Washington breaks into USTFCCCA D1 national top 25 after Stanford/Texas Relays...
NEW ORLEANS-- After both Washington squads opened the outdoor season the week before at the Peyton-Shotwell Invitational with a skeleton team because of spring break, the teams broke into the second USTFCCCA Division I Track & Field Rating Index released Tuesday after competing as a full team over the weekend. The Husky men crack the top 25, coming in at number 21, while the women are at number 25. Beyond pole vaulter Jimmy Rhoads' (UW Athletics photo) outdoor school record of 18-10.5 (5.75m) set at the Texas Relays, the biggest mark of the weekend came in the 400 meters, where Alex Rhodes uncorked a 45.22 mark in the 400 meters at the Stanford Invitational. Rhodes' time is the third best in school history, supplanting Maurice McNeal's 45.60 from 2011 off the top three. Rhoads' vault is the number 2 mark in Division I, while Rhodes' time in the 400 is the fourth fastest time so far this season. The Division I men's top five teams after last weekend's ...
