Washington's Katie Flood takes collegiate lead with win in 1500 at Mt. SAC...
Former Seattle Pacific standout Jessica (Pixler) Tebo of the University of Colorado, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, led for most of the race before Flood made a strong move in the last third of the race, to stop the watches at a collegiate leading time of 4:11.66, pending the outcome of several big meets around the country this weekend.
Tebo, a former NCAA Division II national champion at SPU at this distance and a graduate of Eastlake HS in Sammamish, finished fifth in 4:14.53 in her first race in over a year.
Flood's mark gives her the A standard for entry into this June's US Olympic Trials in Eugene, and puts her in a position to challenge the Olympic Games A standard of 4:06.00, and the Games B standard of 4:08.90.
Tebo earned a provisional entry into the US Olympic Trials.
Former Husky Katie (Follett) Mackey, now a resident of Boston, earned an Olympic Trials A standard mark in the 5000, running 15:31.59, just short of the Olympic Games B standard in that event.
Former Husky and current Seattle Pacific vault coach Carly Dockendorf won the open A section of the pole vault, clearing 14-1 1/4 (4.30m). Current Husky Logan Miller finished fourth with a jump of 13-7 1/4 (4.15m).
Other highlights from Mt SAC:
--Washington State's J Hopkins finished third in the men's open 400 hurdles in a season best 51.43;
--In the javelin, Washington State's Christine Kirkwood (158-7, 48.34m), Washington's Amanda Peterson (156-2, 47.60m), WSU's Courtney Simmons (152-4, 46.44m), Seattle Pacific's Brittany Aanstad (144-8, 44.09m), and Western Washington alum Monika Gruszecki of Club Northwest (131-0, 39.94m) finished 6-7-8-10 and 13th;
--The Husky men's 4 x 100m of Matt Anthony, James Alaka, Sam Rucker and Ryan Hamilton won their heat and finished second overall to Houston, as they ran 40.77;
--In the men's javelin, Washington's Joe Zimmerman was fourth at 222-3 (67.74m). Former Washington high school standout Derek Eager of UCLA was fifth at 218-6 (66.59m), while the Huskies' Quinn Hale was sixth at 206-11 (63.07m).
Complete day 2 results from the Mt. SAC Relays are available here.
At the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific in Azusa, Western Washington's Karis Anderson finished in a five-way tie for first in the pole vault, clearing 11-11 3/4 (3.65m).
Western Washington's Emily Warman won the women's triple jump with a leap of 40-5 (12.32m).
Results from the Bryan Clay Invitational are available here.
Action continues Saturday with day 3 of the Mt. SAC Relays, featuring a number of pro athletes, notably long jumper Norris Frederick and reigning NCAA/USA 400 hurdles champ Jeshua Anderson, with athletes from the area also competing at the Beach Invitational in Cerritos, hosted by Long Beach State.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, Washington State University, Western Washington University, Seattle Pacific University, Mt. SAC College, and Azusa Pacific University contributed to this report.
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