Huskies' Hannah Rusnak stands second in her group at Bryan Clay Invitational behind UW redshirt Ida Eikeng...
Rusnak started the day with a 13.80 clocking in the 100 hurdles, then cleared 5-5.75 (1.67m) in the high jump.
She then threw the shot 39-3 (11.96m) before finishing the day with a time of 24.69 in the 200 meters.
Ida Eikeng of Norway, who recently transferred to the University of Washington after spending fall semester at the University of Kentucky, is the day 1 leader in that group, scoring 3501 points.
Eikeng, who was eighth at the IAAF world U20 championships in Tampere, Finland last year, won the 100 hurdles in 13.60, high jumped 5-4.5 (1.64m), and won both the shot put (43-3/13.18m) and the 200 meters (24.40).
Eikeng will be eligible to compete for the Huskies next season.
In group 5, former Washington State assistant coach Angela Whyte stands third at 3522 points, while Pullman resident and two-time Pac-12 champ Alissa Brooks-Johnson is ninth in group 5 at 3384 points.
In the decathlon, Western Washington’s Seren Dances had the best score of the day among athletes from Washington State, scoring 3632 points, where he stands third in group 1.
Dances started the day by running 11.30 in the 100, then jumping 22-10 (6.96m) in the long jump.
He then threw the shot 35-6.5 (10.83m), then high jumped 6-2.75 (1.90m), before finishing the day by running the 400 in 50.69.
In group 5, UW volunteer assistant Tim Duckworth, who is gearing up for the IAAF world championships in early October in Doha, Qatar, scored 2428 points in only three events, taking a foul on his first attempt in the long jump and passing his other two attempts, and passing all attempts in the high jump.
Below are the point totals for Washington affiliated athletes competing in the various groups at the Bryan Clay Invitational multi-events meet.
DECATHLON
Seren Dances Western Washington group 1 3rd 3632
Ray Littles Washington State group 1 7th 3437
Michael Forster Central Washington group 1 8th 3410
Braydon Maier Central Washington group 3 13th 3489
Parker Kennedy Washington group 3 14th 3461
Tim Duckworth group 4 2428 (no mark in LJ/HJ)
HEPTATHLON
Elinor Jones-Toutant Washington group 1 7th 2680
Kellie May Seattle Pacific group 2 12th 2421
Lindsey Schäuble Washington State group 3 6th 3027
Renick Mayer Seattle Pacific group 3 11th 2912
HarLee Ortega Central Washington group 3 12th 2910
Scout Cai Seattle Pacific group 3 15th 2822
Ida Eikeng UW redshirt group 4 1st 3501
Hannah Rusnak Washington group 4 2nd 3398
Angela Whyte group 5 3rd 3522
Alissa Brooks-Johnson group 5 9th 3384
In the 10000 meters, Washington State’s Desi Stinger finished 15th in her heat in 37:28.08.
Day 1 results of the Bryan Clay Invitational are available here.
NOTE: The sports information office at Azusa Pacific University contributed to this report.
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