Mason & Smith win Pac-12 titles for Washington as both squads finish third...
While the women's squad didn't have any individual winners on the final day of competition at the Pac-12s, they duplicated the men's performance with a tie for third place in the team race, scoring 77 points along with Arizona State.
For the men, the third place finish was the highest since 2016 when the Dawgs were second in Seattle, while the women earned its highest ever finish, having placed fourth five times in the conference, most recently in 2017.
Oregon won yet another conference title, running away with 185 points, followed by USC at 137, then the UW with 114 points. Washington State finished sixth with 61.5 points.
USC won the women's team title with 162.5 points, followed by Oregon's 151 points, then the UW and Arizona State at 77. Washington State was 11th with 16.5 points.
Elijah Mason (photo courtesy UW Athletics) successfully defended his 2019 Pac-12 discus title, throwing the platter 189-1 (57.65m) to turn back the challenge of Washington State's John Kolb, who threw 183-1 (55.80m).
Courtesy of the UW Track Twitter account, here's video of his winning throw:
This was the throw that đź”’⬇️ the victory for Elijah Mason.
— Washington Track & Field (@UWTrack) May 16, 2021
A 1⃣8⃣9⃣-1⃣ launch in round 5. #GoHuskies x #Pac12TF pic.twitter.com/SYRWZctZtM
Sixth year senior Chase Smith, a two-time MPSF indoor champ, finally broke through into the winner's circle, as was the only one to clear the winning height of 17-1 (5.21m) on his third attempt.
The Huskies got podium (top 3) finishes from Sam Tanner in the 1500 (3rd, 3:41.19), and Cass Elliott in the 400 hurdles (3rd, 50.07 PR).
Kolb in the discus and Paul Ryan in the 1500 (2nd, 3:40.62) were Washington State's two men's podium placers.
The Huskies' lone podium finish on Sunday came from the 4 x 400 relay team of Olivia Ribera, Marlena Preigh, Darhian Mills & Victoria Gersch, which won the first section in 3:40.85, and saw the time hold up for third, as USC (3:30.41) and UCLA (3:31.74) were the only teams to run faster in the top section.
Triple jumper Charisma Taylor was the lone Cougar on the podium, as she finished third with a jump of 43-10.5 (13.37m).
Washington and Washington State will next compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station, Texas beginning Thursday May 27th.
Complete results of the Pac-12 track & field championships are available here.
At the Western Athletic Conference championship meet that concluded Saturday, the Seattle University women's team finished seventh with 41 points, while the men's team was sixth with 16 points.
Javelin thrower Nicole Whittern was the only Redhawk who made the podium during the three days of competition, as she won the javelin on Thursday, throwing 139-10 (42.63m) to improve upon her third place finish in 2019.
Seattle University's recap is available here.
Complete results of the Western Athletic Conference championship meet are available here.
NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference, and the sports information offices of the University of Washington, Washington State, and Seattle University contributed to this report.
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