Cougs, Zags and several pros head to Eugene for Friday & Saturday's Oregon Relays/USATF GP meet...

The Washington State University track & field team won't have very long to recover from Wednesday's meet against the Washington Huskies in Seattle.

The Cougars are back in action Friday and Saturday in Eugene for the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field, along with athletes from Gonzaga.

Friday's session begins at 2:45 pm with the women's discus, while the first track event begins at 6 pm.

Friday night's session will also include a few invitational races involving Seattle based pro athletes.

2019 World Championships team member at 800m Brannon Kidder (photo by Paul Merca) of the Brooks Beasts is entered in Friday's 1500, along with Beasts teammate David Ribich, and Club Northwest's Tom Anderson.

In addition, the USATF Grand Prix will be contested Saturday afternoon at the Oregon Relays, bringing many of the country's top track & field athletes.

Among those on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's USATF Grand Prix are Sam Prakel (1500), Brock Eager (hammer), Hannah Cunliffe (100), Alexa Efraimson (800), Alli Cash & Marta Pen Freitas (1500), and Amy-Eloise Markovc (5000).

Media partner RunnerSpace.com's USATF.tv will stream the Oregon Relays ($) and the first hour (1:00-2:00 pm) of Saturday's USATF Grand Prix meet, before the meet moves at 2 pm to NBCSN on TV and Peacock Premium streaming.

The start list and live results for the Oregon Relays/USATF Grand Prix meets are available here.

NOTE: The sports information offices of the University of Oregon and Washington State University, & USA Track & Field contributed to this report.

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