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Cuffe Blazes to Record - GoStanford.com

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DyeStatCOLLEGE.com   May 7th 2014, 9:39pm
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STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford junior Aisling Cuffe crushed the school record in the women's 5,000 meters on a Sunday night of fast running at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational.

Cuffe shattered her personal record by 42 seconds and took down a seemingly unreachable Stanford mark while recording a time of 15:11.13.

It was the third-fastest in collegiate history and the second-fastest ever by an American collegian, trailing only Colorado's Jenny Simpson, who ran 15:01.70 indoors in 2009.

Stanford school record was 15:20.44 set by three-time NCAA 5,000 champion Lauren Fleshman in 2003. Fleshman, who was in attendance Sunday, ran as fast as 15:12.71 at the World Championships the summer of her senior year, after turning pro. Cuffe even beat that time.

Cuffe, the NCAA indoor 5,000 runner-up in March, had a previous best of 15:53.95, and knew her splits were heading into uncharted territory, but felt good enough to keep up the pace and felt she had nothing to lose.

The race was so fast, that Cuffe placed sixth in an international field of mostly professionals at the 19th annual distance running showcase.



Read the full article at: www.gostanford.com

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