Washington state athletes split between meets in Seattle and Albuquerque this weekend...
All five NCAA Division I schools are in action, along with three of the four D2 schools as conference championship time creeps closer.
Every Washington D1 and D2 school except Saint Martin's will be in Seattle Friday and Saturday for the Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor, hosted by the University of Washington.
The distance races will be the highlight of the meet, with loaded fields in the men's and women's mile, 3000 & 5000.
Some of the top programs around the country will send partial squads to Seattle. Notable teams represented in the Dempsey include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Boise State, BYU, California, Colorado, Georgia, Gonzaga, New Mexico, North Dakota State, Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Portland, Southern Utah, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Utah, Utah State, Washington State, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
With the postponement of the World Athletics indoor championships in China until next year, several notable pros are skipping this weekend's Toyota USATF Indoor Championships and competing in Seattle instead.
Among the most notable Olympians running this weekend include 800 meter finalist Kate Grace (left/photo by Paul Merca); 2016 steeplechase silver medalist Evan Jager; and two-time Olympians Lopez Lomong and Kim Conley.
Grace is entered in the mile, while Jager, Lomong and Conley will run the 3000.
In the field events, China's 2016 Olympian and two-time world championships finalist Yang Gao is entered in the women's shot put, while multi-time Olympian and world championships finalist Mike Mason of Canada makes the short drive from Vancouver to jump at the Dempsey.
The entry list and time schedule for the Husky Classic is available here.
As has been the case this season, media partner RunnerSpace.com ($) will live stream the meet.
For the Huskies, this will be the first meet all season where the full team will not compete together, as a group of field event and sprinters will head to Albuquerque for Thursday and Friday's Don Kirby Elite meet, hosted by the University of New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The Huskies will also see a group of sprinters and field event athletes from Washington State in the two-day meet.
This meet will also give athletes an opportunity to compete on the same facility where next month's NCAA Division I championships will be contested.
The start lists and time schedule for the Don Kirby Elite meet are available here.
Meanwhile, Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships will also be contested at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
With no berths to the now postponed world indoor championships on the line, plus the fact that several top athletes planned to skip the national indoor championships to prepare for the Olympic Trials in June, the indoor championships have been reduced to a glorified invitational meet.
While many of the fields will still be strong, not as many of the top end athletes with name recognition are showing up.
There will be a significant contingent of athletes from the state of Washington competing Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque, with the largest group from the Seattle based Brooks Beasts, who have spent the last several weeks training at altitude in New Mexico.
Boise State alum Allie Ostrander, who won the Millrose Games 3000 last week is entered in the 3000, where she'll face 2016 steeplechase Olympians Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley, along with new American mile record holder Elinor Purrier, and world championships finalists Shelby Houlihan and Karissa Schweitzer.
Washington pole vaulter Olivia Gruver and shot putter Jonah Wilson will eschew competing in the Don Kirby meet and mix it up against the best pros in the USA.
Friday's meet will be televised on NBCSN from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Pacific, and Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on NBC.
The time schedule is available here, while the entry lists are available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field, and the sports information offices of the University of New Mexico, University of Washington and Washington State University contributed to this report.
Every Washington D1 and D2 school except Saint Martin's will be in Seattle Friday and Saturday for the Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor, hosted by the University of Washington.
The distance races will be the highlight of the meet, with loaded fields in the men's and women's mile, 3000 & 5000.
With the postponement of the World Athletics indoor championships in China until next year, several notable pros are skipping this weekend's Toyota USATF Indoor Championships and competing in Seattle instead.
Among the most notable Olympians running this weekend include 800 meter finalist Kate Grace (left/photo by Paul Merca); 2016 steeplechase silver medalist Evan Jager; and two-time Olympians Lopez Lomong and Kim Conley.
Grace is entered in the mile, while Jager, Lomong and Conley will run the 3000.
In the field events, China's 2016 Olympian and two-time world championships finalist Yang Gao is entered in the women's shot put, while multi-time Olympian and world championships finalist Mike Mason of Canada makes the short drive from Vancouver to jump at the Dempsey.
The entry list and time schedule for the Husky Classic is available here.
As has been the case this season, media partner RunnerSpace.com ($) will live stream the meet.
For the Huskies, this will be the first meet all season where the full team will not compete together, as a group of field event and sprinters will head to Albuquerque for Thursday and Friday's Don Kirby Elite meet, hosted by the University of New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The Huskies will also see a group of sprinters and field event athletes from Washington State in the two-day meet.
This meet will also give athletes an opportunity to compete on the same facility where next month's NCAA Division I championships will be contested.
The start lists and time schedule for the Don Kirby Elite meet are available here.
Meanwhile, Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships will also be contested at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
With no berths to the now postponed world indoor championships on the line, plus the fact that several top athletes planned to skip the national indoor championships to prepare for the Olympic Trials in June, the indoor championships have been reduced to a glorified invitational meet.
While many of the fields will still be strong, not as many of the top end athletes with name recognition are showing up.
There will be a significant contingent of athletes from the state of Washington competing Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque, with the largest group from the Seattle based Brooks Beasts, who have spent the last several weeks training at altitude in New Mexico.
Boise State alum Allie Ostrander, who won the Millrose Games 3000 last week is entered in the 3000, where she'll face 2016 steeplechase Olympians Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley, along with new American mile record holder Elinor Purrier, and world championships finalists Shelby Houlihan and Karissa Schweitzer.
Washington pole vaulter Olivia Gruver and shot putter Jonah Wilson will eschew competing in the Don Kirby meet and mix it up against the best pros in the USA.
Friday's meet will be televised on NBCSN from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Pacific, and Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on NBC.
The time schedule is available here, while the entry lists are available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field, and the sports information offices of the University of New Mexico, University of Washington and Washington State University contributed to this report.
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