Beasts' Brannon Kidder second in 1500 at BU Last Chance Meet...

In Boston, Brannon Kidder of the Brooks Beasts finished second in the invitational men's 1500 at the Boston University Last Chance Meet at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center Thursday night.

The invitational race was set up to give athletes a chance to reach the Olympic Games standard of 3:35.00.

Newly minted US national champion Josh Thompson of the Nike Bowerman TC took the win in a time of 3:34.77 and was the only runner in the field to get the Olympic standard, while Kidder finished in 3:36.51.

University of Washington volunteer coach Sam Prakel was fifth in 3:39.02, while Husky freshman Sam Tanner was sixth in 3:39.49.

David Ribich of the Brooks Beasts was eighth in 3:43.73.

The women's invitational 5000 saw Konstanze Klosterhöfen of Germany, who trains in Portland under former Nike Oregon Project assistant Pete Julian, win in a national record 14:30.79.

Allie Ostrander of the Brooks Beasts was eighth in 15:19.71, while Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale was 11th in 15:32.72.

Like the men's 1500, this race was designed to give the field the opportunity to run the Olympic Games standard of 15:10.00.

The results of day 1 of the Boston University Last Chance meet are available here.

In Pocatello, Idaho, Aulane Mpouli earned a fifth-place finish in the pentathlon as the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships got underway Thursday (Feb. 27) at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.

The sophomore from Auburn, Wash., finished with 3419 points in the five-event competition.

On a pace which could see him set a school record, senior Grant Shurtliff scored 2,901 points in the first four events of the heptathlon to lead that event. Shurtliff, a transfer from Lane Community College, needs 2,322 points in the final three events on Friday (Feb. 28) to break the record of 5,222 set by Kersee Lind in 2012.

The conclusion of the men's heptathlon begins on Friday, Feb. 28 (9 a.m.). The regular portion of the Big Sky Indoor Championships begins Friday with finals in six field events starting at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time, with running events starting at 3:30 p.m. Most of Friday's running events will be preliminaries, but the finals of the 5,000 meters and distance medley relays will take place that day.

Day 1 results from the Big Sky Conference championships are available here.

NOTE:  The sports information offices of Boston University and Eastern Washington University contributed to this report.