While it was often the Stanford women who were ahead at track and field events this season, both halves of the Cardinal pulled even at the NCAA Championships, June 6-9. Both the Stanford men and women tied for tenth in their respective events.

In addition, eight Cardinal athletes earned All-American honors at the NCAAs.

Junior Russell Brown and sophomore Garrett Heath both earned the honors in the 1500-meter event. While Heath’s 3:40.14 garnered seventh, Brown’s career-best 3:37.56 was good for third at the championships, as well as fourth on Stanford’s all-time list.

“This was the time I knew I could run all year, and it happened at the biggest race of the year, which is special,” Brown said to GoStanford.com. “I’m happy about my finish, but there are always things to work on. I’ve got another year against these same runners.”

In the women’s 1500 meters, senior Arianna Lambie earned her 10th All-American honors with a career-best 4:12.29. The time was second both for the championships and all-time Stanford records.

“It was my plan to push the pace,” Lambie said to GoStanford.com. “I felt really strong, I kept trying to draw out the pace. I kind of ran out of steam with 200 metes left.”

Sophomore Lauren Centrowitz also garnered All-American honors alongside Lambie with a 4:19.34 in the event (ninth place). Lastly for women’s track, junior Teresa McWalters took sixth in the 5000 meters (on a career-best 15:53.89) for her fourth career All-American honor.

Among the women’s field events, junior Erica McLain earned her ninth and 10th All-American honors with a third-place finish in the long jump (21-05 1/4) and a second-place finish in the triple jump (44-10 1/4), respectively.

The men had similar field success with senior Michael Robertson taking the runner-up slot in the discus throw (203-08) for All-American honors, while junior Graeme Hoste earned the same in a tie for fourth in the pole vault (17-06 1/2).

“I have a complete set of trophies now: two third places, one first place and now a second place,” Robertson said to GoStanford.com. “Obviously I would like to be the champion, but it feels good to go out with another All-American honor. You don’t want to get beat doing anything other than your best, but I don’t think that was the case today; I put forth a good effort.”

The Stanford men totaled 20 points at the NCAA Championships to tie with Oregon for 10th, while the women totaled 23 points alongside Texas Tech. Florida State and Arizona State won the respective competitions.