Devon Allen continues winning ways in Oslo; recap of Victoria & Harry Jerome meets...

Former Renton resident Devon Allen (photo courtesy Wanda Diamond League) continued his winning ways Thursday night at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, the sixth stop on the Wanda Diamond League tour, winning the 110 hurdles.

Allen easily won the race in 13.22, beating second place finisher Asier Martínez of Spain, who ran 13.30.

With the victory, Allen moves into a tie for second with Hansle Parchment of Jamaica in the Wanda Diamond League standings in the 110 hurdles with 8 points. Martínez is the current leader with 12 points, as he's the only one in the top eight who has competed in two Diamond League meets where the 110 hurdles were contested.

Allen has another opportunity to pick up points at the Wanda Diamond League tour continues Saturday in Paris with the Meeting de Paris.

Results of the Bislett Games are available here.

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIRCUIT...

Vancouver native Kara Winger won the javelin at Thursday's Victoria International Track Classic at Centennial Stadium on Vancouver Island.

Winger threw 200-5 (61.08m) to beat good friend and fellow Tokyo Olympian Ariana Ince, who threw a best of 198-8 (60.56m), as both were in pursuit of the world championships standard of 210-0 (64.00m).

Entering next weekend's USATF national championships, neither one owns the standard, but are currently ranked numbers 17 and 30 on the World Athletics rankings which will be used to fill the field of 32 for the world championships.

Washington's Brian Fay was looking for a shot at the world championship standard of 8:22.00 in the steeplechase, and had in the field fellow Huskies Sam Affolder, and NCAA 1500m champ Joe Waskom in  to help him out.

In the end, Fay finished second to Canada's Jean-Simon Desgagnes, who ran 8:27.94, while Fay finished second in 8:32.65.

Affolder finished fourth in 9:16.66.

In the men's 1500, UW's Isaac Green won in 3:45.92. The women's 1500 saw Allie Schadler win in 4:17.33, with Haley Herberg fourth in 4:23.07.

Washington volunteer assistant coach Sam Prakel was third in the men's 800 in 1:47.99, with Kieran Lumb of the Huskies seventh in 1:49.87. NCAA All-Americans Nathan Green (1:49.95) and Luke Houser (1:50.61) were eighth and tenth, respectively.

Anna Gibson of the Dawgs finished second in the 800, clocking a personal best 2:03.58. Pac-12 champ Carley Thomas was fourth in 2:04.42, while Madison Heisterman was seventh in 2:05.10.

Complete results of the Victoria International are available here.

Two days before Victoria, a healthy contingent of athletes with Washington ties converged on the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby for the annual Harry Jerome Track Classic, Canada's longest running invitational track meet.

Kara Winger finished second in the javelin to Tokyo teammate Maggie Malone, who threw 215-7 (65.73m) to Winger's 206-11 (63.08m).

Sam Prakel was second in the international section of the men's 1500 in 3:37.25, with WSU grad Colton Johnsen of Bellingham fourth in 3:38.90, and Vancouver native Kieran Lumb fifth in 3:38.90.

WSU's Micaela De Mello was third in the women's 100 hurdles in 13.66. The women's 1500 saw Washington's Anna Gibson finish fifth in 4:11.20, while Marta Pen Freitas of the Brooks Beasts was eighth in 4:14.78.

The women's 800 saw Seattle resident Rebecca Mehra finish sixth in 2:04.86, while UW's Carley Thomas was seventh in 2:04.97.

The national section of the women's 1500 saw Haley Herberg win the section in 4:19.37, while in the men's hammer, Connor Jost was sixth in 214-11 (65.52m).

Complete results of the Harry Jerome Track Classic are available here.

NOTE: The Wanda Diamond League, World Athletics, the Harry Jerome Track Classic, and the Victoria Track Classic contributed to this report.

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