Contingent of Washington throwers in Tucson for USATF Throws Festival...

TUCSON--A small group of Washington athletes will compete in Saturday's USATF Throws Festival at Drachman Stadium at the University of Arizona.

Vancouver native Kara Winger (Paul Merca photo), who is one of two Americans that hold the Olympic Games qualifying standard of 210-0/64.00m will throw the javelin for the first time in competition after tearing her ACL in last year's Iron Wood meet in Idaho.

She'll be joined in the field by Western Washington alum Katie Reichert, who achieved the Olympic Trials standard of 177-2/54.00m by throwing 178-5/54.39m on April 3rd in Chula Vista.

Washington alum Denham Patricelli is entered in the men's javelin, while Washington State alum Brock Eager will throw the hammer.

Eager finished sixth in Thursday's Tucson Elite meet, throwing 243-1/74.10m as Daniel Haugh attained the Olympic standard in winning with a toss of 257-11/78.61.

The meet's premier event is the men's shot put featuring reigning Olympic champion Ryan Crouser, reigning world champion Joe Kovacs, US Olympian Darell Hill, and New Zealand's Tom Walsh.

USATF.tv ($) will offer live streaming of the meet starting at 3:30 pm Pacific.

The start list for the USATF Throws Festival is available here.

On Sunday, Seattle resident Sam Prakel, Washington State alum CJ Allen, and Federal Way HS grad Hannah Cunliffe are competing in the adidas Boost Boston Games on Boston's Boylston Street-Copley Square, in North America's only street meet.

The meet will be shown live on NBC from 1:30pm to 3pm pacific time.

Prakel will run in the mile before the television window at 7:30 am, while Allen will run in the 200 hurdles over a straightaway at 1:49 pm.

Cunliffe will run in one of the meet's premier events, the adidas women's 100 meter dash, near the end of the television window.

The complete start lists for the adidas Boost Boston Games are available here.

NOTE: The adidas Boost Boston Games, and USA Track & Field contributed to this report.

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