Mitchell and Overall will advance to regional competition

March 28, 2005

Victoria Mitchell (senior) and Scott Overall (junior) each topped regional qualifying time standards at the Stanford Invitational hosted by Stanford University on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26 in Palo Alto, California.

Mitchell, who broke her own school record in the 5,000 meter run, recorded a time of 16:28.33 at Stanford. That effort bettered the previous school record of 17:08.46, set by Mitchell last season. Overall also advanced to regional competition after turning in a time of 14:12 in the 5,000 meter run.

Five other competitors also represented Butler in the California meet. Maria Beitel (sophomore) placed 15th (36:31.80) and John Frazer (senior) placed 32nd (29:29.05) after running the men's and women's 10,000 meter race, Andrew Sherman (senior) earned first place in his section of the 800 meter run with a time of 1:51.04. Thomas Frazer and Nick Goodliffe (senior) also ran the 5000 meter race. Frazer posted a time of 14:18.13, while Goodliffe recorded a 14:24.31.

The Bulldogs continue their season Saturday, April 2nd at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.