Huskies' Andrew Jordan sets school record in 5000m at NCAA championships...
Jordan crossed the line in 13:33.61, as Iowa State's Wesley Kiptoo, who is one of the favorites to win the NCAA cross country crown on Monday, took the victory, going wire to wire in a meet record 13:23.77.
Jordan's time also set a new University of Washington school record, and is the fastest time run either indoors or outdoors by a Husky.
Colby Gilbert had the previous school record of 13:34.85 set in 2017, and has the fastest outdoor time of 13:35.20, set in 2016.
Washington State's Colton Johnsen finished 15th in 14:01.86.
Washington's Jonah Wilson finished ninth in the mens' shot put with a best of 62-11.75 (19.18m).
Wilson threw the mark on his third attempt, after being mired in 14th place entering the third round. That throw gave Wilson new life and three more throws, with the closest his sixth round mark of 62-10.5 (19.16m).
Arizona State's Turner Washington won the shot put with a toss of 70-1 (21.36m).
Washington's distance medley relay team of Kelly Makin (3:24.71), Olivia Rivera (55.93), Marlena Preigh (2:06.05), and Madison Heisterman (4:42.78) ran 11:09.46 for tenth before the team was disqualified after the race for taking two steps inside the rail on the anchor leg.
"Madi took two steps on the inside of the track. No contact, no protests from other teams. That was it", said UW director of track and cross country Maurica Powell.
BYU won the race in a collegiate leading time of 10:52.96.
Katie Rainsberger of the Huskies used her veteran experience to stay out of trouble in the qualifying heat of the mile, finishing second to advance in a time of 4:41.61.
One of the biggest surprises of the meet came in the men's mile, where the Huskies' Sam Tanner, who was one of the favorites for the national title, shockingly failed to advance to Saturday's final.
After witnessing the first heat in which the last place finisher ran 3:58.40, the field in Tanner's heat was content to run for the four automatic spots in the final, crossing 409 meters in just a hair under 66 seconds, and 809 meters just under 2:12.
Tanner, along with Washington State's Zach Stallings, never seemed comfortable running at such a slow pace, though Stallings was in last at the 1000 meter mark in order to have running room.
Tanner appeared to have room and good position entering the last lap, but was nosed out at the line for the fourth and final spot for Saturday's final by Lucas Bons of BYU, ironically the runner who pushed Tanner two weeks ago at the Husky Classic.
Bons was fourth at 4:06.19, with Tanner fifth at 4:06.20. Stallings finished sixth in 4:09.05.
In the men's 60 hurdles prelims, Sam Brixey of Washington State finished eighth in his heat in a season best 7.79.
In the women's shot put finals, Pullman HS and University of Washington alum Angel Nkwonta, competing for the University of Maryland, fouled all three of her preliminary round throws.
Saturday, Washington State's Colton Johnsen returns to run in the 3000 at 1 pm pacific, while Charisma Taylor goes in the triple jump at 3pm Saturday. Katie Rainsberger of the Huskies lines up for the final of the mile at 4 pm pacific. Allie Schadler of Washington and Woodinville native Olivia Markezich of Notre Dame both run in the finals of the women's 3000 at 5 pm pacific.
The results, start lists and the time schedule for the NCAA indoor track and field championships are available here. Don't forget that ESPN3 is offering live streaming coverage of the meet starting at 10:30 am pacific.
UW ALUM IZZI BATT-DOYLE SET FOR SYDNEY TRACK CLASSIC SATURDAY...
Washington alum Izzi Batt-Doyle will run the 5000 meters at the Sydney Track Classic Saturday night (early Saturday in Seattle) with the race starting at 7:35 pm local time (12:35 am in Seattle).
This race is serving as Australia's national championship race at this distance.
Batt-Doyle has lowered her 5000m personal best from 15:26.48 down to 15:11.07 – falling agonizingly short of the 15:10.00 Olympic qualifying standard at the Box Hill Burn earlier this month. It’s a firm indicator that the South Australian will be one of the major players for the 5000m national title.
The meet will be streamed on Athletics Australia's YouTube and Facebook channels.
Here's a preview of the Australian 5000m championship race, courtesy of Athletics Australia.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Arkansas, University of Washington, Washington State the NCAA, and Athletics Australia contributed to this report.
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