Rebecca Tracy

800 Runners Conclude Stanford Invitational

March 27, 2011

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s track 800-meter runners concluded the Stanford Invitational Saturday at the Cobb Track in Palo Alto, Calif. Jack Howard (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) was the third-place finisher in 1:51.22 in the first section of the 800-meter run.

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Women’s Results

800-meter run: Rebecca Tracy (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) finished in 2:09.32 for second place in the fourth section, followed by Abby Higgins (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) in seventh place in 2:11.49 and Natalie Johnson (Englewood, Colo./Xavier College Prep) ran 2:16.48 for 11th place. Kelly Curran (Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) finished in second place in 2:12.46 in the sixth section, followed by McKinzie Schulz (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) in fourth place in 2:14.08 Alexa Aragon (Billings, Mt./Billings Senior) finished in fourth place in 2:16.43 in the seventh section and Meg Ryan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) finished 11th in 2:18.52.

Men’s Results:

800-meter run: Howard was the third-place finisher in 1:51.22 in the first section. Kevin Labus (Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit) finished in 1:51.60 for second place in the third section. Mitchell Lorenz (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) was the second-place finisher in 1:52.62 in the fourth section, while Randall Babb (Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South) finished 10th in 1:54.76.

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