Cougs, Eags, and Zags gain wins at Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in Moscow...
MOSCOW, Idaho--Eastern Washington earned four wins, Washington State got three wins, and Gonzaga earned a victory as the two-day Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open concluded Saturday on the brand new Lauren McCluskey Track at the Kibbie Dome, hosted by the University of Idaho.
Seattle Pacific grad and All-American Renick Meyer (photo courtesy WSU Sports Information) got the ball rolling for the Cougars with her win in the pentathlon. The WSU graduate student, using her final year of eligibility, scored a personal best 3464 points, eclipsing her previous best of 3305, set four years ago.
Meyer won the 60 hurdles (8.96) and the long jump (18-8.5/5.70m), and stayed close enough to Montana's Brooke Stayner in the 800 (2:27.35 to Stayner's 2:23.20) to take the title by seven points.
The Cougars got their other two wins Friday, as Gilana Woolman won the women's long jump with a best of 19-5.25 (5.92m), beating out teammate Anna Rodgers, who went 19-4 (5.89m).
Alex Payne got the win in the women's weight throw with a toss of 57-0 (17.37m).
Alexander Grimes of Eastern Washington got the first of their four wins Friday, taking the men's weight throw title with a toss of 60-1 (18.31m), as teammate Bradley Fillis took second at 54-3 (16.54m).
Zach Klobutcher won the men's pole vault in a personal best 17-1 (5.21m) Friday, and Savannah Schultz captured the women's crown with a third attempt clearance of 12-10 (3.91m).
Noah Hasselblad finished the day by winning the men's 3000 in a time of 8:28.13.
With Gonzaga only sending their women's team down from Spokane, their lone win came in the 3000, as three-time NCAA cross country championship qualifier Kristen Garcia won the race in a school record 9:30.61.
EVAN JENKINS FINISHES FOURTH IN U20 MEN'S 8K RACE AT USA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS...
In Richmond, Virginia, University of Washington true freshman Evan Jenkins from Camas finished fourth in the USA U20 men's cross country championship race at Pole Green Park to earn one of the six spots for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia next month.
Jenkins ran 23:55 for the 8k course, eight seconds behind California high schooler Leo Young, who ran 23:47.
Husky teammate Jamar Distel finished 11th in a time of 24:24.
In the open men's 10k race, Dillon Maggard, making his first race since returning to the Brooks Beasts, finished sixth to get the final spot on the world cross country championship team, running 28:49 (28:48.7) as a group of five runners crossed the line nearly together for four spots.
Emmanuel Bor won the race in 28:44, with Andrew Colley second in 28:48.
Behind Colley were Anthony Rotich (28:48.2), Lenny Korir (28:48.5), Sam Chelanga (28:48.6), and Maggard, with Reid Buchanan the odd man out at 28:49.0.
In the women's 10k, Allie Buchalski of the Brooks Beasts found herself the odd woman out, finishing seventh in 33:02, 22 seconds out of sixth place.
Ednah Kurgat won the national title in a time of 32:07.
In Iowa City, Washington State alum CJ Allen set an American best in the rarely contested indoor 400 meter hurdles at the Puma American Track League Hawkeye Pro Classic at the Hawkeye Indoor Track.
Allen clocked 48.88 to win the race by a comfortable margin over the eight-hurdle race over two laps of the 200-meter banked track, instead of the customary ten outdoor version.
In the women's pole vault, Washington alum Olivia Gruver set a season best with her fifth place finish, clearing 13-9.25 (4.20m).
Bridget Williams won the competition with a clearance of 15-1 (4.60m).
NOTE: The sports information offices of Washington State University, the University of Idaho, Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, the University of Idaho, USA Track & Field and the American Track League contributed to this report.
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