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Washington senior Izzi Batt-Doyle wins weather-marred 10000 at Pac-12 Championships...

TUCSON, Arizona—During the football season, the Pac-12 Network commonly uses the hashtag #Pac12AfterDark to market their late night games to audiences, particularly those living outside the time zones of conference menbers.

Late Saturday and into the wee hours of Sunday, it was indeed a #Pac12AfterDark kind of evening, as a series of lightning strikes in and around the Tucson area played havoc with day 1 of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships hosted by the University of Arizona at Drachman Stadium.

Shortly after 7 pm local time, the meet was suspended, and the facility evacuated.

Action resumed at 10:45 p.m. PT with the conclusion of 100-meter trials and finals in six additional events, including the finish of the 10,000-meter run near 1 a.m.

Washington senior Izzi Batt-Doyle (above/photo by Howard Lao) gave the Huskies a victory for the few folks who stuck around after dark, winning the aforementioned women’s 10000 in a time of 33:31.30.

The senior from Adelaide, Australia pulled away from a trio of runners from Colorado in the last 600 to put the field to bed, winning by over five seconds over runner up Kaitlyn Benner (33:36.38) and third place finisher Makenna Morley (33:37.47).




In the meet’s first event, Washington State’s Brock Eager added a second career Pac-12 hammer throw title to his resume along with his win in 2017. The WSU senior took the lead on his third attempt, then cemented the victory on his fifth toss by extending out to 228-8 (69.71m), the longest winning mark at the Conference meet since 2016.

In other finals, Washington got podium finishes in the women’s steeplechase from senior Emily Hamlin (2nd, 10:08.09), and javelin thrower Denham Patricelli (2nd, 241-6/73.62m).

Mt. Spokane HS alum John Dressel of Colorado took second in the men’s 1000 in a time of 29:13.35.

In the men’s competition, UCLA leads after 7 scored events of 21 with 58 points, ahead of defending champion Oregon’s 51.  The Huskies stand fourth with 35 points, while Washington State is seventh with 19 points.

After four events in the women’s competition, Colorado holds a 4-point lead over Washington 40-36, while Washington State has 1 point, thanks to Zorana Grujic’s eighth place finish in the steeple, running 10:32.03.

With the weather Saturday’s big winner, the meet schedule was shuffled, with some of the field events scheduled late Saturday moved to Sunday.

Additionally, the men’s and women’s 200, 400 hurdles, and 800s will be contested as a timed final Sunday.

The Pac-12 Network’s coverage of the championships will air live starting at 5:30 pm.

Day 1 results are available here, while the revised meet schedule is available here.

 NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference, and the sports information offices of the University of Arizona, University of Washington, and Washington State University contributed to this report.
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