WEEKEND ROUNDUP: UW grad transfer Jack Rowe sets 5000m PR at British Championships...

Normally, this space would have the results from the first weekend of the collegiate cross country season, with the annual scoring meet between the University of Washington and Seattle University, and the Clash of the Inland Northwest meet featuring Eastern Washington and Gonzaga getting a writeup.

However, this is not a normal year, with the coronavirus still prevalent across the United States and the world wreaking havoc.

In the realm of collegiate athletics, most fall sports are not being contested, although in Division I, football (which is not under the NCAA) is still being played by a few conferences, namely the Big 12, Southeast and Atlantic Coast Conferences.

That said, it was an extremely light schedule for athletes with Washington ties, with only two notables competing over the past weekend.

In Manchester, University of Washington fifth year senior Jack Rowe (photo courtesy UW Athletics) scored a huge personal best in the 5000 meters, dropping 17 seconds off his previous PR of 13:54.99 in finishing second at the British Athletics national championships Sunday.

Rowe, who competed for the Huskies during the 2019 cross country season and the 2020 indoor season after graduating from the University of San Francisco, ran 13:37.85 to finish behind Marc Scott's 13:32.98.

Scott competes for the Portland based Nike Bowerman Track Club.

Courtesy of his Instagram account, here's his post race thoughts:

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Thanks to everyone that reached out, it means a lot. Excited for what’s to come 👊🏼 • Cheers @britishathletics for putting on some meet • #britishchamps

A post shared by ROWE (@jackrowe._) on Sep 7, 2020 at 1:08pm PDT

Results of the British Athletics championships are available here.

A day later, Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale, who in most seasons, would have been in Manchester competing in the British championships, ran the 5000 meters at the Forward Spine & Sport Labor Day Showdown at Newton North HS in Newton, Massachusetts.

Neale ran a 2020 season best 15:36.58 to finish fourth, as two-time US Olympian Molly Huddle won in 15:20.80.

Complete results of the Forward Spine & Sport Labor Day Showdown are available here.

NOTE:  The sports information office of the University of Washington, British Athletics, and letsrun.com contributed to this report.

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