Huskies' Olivia Gruver takes shot at extending her CR in the pole vault in winning at Long Beach...
After opening with first attempt misses at the first two heights cleared, Gruver got into a groove with first attempt clearances at 14-5.5 (4.41m) and 14-9 (4.50m) to seal the win, she needed a clutch third attempt clearance at 15-3.5 (4.66m) to continue vaulting.
Gruver ultimately bowed out at 15-7.25 (4.76m), which would have extended her collegiate outdoor record by one inch. Her winning mark of 15-3.5 (4.66m) is the second highest height she’s cleared outdoors, behind her 15-6.25 (4.73m) set last month at the Stanford Invitational.
The Dawgs got a win from Darhian Mills (58.35) in the women’s 400 hurdles, as she ran 58.35 to lead three other Huskies—Carly Lester (59.26, 2nd), Morganne Hill (60.27, 5th), and Karlee Stueckle (61.19, 8th) across the line.
Other notable marks included a 40.73 second place finish by the Husky mens 4x100 relay; a second place finish by Washington’s Evan Mafilas in the 400 at 46.90; a third place finish by Cass Elliott (52.28) in the 400 hurdles; a fifth place finish by Washington’s Imani Apostle (54.96) in the women’s 400; and a sixth place finish by Western Washington’s Karlington Anunagba, as he ran a wind-aided 10.47 in the 100 meters.
Eastern Washington’s Keshun McGee broke the 40-year old school record in the long jump with his fourth place finish, jumping 25-2 (7.67m) to break the record held by Vic White of 25-1.25 (7.65m) set in 1979.
The Huskies’ Elijah Mason set a new school freshman record in the discus, spinning the platter 199-0 (60.65m) to finish fourth.
Washington’s Jonah Wilson was eighth in the men’s shot put with a throw of 64-1.25 (19.54m), as defending Olympic champion Ryan Crouser threw a world leading 74-7.25 (22.74m) to win.
Complete results of the Beach Invitational are available here.
Mwaura, the freshman from Tacoma’s Lincoln HS, won the 10000 in 29:15.75 to set a new school record, hanging on to preserve the victory over a fast closing Gavin Parpart of Washington, who ran 29:17.39.
Andy Snyder of the Huskies was third in 29:23.43, followed by Phillip Fishburn of Gonzaga at 30:09.34. Teammates Jake Perrin (30:17.09) and William Thompson (30:43.75) were sixth and seventh.
In what looked like an old Husky workout from last season, the Bulldogs’ Andrew Gardner, who was an All-American and the Pac-12 runner-up in the steeplechase for the Huskies last year, won that event in 8:46.16.
Gardner, a Spokane native who graduated from Washington last year, is a graduate transfer at Gonzaga, and only has outdoor track eligibility this season.
Washington’s Julius Diehr (8:52.29), Alex Slenning (8:53.96), and Nick Laccinole (8:55.53) finished 3-4-5, while Gonzaga’s Kellen Manley (8:57.03) was sixth.
In the men’s 1500, the Huskies’ Mick Stanovsek was third at 3:44.43, while in the women’s 1500, Allie Schadler finished fifth.
Emily Hamlin of the Huskies, who was an NCAA qualifier last year in the steeplechase, was sixth in her event in a time of 10:08.30.
Complete results of the Cardinal Classic are available here.
At the MT. SAC RELAYS, held at El Camino College in Torrance, Washington State alum CJ Allen finished fourth in the 400 hurdles, running 50.12, while Bonney Lake native and 2016 Cape Verde Olympian Jordin Andrade was one place behind in 50.34.
Tacoma’s Marcus Chambers finished sixth in the men’s 400, running 46.07, as Michael Norman opened his 2019 campaign by running the fastest season opener in history, clocking 43.45.
Results from the Mt. SAC Relays are available here.
OTHER PRO RESULTS
At the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kansas, University Place native Andrea Geubelle won the women’s long jump Saturday with a wind-aided mark of 20-5.25 (6.23m).
One mark we overlooked from Friday night was Camas native Alexa Efraimson, who finished third in the women’s invitational 1500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a clocking of 4:09.88.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Long Beach State, Stanford University, Mt. San Antonio College, the University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, and the University of Kansas contributed to this report.
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