WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Cougars' Wells keeps rolling to #5 in the world; Chambers, Allen & Nageotte score wins...
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Emmanuel Wells (above/photo courtesy WSU Athletics) broke his own school record in the 60 meter dash at the Don Kirby Elite meet at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Wells, the product of Seattle’s Rainier Beach HS, rode the friendly altitude to a 6.55 clocking in the finals to decisively beat Oregon’s Cravon Gillespie (6.61) and Oraine Palmer (6.67).
His winning time currently puts him third on the NCAA Division I indoor performance list, and ties him for number five in the world.
Washington State’s release is available here; the meet results are available here.
In New York, Tacoma native Marcus Chambers won the men’s 400 at the NYRR Millrose Games at the Armory.
Chambers shot past Dontavius Wright on the final lap to take the victory in a time of 46.99, while Wright ran 47.04.
Former Renton resident Devon Allen won the 60 hurdles in a photo finish with Freddie Critenden, with both given identical times of 7.61 (Allen won at 7.606 to 7.609).
In the women’s Wanamaker Mile, Washington alum Katie Mackey finished fifth in a personal best of 4:26.39, as Konstanze Klosterhöfen of Germany, who won the UW Indoor Preview mile over Mackey, won in a world leading time of 4:19.98. The time for the Portland-based Klosterhöfen also is a new national record.
The men’s Wanamaker Mile saw Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha, who like Klosterhöfen, won the UW Indoor Preview mile four weeks ago, miss the world record of Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj by 1/100th of a second, as he ran 3:48.46 to take the victory.
Josh Kerr of the Brooks Beasts finished fifth in a personal best 3:53.63, while UW volunteer assistant coach Sam Prakel was tenth in 3:59.36.
Bellevue’s Katie Burnett finished third in the women’s one mile walk in 6:50.08, which was also the USATF national championship race. High schooler Taylor Ewert won in a prep record 6:28.21.
Washington alum Mel Lawrence finished ninth in the women’s 3000, as she ran 8:57.58. Wisconsin’s Alicia Monson was the upset winner of the race, running 8:45.97, a time that supplants Oregon’s Jessica Hull’s 8:53.91 from Friday’s Husky Classic as the collegiate leader.
In the men’s 800, Drew Windle of the Brooks Beasts finished sixth in 1:49.35, as Kenya’s Michael Saruni set a new national record, running 1:43.98.
Complete results of the NYRR Millrose Games are available here.
In Rouen, France, Pullman’s Katie Nageotte won the women’s event at the Perche Elite Tour pole vault meeting clearing 15-6.5 (4.74m) and beat Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi, who cleared a best of 15-1.75 (4.62m).
Courtesy of her Instagram account, here’s video of her jump:
Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale finished third in the 3000 meters at the British Athletics Indoor Championships in a personal best time of 8:59.86, as Laura Muir won the race in a time of 8:48.03.
Complete results of the British Athletics Indoor Championships are available here.
Overlooked on Friday were the results of the Montana State Invitational, where Eastern Washington took five individual titles at the site of the Big Sky Championships in two weeks.
Liz Prouty won the women’s pole vault at 13-1.5 (4.00m), while Meagan McCurdy won the long jump at 18-5.75 (5.63m). Senior Domonique Butler won the triple jump with a jump of 39-0.25 (11.89m).
Eastern’s two winners on the men’s side were Jeremy VanAssche in the 60m, running 6.76, 1/100th off the school record, and Keshun McGee in the triple jump, as he bounded 49-10.5 (15.20m).
Eastern Washington’s recap is available here.
NOTE: The sports information office of Washington State University, the University of New Mexico, Eastern Washington University, along with the NYRR Millrose Games and British Athletics contributed to this report.
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