Payton Jordan Rewind

Published by David Kiefer/Stanford SID on May 4th, 2016

STANFORD, Calif. – To truly digest the Payton Jordan Invitational, it’s best to give it a couple of days to marinate. Then, take small bites and chew slowly.

Perhaps that’s the ideal way to take in what took place Sunday at Cobb Track and Angell Field during a track and field meet that annually serves as the nation's premier distance-running competition. Here are some delicacies to savor:

An illustration of the depth of talent in the fields:

• Fifty-two men broke 14 minutes in the 5,000 meters.
• Forty-one women broke 16 minutes in the 5,000.
• Thirty-nine women broke 4:20 in the 1,500.
• Thirty-four women broke 33 minutes in the 10,000.
• Thirty-three men broke 29 minutes in the 10,000.
• Twenty-six men broke 3:44 in the 1,500.
• Twenty-two women broke 10:15 in the 3,000 steeplechase.
• Twenty women broke 2:05 in the 800.
• Seventeen men were under 8:40 in the steeplechase.
• Nine men broke 1:49 in the 800.