This past weekend, the Cardinal hosted one of the nation’s most prestigious Track & Field competitions of the season, the Payton Jordan Invitational. Featuring names like Millrose champions Matthew Centrowitz and Eric Jenkins, Stanford athletes faced the highest tier of competition out there.
The most noticeable headline actually came from someone that won’t even be able to contribute to the red and black until the fall: Vanessa Fraser. Redshirting this season, the college senior competed like a professional, finishing 9th in the women’s 5000m with a time of 15:25.83s; a career-best by 15 seconds and what would have been the fastest time run by a collegian this season—if she was not redshirting.