TOKYO – Former Stanford student-athletes Valerie Allman ’17 and Mackenzie Little ’19 both reached the medal stand at the 2025 World Athletic Championships, highlighting a contingent of nine Cardinal competing in the event, which concluded early Monday morning. 

Allman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, recorded a throw of 68.49 meters to capture her first World Championships gold medal, previously earning silver in Budapest in 2023 and bronze in Eugene in 2022.

Little, a native of Australia, earned her second career World medal with a bronze-winning effort of 63.58 meters. It marked her second consecutive appearance on the World podium, following a bronze at the 2023 meet.

Stanford had two representatives in the men’s 5000m final, as Ky Robinson finished fourth with an Aussie meet record of 12:59.61, followed by Grant Fisher‘s eighth-place run of 13:00.79. Fisher also took eighth in the 10,000m final, clocking a season-best time of 28:57.85. 

Harrison Williams scored 7746 points to finish seventh in the decathlon, earning a decathlon-best 5.20-meter pole vault, along with a runner-up performance in the 400-meter with a time of 46.88 and a season-best 4:22.72 in the 1500 meters to finish fourth.

Distance runners Jessica Tonn McClain and Elise Cranny rounded out the event finalists for Stanford. McClain crossed the line eighth in the marathon with a season-best 2:29.20, while Cranny finished 12th in the 10,000-meter final with a 31:40.07 race time. Cranny also recorded a season-best in the 5000 meters, turning in a 15:00.23 to finished 18th overall. 

Udodi Onwuzurike finished 15th overall in the 200 meters, qualifying for the event semifinals with a 20.27 prelim effort before posting a 20.26 in his second run. Roisin Willis rounded out the Cardinal competitors with a 2:00.24 run to finish 23rd overall in the 800 meter heats.

2025 World Athletics Championships
September 13-21, 2025
Tokyo, Japan

Women’s Results
800m Heats – 23. Roisin Willis (USA), 2:00.24
5,000m Heats – 18. Elise Cranny (USA), 15:00.23
10,000m Final – 12. Elise Cranny (USA), 31:40.07
Discus Final – 1. Valerie Allman (USA), 68.49m / Qualifying – 3. Allman, 66.07m
Javelin Final – 3. Mackenzie Little (AUS), 63.58m / Qualifying – 2. Little, 65.54m
Marathon Final – 8. Jessica Tonn McClain (USA0, 2:29.20

Men’s Results
200m Semifinal – 15. Udodi Onwuzurike (NGR), 20:26 / Heats – 15. Onwuzurike, 20.27
5000m Final – 4. Ky Robinson (AUS), 12:59.61; 8. Grant Fisher (USA), 13:00.79 / Heats – 5. Robinson, 13:13.60; 24. Fisher, 13:41.83
Decathlon – 7. Harrison Williams (USA), 8269 points
100 meters – 4. 10.79 / Long Jump – 22. 6.88m / Shot Put – 9. 14.87m / High Jump – 18. 1.90m / 400 meters – 2. 46.88 / 110 Meter Hurdles – 12. 14.56m / Discus Throw – 8. 45.61 / Pole Vault – 14. 4.60m / Javelin – 12. 55.44m / 1500 meters – 4. 4:22.72