Dickson, Randolph, Ayers-Stamper Break Indoor Track Records
January 29, 2005

NAMPA, Ida. (Jan. 29) ­ Danielle Ayers-Stamper of Seattle Pacific University surpassed three indoor track & field national qualifying standards in her five events while winning the Boise State/Athletes.com Invitational pentathlon at the Idaho Sports Center.

Meanwhile, the Falcons' Chris Randolph finished a strong second in the men's heptathlon and Karen Dickson smashed her SPU and Great Northwest Athletic Conference record in running fifth in the 5000 meters at the Washington Invitational Saturday.

Ayers-Stamper (Jr., La Crosse, Wa.) scored 4007 points and posted NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks in the 60 hurdles (8.85 seconds), high jump (5 feet, 8 inches/1.73m) and long jump (19-1½/5.83m). Her high jump was the best in the nation this season.

Mackenzie Winkle of Portland State was a distant second in the pentathlon with 3516. Seattle Pacific's Kelsey Cooley (So., Missoula, Mt.) took sixth (3241), Kristin Janney (So., White Salmon, Wa.) seventh (3189) and Linda Blake (Jr., Richland, Wa.) 10th (3145).

Randolph (Jr., Lone Tree, Co.) totaled 5141 points over seven events in finishing runner-up to Arizona's Jake Arnold's 5331. Randolph won the 1000 run (2:44.61) and cleared a school record 14-3¼ in the pole vault.

In a very competitive field at Seattle's Dempsey Indoor, Dickson (So., El Dorado Hills, Ca.) ran sixth but beat her own SPU and GNAC records set two weeks ago by more than 34 seconds in 16:46.34. Laura Turner of BYU was the winner in 16:16.77 and the first five to cross the finish were present or past members of Div. I programs.