UW's Makayla Kelby breaks own school record in shot put to conclude Dempsey season...

SEATTLE--Washington's Makayla Kelby (photo courtesy UW Athletics) broke her school record in the shot put for the second time en route to a second place finish at the Pac-12 Invitational Saturday at Dempsey Indoor to close out the 2022 regular season.

On her fourth throw of the day, Kelby went 55-3.5 (16.85m) to break her own school record by more than a foot and a half, eclipsing the old mark of 53-7.75 (16.35m).

In the men's 800-meters, Cass Elliott continued to show his growing expertise in the event, as the 400-meter hurdler outdoors put himself up into a tie at No. 2 in school history for the 800-meters indoors. Elliott ran 1:48.40, which matches the time of Ryan Brown, who was the 2007 NCAA indoor champion in the event.

Nick Johnson of Washington State had a great battle with defending Pac-12 outdoor champ Jamar Marshall of Arizona State in the 60 hurdles, but came up short, with Marshall winning in 7.79 to 7.86.

2020 Pac-12 cross country champ Eduardo Herrera of Colorado dropped down in distance to win the mile in 3:57.16, with Zach Stallings of Washington State second in 3:58.96, and Isaac Green third at an inch short of breaking 4 minutes in the mile at 4:00.07.

Washington's Ollie Thorner battled his way from fifth place at the break to finish second in the heptathlon, scoring a personal best 5491 points, aided by a second place finish in the pole vault at 15-9 (4.80m), and a decisive win in the 1000 meters, running 2:35.54.

University Place resident Lexi Ellis of Oregon won the triple jump with a best of 42-11 (13.08m).

Complete results of the Pac-12 Invitational are available here.

In Spokane, Brooke Feldmeier, Nia Akins, Drew Windle & Isaiah Harris advanced to Sunday's finals in the 800 meters at the USATF Indoor Championships Saturday at The Podium.

Feldmeier won her heat in 2:02.94, while Akins was second in her heat in 2:02.18.

Windle, who is looking to make his second world indoor team, won his heat in 1:48.19, while Harris, who missed making the US Olympic team last year by one place, finished second in his heat in 1:47.14.

In the finals of the mens 3000, Lake Washington HS product Dillon Maggard finished third in 7:49.05.

The women's 1500 final saw Washington alum Eleanor Fulton finish seventh in 4:11.96, while Camas' Alexa Efraimson was eighth in 4:12.23.

The USATF Indoor Championships resume Sunday, with the television window from 2-4 pm on CNBC, as former Pullman resident Katie Nageotte, and former Renton resident Devon Allen, both of whom were Tokyo Olympians last year, look to secure spots on the USA squad for the world indoor championships in Belgrade, Serbia in the pole vault and 60 hurdles.

Day 1 results are available here.

In Bozeman, Montana, Eastern Washington vaulters, led by winner Morgan Fossen, swept the podium on the final day of competition at the Big Sky Conference indoor championships at Worthington Arena on the campus of Montana State University Saturday.

The Eagles made history in the women's pole vault, finishing 1-2-3-4-6 in the event with 32 total points. It marked the first sweep indoors for the women's squad.

Fossen, an NCAA outdoor championship qualifier last year won with a best of 13-1.75 (4.01m), to beat out teammate and Big Sky outdoor champ Katrina Terry, who cleared the same height.

Savannah Schultz was third at 12-8 (3.86m), with Hally Ruff fourth at the same height.

Rosalie Folger-Vent rounded out the Eagle vaulters in sixth at 12-4 (3.76m).

In the women's weight throw Keyes placed third with a mark of 61-4 (18.69m). It was the second-straight championship meet that Keyes earned All-Conference honors and the third overall.

In all, the Eagles picked up 32 team points in the pole vault, en route to a sixth place team finish with 57 points.

On the men's side, Eastern also finished sixth with a final team score of 46.5 points.

The Eagles' podium finishers Saturday were Joe Gauthier in the 60 dash, as he finished second in 6.77, and Bobby Say, who finished second in the triple jump with a fourth round jump of 50-7.5 (15.43m), to match his second place finish in the long jump on Friday.

Complete results of the Big Sky Conference championships are available here.

NOTE: USA Track & Field and the sports information office of the University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, Washington State University and the Big Sky Conference contributed to this report.

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