Drew Windle of the Brooks Beasts advances to world indoor 800m finals...

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Drew Windle (left/photo by Kirby Lee, Image of Sport) of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts advanced to Saturday’s finals of the men’s 800 meter run at the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships at Arena Birmingham, finishing third in his heat.

Running in the first of two semifinals, Windle was in fourth for the first three laps of the race before he made his customary charge over the last 200 meters.

Heat winner Alvaro De Arriba of Spain had the same thought as Windle, as he was in last before roaring from behind on the last lap to win in 1:45.44.

Great Britain’s Elliot Giles got the second automatic qualifying spot in 1:45.46, with Windle third in an indoor personal best 1:45.52.

Here is the race, courtesy RAI Sport (audio in Italian; note this video may be geo-blocked & you may have to go directly to the YouTube site).

Former Washington State assistant coach Angela Whyte of Canada, who made the finals two years ago at the world indoors in Portland, finished sixth in her first round heat of the 60 meter hurdles, running a season best 8.21.

Below is the schedule of remaining athletes with Washington ties competing at the world indoor championships:

SATURDAY:

Liga Velvere, w 800—11:50 am/3:50 am (heat)

Katie Nageotte, w PV—6:00 pm/10:00 am (final)

Drew Windle, m 800—7:35 pm/11:35 am (final)

SUNDAY:  

Liga Velvere, w 800—3:58 pm/7:58 am (final)

NBCSN, the Olympic Channel and the NBC Sports Gold track & field package ($) will broadcast the meet this weekend. 

Day 2 results of the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships are available here.

OUTDOOR TRACK SEASON BEGINS FOR STATE’S DIVISION II SCHOOLS

The 2018 outdoor track & field season starts for Western Washington, Central Washington, Saint Martin’s and Seattle Pacific Saturday, as they head to Tacoma for the Ed Boitano Invitational, hosted by the University of Puget Sound.

Additionally, athletes from Lewis & Clark, and Whitworth will join host Puget Sound in the meet, that begins at 11 am.

The link to the time schedule is here, and the link to live results is available here.

NOTE:  The IAAF and the University of Puget Sound contributed to this report.