Huskies' Sam Tanner officially named to New Zealand Olympic team...

University of Washington redshirt freshman Sam Tanner (photo by Paul Merca) was officially named to New Zealand's Olympic team to compete in the 1500 meters at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics this summer.

Ever since hitting the 1,500-meter Olympic Standard, and simultaneously setting the Collegiate Record, with his sensational 3:34.72 time at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix back on February 13th, it's just been a formality that Tanner would be named to the New Zealand National Team Olympic Games Roster, but that bridge was crossed today with the announcement by New Zealand Athletics of the initial 15-athlete roster.

Tanner will be the 31st Olympian in the history of Husky Track & Field, dating all the way back to American sprinter Ira Courtney at the 1912 Stockholm Games. At the most recent Games, in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Washington was represented by Jeremy Taiwo, in the decathlon for Team USA, and Diamara Planell Cruz in the pole vault for Puerto Rico.

The Athletics New Zealand release is available here, and the University of Washington's release is available here.

TEEVENS SIBLINGS WIN BIGFOOT MULTIS MEET IN SPOKANE...

Washington State siblings Peyton and Cody Teevens each took the top spot in the Bigfoot Combined Events meet Thursday and Friday hosted by Spokane Community College.

Peyton won the heptathlon with a final score of 4821 points to outdistance Madelyn Knight of Eastern Washington, who scored 4749 points, and Margaret Nelson, who scored 4464 points.

Peyton's marks over the two days included a 14.50 time in the 100 hurdles, 5-4.5 (1.63m) in the high jump, 34-4 (10.46m) in the shot put, and 26.07 in the 200.

Her day two marks were 15-6 (4.72m) in the long jump, 100-10 (30.74m) in the javelin, and 2:20.69 in the 800.

Cody scored 5933 points to narrowly beat Eastern Washington's Quintin Porterfield (5905) and Cougar teammate Seth Andres (5860).

Cody ran 11.10 in the 100, long jumped 21-0.75 (6.42m), threw the shot 27-3.75 (8.32m), high jumped 6-0 (1.83m) and ran the 400 in 52.44.

His day two marks included a 15.38 in the 110 hurdles, a throw of 89-8 (27.32m) in the discus, 11-3.75 (3.45m) in the pole vault, 131-11 (40.21m) in the javelin, and a time of 5:03.17 in the 1500.

The results of the Bigfoot Multis are available here.

WHAT'S ON TAP THIS WEEKEND...

Eastern Washington and Gonzaga are in action Saturday at the Sam Adams Classic in Spokane, hosted by Whitworth University, with running events beginning at 1:50 p.m. Pacific time and field events starting at 2 p.m. 

Live results of that meet are available here.

Meanwhile, Seattle Pacific and Western Washington make the trip to Ellensburg for the Central Washington University Wildcat Invitational.

The multi-events portion of the meet got underway Friday, with Braydon Maier of Central Washington leading the decathlon with 3386 points at the break.

In the heptathlon, Jenelle Hurley of Western Oregon leads Seattle Pacific's Renick Meyer after four events by a 2780-2718 margin.

First day scores of the CWU Wildcat Invitational Multi Events are available here, while start lists for the main portion of the meet are available here.

NOTE: The sports information offices of Central Washington, Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, Western Washington, Seattle Pacific, University of Washington, and Washington State University, along with Athletics New Zealand contributed to this report.

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