Arizona native Elijah Mason wins Pac-12 discus crown for the Huskies...
Mason, a native of Casa Grande, Arizona, took the early lead, before favored Jordan Geist of the Arizona Wildcats grabbed the lead in the third round, throwing 186-11 (56.98m).
Elijah reclaimed the lead in round 5 with a toss of 187-8 (57.22m), but promptly lost it when UCLA’s Dotun Ogundeji threw 188-9 (57.53m).
Mason then answered with the winning toss of 189-6 (57.78m), then had to wait as Geist, the defending champion competing on his home ring had an opportunity to answer.
Geist only managed to throw 182-3 (55.57m) to end the competition, as Mason took the victory for the Huskies, which was the first by Washington at the conference championship since Borys Chambul did it in 1976.
Other highlights:
Sophomore Jaylen Taylor of Washington got a spot on the podium in the men’s triple jump, as he bounded 49-1 (14.96m) to get third.
With no Olivia Gruver in the competition, Katelyn Frost of Washington State took second and the Huskies’ Annika Dayton took third in the women’s pole vault, as both cleared 13-4.5 (4.08m).
Washington State’s Emmanuel Wells finished third in the men’s 100, as the Rainier Beach HS product ran 10.26.
The University of Oregon took home the men’s team title with a score of 173 points, while the Huskies were fourth with 85 points.
Washington State finished seventh with 53 points.
On the women’s side, USC took home the team title with 154 points, with Oregon second at 137.
The Huskies ended up fifth with 73.5 points, while Washington State was tenth with 24.5 points.
Complete results of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships are available here.
NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference and the sports information offices of the University of Washington and Washington State University contributed to this report.
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