates compete in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays this weekend, senior distance runner Anima Banks will travel west for the 21st-annual Payton Jordan Invitational Sunday, hosted by Stanford at Cobb Track and Angell Field. Banks is slated to run the women’s 800 as her lone event in a field loaded with top collegiate, professional and international talent.
Banks, a first team All-American after placing eighth in the women’s 800 at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships, will have the opportunity to secure an automatic-qualifying time for the upcoming U.