Owsinski wins pole vault at OSU High Performance...

CORVALLIS, Oregon—Washington’s Kristina Owsinski (left/photo by Paul Merca) won the pole vault competition at the Oregon State University High Performance meet got underway Friday afternoon at the Whyte Track & Field Center on the OSU campus.

Owsinski, a sixth-year senior for the Huskies and 2015 Pac-12 champion, won with a best of t3-2.5 (4.03m).

Eastern Washington’s Erin Clark and Washington’s Kaitlin Zinsli tied for third at 12-6.75 (3.83m), while reigning Pac-12 champ Liz Quick of Washington failed to clear a height, missing three times at her opening bar of 13-2.5 (4.03m).

Inglemoor HS graduate and first-year post-collegian Tansey Lystad, competing in her first steeplechase since graduating from the University of Portland, finished second in that event 

Lystad ran 10:13.25, as Utah’s Grayson Murphy won in a facility record 10:05.77.

In the men’s 3000 steeple, Washington’s Julius Diehr was third in 9:14.84, while Eastern Washington’s Steaven Zachman was fourth in 9:17.72.  Colorado’s Zach Perrin won in 9:07.45.

The women’s 5000 saw Washington’s Katie Knight finish fourth in 16:13.44, while Eastern Washington’s Sarah Reiter was seventh in 16:21.50. Former Oregon State standout Kinsey Gomez of Skechers won in 15:52.79.

Complete day 1 results from the OSU High Performance meet are available here.

In Des Moines, Iowa, Camas’ Alexa Efraimson finished sixth in the women’s invitational 1500 meters at the Drake Relays Friday.

Efraimson ran 4:17.54, as 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Jenny Simpson took the win in 4:16.10.  

Hannah Fields of the Brooks Beasts was 13th in 4:19.83.

Washington alum Diamara Planell Cruz did not clear the opening height of 13-11.25 (4.25m) in the invitational pole vault. Sandi Morris, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, won at 15-5.75 (4.72m).

Results from the Drake Relays are available here.

NOTE:  Oregon State University and the Drake Relays contributed to this report.