Palo Alto, CA - The Stanford Invitational an annual two-day fixture (25/26 March) succeeded in dodging rainy conditions which both preceded and followed the competition.

One of the best performances of the weekend came from Jonathan Johnson, a member of the US team last year in Athens, who opened his outdoor season with a crisp 1:46.78 time in the men's 800 metres.

World-leading performances during this young outdoor season came from recently-crowned NCAA indoor champion Ginnie Powell with a wind-legal 12.95 in the women's 100m Hurdles, and also from Tracy O'Hara with a 4.40 in the women's Pole Vault.

The distance races on Friday evening also saw world-leading times in the two 10K events. Kenya's Josphat Boit, a student at the University of Arkansas, won the men's race in 28:07.27, while Kim Fitchen-Young prevailed with 32:47.79 in the women's event.

Jesse Williams, the NCAA indoor champion in the men's High Jump, started his outdoor season well with a 2.25m jump, while the NCAA indoor runner-up in the men's Pole Vault, Ray Scotten, won that event with 5.45.

Other top marks included a 13:33.05 by Kurt Benninger in the men's 5000 metres, and Olympian Nicole Teter's 4:12.77 in the women's 1500 Metres.

Mention should also be made of the accomplishments of David Klech on Saturday afternoon. The 16-year-old high school student from nearby San Ramon ran a PB 52.75 in the Men's 400m Hurdles (at 9:15am!) and leaped a PB 2.13m in the High Jump, while also logging a 14.29 in the 110m Hurdles (99cm).

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