The Road to Doha goes through America's Heartland this week...
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| UW volunteer coach & defending Olympic 1500m champ Matthew Centrowitz (Paul Merca photo) |
The big prize on the line in America’s Heartland is a spot on Team USATF for the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in late September-early October in Doha, Qatar.
Normally, the USATF Championships are contested in late June, but with the world championships late in the calendar, the world championships qualifying meet was moved back a month.
As has been the case in previous years, the top three finishers who hold the all-important world championships standards are on the team for Doha.
Additionally, the United States will get three entries plus a wild card entry for the defending champion from London in the men’s 100, pole vault, and triple jump, along with the women’s 100, 400, 400 hurdles, 3000 steeplechase, and the long jump.
Any athlete who wins the 2019 IAAF Diamond League series in their event will also earn a wild card berth into the world championships; however the cap per each individual event is four entries per country.
Forty athletes (20 men/20 women) with ties to the state of Washington are entered in this weekend’s national championships.
The University of Washington has two undergrads competing in javelin thrower Denham Patricelli and pole vaulter Olivia Gruver, while Washington State has three undergrads entered in the meet in 100 meter runner Emmanuel Wells, 1500 meter runner Paul Ryan, and 110 hurdler Nick Johnson. Wells and Ryan were among the last to be accepted into the national championships.
The Seattle based Brooks Beasts has eleven athletes in the meet.
Here are the athletes with Washington ties who are accepted, declared and/or entered in the meet:
MEN
Emmanuel Wells 100m (accepted)
Marcus Chambers 400m
Michael Berry 400m (accepted)
Brannon Kidder 800m, 1500m
Drew Windle 800m (not declared)
Matthew Centrowitz 1500m
Henry Wynne 1500m, 5000m
Izaic Yorks 1500m
Sam Prakel 1500m
David Ribich 1500m
Paul Ryan 1500m (accepted)
Hassan Mead 5000m
Dillon Maggard 5000m
David Elliott 5000m
Garrett Heath 10000m
Devon Allen 110HH
Nick Johnson 110HH
CJ Allen 400H
Brock Eager HT
Denham Patricelli JT
WOMEN
Jerayah Davis 100m
Savannah Colón 800m
Brooke Feldmeier 800m (accepted)
Alexa Efraimson 1500m
Katie Mackey 1500m
Karisa Nelson 1500m
Eleanor Fulton 1500m (accepted)
Allie Buchalski 5000m
Katie Burnett 10k RW
Mel Lawrence 3000 ST
Allie Ostrander 3000 ST
Marisa Howard 3000 ST
Caroline Austin 3000 ST
Katie Nageotte PV
Olivia Gruver PV
Chloe Cunliffe PV
Kara Winger JT
Bethany Drake JT
Katie Reichert JT (accepted)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson HEP (accepted)
Thursday and Friday's competition will be streamed online via NBC Sports Gold subscriptions ($). Friday will also be broadcast on NBC Sports Network from 4-6 p.m. Pacific time. Saturday will be televised live on NBC from 1-3 p.m. Pacific, while Sunday’s finale will start on NBCSN at 4pm pacific, then move to NBC at 5 pm.
The time schedule for the Toyota USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships is available here.
paulmerca.blogspot.com will be in Des Moines to cover the meet.
NOTE: USA Track & Field, Brooks Running, and the sports information offices of the University of Washington and Washington State University contributed to this report.
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