Washington women start strong at MSPF champs; Eagles' McGee wins long jump & sets school record...
Rusnak started off the day by winning the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.46.
She then cleared 5-2.25 (1.58m) in the high jump, then threw 39-7.75 (12.08m) in the shot put.
In the long jump, Rusnak jumped 18-9 (5.71m), then set a personal best of 2:30.88 to earn a final score of 3848 points, as UC Davis’ Erin Beattie took the win with a mark of 4185 points.
Washington State’s Lindsey Schauble finished seventh with a final score of 3702 points.
Other highlights:
—Washington State’s Emmanuel Wells finished fifth in the men’s 200, running 21.29.
In the 60 meter dash qualifying round, Wells ran the fastest time of the day at 6.61, as he sets himself up for a showdown with Oregon’s Cravon Gillespie, who ran 6.62.
—The Washington women’s team finished third in the distance medley relay, running 11:12.58, as Oregon won in 10:57.87, behind a strong anchor leg by the Ducks’s Jessica Hull.
—In the men’s distance medley relay, the Huskies finished fourth in 9:45.19, and the Cougars were sixth in 9:50.12, as Stanford took the win in 9:31.39, just ahead of BYU at 9:31.39.
—The women’s pole vault saw WSU’s Molly Scharmann finish fourth in 13-7 (4.41m), while Annika Dayton of UW finished fifth at the same height. The Huskies got a sixth place finish from Makenna Barton at 13-3 (4.04m), while Emily Coombs of the Cougars got an eighth place point at 12-11 (3.94m).
Stanford’s Kaitlyn Merritt and Erika Malaspina went 1-2 in the vault with a clearance of 13-11 (4.24m).
After six events, Washington State is in eighth place at 12 points in the men’s team race, while the Huskies are tied for 10th with USC with 9 points.
In the women’s team race, Washington is in third with 28 points, three behind current leader USC at 31.
Washington State is in 12th at 12 points.
The MPSF championship resumes Saturday.
Results of the MPSF championships are available here.
In Bozeman, Montana, Keshun McGee of Eastern Washington earned his third career long jump title with a school record 25-6 (7.77m) at the Big Sky Indoor championships.
McGee broke an 18-year old school record set by Kurt Kraemer set in 2001.
In the women’s competition, the highlight for the Eagles was junior Samantha Raines, who set a personal record and placed second with a vault of 13-2 1/2 (4.03m). Right behind her was senior Liz Prouty in third place with a vault of 13-0 3/4 (3.98m). Sophomore Katrina Terry placed sixth with a vault of 12-4 3/4 (3.78m).
The women are currently ranked tied for second place with 34 points while the men are ranked sixth with 16 points.
Eastern Washington’s release is available here.
In Staten Island, New York, a slew of pros from the state are entered in Saturday and Sunday’s Toyota USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Facility.
Among the entries on the men’s side includes Marcus Chambers of Tacoma and CJ Allen in the 300; Drew Windle of the Brooks Beasts in the 600; Brannon Kidder of the Brooks Beasts in the 1000; Henry Wynne, David Ribich and Kidder in the mile, along with Sam Prakel; Garrett Heath and Dillon Maggard of the Beasts in the 2 mile; and Devon Allen in the 60 hurdles.
On the women’s side, entries include Baylee Mires, Hannah Fields, and Savannah Colon in the 1000; Katie Mackey, Mel Lawrence, and Eleanor Fulton in the mile; Lawrence, Mackey and Allie Buchalski in the 2 mile; Katie Burnett in the 3000 race walk; and Katie Nageotte in the pole vault.
Entries for the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships are available here. NBCSN will provide coverage of the meet both days.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Eastern Washington, Washington State University and the University of Washington contributed to this report. TFRRS and the IAAF contributed statistical information.
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