Brown Shines in Unusual Double

SEATTLE – Stanford sophomore Juliette Whittaker grabbed the national collegiate lead in the women’s 800 meters, running 2:02.67 to win at the UW Indoor Preview track and field meet at Dempsey Indoor on Saturday.

Whittaker, the 2023 Pac-12 outdoor 800 champion and NCAA indoor runner-up, took over from the pacer with one lap of the 307-meter track to go and won by more than six seconds. The race marked her season debut. 

Whittaker and fellow sophomore Roisin Willis gave Stanford its victories in Seattle. Willis, in her first race of the new season, won the 400 in 53.56 – placing her No. 5 on Stanford’s all-time indoor list. Willis, the reigning NCAA indoor 800 champ, also was a member of the gold medal-winning 4×400 team at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships. 

Reigning NCAA outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 champion Ky Robinson ran two races. He opened by finishing as the top collegian and placing third overall in the mile at 4:00.50. Robinson followed by placing 10th in the 1,000 in 2:25.61. 

Pac-12 cross country champion Amy Bunnage, a freshman, made her collegiate track debut. She was the top collegian in the 3,000, finishing fourth overall in 9:03.21. The time made her No. 3 on Stanford’s all-time freshmen list. 

Saturday’s results

UW Indoor Preview

At Dempsey Indoor

307-meter banked track

Winners and all Stanford 

Men

1,000 – 1, Sam Ellis (On) 2:18.96; 10, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 2:25.61 (PB; No. 8 Stanford AT); 11, Cole Sprout (Stanford) 2:25.69 (PB; No. 9 Stanford AT); 12, Leo Young (Stanford) 2:25.75 (PB; No. 10 Stanford AT); No. 3 Stanford frosh); 13, Lex Young (Stanford) 2:26.21 (PB; No. 4 Stanford frosh); 22, Callum Sherry (Stanford) 4:12.52; 24, Milo Skapinsky (Stanford) 4:12.83 (PB). 

Mile – 1, Brannon Kidder (Brooks Beasts TC) 3:58.31; 3, Ky Robinson (Stanford) 4:00.50; 6, Cole Sprout (Stanford) 4:03.48; 11, Leo Young (Stanford) 4:06.37; 16, Lex Young (Stanford) 4:07.65. 

Women

400 – 1, Roisin Willis (Stanford) 53.56 (No. 5 Stanford AT).

600 – 1, Halyn Senegal (Nevada) 1:29.16; 4, Taylor James (Stanford) 1:30.71 (PB; No. 3 Stanford AT); 11, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 1:35.43 (PB; No. 10 Stanford AT).

800 – 1, Juliette Whittaker (Stanford) 2:02.67.

1,000 – 1, Laura Pellicoro (Portland) 2:42.51; 8, Madison Shults (Stanford) 2:55.61 (PB; No. 5 Stanford frosh).

Mile – 1, Carly Thomas (Washington) 4:30.38; 17, Amelia Everett (Stanford) 4:56.48.

3,000 – 1, Allie Buchalski (Brooks Beasts TC) 8:55.46; 4, Amy Bunnage (Stanford) 9:03.21 (No. 3 Stanford…