SEATTLE, Wash. – The University of San Francisco's track and field team finished off its weekend at the University of Washington Invitational held at Dempsey Indoor.
 
The standout performance of the weekend was the school record set by Jack Rowe in the 3,000m. He finished 8th in his section, and 8th overall with a time of 7:58.82, beating the previous record set by Ryan Driscoll in 2016 by almost 12 seconds. 
 
On Friday, the women's distance medley relay of Alena Ulrichova, Samantha Lind, Emma Stahr and Marie Bouchard put in a school record setting performance to finish 3rd in section three, finishing 3rd overall with a time of 11:30.49
 
Freshman Lea Meyer turned in a strong performance in the mile race, putting up a mark of 4:51.65 to finish 20th overall. She led for the second half of the race, taking home a decisive win in her heat.
 
In the 200m, Asaundra Dalton and Lind turned in a pair of strong performances. Dalton finished second in her heat and 15th overall with a time of 25.14. Lind won her heat with a time 25.66 to place 28th overall.
 
QUOTES:
Head Coach Helen Lehman-Winters
On the performance of the weekend:
"We had some solid performances this weekend, but clearly have a lot of work to do over the next few weeks to put ourselves in a better position going into Husky and MPSF Championships"
 
On Rowe setting the school record:
"We are really happy with how well Jack raced this evening. He was in a loaded heat and finished ahead of several All-Americans. This was a great test of his fitness and a really solid start to his year"
 
On Meyer's heat winning performance in the mile:
"Lea ran with poise, confidence and with relative ease to win her heat."
 
On Dalton's 200m performance:
"Asaundra's 200 was the fastest opener of her career which is promising as it is only January. We expect her to continue to improve a ton over the next couple months."
 
NEXT UP:
The Dons will head back to Seattle for the Husky Invitational in two weeks on Feb. 9.
 
USF Results:
Friday
200m
15. Asaundra Dalton – 25.14 (2nd in Sec. 2)
28. Samantha Lind – 25.66 (1st in Sec. 13)
98. Maya Reynolds – 27.97 (5th in Sec. 20)
102. Alia Mahuna – 28.38 (4th in Sec. 22)
 
5,000m
30. Frederique Latraverse – 17:35.69 (16th in Sec. 1)
47. Valerie Almanza – 18:16.44 (17th in Sec. 2)
53. Kelsey Nielsen – 18:29.69 (17th in Sec. 1)
 
Women Distance Medley Relay
3. Alena Ulrichova, Samantha Lind, Emma Stahr and Marie Bouchard – 11:30.49 (3rd in Sec. 3)
17. Josephine Brysting, Grace McKenna, Maya Reynolds and Magdalena Dias – 12:23.95 (3rd in Sec. 1)
 
Saturday:
60m
27. Asaundra Dalton - 7.95 (4th in Heat 6)
66. Grace McKenna - 8.48 (5th in Heat 10)

1 Mile
20. Lea Meyer - 4:51.65 (1st in Sec. 4)
48. Emma Stahr - 5:04.97 (12th in Sec. 4)
 
400m
31. Alena Ulrichova - 57.97 (2nd in Sec. 11)
 
3,000m
8. Jack Rowe – 7:58.82 (8th in Sec. 4)
27. Jacob Allen – 8:14.54 (9th in Sec. 3)