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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (May 1, 2019) - Three of Northern Arizona University's outdoor track program long distance runners will be attending the 24th Annual Payton Jordan Invitational on May 2nd hosted by Stanford University at Cobb Track & Angell Field. The Payton Jordan Invitational is an internationally-renowned competition, intended for elite collegiate, national and international athletes. The competition has been reformatted from past seasons, in that it is planned to host TRACK EVENTS ONLY (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, 100/110mH, 400mH, 3000mSC).
Geordie Beamish,
Tyler Day and
Luis Grijalva will be representing the Blue & Gold in California on Thursday and will be racing in the Men's 5000m Run. The event will begin at 9:55 P.M. (MST). This meet will be a tune up and chance for the three to get some valuable expereience prior to the 2019 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which begin May 8th in Missoula, Mont.
MEN'S 5000M INFO:
U.S. Championships qualifying: 13:35.00
World Championships qualifying: 13:22.50
Olympic qualifying: 13:13.50
World leader: 13:13.06, Edward Zakayo Pingua (Kenya)
U.S. leader: 13:29.52,
Grant Fisher (Stanford)
Collegiate leader: 13:29.52,
Grant Fisher (Stanford)
Stadium record: 13:02.74, Ben True (Saucony), 2014
Meet record: 13:02.74, Ben True (Saucony), 2014
Stanford record: 13:15.33, Ian Dobson, 2005
Participant Notes: Yomif Kejelcha, an Ethiopian running for the Nike Oregon Project, crushed the world indoor mile record with a 3:47.01, is a 5,000-meter runner at heart. On August 31, 2018, he placed third at the Diamond League Final in 12:46.43, making him the seventh-fastest ever at that distance ... Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen is 18 now, and is one of the world's great young talents. He already owns European championships in both the 1,500 and 5,000, becoming the youngest to win a Euro track title, last August at age 17 … Jakob won the Payton Jordan 1,500 last year over 2016 Olympic champ Matt Centrowitz … The elder Ingebrigtsen brothers, Henrik and Filip, compete in this race as well … Henrik was the 2012 European champion and Olympian at 1,500, and has a 5,000 best of 13:27.10. Filip was the 2017 World Championships bronze medalist in the 1,500 and the 2016 European champ at that distance … Drew Hunter, the U.S. indoor 2-mile champ, is in the field, as well as BYU's Conner Mantz, who won the Stanford Invitational 10,000 in a time that remains the American and collegiate leader at 28:18.18 … Canadian Justyn Knight, a two-time NCAA individual champ at Syracuse, won this race in a 2017 duel with Australia's Sam McEntee … Ben Blankenship was a 2016 Olympic finalist in the 1,500 … Ryan Hill was the silver medalist in the 3,000 at the 2016 World Indoor Championships … Gonzaga's James Mwaura won the Cardinal Classic 10,000 on April 19 … Stanford's
Alex Ostberg, fifth in the 2019 NCAA indoor 3,000, makes his outdoor season debut … Eric Jenkins was a two-time NCAA indoor champ while at Oregon.
Recent winners:
2018: Henrik Ingebrigtsen (Jrs. Sports Management) 13:16.97
2017: Justyn Knight (Syracuse) 13:17.51
2016: Shadrack Kipchirchir (U.S. Army WCAP), 13:18.52
2015: Juan Luis Barrios (Nike), 13:15.71
2014: Ben True (Saucony), 13:02.74
2013: Ben True (Saucony), 13:14.44
2012: Lopez Lomong (Nike OTC), 13:11.63
2011: Brandon Bethke (Quiksilver), 13:25.82
2010: Tiidrek Nurme (Estonia), 13:32.74
2009: Alistair Cragg (Adidas), 13:22.36
2008: Bernard Lagat (Nike), 13:16.29
2007: Adrian Blincoe (unat.) 13:27.34
2006: Alejandro Suarez (Mexico), 13:36.76
2005: Abdi Abdirahman (Nike), 13:28.57
