Alan Webb scheduled to compete in 10,000 meters.

	Several Stanford athletes will be competing at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational.

April 27, 2006

Stanford, Ca - In its eleventh year, the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational has developed into one of the premier track and field meets of the outdoor season. Each May, college and elite level athletes gather at Cobb Track and Angell Field with intentions of achieving qualifying marks for the season's remaining championship meets.

On Sunday, Olympic-caliber and elite athletes will compete starting at 2:00 p.m. with the field events and 5:15 p.m. with the running events at Cobb Track & Angell Field.

The Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational features many of the top collegiate and post-collegiate athletes from around the world. In 2006, the stakes will again be high as many of the athletes competing will attempt to achieve the "A" qualifying standards for the 2006 USA Track & Field Championships laterand the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Japan. In addition, many collegiate athletes, including many from Stanford University, will have their eyes set on the standards for the NCAA Regional Championship.

A yearly highlight of the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational is the men's and women's Kim McDonald Memorial 10,000 meters. In 2002 at Cobb Track & Angell Field, Deena Drossin ran an American record time of 30:52.2 crushing Lynn Jennings' previous record of 31:19.89. Japan's Yoko Shibui won the race in a Japanese record time of 30:48.89. The times by Shibui and Drossin were the third and fourth fastest in the world in 2002. In 2001, Meb Keflezighi set an American record (27:13.98) in the men's 10,000 meters at the Cardinal Invitational and race winner Abraham Chebii of Kenya ran the fastest 10,000 meters ever on American soil with a time of 27:04.20. In 2003, Alan Culpepper took top honors in the men's Kim McDonald Memorial 10,000 meters with a U.S. leading time of 27:41.90.