For the past two years, senior Arianna Lambie has helped lead the Stanford women’s track and field team to victories and overall success. She didn’t stop this past weekend, as she finished in first place in the one-mile section at the Husky Classic.

Lambie finished the section with an NCAA automatic time of 4:38.90 at the Seattle, Wash., indoor meet. Rebecca Johnston, listed as unattached, came in second (0:00.75 back) with the only other automatic time in the one-mile run. Seven total Cardinal members earned NCAA automatic or provisional times over the weekend.

Sophomore Alicia Follmar finished fifth (4:45.90) for a provisional mark. In section five of the one-mile run, sophomore Mary Liz McCurdy finished at 4:58.92 to come in second.

The men’s team put together five provisional marks at the Husky. Redshirt junior Russell Brown’s time of 3:59.29 in the one-mile landed him in first, while redshirt sophomore Garrett Heath followed right behind with a time of 3:59.60 Reshirt junior Michael Garcia had a provisional time of 1:49.84 in the 800-meter, senior Jacob Gomez had a season-best in the 3,000 meter (8:02.87) and junior Graeme Hoste had a provisional mark of 5.41 m in the pole vault.

The Cardinal men also had first-place finishes in the pole vault and shot put competitions.

Meanwhile, another group of Stanford athletes competed at the Tyson Invitational in Fayettville, Ariz. The team’s highest finish came from senior Ashley Freeman in the 800-meter (seventh place). This part of the squad also posted many personal-bests on Friday and Saturday.

Synchro stays undefeated

The No.1Stanford synchronized swimming team claimed its third straight victory of 2007 with a strong performance at Alabama-Birmingham this past Saturday. With the 90-61 win, the team is now a perfect 4-0 on the season.

Even with much less poll depth than accustomed to, the Cardinal had three first-place finishes. The trio of sophomore Elizabeth Anne Markman, junior Sarah Lowe and junior Courtenay Stewart finished first with senior Samantha Bongiovanni-Duclos, junior Melissa Knight and freshman Debbie Chen teaming up for second.

Lowe had three first-place finishes at UAB. She had the top place in the solo event and paired with Stewart to take first in the duo competition. Bongiovanni-Duclos and Markman finished second in the duo event.

The team returns to Stanford this Saturday and once again will compete against UAB, as well as Wheaton College. Competition starts at 4 p.m. at the Avery Aquatic Center.