Patricelli gets Dawgs on the board with eighth-place finish in javelin at NCAA champs...
Competing in warm but muggy conditions, threw 232-1 (70.75m) in round 3 to advance to the nine-man final, then improved on his mark with a fifth round throw of 232-10 (70.98m).
The Maple Valley native is the first Husky thrower to score at nationals since 2014, when Quinn Hale was fifth in the javelin. Patricelli was also the top finisher out of the Pac-12 in the event.
Patricelli is the first All-America First Teamer at UW for first year assistant coach Andrew Ninow, but Ninow has now had at least one NCAA scorer in the throws in nine of his 11 career seasons as an assistant. In the javelin, Ninow has now had seven First Team All-America honors from men or women in the past nine years.
In the finals of the men’s 10000, Colfax native John Dressel of the University of Colorado finished tenth in a time of 29:32.38. Dressel was in the lead pack for all but the final two laps of the 25-lap race.
Washington State’s Brock Eager, competing in his third and final NCAA championships, finished 12th in the hammer. Brock saw his best mark during his second attempt at 222-feet 1 inch (67.69m).
Chase Smith of the Huskies made his first NCAA Outdoor appearance in the pole vault. Smith opened up with a first attempt make at 17-0.75 (5.20m) and then he had a second attempt clearance at 17-6.5 (5.35m). At 18-0.5 (5.50m), Smith had great attempts on both his second and third jumps, but just caught enough of the bar to brush it off both times to end his competition. Smith wound up in a tie for 15th-place.
Husky shot putter Johah Wilson was 16th, as he was the first Husky to compete in that event at NCAAs since 2000. He threw 61-9 (18.82m) in round 1, but could not improve on the mark in the final two preliminary throws to advance to the nine-man final.
Eastern Washington’s Keshun McGee, who was the first Eagle to appear in the NCAA championships since 2014, fouled all three of his preliminary attempts in the long jump.
In semifinal action, Washington’s Mick Stanovsek advanced to Friday’s finals in the 1500, finishing fourth in 3:44.50, while protecting his positioning through the course of the race.
Washington State’s Nick Johnson, finished 19th overall in the 110-meter hurdles preliminary round, and did not advance to Friday’s finals. Nick finished fifth during the second heat of the event, recording a time of 14.01.
The meet resumes Thursday, as the women take to Mike A. Myers Stadium.
THURSDAY
Women’s Events
2:30 pm – Hammer Final – Onyie Chibuogwu
5:16 pm – 1,500m Semifinals – Allie Schadler
5:30 pm – Pole Vault Final – Olivia Gruver, Chinne Okoronkwo
5:32 pm – 3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals – Emily Hamlin
7:00 pm – 400m Hurdles Semifinals – Darhian Mills
7:38 pm – 10,000m Final – Izzi Batt-Doyle
FRIDAY
Men’s Events, plus heptathlon
12:30 pm – Heptathlon 100m Hurdles – Hannah Rusnak
1:30 pm – Heptathlon High Jump – Hannah Rusnak
3:30 pm – Heptathlon Shot Put – Hannah Rusnak
5:00 pm - High Jump Final - Peyton Fredrickson, Mitch Jacobson
5:05 pm – Discus Final – Elijah Mason, Jonah Wilson
5:40 pm - Triple Jump Final - Keshun McGee
5:41 pm – 1,500m Final – Mick Stanovsek
7:13 pm – Heptathlon 200m – Hannah Rusnak
7:25 pm - 5000 meter Final - John Dressel
SATURDAY
Women’s Events
11:30 am – Heptathlon Long Jump – Hannah Rusnak
12:45 pm – Heptathlon Javelin – Hannah Rusnak
3:40 pm - Triple Jump Final - Lexi Ellis
3:41 pm – 1,500m Final – Allie Schadler
3:54 pm – 3,000m Steeplechase Final – Emily Hamlin
4:57 pm – 400m Hurdles Final – Darhian Mills
5:13 pm – Heptathlon 800m – Hannah Rusnak
The ESPN family of networks will televise and/or stream the meet. The field events are slated to have individual web streams on ESPN3.
Thursday's broadcast starts at 5 p.m. and begins airing on ESPNU then switches to ESPN2 at 6 p.m. Friday the broadcast starts on ESPN at 5:30 p.m. Pacific. On the final day on Saturday, ESPN2 will carry the track action starting at 3:30 p.m.
The live results and time schedule home page is available here.
AROUND THE OVAL--Vancouver native Kara Winger continues her season-opening European tour at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting in Rome Thursday, which is the fourth stop on the IAAF Diamond League tour.
Winger faces a field that includes former Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic, current world leader Liu Huihui of China, and Germany's Christin Hussong, who she beat in Halle last Saturday.
Winger throws at 8 am Pacific time on Thursday. The meet will be televised Thursday on NBCSN beginning at 11 am, Pacific, with streaming coverage on NBC Sports Gold ($) beginning at 8 am.
In addition, Pullman resident Katie Nageotte is in the women's pole vault, which is one of the meet's featured events. She'll go against reigning world indoor champ Sandi Morris and defending world and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi.
The start list for the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting stop on the IAAF Diamond League tour is available here...
The Oregon Track Club's Instagram account confirmed that the 2020 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships will be contested at the renovated Historic Hayward Field as the facility's first meet next May.
The conference had told its coaches at the Pac-12 championships in Tucson that a decision on where the championship meet would be contested would be announced sometime after May 15th...
Washington freshman Olivia O'Keeffe, who did not race for the Huskies this spring, announced on her Instagram account that she will transfer to the University of New Mexico.
O'Keeffe ran in five races for the Huskies during the cross country season, including the NCAA championships, where she finished 169th. Indoors, she appeared in five meets, running a best of 4:48.70 in the mile, and 9:30.48 in the 3000. She ran in the MPSF championships, finishing 24th in the 3000 in 9:36.45.
NOTE: The NCAA, the USTFCCCA, the IAAF, the University of Texas, and the sports information offices of the University of Washington, Washington State University, and Eastern Washington University contributed to this report.
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