It's last chance qualifying weekend for USATF outdoor championships...
The most notable meet where athletes with Washington ties are off to chase marks is Friday night’s Stumptown Twilight meet at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
Seattle Pacific alum McKayla Fricker (left/photo by Paul Merca), along with Baylee Mires and Claudia Saunders of the Brooks Beasts will be looking for a sub 2:02 clocking in the high performance 800 meters.
In the women’s 3000 steeplechase, Washington State alum Collier Lawrence is looking for a mark under 9:50.00 to get into next week’s nationals.
On the men’s side, the most notable entry with Washington ties looking for a mark is Auburn/Riverside HS alum Jordan McNamara, who is looking to run under 3:39.00 to get into the national championships.
Below is a list of athletes with Washington ties who have qualified for the USATF national championships.
The two numbers next to the USATF qualifying standards are the minimum number of athletes needed to run the qualifying rounds, and the number of rounds needed.
USATF and the men’s and women’s track and field committee does have some discretion on how many athletes they will/won’t take into the meet that have not met the standard. The committee will fill the field based on the number of entries in each event. Note that there are some athletes who have made the standard who are electing not to compete.
paulmerca.blogspot.com has been informed that Troy Fraley from Gonzaga, and 2016 Olympian and two-time world championships decathlete Jeremy Taiwo will not compete in Sacramento, even though both have met the qualifying standards. Fraley will concentrate on preparing for cross country, while Taiwo has not fully recovered from injuries suffered earlier this year.
| NAME | EVENT | MARK | |
| 400 METERS | |||
| World: 45.50 | USA: 45.70 (32/3) | ||
| Marcus Chambers | Oregon | 44.92 | |
| 800 METERS | |||
| World: 1:45.90 | USA: 1:47.50 (32/3) | ||
| Drew Windle | Brooks | 1:45.02 | |
| Shaquille Walker | Brooks | 1:45.68 | |
| Casimir Loxsom | 1:46.13 | ||
| Nicholas Symmonds* | Brooks | ||
| 1500 METERS | |||
| World: 3:36.00 | USA: 3:39.00 (30/2) | ||
| Izaic Yorks | Brooks | 3:38.01 | |
| 5000 METERS | |||
| World: 13:22.60 | USA: 13:32.00 (24/1) | ||
| Hassan Mead | Nike / NIKE OTCE | 13:19.16 | |
| 10000 METERS | |||
| World: 27:45.00 | USA: 28:30.00 (24/1) | ||
| Hassan Mead | Nike / NIKE OTCE | 27:34.38 | |
| 110 HURDLES | |||
| World: 13.48 | USA: 13.65 (32/3) | ||
| Devon Allen | NIKE | 13.11 | |
| World: 49.35 | USA: 50.50 (28/3) | ||
| Craig Allen | WSU | 49.40 | |
| Jeshua Anderson | 49.88 | ||
| NAME | EVENT | MARK | |
| 100 METERS | |||
| World & USA: | 11.26 (32/3) | ||
| Hannah Cunliffe | Oregon | ||
| 200 METERS | |||
| World: 23.10 | USA: 23.20 (32/3) | ||
| Hannah Cunliffe | Oregon | 22.53 | |
| 800 METERS | |||
| World: 2:01.00 | USA: 2:02.00 (32/3) | ||
| Hannah Fields | Brooks | 2:00.53 | |
| Alexa Efraimson | NIKE | 2:00.95 | |
| Brooke Feldmeier | Oregon | 2:01.54 | |
| 1500 METERS | |||
| World: 4:07.50 (4:26.70) | USA: 4:09.50 (4:28.50) 30/2 | ||
| Katherine Mackey | Brooks | 4:07.15 | |
| Alexa Efraimson | NIKE | 4:09.03 | |
| Brie Felnagle | adidas | 4:27.27 (mile) | |
| 3000 STEEPLECHASE | |||
| World: 9:42.00 | USA: 9:50.00 (26/2) | ||
| Marie Lawrence | Oiselle | 9:39.32 | |
| Marisa Howard | Oiselle | 9:40.40 | |
| 20K WALK | |||
| World: 1:36:00 | USA: 1:52.00 (18/1) | ||
| Katie Burnett | 1:39:38 | ||
| TRIPLE JUMP | |||
| World: 14.10 | USA: 13.60 (18/1) | ||
| Andrea Geubelle | 13.62 | ||
| JAVELIN | |||
| World: 61.40 | USA: 54.00 (18/1) | ||
| Kara Winger | Asics | 64.80 |
Note that Symmonds does not have the qualifying standard, but has been told that he will get into the meet as a world championships medalist from 2013.
COULD A SUB-4 MILE HAPPEN AT THE BROOKS PR INVITATIONAL SATURDAY?
The Brooks PR Invitational meet for the nation’s top high school track athletes is Saturday at Shoreline Stadium in Shoreline.
One of the most highly anticipated races is the boy’s mile run, where several athletes are looking to go under 4 minutes.
The field for the boys mile at Shoreline Stadium includes Cooper Teare of California, who ran 4:00.16 at the Brooks Mt. SAC Relays and 4:01.29 at the Sacramento Meet of Champions, both solo, high school-only efforts; Sam Worley of Texas, who ran 4:00.61 at the Texas Relays ahead of Brown and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Leo Manzano; and D.J. Principe of Rhode Island, who has twice run four flat: 4:00.97 at the New Balance Games in January and 4:00.73 at the Prefontaine Classic three weeks ago.
Utah’s Casey Clinger and Patrick Parker, both of whom ran together at American Fork HS and are committed to running at BYU this fall, are also in the field. Clinger is a two-time NIKE Cross Nationals champ, while Parker won the boy’s mile at the adidas Boost meet in Boston two weeks ago. Washington commit Isaac Green from Colorado is also in the race.
Washington commit Allie Schadler from Rio Rico HS in Arizona is entered in the mile. Other UW commits entered include Talon Hull from Utah, and local products Erin Ripple and Devin Kirk.
The Brooks PR Invitational gets underway at 1:30 pm with the girls’ 2 mile run. The meet schedule is available here, while the entry list is available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field and Track & Field News contributed statistical information for this report.
The Brooks PR Invitational gets underway at 1:30 pm with the girls’ 2 mile run. The meet schedule is available here, while the entry list is available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field and Track & Field News contributed statistical information for this report.
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