WALNUT, Calif. - Sam Stabler claimed the nation's third-highest 1500-meter time while Verity Ockenden captured the top times in the Southland Conference in the 1500m and 5000-meter races on Saturday at the Mt. Sac Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational in California.

Stabler competed at the Bryan Clay Invite and put up a time of 3:40.45 in the 1500m, and finished in second place. He was the top attached runner. The senior also has the top time in the nation in the 5000m on a 13:30.50 mark.

Ockenden, also ran at the Bryan Clay, competed in the 1500m and set a new personal record on a 4:20.67 mark. She took third place, second collegiate finisher, and improved her hold of the top time in the Southland Conference. Evelyn Chavez also record a PR in the 5000-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She put up a 16:58.47 time and finished ninth. That mark also increased her lead of the event in the Southland Conference

Louise Webb ran the 3000-meter steeple chase and finished ninth on a mark of 10:43.76 time.

On Thursday, both Jan Lukas Becker and Alex Dunbar claimed top times in the Southland Conference in the 3000-meter steeplechase and the 10,000-meter run, respectively, at the Mt. Sac Relays.

Becker put up a mark of 9:08.54 and finished just under six seconds faster than the previous high in the league from Sam Houston's Evan Arambula. It was the freshman's first time in the event and only his second meet to compete.

Tate Schienbien of Purdue finished first in his section a time of 8:53.11.

Dunbar took the top spot in the 10k after a 30:31.58 time, which also took fifth place in the Lamar record books. In his first event run, he took the top spot from Central Arkansas' Jonathan Burgess on a time of 30:57.50.

Luke Baker of Georgia was first in his section on a time of 29:36.95.

Becker was 13th in his event, and Dunbar was 22nd.

The track and field teams will run their next meet at the Rice Invitational on April 25 before heading to the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships that start on May 9.