Incoming Washington frosh Cass Elliott finishes fourth in 400 hurdles at USATF Junior Champs...

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana—Incoming University of Washington freshman Cass Elliott (left/photo by Sonya Elliott via Instagram) from West Seattle High School finished fourth in the 400 hurdles at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships Saturday at the University of Indiana’s Billy Hayes Track.

Elliott, competing against a field dominated by college freshmen, ran 51.72, a time that would have ranked him number six on the 2018 Pac-12 performance list.

Cory Poole of Florida won in 49.71, as he completed a 110/400 hurdles double victory.

In other action, the Huskies’ Jaylen Taylor was fifth in the men’s triple jump with a best of 48-2 (14.68m). Devan Kirk was eighth in the men’s 800 finals, running 1:59.93. 

Kevin Liu ran 22.16 in his semi of the men’s 200, while Evan Mafilas ran 50.30 in his heat of the men’s 400 qualifying.

From Friday’s competition, Washington’s Olivia Ribera ran 12.04 in the semis of the women’s 100, while Ashton Riner, a BYU freshman from Connell, was fifth with a toss of 159-4 (48.57m).

In the women’s discus, incoming University of Washington freshman Makayla Kelby was 11th with a throw of 156-8 (47.76m).

Sunday, incoming Oregon freshman Lexi Ellis, the Washington state girls’ triple jump champion, competes in her specialty, while Chloe Cunliffe competes in the pole vault. Issaquah HS senior Luke George, the runner-up in the state 4A 1600, and a University of Oklahoma commit, runs in the finals of the men’s 1500.

Complete day 2 results of the USATF Junior Championships are available here.