Winger wins javelin in Rovereto, while Efraimson gets third in mile; Mackey 4th in 3000 in Zagreb...

In Rovereto, Italy, Vancouver native Kara Winger (left/photo by Paul Merca) took the victory Tuesday at the Palio Città della Quercia meeting in the javelin.

Though it wasn’t close to her season best, Winger won with a fifth round throw of 191-8 (58.44m) after taking the lead in the first round with a throw of 187-0 (57.00m).

The win in the Italian city was Winger’s first overseas win since 2009 when she won in Kawasaki, Japan in 2009.

#palioquercia Women's javelin! Rovereto was beautiful. 🇮🇹 I can't help but celebrate my first victory overseas since Kawasaki in 2009!! You learn to appreciate every step after a lot of years. My body hurt but I was able to throw 58.44m. Gratzi, Italia!!

A photo posted by Kara Winger (@karathrowsjav) on Sep 6, 2016 at 2:12pm PDT

Winger moves on to Brussels, Belgium to throw at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday, the final meet of the season-long IAAF Diamond League series.

In the women’s mile, Camas’ Alexa Efraimson finished third in a personal best 4:27.39, as Ethiopia’s Olympic 1500m silver medalist Genzebe Dibaba ran the fastest time in the world this season, stopping the watches in 4:14.30.

Complete results of the Palio Città della Quercia meeting are available here.

In Zagreb, Croatia, Washington alum Katie Mackey finished fourth in the 3000 Tuesday night, clocking 8:47.46 at the Memorijal Borisa Hanžekovića IAAF World Challenge meeting.

Margaret Kipkemboi of Kenya was the winner of the very competitive race, running 8:45.69, as the top five finishers were under 8:50.

Complete results of the Memorijal Borisa Hanžekovića IAAF World Challenge meeting are available here.