Lake Stevens native Taylor Roe runs (way) early world leading mark in 3000m at Wooo Pig Classic...

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas--Lake Stevens HS graduate Taylor Roe of Oklahoma State University helped kick off the 2021-22 collegiate indoor track & field season by winning the women's 3000 meters at the Wooo Pig Classic Friday afternoon, hosted by the University of Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

Roe took command just past the 2000 meter mark to take the victory in 8:58.58, a huge personal best, and the first collegian under 9 minutes in this new season.

For what it's worth, her time is also the fastest indoor time in the world in the 2021-22 season, with the other big indoor distance race on tap Saturday as Boston University hosts the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

University of Washington grad transfer Sophie Cantine was fifth in the race in 9:29.19, while sophomore Madison Heisterman was seventh in her first collegiate attempt at this distance, running 9:31.56.

In the women's 5000, Washington alum Katie Rainsberger did the pacing for the first 3000 meters, going through in 9:23 before current Husky Allie Schadler (photo courtesy Arkansas Athletics) went to the front.

Schadler could not hold on to the lead, as Arkansas' Lauren Gregory won in 15:34.58, with Schadler second in a personal best 15:50.59, a lifetime best, and the second fastest indoor time in school history.

Yakima native Jonas Price of Oklahoma State won the men's 3000 in 8:11.80.

Complete results of the Wooo Pig Classic are available here.

In Cheney, Eastern Washington's Race Treat, who is competing unattached, is the current day 1 leader in the men's heptathlon at the Candy Cane Multis meet at Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse on the Eastern Washington campus Friday.

Treat won the 60 in 7.05, then had marks of 21-10.25/6.66m in the long jump, 37-3.25/11.36 in the shot put, and won the high jump at 6-6.75/2.00m.

A pair of Eagles, Quintin Porterfield, and Elijah Conley, are currently second and third at the break with 2805, and 2604 points, respectively.

Ryan Kenny of Western Washington stands fourth at the break with 2455 points, while Cooper Cummings of the Vikings is eighth at 2305.

Christopher Hines is the top competitor for Central Washington in tenth with 2251 points.

The meet resumes Saturday at 9 am, as the women begin competition in the pentathlon, while the final three heptathlon events begin at 9:20 am.

Day 1 results are available here.

NEWS AND NOTES

Washington State's Colton Johnsen and Cougar alum Paul Ryan are running in Saturday's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener hosted by Boston University.

Johnsen will run in the men's 5000 at 3 pm, Pacific time in the second of seven sections of the race, along with WSU alum Paul Ryan, now competing for adidas.

Flotrack ($) is streaming the meet. Start lists for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener are available here, while live results will be available via lancertiming.com .

Meanwhile, Allie Buchalski of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts is in the field for Saturday's Sound Running Cross Champs at Mt. SAC College in Walnut, according to a tweet from Sound Running.

The women's 10k race goes off at 2 pm. A link to live streaming information is available here ($), while the link to live results is available here.

Four athletes from the Washington State track team are in Cali, Colombia this weekend for the 2021 Junior Pan Am Games.

Carolina Ulloa-Daza and incoming freshmen Ronald Grueso-Mosquero and Valentina Barrios-Bornacelli will all represent the host nation Colombia, while Micaela De Mello will represent Brazil.

Ulloa-Daza will throw the hammer, while Grueso-Mosquero is entered in both the shot and discus, and Barrios-Bornacelli is in the discus.

De Mello, who redshirted last spring for the Cougs, is in the 100 hurdles.

Washington State's release is available here.

NOTE: The sports information office of Washington State University, Eastern Washington, the University of Washington, the University of Arkansas and Sound Running contributed to this report.

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