STANFORD, Calif. – Sophomore distance star Brooke Moore made history yet again after shattering another long-standing Indiana State record in the 1500-meter at the Stanford Invite on Friday evening.
 
Moore, who broke current Indiana State senior associate athletic director Angie Lansing's 1998 mile record indoors by seven seconds (4:43.04 to 4:50.12), repeated the effort with almost an eerie consistency, breaking Lansing's 1997 record in the 1500 of 4:27.92 by seven seconds at a new record of 4:20.02. Most impressively, this was Moore's first-career 1500-meter race.
 
She won the third section of the 1500 and finished 17th overall with that time. Following the later heats that included faster collegiate times, Moore currently ranks 15th in the NCAA in the 1500. Using the national performance list entering this weekend, her time would have ranked No. 3.
 
Fellow distance runner Taylor Austin had a similarly fast open in her signature event, the 3,000 meter steeplechase, out at Stanford. Austin, the defending MVC steeple champion at a school-record time of 10:17.70, nearly broke her own record in the process today, running her best-ever steeple open at 10:17.73 to finish sixth in the invite section.
 
Austin was among the best in the country, as the four top steeple times in the United States were run in her invite heat tonight. Using tonight's times and the previous national list, Austin ranks No. 4 in the NCAA.
 
The rest of the Sycamore men's and women's track & field teams had a solid first day at Eastern Illinois for the Big Blue Classic with two event wins on a cold and wet Day One.
 
With eight events scored, the Sycamore women sit in second place with 56 points behind current leader Illinois State at 70. The Sycamore men, meanwhile, currently rank third with 29 points through seven events scored, falling behind Eastern Illinois (94) and Illinois (63).
 
Senior All-American Alethia Marrero won the 400-meter hurdles in her first try at the event since the 2015 season, running 1:02.08 for the win.
 
Senior pole vaulter Kaitlyn Moricz won the pole vault title, her first height cleared since finishing as the MVC runner-up indoors. Moricz cleared 3.80m (12-05.50) for the win, the eighth-best in school history outdoors and currently the 27th-best in the East Region.
 
Senior long jumper Devyn Mikell recorded a runner-up finish for the Sycamore men with a season-best performance in the long jump. Mikell leapt a wind-aided 7.21m (23-08.00), a three-centimeter outdoor best this season that currently ranks tied for 29th in the East Region.
 
The Sycamore women had a high finish in the long jump of their own, with sophomore Caitlyn Redmon recording a wind-aided outdoor best of 5.82m (19-01.25) for a fourth-place finish.
 
Sophomore Akis Medrano helped out the Sycamore men with a top-three finish in the 5K, his first race of the outdoor season. Medrano – an All-MVC finisher during the cross country season – finished third overall at 14:35.62.
 
Also recording some solid points for the Sycamore men was Ryan Chestnut in the hammer throw, who finished sixth at a season-best toss of 52.07m (170-10).
 
Competition resumes tomorrow morning at Eastern Illinois at 9:30 a.m. with the women's discus.
 
Women's Team Scores (Through eight events):
1. Illinois State – 70
2. Indiana State – 56
3. Eastern Illinois – 54
4. IPFW – 39
5. Milwaukee – 17
6. Illinois – 8
7. Bradley – 7
7. Western Illinois – 7
7. Illinois-Chicago – 7
 
Men's Team Scores (Through seven events):
1. Eastern Illinois – 94
2. Illinois – 63
3. Indiana State – 29
4. Milwaukee – 24
5. Illinois State – 15
6. Illinois-Chicago – 9
7. Western Illinois – 8
8. Valparaiso – 2
 
Other Day One Scorers:
 
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles:
9. Justin Wolz – 56.84
 
Women's 10K:
3. Emma Hayward – 41:08.08
 
Men's 10K:
8. Corey Alfredson – 33:02.00
 
Women's Pole Vault:
4. Breanna Herring – 3.35m (10-11.75)
 
Women's Long Jump:
10. Mandy Jones – 5.44m (17-10.25)
 
Men's Long Jump:
8. Scott Schreiber – 6.77m (22-02.50)
 
Women's Hammer:
9. Jasmine Noel – 45.72m (150-00)
14. Jada Jackson – 43.45m (142-07)
 
Women's Shot Put:
7. Cassaundra Roper – 12.82m (42-00.75)
8. Jasmine Noel – 12.62m (41-05.00)
 
Men's Shot Put:
6. Vince Laconi – 15.31m (50-02.75)
12. Hunter Schuman – 14.51m (47-07.25)
 
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