Washington's Brian Fay runs sixth fastest collegiate 5000m at Bryan Clay Invitational...
AZUSA, California--Washington's Brian Fay (UW Athletics photo) ran the sixth fastest time in collegiate history as he came from behind to win the 5000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University.
Fay, already the school record holder in the indoor 5000 at 13:24.00, ran a blistering final lap to overtake Michigan State's Morgan Beadlescomb and win in 13:16.52 to Beadlescomb's 13:17.16, as the top six finishers all broke the meet and stadium record of 13:24.77 set by Evan Jager of the Portland based Nike Bowerman TC in 2018.
Kieran Lumb was fourth in 13:23.26, also under the previous UW outdoor school record of 13:27.26 set by Isaac Green.
Green finished eighth in 13:29.55.
Until last season, no Husky had ever broken 13:30 outdoors. Thursday night, three Dawgs broke 13:30 in the same race.
In the women's 5000, Lake Stevens HS grad Taylor Roe won the invitational section in 15:21.47, while in the women's 800, Seattle resident Rebecca Mehra finished seventh in her heat and ninth overall with a time of 2:02.88.
The multi events saw Washington State's Peyton Teevens finish 12th in group B of the heptathlon with 4977 points, while in group A, Eastern Washington's Maggie Nelson was 21st with 4877 points.
Quintin Porterfield of Eastern Washington was seventh in group C of the decathlon with 6135 points.
Action resumes Friday at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
Results of the Bryan Clay Invitational are available here.
A few miles down the road in Walnut, Washington's Ida Eikeng maintained her first day lead en route to winning the heptathlon title at the Mt. SAC Relays Thursday afternoon at Hilmer Lodge Stadium.
Eikeng, who started day 2 with 3598 points in her pocket, finished with a two-day score of 5916, just four points short of her personal best and Washington school record set in finishing fifth at last year's NCAA championships.
The Norwegian product actually lost the lead after the conclusion of the long jump, after finishing 12th overall with a best of 18-6.5 (5.65m), as Stanford's Allie Jones took the lead by jumping 19-1.25 (5.82m) to gain a 4347-4342 advantage going into the sixth event, the javelin.
Eikeng won the javelin with a throw of 164-7 (50.17m), while 2019 Pac-12 heptathlon champ and teammate Hannah Rusnak finished second in the event with a personal best of 150-3 (45.80m).
She ended her day with a personal best in the 800 of 2:28.53 to finish with a final score of 5916, winning the competition over Stanford's Allie Jones, who scored 5832.
Colorado's Avery McMullen finished third with 5663, while Rusnak finished fifth with 5578, 201 points short of her personal best.
Washington State alum Alissa Brooks-Johnson finished 14th with 4918 points, despite not running the 800.
In the decathlon competition, Washington's Ollie Thorner finished eighth with a personal best score of 7602 points, while teammate Jami Schlueter was 11th with a final score of 7139 points.
Thorner moves up to fifth on the school's all time list, while Schluter has the tenth best score in UW history.
In the collegiate section of the mens 3000 steeplechase, Washington alum Julius Diehr finished fourth in 8:42.73, just ahead of current Husky Sam Affolder in fifth at 8:43.95. In the elite section, WSU's Kelvin Limo was eighth in 8:49.93.
Seattle Pacific's Annika Esvelt ran 34:20.76 to finish 12th in the invitational 10000, just ahead of Edmonds-Woodway grad Yukino Parle of Boise State, who ran 34:26.03. Esvelt's time puts her in the top five in NCAA Division II this season.
Results of Thursday's competition at the Mt. SAC Relays are available here.
Almost 40 miles away from the Mt. SAC Relays, Bobby Say of Eastern Washington won the men's triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 51-0.75 (15.56m) at the Pacific Coast Invitational in Long Beach, hosted by Long Beach State University.
In his season opener, NCAA & US Olympic Trials competitor Elijah Mason of the UW finished sixth in the discus with a throw of 186-1 (56.73m), while Sam Van Peursem of the Huskies was fourth in the shot put at 57-5 (17.50m).
Jayden White of Washington was fourth in the hammer at 215-2 (65.58m). Western Washington's Amanda Short was fifth in the javelin at 150-9 (45.95m).
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