Men's & women's 3000 and mens' 5000 NCAA qualifying lists blown up at Husky Classic...
With some help from some of the Olympians and world championships competitors entered in the meet, the NCAA performance lists in both the men's and women's 3000 and 5000 were rearranged.
On the men's side, the 16th fastest time (the last person on the NCAA descending order list to advance to the national championships) was at 7:59.09 in the 3000, and 13:59.49 in the 5000.
At the Iowa State Classic, three runners ducked under 7:59 in the 3000, and ten athletes went under 13:59.49.
In an exciting 3000 meter race, two time US Olympian Lopez Lomong (left/photo by Paul Merca) withstood a late charge by Oregon's Cooper Teare to take the victory in the last of six sections. clocking 7:45.82. with Bowerman TC teammates Marc Scott (7:46.11) and 2016 Olympic steeplechase silver medalist Evan Jager (7:46.24) going 1-2-3 ahead of Teare, who finished fourth as the top collegian at 7:46.45.
Seven collegians from heat 6 went under 7:59, including Washington's Jack Rowe, who ran 7:51.00 to finish tenth.
In heat 5, four runners went under 7:59, including Washington State's Colton Johnsen (7:57.58) and Gonzaga's James Mwaura (7:57.74).
The top seeded section of the men's 5000 saw eleven runners go under 13:59.49, led by winner Joe Klecker of Colorado, who ran 13:34.10 a week after a sterling performance at the Millrose Games in New York, where he was second in the 3000.
In that heat, nine of the eleven were collegians, including the Huskies' Tanner Anderson in seventh at 13:46.19.
The previous heat was just as fast from a depth standpoint, as Abdisamed Abdi of the Hansons/Brooks Distance Project won in 13:45.57, as eleven other runners went under 13:59.49, of which eight were collegians.
At the start of Friday's competitions around the country, the 16th fastest collegiate times for women in the 3000 was 9:18.56.
Three women went under 9:18.56 at Iowa State, and five women went under 16:16.75 (one post collegian, making the number four instead of five).
215 Beijing world championships bronze medalist at 10000m Emily Infeld of the Bowerman TC, who spent the 2019 season on the injured list, won in a meet record 8:48.73, as she ran down BYU's Whittni Orton, who also ducked under the previous meet record of 8:52.57, as she ran 8:49.63.
Washington's Katie Rainsberger finished fifth in a time of 8:56.24, and in the process became the second Husky to run under 9 minutes in the 3000, behind Katie Flood's school record of 8:55.31.
From the two fastest sections of the women's 3000, 22 women ran under 9:18.56, of which 15 were collegians.
The Huskies' Melany Smart was ninth overall in 9:06.52, the fifth fastest time in school history, and Allie Schadler was 14th in the final heat in 9:14.39.
The women's 5000 was dominated by post collegians, as Regan Yee of the Langley Mustangs, and a member of Canada's world championships team last year in the steeplechase, won in 15:33.17 over Stanford alum and former Brooks Beast Jessica Tonn's 15:36.72.
Complete day 1 results of the Husky Classic are available here.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, David Ribich of the Brooks Beasts finished fourth in the 3000 meters at the Toyota USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Ribich ran 8:03.69, as 2016 Olympian Paul Chelimo won in 8:00.14.
The women's 3000 saw Allie Ostrander of the Beasts finish seventh in 9:03.55, as Shelby Houlihan led a 1-2-3-5 finish by the Bowerman TC, winning in 8:52.03.
2016 Olympian Andrea Norris from University Place finished sixth in the women's triple jump with a best of 42-11.75 (13.10m), as Tori Franklin won with an American record 48-0.5 (14.64m).
Erik Sowinski of the Beasts was the top qualifier in the men's 800, winning his heat in 1:48.15.
Day 1 results of the Toyota USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships are available here.
Before the start of the Toyota USATF Indoor meet, the collegians finished up competition at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational on the same facility.
Washington State's Sam Brixey won the men's 60 hurdles in 7.72, while teammate Emmanuel Wells was second in the 60 dash in 6.62.
The Cougs' Charisma Taylor won the triple jump, as she recorded a mark of 43-feet 8-inches (13.31m), besting her previous PR, and the previous Washington State record in the event as well.
Washington's Chase Smith won the men's pole vault with a clearance of 17-7.25 (5.37m).
Complete results of the Don Kirby Elite Invitational are available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field and the sports information offices of the University of Washington, Washington State University, and the University of New Mexico contributed to this report.
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