MADISON, Wis. – For the second-straight week, the Wisconsin track and field team will travel to California as the Badgers will compete Friday at the prestigious Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California.
 

Wisconsin at Stanford Invitational
Date	Friday, March 31
Location	Stanford, California | Cobb Track and Angell Field
Meet Info	Schedule | Heat Sheets
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Six men – Olin Hacker, Joe Hardy, Carl Hirsch, Russ Sandvold, Malachy Schrobilgen and Zack Snider – along with five women – Amy Davis, Sarah Disanza, Sarah Heinemann, Michele Lee and Alicia Monson – will race Friday at Cobb Track on Stanford's campus.

"When we looked at our schedule, we thought this was a great chance to throw down some fast times instead of waiting for Big Tens to get NCAA preliminary round qualifying times," UW Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne said. "Our runners are fit so we thought it would be smart to take advantage of that fitness. When you look at the entries to this meet you could easily get carried away as everybody in the country is there."

Hirsch will compete in the 1500 meters at 8:46 p.m. CT while Hacker, Hardy, Sandvold, Schrobilgen and Snider will race in the 5000 meters. Sandvold and Snider will compete in the third section of the event at 9:45 p.m. while the rest of the Badgers will compete in the second section at 10:03 p.m.

The six all competed last week in the 5000 meters at the Aztec Invitational as Hirsch led UW with a fourth-place showing, while Hacker, Hardy, Sandvold, Schrobilgen and Snider all earned top-10 finishes.

For the UW women, the quintet will all compete in the 5000 meters as Disanza will compete in the top section at 10:21 p.m. Davis and Lee will compete in the second heat at 9:25 p.m., Monson will race in the third section at 9:05 p.m. while Heinemann opens action up for UW at 1:18 p.m.

The five Badgers all opened the outdoor season in the invitational section of the 1500 meters at the Aztec Invitational as Davis, Disanza, Heinemann and Monson all earned top-10 showings.

"We're in good heats," Byrne said. "I think in the process some of our runners will throw down some personal bests, but the main goal is to get a good time to qualify for regionals to get that out of the way. If the races at Big Tens go fast enough for our distance runners to earn better marks there, that's great. But if it doesn't at least we know that we will have kids advancing to the next level if we put up good marks at Stanford."