Arkansas distance crew opens outdoor at Stanford Invitational

STANFORD, Calif. – Arkansas’ distance group opens the outdoor season this week as they compete in the Stanford Invitational on Friday, April 4.

Paityn Noe, Sydney Thorvaldson, and Bradley Weimer are scheduled to contest the 10,000m. Sorcha Shiu is entered in the 1,500m, Olivia Pielemeier races in the 5,000m, and Mackenzie Rogers competes in the 3,000m steeplechase.

There is no live stream of the Stanford Invitational this year. Live results will be available at this link: https://rt.trackscoreboard.com/meets/4425/events.

Racing in the 5,000m at the Mike Fanelli Classic hosted by San Francisco State on Friday morning are Morgan Kirkland and Ruby Little.

Noe, a sophomore outdoors with the Razorbacks, raced in the 5,000m at Stanford a year ago and produced a time of 16:02.09 to open her outdoor season after missing the 2024 indoor season. Her 10,000m career best of 32:57.29, which ranks No. 6 on the UA all-time list, came from placing ninth at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

After earning cross country All-America with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships last November, Noe was the high point scorer at the SEC Indoor with 16 points from a 5,000m victory and bronze medal in the 3,000m.

Noe then earned a pair of first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships by placing seventh in the 3,000m and eighth in the 5,000m.

Following a redshirt this indoor season, Thorvaldson returns to action with the Razorbacks. Last season she set a career best of 32:36.47 to place third in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational. That mark ranks No. 5 on the Arkansas all-time list.

Thorvaldson collected first-team All-America in the 10,000m at the 2024 NCAA Championships with a seventh-place finish and placed 13th in the 5,000m. Thorvaldson holds the UA 5,000m record with a 15:25.07 performance from 2024.

Rogers set a career best of 10:15.59 in her debut season competing in the 3,000m steeplechase. She finished seventh in the 2024 SEC Championships and qualified for the NCAA West First Round where she set her PR in placing 13th.

Stanford Invitational | Women’s Distance Events Schedule (PT)