![]() The trio opened with stellar results in the 100-meters, going 1-3-4 overall. The Dawgs are chasing some big points in the decathlon, personally and in the team standings, as Bruno Comin Pescador, Jami Schluter, and Ollie Thorner all got going with the first five events. Eikeng finished day one with a stellar score of 3,778 points. She held onto the top spot in the 200-meters, taking second overall in a slightly wind-aided season-best time of 23.87. She then matched her outdoor best in the high jump, going 5-7 ¾.Įikeng got her first event win in the shot put, throwing 47-2 ½, which moved her into first-place for the first time. Eikeng rolled to a 13.26, taking over a tenth off her PR, and improving her No. Ida Eikeng started her heptathlon competition today with a huge PR in the 100-meter hurdles. Kathleen Horn also had a season-best toss of 148-2 to finish 10th, as the Huskies got eight points out of the event. Junior Tanya Simora was seventh at 156-6, and freshman Saydi Orange was eighth in 155-10, both scoring in their first career Pac-12 Championships. Heptathlete Ida Eikeng was fourth overall at 169-3, hanging around after she finished her four heptathlon events to add the open javelin to her workload. The women's javelin followed, and just like the men, the Husky women had three of the eight point scorers. #GoHuskies /1RDzpgJPQE- Washington Track & Field May 12, 2023 He goes 227-10 with this throw to secure his podium spot. ? for Chandler Ault in the men's javelin!! Olsen, just a redshirt freshman, went 216-6 and Gockel threw 204-6 for a new PR. The two came in seeded eighth and ninth but finished fifth and sixth. Beating the form chart was Jack Olsen and Brady Gockel. Chandler Ault took runner-up honors for the Dawgs today in his first Pac-12 Championships, as the Princeton transfer threw 227-10 to take second. ![]() That was a key five points to get things going for the Dawgs.Īnother solid points haul in the throws came next in the men's javelin. Fourth in 2021 and runner-up last year, White was fourth again today with a round four best of 222-6, which at the time moved him from seventh up to fourth. The first points of the meet came from a predictable source, as Jayden White earned a top-four finish for the third year in a row in the men's hammer throw. Naomi Smith just missed scoring as she was ninth in 33:43.05. Markezich went from seventh in the 10k last year to runner-up tonight. The women's 10k followed to conclude the night, and Husky Andrea Markezich had a stellar second-place run in 33:14.04 to grab some hardware. Leo Daschbach also earned his first conference points with a seventh-place finish in 29:58.04. Hicks was second in 28:25.12.įay becomes the first Husky men's Pac-12 10k champ since 2001, when David Bazzi last won it. He opened up a five meter lead but coming around the final turn, Hicks closed the gap again and got within a step, but Fay had just enough to hold him off for the victory in 28:24.90. As the 25th and final lap began, Fay moved past Hicks and began an all-out sprint for the final 400-meters. ![]() #GoHuskies /tgh8OvXUxh- Washington Track & Field May 13, 2023įay, who last year won the Pac-12 steeplechase title, stayed up front from the start in a dwindling lead group that finally was reduced to just he and Hicks. If you wanted to watch the whole 28:24 ? Spoiler Alert ?īrian Fay is the first Husky men's 10,000-meter Champion since 2001. The 10,000-meter finals were the first and only track finals tonight, but the battle between Fay and Hicks will be hard to top for the rest of the meet. But today was indicative of an all-around consistent team effort that the teams want to continue. SAC Relays, Washington racked up 32 points on the men's side and 16 on the women's side, leading in both, though with a long way to go. With two days to go at Hilmer Lodge Stadium, the site of the annual Mt. Fay got the second Pac-12 track title of his career, and first in the 10k, in a thrilling upset of Stanford's Charles Hicks tonight, highlighting a great first day for Washington at the Pac-12 Championships. And once the Irishman made his move, not even the NCAA cross country champion could keep up. – After stalking the two-time defending 10k champion for 24 laps, Brian Fay finally attacked. | Hilmer Lodge StadiumĮvent Schedule PDF | Pac-12 Homepage | Live Results
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