UW's Nastassja Campbell and Bruno Comin Pescador highlight day 1 of Shannon Last Chance meet...
SEATTLE--Pole vaulter Nastassja Campbell of Washington (Paul Merca photo), Husky heptathlete Bruno Comin Pescador, University Place native Lexi Ellis of Oregon, and Cal's world championships silver medalist Camryn Rogers highlighted competition on the first day of the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational at the Dempsey Indoor on the campus of the University of Washington Friday.
Campbell set an indoor personal best of 14-9 (4.50m) to win the women's pole vault, eclipsing her previous best of 14-7.25 (4.45m) set last year while attending the University of Arkansas, and took three good attempts at her absolute personal best of 14-10.75 (4.54m) set in 2021.
The Arkansas transfer took three good shots at 15-1 (4.60m) in an attempt to join Olivia Gruver as the only Huskies to clear 15 feet in school history.
In the heptathlon, the Spanish freshman for the Huskies, Bruno Comin Pescador went four-for-four, winning all four first day events in the two day competition, taking the 60 (6.99), the long jump (23-10/7.26m), shot put (45-10.5/13.98m), and the high jump (6-8/2.03m), to take a 222 point lead over Washington teammate Jami Schlueter by a 3320-3098 margin.
The third Husky in the heptathlon field, Ollie Thorner, failed to clear a height in the high jump, and stands 12th overall with 2213 points.
University Place native Lexi Ellis of the University of Oregon won the triple jump, bounding 43-0.5 (13.12m), taking the event by almost a foot.
World championship hammer silver medalist Camryn Rogers of the University of California extended her own Dempsey Indoor facility record in the weight throw, winning with a toss of 74-10.5 (22.82m), extending her facility record of 74-7 (22.73m) set last year.
Stanford's women's distance medley relay team broke the facility record, running 10:49.30, eclipsing the old mark set by BYU in 2020 of 10:53.95.
Johnny Brackins tied the facility record of 7.60 set in 2016 by Oregon's Devon Allen in the 60 hurdles.
In Moscow, Idaho, Eastern Washington's Savannah Schultz and Hally Ruff finished 1-3 in the women's pole vault to highlight competition for the Eagles at the Big Sky championships at the Kibbie Dome, hosted by the University of Idaho.
Schultz, a senior from Portland, Ore., earned gold and set a new personal best at 4.12 meters (13'-6.25"). Ruff, out of Walla Walla, Wash., took bronze with a vault of 13-2.25 (4.02m) to give the Eagles two women on the podium.
On the men's side, Eastern scored three athletes in the heptathlon, led by Chris Homen, who was fourth with a two-day score of 4802.
In sixth was Washington State transfer Cody Teevens with a score of 4737, while Elijah Conley was seventh with a score of 4682,
Eastern Washington stands sixth in the men's team competition with 21 points, while their women are in fifth, also with 21 points.
Northern Arizona leads the men's field with 52.5 points with 6 events scored, while Montana State leads with 46 points scored after six events.
In Spokane, after a horrendous 2022 indoor campaign that saw the Seattle University men's and women's teams finish near the bottom of the Western Athletic Conference, the Redhawks are poised to get out of the conference basement.
The men's distance medley relay team of Alex Franklin, Isaiah Payne, Matthew Holme, and Gus Harquail ran 10:00.10 to win the distance medley relay, while the women's squad comprised of Emily Harris, Julie Smith, Grace Much and Azalea Groleau ran 12:09.28 to finish fourth in the DMR.
The Redhawks are in seventh heading into Saturday with 10 points on the men's side after five events, while the women stand in a tie for tenth with 5 points after six events.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, and Seattle University contributed to this report.
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