Husky volunteer coach Tim Duckworth wins British long jump title...
After a first round foul, took the lead with a jump of 25-10.75 (7.89m), only to be passed by Dan Bramble in the next round, who jumped 26-0 (7.92m).
Duckworth came within one centimeter of the lead in round 5, jumping 25-11.5 (7.91m), before jumping 26-0 (7.92m) in the final round to take the lead with a better second jump.
Bramble needed to match Duckworth’s jump on his final attempt to get the win, as his second best mark was 25-10 (7.87m), but he fell short, jumping 25-9.25 (7.85m).
Duckworth’s sixth round jump was a 2019 season best, eclipsing his overall best of 25-6.75 (7.79m) set at the European Indoor championships in March, and his previous outdoor best of 25-4 (7.72m) set twice, most recently ten days ago in Cork, Ireland.
Washington alum Jax Thoirs finished second in the pole vault with a season best 18-3 (5.56m), as Harry Coppell won in a meet record 18-8.75 (5.71m), which is also the world championship entry standard.
For Thoirs, who had struggled over the last several years, his mark of 18-3 (5.56m) was the highest he’s jumped outdoors since 2015, and the highest indoors or outdoors since December 2017, when he jumped 18-1.25 (5.52m) in Glasgow.
Thoirs would need to jump at least 18-8.75 (5.71m) before September 6th to get a spot on Great Britain’s world championship team to Doha.
Josh Kerr of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts won his semifinal in the men’s 1500 in 3:44.48 to advance to Sunday’s final, in what is expected to be one of the highlight events of the British championship meet.
The top two finishers in each event automatically select themselves to the British team for the world championships, provided that they hold the world championship standard, with a third selection at the discretion of the British federation.
In addition to Kerr, competing Sunday is Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale in the women’s 5000. In that event, four British athletes have run under 15 minutes, though she has met the world championship standard of 15:22.00, so she will need to finish first or second to guarantee a spot on the plane to Doha.
Complete day 1 results of the British Championships are available here.
In Paris, former Pullman resident Katie Nageotte finished sixth in the women’s pole vault Saturday at the Meeting de Paris, the twelfth and final regular meet of the IAAF Diamond League series, before the two Diamond League championship meets in Zurich and Brussels.
Nageotte cleared a best of 15-3 (4.65m), as Canada’s Alysha Newman won with a best of 15-9.75 (4.82m), setting a new national record.
Nageotte, currently the world’s number 4 ranked vaulter, cemented her spot in the Diamond League finals at the Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels on September 6th, as she had 19 points in six Diamond League meets.
Complete results of the Meeting de Paris are available here.
On Friday, Seattle resident Justine Fedronic finished second in the women’s 800 meters at the Brussels Grand Prix meet.
Fedronic ran 2:03.22, as Elge Balciunaite of Lithuania won in 2:02.55. In the same race, Olympia native Brooke Feldmeier ran a season best 2:03.89 to take fourth.
Washington alum Mel Lawrence was fifth in the women’s 1500, running 4:15.27, a 2019 season best. Simon Fraser alum Lindsey Butterworth took the win in 4:10.57.
It was a rough go for both Brannon Kidder (1:48.85) of the Brooks Beasts and University of Washington volunteer coach Sam Prakel (1:56.68) in the men’s 800, as they finished 9th and 12th. Peter Bol of Australia was the winner in 1:46.03.
Complete results of Friday’s Brussels Grand Prix are available here.
NOTE: British Athletics, the Meeting de Paris and the Brussels Grand Prix contributed to this report.
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