Sports News

Runners Excel  The men’s and women’s cross-country teams brought home NCAA championships at the end of 1996. Not since 1986 has one school won both titles. En route to the top, Stanford won every match: both Pac-10 championships, and the District VIII Cross Country Championships ­ a first for Stanford athletes. “This team has the deepest talent of any in my five years here,” said Coach Vin Lananna. Leading the Cardinal women at the NCAAs were Monal Chokshi, Jessica Fry, Mary Cobb and Leila Burr. The men’s top runners were Greg Jimmerson, Brad Hauser and J.J. White.

Amazing Cardinal Machine  Fall competition also saw other Stanford athletes set a blazing pace. Seven of eight Stanford teams advanced to post-season NCAA competition. Six teams ­ women’s volleyball, water polo, both men’s and women’s cross-country, women’s soccer and field hockey ­ won their conference championships. Water polo tied for the title, but a tie-breaker rule gave Stanford first seed in the conference playoff. These results were emblematic of performances that for the past two years have kept the Sears Cup, awarded to the school with the country’s outstanding overall athletic program by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and Sears, here on the Farm.

Troy Walters

Strong Finish for Stanford Football  The 1996 season was a turnaround for the ages. Stanford started 1-4, including a 41-9 thrashing by Arizona State. But then the Cardinal got tough, very tough, winning its final four games (three of them in dramatic come-from-behind wins). It was the longest

Sports Digest (Plain text) Sports Digest (Adobe Acrobat format - 175k)

Previous | Next