Kara Winger gets world championship standard in win at Hallescher Werfertage throws meet...
The Vancouver native threw a season best 203-8 (62.08m) on her final attempt to beat Germany’s Christin Hussong, who threw 202-9 (61.81m).
Hussong’s mark, which she threw in the first round, was the mark that Winger, the three-time Olympian was chasing for most of the day.
In round 2, Winger fell just two centimeters short of the world championship standard, throwing 201-8 (61.48m), which was her best until the final round when she put it together for the win, and the US lead.
Courtesy of her Instagram account, here's video of her throw Saturday:
Results of the Hallescher Werfertage throws meet are available here.
In Nashville, Tennessee, University of Washington junior Katie Rainsberger, who missed qualifying for next week’s NCAA championships in the 1500 meters, ran a season best at that distance Saturday night at the Music City Distance Carnival on the campus of Vanderbilt University.
Competing in the second of three sections, Rainsberger finished fourth in time of 4:13.18, as two-time US Olympian Kim Conley took the win in 4:12.28.
Colorado alum and reigning world steeplechase champion Emma Coburn was the overall winner, running 4:05.24 in the third and final section.
Rainsberger’s mark was the 14th fastest on the day.
Complete results of the Music City Distance Carnival are available here.
Finally, Flotrack is reporting that Iowa State’s Andrew Jordan and the University of San Francisco’s Jack Rowe are transferring to the University of Washington this fall.
Jordan, whose TFRRS profile currently lists him as a junior, did not run during the 2019 outdoor season. Indoors, he was second at the UW Invitational in the 3000, running a personal best 7:51.29, and was 12th in the 3000 at the NCAA indoor championships.
In the 2018 cross country season, he finished fifth at the Big 12 championship meet, then finished 46th at the NCAA championships. He was an All-American in cross country during the 2017 season, finishing 15th.
Rowe, who will be a graduate transfer, ran personal bests this season of 13:54.99 in the 5000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, and 28:50.22 in the 10000 at the Stanford Invitational.
The native of Great Britain was fifth at the NCAA West Regional cross country championship race in Sacramento, and 83rd at the NCAA nationals.
The addition of Jordan and Rowe potentially puts the Huskies, who finished sixth at NCAAs last fall, in the conversation with BYU and defending champ Northern Arizona as the teams to beat. The Huskies return All-Americans Tanner Anderson & Tibu Proctor, along with Pac-12 runner-up Talon Hull, and perhaps the strongest incoming freshman class in school history, led by New Zealand’s Sam Tanner, who is a sub-4 minute miler.
The Huskies will lose Andy Snyder, as he graduates this month, and will use his remaining eligibility at the University of San Francisco.
The Flotrack article is available here.
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