Washington's Angel Nkwonta again breaks school record in weight throw at UW Last Chance...

SEATTLE--It was billed as a pretty low-key affair, considering the small fields entered in the meet.

But, when you consider the quality of the marks, Friday's UW Last Chance Meet didn't turn out that way.

Twenty minutes into the meet, Angel Nkwonta (above/photo by Paul Merca) broke her University of Washington school record in the weight throw with a toss of 69-8.25 (21.24m) in round 4.

That broke her previous school record of 68-3 (20.80m) set on January 31st at the UW Invitational.

In her series, she had three throws of 20 meters or longer.

The women's mile saw 2016 Portuguese Olympian Marta Pen Freitas of the Brooks Beasts win handily in 4:34.73, after Beasts teammate Karisa Nelson did the early pacesetting for her.

Behind the former NCAA champ from Mississippi State was Beasts teammate Allie Buchalski in 4:39.93, followed by Washington's Shona McCulloch in 4:43.87, just ahead of Washington State's Zorana Grujic in 4:43.91.

In the men's mile, Iowa State alum Dan Curts took the win, dipping under 4 minutes at 3:59.29, just ahead of Illinois State's Jack Anstey, who ran 3:59.93.

Washington freshman Luke Houser was agonizingly close to breaking 4 minutes at 4:00.63, just ahead of Washington State's Colton Johnsen at 4:00.63.

The Huskies' Hannah Rusnak won the high jump with a personal best 5-8.75 while Pac-12 discus champ Elijah Mason won the men's weight throw at 65-2/25 (19.87m).

Ja'Maun Charles of Washington State was a double winner, winning the 60 meter dash in 6.73, and the 200 in 21.64.

Complete results of the UW Last Chance College Elite meet are available here.

In Nampa, Idaho, the Seattle Pacific women and the Western Washington men are the leaders after the first day of competition at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Jacksons' Track.

The Falcons hold a slim 40-39 lead over second place Central Washington, while on the men's side, Western Washington has a 53-34 edge over Alaska Anchorage at the break.

The Falcons got things going in the long jump, thanks to a 1-3 finish by Peace Igbonagwam (19-5.5/5.93m) and Renick Meyer (19-1.25/5.82m), with Saint Martin's Keshara Romain (19-2.5/5.85m) splitting the duo.

Central Washington answered back with a win in the pole vault by Halle Irvine, who only needed 12-0.75 (3.68m) to take the win.

The Wildcats also got big points in the weight throw finals, with Meagan Smallbeck (56-6/17.22m), and Samantha La Rue (55-1.5/16.80m) finishing second and third.

In the pentathlon, Seattle Pacific's Scout Cai fell short in her attempt to become a 4-time winner, finishing second to Alaska Anchorage's Elena Cano, who scored 3543 points to Cai's 3406.

Western Washington got the ball rolling in their attempt to win the GNAC men's title in the long jump, thanks to a 1-3-8 finish, led by Ethan Sterkel, who won with a leap of 23-8.75 (7.23m).

Saint Martin's Tyler Cronk won the high jump, with a clearance of 7-1 (2.16m), which makes him the third man this season to attain the NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 7-1 this season.

The Vikings went 3-4-8 in the high jump, led by Tupre Wickliff's jump of 6-9 (2.06m). They also scored in the 5000, going 2-4-8, led by Edward Kiolbasa, who ran 14:51.79, and got a third place finish in the distance medley relay in 10:23.37.

Central Washington senior Aidan Cain broke the meet record in the weight throw with a toss of 61-2 (18.64m) on his fourth attempt, as the Wildcats got points in the event as Andrew Harris (57-5/17.50m) and Alberto Tafoya (53-8.5/16.37m) took third and seventh.

Central Washington stands third in the men's competition with 27 points, while Saint Martin's is fifth with 22 points, and Seattle Pacific eighth with 4 points.

In the women's competition, Western Washington stands fourth with 33 points, while Saint Martin's is seventh at 16 points.

Complete day 1 results of the GNAC Championships are available here.

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Washington men's distance medley relay team finished fourth in the invitational DMR race at the JDL track facility.

The Husky squad of Sam Ritz (2:57.21), Cass Elliott (49.31), Mick Stanovsek (1:51.82) and Dustin Nading (4:05.11) ran 9:43.45 as BYU won in 9:38.02.

Complete results of the JDL DMR Invitational are available here.

In Lubbock, Texas, Washington State's Kreete Verlin set a meet record in winning the women's long jump at the Texas Tech Matador Qualifier.

Verlin jumped 20-5.25 (6.23m) to take the victory over Texas Tech's Kaylee Hinton, who jump 20-2.5 (6.16m).

Verlin also finished second in the 60 hurdles, running 8.30, as teammate Charisma Taylor got the win in a meet record 8.19.

Stephanie Cho was third in the 400 meters, running 54.51.

Emmanuel Wells of the Cougars was second in the finals of the men's 60, running 6.69.

The Cougs got another runner-up finish in the 60 hurdles, as Sam Brixey was second in 7.78 to China's WenJun Xie, who ran a meet record 7.67.

Mitch Jacobson was third for Washington State in the high jump, clearing 6-10.75 (2.10m).

Complete results of the Texas Tech Matador Qualifier are available here.

NOTE:  The sports information offices of the University of Washington, Washington State University, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and Texas Tech University contributed to this report.