April 6, 2012

Competing at the Stanford University Palo Alto Invitational on Friday was senior distance runner Alasia Griebel.  Griebel was the only Blue Devil from the women's track & field team to run at Stanford.  The meet was held at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.

The senior ran the 1,500m in a time of 4:28.13, good for second place.  Griebel's mark broke her own CCSU 1,500m school record of 4:36.64.  She finished behind only Weber State's Laken Hintze who finished first with a time of 4:27.62.

Griebel finished ahead of Xavier's Rachel Clark (4:28.58), California's Sydney Gray (4:29.21), and Washington State's Caroline Austin (4:29.37).  The 1,500m was Griebel's only event of the meet.

The Central Connecticut women's track & field team will be competing tomorrow, Saturday, April 7th at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational.