Western's Amanda Short throws second furthest javelin mark in D2 so far in 2022 at Boitano Invite...

TACOMA--The 2022 outdoor track and field season in the state of Washington got underway on a cool yet sunny day at Baker Stadium on the campus of the University of Puget Sound Saturday, as the school hosted the Ed Boitano Invitational.

While the field was primarily Division III and community college competition, a few athletes from both Western Washington, Saint Martin's and Seattle Pacific mixed it up.

The best mark from Saturday's competition came from the field, as Amanda Short (Paul Merca photo) from Western Washington rifled the javelin 141-11 (43.26m) for the second furthest throw in Division II so far this season.

In Friday's competition, University of Puget Sound cross country All-American Colin Monaghan ran the fastest time in NCAA Division III so far this season in the men's 10000, winning in a personal best 29:52.78.

Complete results of the Ed Boitano Invitational are available here.

In Muscat, Oman, Vancouver native Daniel Nehnevaj finished 45th in the 35k walk at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Saturday.

Nehnevaj was the second American across the line, finishing in 3:06:37.

Complete results of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships are available here.

Sunday, Spokane native John Dressel will run a 10000m track race in San Juan Capistrano, California simply called The Ten.

The Ten is a meet conceived by former Seattle resident and Brooks Running sports marketing executive Jesse Williams of Sound Running to help runners achieve world and US championship qualifying standards in the 10000, and will be contested Sunday night at JSerra Catholic HS.

Several members of the Portland based Nike Bowerman TC are entered in the race, including 3-time Canadian Olympian Moh Ahmed of Canada, the silver medalist in the 5000 last year in Tokyo, along with American Olympians Grant Fisher and Woody Kincaid.

In addition to the four (2 mens, 2 womens) sections of the 10000, The Ten will also feature a men's 1500 meter race, with David Ribich and Izaic Yorks of the Brooks Beasts in the field.

Action at The Ten begins at 6:42 pm Sunday, and you can watch the meet via pay per view on Sound Running's web site.

The start list for The Ten is available here.

NOTE: USA Track & Field, World Athletics, Sound Running, & the sports information offices of  Western Washington University, and the University of Puget Sound contributed to this report.

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