WEEKEND RECAP: Night of the 10000 PBs, Puerto Rico Athletics Classic & conference champs...
While we were in Eugene at the Pac-12, there was a lot of action going between the pros and the various conference championships.
Here's a synopsis of what happened:
THE PROS...
Markovc finished second in a time of 31:25.57 to finish behind fellow Briton Jessica Judd, who won in 31:22.24.
Batt-Doyle, who ran a 10000 at last week's Sound Running Track meet in San Juan Capistrano, California, ran a season best 31:40.10 to finish fifth.
Markovc missed the world championships standard by an agonizing .57 seconds.
In the men's featured 10000m race, Washington alum Jack Rowe was 12th in 28:20.31, while Club Northwest's Tom Anderson finished 14th in 28:35.47.
Results of the Night of the 10000 PBs are available here.
In Ponce, Puerto Rico Thursday (5/12), Washington alum Olivia Gruver finished fourth in the pole vault at the Puerto Rico Athletics Classic at Estadio Francisco Montaner.
Gruver cleared a best of 14-6 (4.42m).
Fellow UW alum and 2016 Puerto Rican Olympian Diamara Planell Cruz, competing on home soil, failed to clear a height.
Federal Way HS alum Hannah Cunliffe was seventh in the prelims of the women's 100 in 11.65 and did not advance to the finals.
Results of the Puerto Rico Athletics Classic are available here.
COLLEGIATE RECAP...
At the Big Sky Championships in Pocatello that concluded Saturday, six individuals from Eastern Washington plus the men's 4 x 100 relay team earned podium finishes.
Making the podium were Joe Gauthier, Liam Bracken, Logan Allen, and Daniel Gaik (men 4x100-meter relay: 40.47), Alex Bishop (men's high jump:6-9.75/2.08m), Katrina Terry (women's pole vault: 13-2.5/4.03m), and Madison Tareski (women's javelin throw: 151-6/46.19m) who placed second. Gauthier (100-meters: 10.62), Hally Ruff (women's pole vault: 12-10.75/3.93m), and Maggie Nelson (women's javelin throw: 151-3/46.10m) placed third.
On Friday, Vernice Keyes finished second in the women's hammer at 191-0 (58.23m), and Braydon Freitag was third in the men's pole vault at 16-1.75 (4.92m).
In the team standings, the Eastern Washington women finished fifth with 66 points, while the Eagle men's squad finished tenth with 42 points.
For the Eastern women's team, the fifth place finish was the highest finish for the women's squad since 2015-16 when they finished third. Northern Arizona swept both team titles.
Complete results of the Big Sky Conference championships are available here, while Eastern Washington's recap is available here.
At the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships in Ellensburg, six event titles and a massive amount of depth across the board left little doubt in Western Washington in winning its third straight team title at the GNAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which concluded Saturday at the Central Washington Recreation Sports Complex.
The Vikings sewed up the team title with a commanding 240 points, 111 points ahead of second-place Northwest Nazarene.
Central Washington tied for fifth with 73 points, while Saint Martin's tied for seventh with 44 points, and Seattle Pacific was ninth with 29.5 points.
In the women's team competition, the Vikings finished second behind Western Oregon with 130 points, while Seattle Pacific was fourth at 109 points, Central Washington sixth with 83 points, and Saint Martin's eighth at 25 points.
The GNAC recap of the championships is available here, while results of the GNAC meet are available here.
At the Western Athletic Conference championships in Seattle that concluded Saturday at Husky Track, the Seattle University men's team finished tenth of 11 teams with 8 points, while the women's squad was tenth of 13 teams with 10 points.
Stephen F. Austin won the women's crown with 160 points, while Grand Canyon took the men's title with 155.5 points.
The highest placing Redhawk in the men's competition was Gus Harquail, who finished sixth in the 3000 steeplechase in 8:59.44, while on the women's side, Maya McCabe was the highest placer, finishing fourth in the 800 in 2:08.82.
Results of the Western Athletic Conference championships are available here.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Eastern Washington, Seattle University, and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference contributed to this report.
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