The weekend for the men and women’s track and field teams was filled with numerous ups and downs as seemingly successful situations often turned into disappointment for the Cardinal. The men’s distance medley relay (DMR) was a prime example of this trend during the Penn Relays.

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Bernard Bluhm

The Cardinal had strong showings over the weekend at the Penn Relays, where the Stanford women’s distance medley relay team finished with an impressive time of 11:05:06.

The relay team, consisting of junior Garrett Heath, freshman Andrew Dargie and seniors Michael Garcia and Russell Brown finished second to the world record-holding and national championship winning team of Texas. Stanford’s time of 9:33.16 almost bested the Longhorns, who finished the event with a time of 9:32.89. And while such a close race run against such a notably stellar team marks the Cardinal as a force to be reckoned with, the runners did voice their frustration.

“It was really disappointing,” Dargie said. “We all hate to lose, and we know we could have beaten Texas. I think if we raced them again, closer to home, we could definitely win. Now the focus shifts to our home meet this weekend, and then Pac-10 championships.”

Brown, the anchor on the relay, had a lot to say, having fully analyzed and studied the race.