The road to London goes through super-hot Sacramento at USATF Outdoors...
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| Vancouver native Kara Winger is the top seed going into the USATF championships in the javelin (Howard Lao photo) |
If there’s one thing that can be guaranteed for this week’s USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium on the campus of Sacramento State University in Sacramento, it’s that it will be super-hot!
Temperatures are expected to reach triple digits on Thursday, with the high projected at 108 degrees, and staying that way until Saturday. On the meet’s final day, the high is expected to reach a modest 96 degrees.
Below is the list of athletes with Washington ties who have declared their intention to compete:
| MEN | ||
| NAME | EVENT | MARK |
| 400 METERS | ||
| World: 45.50 | USA: 45.70 (32/3) | |
| Marcus Chambers | Oregon | 44.92 |
| Michael Berry | Nike | 45.55 |
| 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 | 1:49.48 |
| 1500 METERS | ||
| World: 3:36.00 | USA: 3:39.00 (30/2) | |
| Izaic Yorks | Brooks | 3:38.01 |
| Brannon Kidder | Brooks | 3:38.79 |
| Travis Burkstrand | Brooks | 3:38.96 |
| Jordan McNamara | 3:39.23 | |
| 5000 METERS | ||
| World: 13:22.60 | USA: 13:32.00 (24/1) | |
| Hassan Mead | Nike / NIKE OTCE | 13:19.16 |
| Garrett Heath | Brooks | 13:50.63 |
| 10000 METERS | ||
| World: 27:45.00 | USA: 28:30.00 (24/1) | |
| Hassan Mead | Nike / NIKE OTCE | 27:34.38 |
| Aaron Nelson | Reebok ZAP Fitness | 28:53.70 |
| 110 HURDLES | ||
| World: 13.48 | USA: 13.65 (32/3) | |
| Devon Allen | NIKE | 13.11 |
| 400 HURDLES | ||
| World: 49.35 | USA: 50.50 (28/3) | |
| Craig Allen | WSU | 49.40 |
| Jeshua Anderson | 49.88 | |
| HIGH JUMP | ||
| World: 2.30 | USA: 2.25 (18/1) | |
| Mikel Smith | Saint Martin's | 2.22 |
| WOMEN | ||
| NAME | EVENT | MARK |
| 100 METERS | ||
| World & USA: | 11.26 (32/3) | |
| Hannah Cunliffe | Oregon | |
| 800 METERS | ||
| World: 2:01.00 | USA: 2:02.00 (32/3) | |
| Hannah Fields | Brooks | 2:00.53 |
| Brooke Feldmeier | Oregon | 2:01.54 |
| Baylee Mires | Brooks | 2:02.57 |
| Claudia Saunders | Brooks | 2:02.68 |
| 1500 METERS | ||
| World: 4:07.50 (4:26.70) | USA: 4:09.50 (4:28.50) 30/2 | |
| Alexa Efraimson | NIKE | 4:09.03 |
| Eleanor Fulton | Skechers/HPW | 4:11.46 |
| 5000 METERS | ||
| World: 15:22.00 | USA: 15:25.00 | |
| Jessica Tonn | Brooks | 15:33.13 |
| 3000 STEEPLECHASE | ||
| World: 9:42.00 | USA: 9:50.00 (26/2) | |
| Marie Lawrence | Oiselle | 9:39.32 |
| Marisa Howard | Oiselle | 9:40.40 |
| Collier Lawrence | Oiselle | 9:51.13 |
| Caroline Austin | 9:51.38 | |
| 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 | |
| Blessing Ufodiama | 13.47 | |
| HAMMER THROW | ||
| World: 76.00 | USA: 67.00 (18/1) | |
| Britney Henry | Oiselle | 67.05 |
| JAVELIN | ||
| World: 61.40 | USA: 54.00 (18/1) | |
| Kara Winger | Asics | 64.80 |
| Bethany Drake | Western Washington | 52.40 |
Note that after each event, both the IAAF standard for competing in the world championships in London in August and the automatic standard to compete in the national championships are listed. After the athlete’s name is the qualifying mark they’ve achieved to enter the meet (marks listed are not necessarily from this season, as USATF accepted athletes into the meet with 2016 marks). Athletes who did not make the auto qualifying mark were added to the field by USATF to fill the fields necessary to contest the proper number of rounds.
Athletes who finish in the top three in each event will have first crack at going to London, assuming they can meet the standard before July 21st.
Notable scratches include Katie Mackey of the Brooks Beasts, who was entered in both the 1500 and 5000, but scratched late Monday night, and Federal Way’s Hannah Cunliffe, who scratched out of the 200, opting only to run the 100. On the men’s side, two-time world championships competitor and 2016 Olympian in the decathlon Jeremy Taiwo is still recovering from injuries and will not compete.
JUNIOR NATIONALS ALSO HELD IN SACRAMENTO
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| Washington shot putter Angel Nkwonta (Paul Merca photo) |
The USATF Junior Nationals will also be held in Sacramento Thursday-Saturday at Hornet Stadium, with spots on the line for the Pan Am Junior Championships July 21-23 in Trujilo, Peru on the line.
Thirteen athletes with ties to the state of Washington are making the trip to the California capital to vie for those Pan Am junior team spots, which will go to the top 2 finishers.
Here are the entries for the USATF Junior championships as posted on the USATF web site:
Women:
Aliya Wilson Tahoma HS 100m
Brooke Manson Eastlake HS 800M
Alyssa Foote Seattle Pacific 5000m
Iman Brown Garfield HS (UW) HJ
Lexi Ellis Curtis HS TJ
Angel Nkwonta UW SP
Men:
Khalil Winfrey UW 100
Nate Beamer UW 1500
Nick Laccinole UW 1500
Philip Fishburn Gonzaga 10000
Zach Shugart UW PV
Curtis Stradley Battle Ground HS JT
Jacob Wachtendonk UW JT
NOTE: USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
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