COMPLETE MEET RESULTS
SAN FRANCISCO – Four different Southern Oregon University distance runners locked up spots in the NAIA Outdoor Championships during a fruitful start to the Mike Fanelli Track Classic on Thursday at Cox Stadium.
Isaac Fernandez claimed the No. 6 spot on the Raiders' all-time men's 10,000-meter list while banking his automatic-qualifying mark. Haylee Brodahl and Alejandra Lopez added 'A' times in the women's 10K, and Lauren Forster did it in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Fernandez, a senior from Yreka, Calif., and a two-time All-American in cross country, finished his 10K in 30 minutes 52.04 seconds, an 18-second PR. He needed 31:10 or better to meet the 'A' standard and finished 15th of 61 in an NCAA-heavy field. His is the second-fastest time in the NAIA this season.
Brodahl and Lopez both comfortably got in under the women's 10K standard of 37:30. Brodahl completed the race in 37:16.19, putting her at No. 9 on SOU's all-time 10K list and taking 10th of 35 in the race, and Lopez clocked in at 37:24.97 to finish 15th. Brodahl qualified for the second year in a row, while Lopez earned her first berth at the national meet. They went to Nos. 4 and 5 on the NAIA performance list.
Forster's steeplechase time of 11:17.13 was the fourth-fastest in SOU history and less than a second under the automatic-qualifying standard. She placed 15th of 30 in the race and stands at No. 2 on the NAIA performance list.
The three other SOU runners in action – Sydnee Kizziar, Frankie Maciel and Asher Tatsumi – recorded Cascade Conference Championship-qualifying times. Kizziar ran the women's 10K in 38:47.05, Maciel the men's 10K in 32:47.51, and Tatsumi the men's steeplechase in 10:27.58.
The Raiders will have representation on Day 2 of the meet starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
% - NAIA 'A' qualifier; * - CCC qualifier
SOU WOMEN'S RESULTS
10,000m (35 total entries)
10. Haylee Brodahl, 37:16.19%
15. Alejandra Lopez, 37:24.97%
24. Sydnee Kizziar, 38:47.05*
3,000m Steeplechase (30)
15. Lauren Forster, 11:17.13%
SOU MEN'S RESULTS
10,000m (61 total entries)
15. Isaac Fernandez, 30:52.04%
42. Frankie Maciel, 32:47.51*
3,000m Steeplechase (49)
44. Asher Tatsumi, 10:27.58*