WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Harris takes second in Sound Running 800m in Los Angeles...

With five days to go until the start of the World Athletics Outdoor Championships in Eugene, here's a quick rundown of what happened this weekend on the Road to Oregon22:

At the Sound Running Sunset Tour meet in Los Angeles Saturday night, Isaiah Harris (Paul Merca photo) of the Brooks Beasts finished second in the 800 meters, running 1:46.16, as Festus Lagat of Under Armour won in 1:44.81.

Washington State alum Paul Ryan was eighth in 1:48.82.

Results of the Sound Running Sunset Tour are available here.

In East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Vancouver native Kara Winger finished third in the javelin at the American JavFest javelin meet Saturday.

Winger threw a best of 197-1 (60.08m), as Avione Allgood-Whetstone threw a personal best of 203-10 (62.13m) for the win, with Ariana Ince taking second at 203-4 (61.97m).

Results of the American JavFest are available here.

In Dallas, Washington State alum Alissa Brooks-Johnson finished eleventh in the Thorpe Cup heptathlon dual meet competition against the team from Germany that concluded Sunday.

The former Pac-12 champ and NCAA All American for the Cougars started day 1 on Saturday by running 14.47 in the 100 hurdles, then cleared 5-7.25 (1.71m) in the high jump. She then threw the shot 41-2.25 (12.55m) then ended the day by running 26.25 in the 200.

Sunday, she started in the long jump by leaping 19-1.5 (5.83m), then had her best placing of the meet with a third place finish in the javelin at 140-9 (42.90m) before concluding the meet by running 2:31.47.

Chari Hawkins of the USA won the overall title with a score of 6152 points.

Complete results of the Thorpe Cup are available here.

NOTE: Sound Running, USA Track & Field and the American JavFest contributed to this report.

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