Brooks Beasts' Allie Ostrander wins Millrose Games 3000 in New York...
Ostrander, who came into New York with a personal best of 8:54.27 set four years ago at the Husky Classic, stayed near the back of the pack for the first two kilometers, which she crossed in 5:58.02.
It was over the last 1000 that the Boise State alum and former three-time NCAA steeplechase champ made her move, running 2:50.92, capped by a 65.15 final 400 to overtake Julie-Anne Staehli of Canada over the last 200 meters.
Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale finished ninth in 8:58.14.
West Seattle HS graduate Chloe Cunliffe, the national high school record holder in the pole vault, set an indoor personal best of 14-1.25 (4.30m) in finishing third to Sandi Morris, the reigning world indoor champion.
Morris set a meet record of 16-1.25 (4.91m), and took three shots at a world indoor record 16-6.25 (5.04m), on the same day that Mondo Duplantis set a world record of 20-2.75 (6.17m) in Torun, Poland.
Chloe's older sister Hannah finished fifth in the 60 meter dash, running 7.30, as Javianne Oliver won in 7.13.
In the rarely contested 300 meters, Tacoma's Marcus Chambers finished third in a time of 33.21, as Rai Benjamin won in 32.35.
In his debut as a member of the Brooks Beasts, Erik Sowinski took out the pace for the first 600 meters of the 800 meters, before reigning world champion Donavan Brazier stormed the final lap in 24.89 to win in an American record 1:44.22.
Brooks Beasts teammate Brannon Kidder also overtook Sowinski on the final lap to finish fourth in 1:47.01, while Kidder ran a season best of 1:47.93 to finish fifth.
Kirkland native Dillon Maggard finished ninth in the men's 3000 in a personal best 7:51.79, and former Puyallup resident and 2016 Olympian Hassan Mead was tenth in 7:54.13, as Syracuse alum and former NCAA champion Justyn Knight of Canada won in 7:46.36.
In the final race of the meet, University of Washington volunteer coach Sam Prakel finished ninth in the Wanamaker Mile, running a season best 3:57.81, as Tulsa alum Chris O'Hare of Great Britain won in 3:55.61.
Complete results of the NYRR Millrose Games are available here.
In Nampa, Idaho, Seattle Pacific's Peace Igbonagwam won the women's 60 meter dash at the Jacksons Nike Boise Indoor Invitational Saturday, hosted by Boise State University.
Igbonagwam ran a time of 7.78 for the win. Teammates Grace Bley (7.91) and Jenna Bouyer (7.97) were sixth and seventh, respectively.
In the women's 200, Bley finished second overall to Hannah Nealis of BYU, as Nealis ran 24.67 to Bley's 25.11. Julia Stepper of the Falcons won section 2 of the two-section final in a time of 25.11 to finish third overall, while Igbonagwam was seventh in 25.34.
Igbonagwam finished her day with a second place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 38-2.25 (11.64m).
Central Washington's Zach Whittaker won the men's triple jump with a best of 45-5.75 (13.86m). The Wildcats' Ethan Tonder was third in the shot put with a toss of 51-5.5 (15.68m).
Day 2 results of the Jacksons Nike Boise Indoor Invitational are available here.
In Newberg, Oregon, Saint Martin's Keshara Romain's victory in the triple jump highlighted day 1 competition at the Portland Indoor II meet contested at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.
Romain, who already has the NCAA Division II automatic qualifying standard when she jumped 41-6 (12.65m) in Nampa on December 14th, bounced 40-1.5 (12.23m) for the win.
Other winners included Tupre Wickliff of Western Washington in the men's high jump (6-6.75/2.00m), Lexi Perry of Western Washington in the women's pole vault (11-5.75/3.50m), and Tyler Cronk of Saint Martin's in the men's triple jump (45-9.75/13.96m).
The meet resumes Sunday at the Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland with the lap races.
Day 1 results of the Portland Indoor II meet are available here.
NOTE: The New York Road Runners and the sports information offices of the Boise State University, University of Portland, Saint Martin's University, Western Washington, Central Washington and Seattle Pacific contributed to this report.
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