Oregon State
Payton Jordan Invitational
Carlyle Breaks School Record in 1,500 Meters at Payton Jordan Invite
April 29, 2012 | Women's Track & Field
April 29, 2012
Stanford, Calif. – Senior track athletes Laura Carlyle and Casey Masterson were the lone Beavers competing at the nationally recognized Payton Jordan Invitational tonight, hosted by Stanford University.
“We are really pleased with both of them,” head coach Kelly Sullivan said. “They both came in here with their fingers crossed because there have been some health issues with both of them. I am really proud of how they both came in here.”
Both Carlyle and Masterson competed in the 1,500 meters. Masterson competed in section six of the 1,500 meters notching a season high time of 4:33.63 and a high finish in third place overall in her section.
“We are really excited for Casey because she has really struggled through a series of health things the last couple of months and both the situations have just been bad timing,” Sullivan said. “Credit to her, I talked to her at the beginning of the week asking if she still wanted to run in a safer environment or because she is a fifth-year senior, let her make her own decision.”
She said she wanted to go to Stanford and find out where she was at and that is not an easy thing to do when you have only ran one race this season. She is just truly determined and for her to come out and do as well as she did tonight was really good.”
Carlyle continued her record breaking 2012 track season in the 1,500 meter section three race, where she ran a time of 4:17.70 and placed fifth overall. Not only will the time of 4:17.70 keep Carlyle in the top-100 of athletes that have ran the 1,500 meters this season, but it also broke the school record that she set in 2011 of 4:18.73 in the 1,500 meters.
Carlyle has now broken a school record four times this track season. During the indoor season she broke her own school record in the indoor mile three separate times.
“She has struggled ever since the NCAA indoor championships meet because she was really disappointed at the NCAAs,” Sullivan said. “Then she hasn't felt great for the last six weeks due to Allergies. The Oregon State doctors that oversee our group have been working with her and helped her with her breathing problems and they have done a great job. She was able to breathe better this week and tonight. A 4:17 in the 1,500 meters is really good and it is extremely legitimate.”
The Beavers will return to action May 5 when they split up to compete at the Oregon Twilight and the Linfield Twilight, which will be the last competition for Oregon State before the Pac-12 Championships on May 12.
Oregon State Results
1,500 Meter Run (Section 6)
3 Casey Masterson, 4:33.63
1,500 Meter Run (Section 3)
5 Laura Carlyle, 4:17.70
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