The Stanford track and field team’s outdoor field season got off to a promising start this past weekend at the Stanford Quad Meet. Boasting two of the best lineups in the nation, the Cardinal lived up to its high expectations. The women’s team finished first with 69 points, and the men came in third place with 51 points in a meet that brought UC-Davis, Fresno State and USF to the Farm.

The Stanford women claimed the top three spots in the 800-meter run with sophomore Alicia Follmar the winner at 2:09.84. Redshirt sophomore Claire Cormier and sophomore Kaylin Pennington were close behind in second and third place, respectively.

Stanford also swept the podium in the women’s high jump. Senior Lindsey Gannaway won the event with a jump of 1.75 meters, and her teammates sophomore Tessa Flippin and freshman Kara Bennett placed second and third.

Overall, the women’s team ended with a total of eight first-place finishes in 18 events. Senior Jakki Bailey won the 100-meter dash by a half-second margin; junior Lauren Centrowitz took first in the 1500-meter run; and freshman Nora Miller topped the competition in the 100-meter hurdles.

Sophomore Michaela Wallerstedt threw the shot put 13.97 meters for the win and senior Katy Ellsbury won the hammer with a throw of 51.41 meters, 1.7 meters farther than her closest opponent.

The Cardinal women rounded out the day with a win by the 4x400 meters relay team.

With Stanford in first, UC-Davis came in second place with 58 points, while Fresno State was third (54 points) and USF was fourth (12 points). On the men’s side, UC-Davis dominated the meet with 74 points. Fresno St. was runner-up with 68 points, while the Cardinal came in third with 51 points; USF ended up with 3 points.

The discus event proved to be the most successful for the Stanford men, claiming the top three spots. Senior Michael Robertson — 2005 NCAA champion in the event — came in first with a throw of 56.53 meters, while junior Daniel Schaerer and redshirt sophomore Mark Shughart came in second and third place respectively.

Three other Stanford men posted wins in the meet: Senior Brett Gotcher in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:52.03, junior Graeme Hoste on the pole vault with a height of 5.05 meters and senior Feranmi Okanlami with 15.07 meters in the triple jump.

Richard Sherman did well enough to finish second place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.55 seconds, while Joseph Jackson finished third at 14.70.

The Cardinal also saw second-place finishes from freshman Daniel Belch in the 100-meter dash and redshirt junior Kyle Davis-Hammerquist in the hammer throw. The 4x400 medley relay team also placed second, finishing half a second behind Fresno State’s “A” team.

The Stanford team will wrap up its indoor season this weekend as nine athletes compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Three women qualified for the meet: redshirt junior Arianna Lambie in both the 3000 and 5000 meters, freshman Griffin Matthew in the long jump and junior Erica McLean in the triple jump.

The men’s team is sending six to Arkansas: redshirt junior Russell Brown and redshirt sophomore Garrett Heath in the mile, Hoste in the pole vault and junior Josh Hustedt in the heptathlon. The 4x400 relay team of Heath, freshman Zach Chandy, redshirt junior Michael Garcia and Brown qualified as well.

The rest of the team will not compete again until the Cal Multis during Stanford’s spring break.