A dominating figure in the world of collegiate jumping, senior Erica McLain captured her third straight Pac-10 title in the long jump and the triple jump this weekend at the Pac-10 Championships in Tempe, Ariz. The winning long jump was a season best mark for McLain at 21-4, while she won the triple jump with a leap of 44-6.75.

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Junior Alicia Follmar placed third in the 1,500 meters and seventh in the 800 meters to help the Cardinal women to their second place finish at the Pac-10 Championships in Tempe, Ariz. this weekend. Follmar and the Cardinal will next move on to the NCAA West Region Championships in Northridge, Calif. #gallery http://daily.stanford.org/image/full/9219
Bernard Bluhm

Junior Alicia Follmar placed third in the 1,500 meters and seventh in the 800 meters to help the Cardinal women to their second place finish at the Pac-10 Championships in Tempe, Ariz. this weekend. Follmar and the Cardinal will next move on to the NCAA West Region Championships in Northridge, Calif.

The women’s team showed great depth in the jumps, with freshman Arantxa King placing fourth in the long jump with a 20-1.5 and sophomore Griffin Matthew placing eighth with a jump of 19-6. Freshman Sabrina Nettey finished fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 41-5.

McLain and the other female jumpers played a large part in the Stanford women’s second place finish in the Pac-10 Championships, right behind Arizona State. All the women in several different events contributed greatly to the Cardinal’s success.

Stepping up for a spectacular victory was freshman Alexandra Gits, who took home the champion title in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:50. Gits also finished ninth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:06.07. Senior Lindsay Allen finished second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:20.06.

Junior Alicia Follmar had a successful meet, placing third in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:23.65. She also finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.25. Follmar followed senior teammate Lauren Centrowitz who finished second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:23.07.

Centrowitz also doubled back to finish in third place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:46.98; she was just behind senior Teresa McWalters who finished second in the event with a time of 16:42.66. Indeed, the female distance runners certainly made their mark at the Championships.

“The meet went well for the women’s team as a whole,” Follmar said. “I think everyone made some sacrifices this weekend with most of us doing multiple races and events. At the same time, I know that there are quite a few of us who wanted to do a little bit better than we did, and luckily we will have an opportunity to get the little things taken care of for Regionals and Nationals.”

The sprinters gathered some points for the Cardinal as well, with Matthew finishing in seventh place in the 100 meters with a season-best time of 11.66 seconds and junior Deborah Akinniyi also finishing in seventh place in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.12 seconds. The Stanford women’s 4x100 relay placed in third with the seventh fastest time in Cardinal history (45.73 seconds). The team consisted of freshman Whitney Liehr, King, freshman Brittni Dixon-Smith and Matthew.

The men were led by spectacular performances in both the sprint and distance events. In the sprints, senior Wopamo Osaisai took home the title in the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 10.47 seconds. Osaisai doubled back to finish in seventh place in the 200 meters with a time of 21.51 seconds. Junior Myles Bradley, the top hurdler for the Cardinal, finished in fourth place in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.01 seconds. Bradley, a skilled athlete, also placed fifth in the long jump with a personal best leap of 24-3, after having only competed in the event two times before.

The Cardinal’s prowess in the middle and long distance races was on display with the men, also, marked by this weekend’s top finishes. Junior Garrett Heath won the Pac-10 title in the 1,500 with a time of 3:42.02. He was followed by teammates senior Russell Brown, who finished in fourth with a time of 3:42.81, and junior Hakon DeVries, who finished in fifth with a time of 3:43.18. The other distance runners with notable finishes were freshman Jake Riley, who finished in eighth place in the 10,000 meters with a personal best time of 30:37.26, and Garcia, who had a sixth place finish in the 800 meters after finishing in 1:49.17.

In the field events, the men were led in the pole vault by senior Graeme Hoste and freshman Casey Roche. Hoste finished in second place with a mark of 17-1. Though Hoste and the first place winner had the same height, Hoste achieved it with more misses. Roche finished in fourth place with a vault of 16-6.75, while senior Mike Macellari finished in eighth place in the shot put with a collegiate best throw of 58-1.25. Junior Tunji Munabi placed ninth in the long jump with a leap of 22-11.75 and seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 48-2.

All of these top finishes helped the Cardinal men to their fifth place overall finish in the Pac-10 Championships.

Stanford will compete next at West Regional Championships, which start on May 30 and will be hosted by Cal-State Northridge.