Women's Track & Field | 5/3/2018 9:49:00 PM

STANFORD, Calif.--Competing in the elite section of the 1,500 at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational, Western Oregon senior David Ribich placed 10th overall with a time of 3:45.74. 

Trailing just the pacesetters through the first 700 meters, Ribich hovered around the lead for the first two thirds of the race.

In a field comprised of several Olympians, including multiple medalists at the Olympic Games, Ribich was overcome in the final lap. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, a 17-year od prodigy from Norway, topped the star-studded field with a 3:39.06. Paul Chelimo, a silver medalist in teh 5,000 at the 2016 Summer Olympics, placed second with a 3:40.16

Ribich set the all-time NCAA DII record in the 1,500 with a 3:37.35 estabished at Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invite on April 20.

Payton Jordan Invitational
Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
Cobb Track and Angell Field
May 3

1,500 (Elite): 10. David Ribich, 3:45.74.