2009 Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite

May 2, 2009

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California

Flotrack will be on-site for the 2009 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite hosted by Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Every year some of the best in the world come out to run FAST and this year will be no different.

From gostanford.com....

The 2009 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational
Stanford will once again host the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational on Saturday, May 2, from Cobb Track and Angell Field. This year the meet will take on extra significance with the passing of Payton Jordan this past February. The former Stanford head coach and legend in the sport will be honored during the meet. The meet will once again be highlighted by the distance fields, which include some of the best athletes from around the nation and the world. The fields include collegiate as well as professional runners looking to run under the ideal conditions that Cobb track traditionally presents during a spring evening. Last season U.S. Olympian, Shalane Flanagan set the American Record in the women's 10,000 meters, which ranked at the top of several tremendous performances.

21 comments

Dan Knewitz 4 years ago

Flotrack, great coverage. I had tons of fun watching live and being part of the interviews at the end. So cool.

Keep up the good work.

tim 4 years ago

Wondering if we can get some races instead of interviews uploaded? 10k, 5ks...thanks.

Martin Spierings 4 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAQeBuOptgc

Video of Derrick's record

kevind 4 years ago

Go to mogulus.com -- see if you can play any videos on that site. If you can't, you're missing Flash or some other essential browser component.

yeah 4 years ago

It's not displaying for me. I've tried with IE and Firefox. The live page has the videos, interviews, etc. down the left side, but the rest of the page is blank.

kevind 4 years ago

Top right of the covera. 'GO LIVE'.

Here's a direct link ...
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234940/live

TrackGal 4 years ago

Where is the live feed?!?!

yeah 4 years ago

ditto. i'm not getting the live feed.

hello 4 years ago

wheres the race!?!?!?!

4sstar 4 years ago

Huge races for sure...anticipation is building for that 5k...also the steeple. Go Sammy, battle like Maximus. Want to also see the team Indiana Elite guys do well...Fife in that steeple.

Ryan From Flotrack 4 years ago

its almost time! 8 more hours till the madness begins!!!

Fabrizio Chamor 4 years ago

Mucho exito a los mexicanos para hoy en la tarde, en especial a Juan Luis.
Ánimo chavos!!

Aldebaran 4 years ago

Mucho exito a los mexicanos para hoy en la tarde, en especial a Juan Luis.
Ánimo chavos!!

4 years ago

I completely disagree with the heat assignments for the 5000! What in the Hell are they trying to do - spread the entertainment value or something? Put all the damn big guns together in one frick'en race and make them run! That's the only way that the standards will improve and the benchmarks raised towards completing on a World Class level. Seems like everyone has their own selfish agenda; promoters, coaches, meet organizers and even the runners themselves. Get real, if you want to compete with Kenya and Ethiopia and not look like a bunch of pretentious clowns on some "B" level exercise, then the coupling of the best athletes in the nation needs to occur at every available opportunity. If these guys are so psychologically delicate that they cant deal with the pressure, then get the hell off the track!!! No more excuses!

distance fan 4 years ago

Any idea how w800m sections will be divided? 3 sections but no heats broken down.

Jason 4 years ago

whoa german and teg in the 5k... should be freaking amazing

Fan from State College 4 years ago

I am excited to see Rebecca Donaghue race. She said she is going after the A Standard in one of her latest blog entries.

http://runningrebecca.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/why-not-me/
Should be a great race.

Tim 4 years ago

whoa Goucher is listed in the men's 10k... that's a bit of a surprise I haven't seen or heard of him running any races since that half marathon a year or two ago. I wonder if he's in race shape. Maybe he'll win one for Kara!

Men's 5k is straight up ridiculous. It's going to be Chelanga but I've got to pull for German. Nobody can touch Sam besides Galen and luckily this race seems to be for runner's without Nike Robot Altitude Houses...

Ryan From Flotrack 4 years ago

live coverage of payton jordan this weekend and it should be a great meet! this will be one of the last big collegiate races as athletes get ready for conference and regional meets. get ready for some fast times!!

4 years ago

yea that will definitely be a fast race

Kevin Liao 4 years ago

The men's 5k is gonna be insane. Bolota, Scotty Bauhs, Chelanga, Coe, Cragg, Derrick, German, Puskedra, Tegenkamp, Vaughn.

2009 Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite

Track Races

Coverage Videos

100 (4)

10k (4)

110 (1)

200 (2)

1500 (10)

3k steeple (4)

400 (4)

5k (7)

800 (7)