Brock Eager now a legitimate contender for world champs spot in hammer after setting PR...
In Rathburn, Idaho, Washington State alum Brock Eager (file photo courtesy WSU Athletics) has suddenly put himself in a position to challenge for one of the three spots on the world championship team in the hammer Saturday after throwing a personal best at the Iron Wood Throws Classic.
Eager, whose previous personal best was 248-10 (75.84m) set two years ago, opened the competition with a marginal personal best of 248-10 (75.85m), a one centimeter improvement.
After two fouls, Eager, a product of Tahoma HS, uncorked a throw of 251-3 (76.58m) in round 4, a new personal best. After a foul, Eager finished with a mark of 249-2 (75.95m) to win the event.
Eager, who is currently ranked number 57 in the world entering the weekend with 1130 points, will certainly pick up some ranking points, as the Iron Wood Throws Classic is a World Athletics Bronze (C) level meet.
The world championships qualifying standard is 255-11 (78.00m), of which Rudy Winkler is the only American who holds it. The University of Arizona's Jordan Geist is the only other American who is in the world rankings quota in the hammer with a score of 1130.
In Thursday's portion of the Iron Wood Throws Classic, Eager finished second at 239-4 (72.95m) to Canada's Rowan Hamilton, who threw 251-11 (76.80m).
Here's a link to the meet preview, written by spokesman.com' s John Blanchette, who notes that Eager works full time as a estimator for Tacoma-based construction firm Tunista, and also lost nearly 50 pounds from what he weighed at Washington State.
In Nice, France, former Husky Sam Tanner, who was shut out of the Bislett Games 1500 in Oslo on Thursday, ran to a season best 3:33.15 over 1500 meters as he finished third in the Meeting Nikaïa.
Ireland's Andrew Coscoran took the win in a national record 3:32.68,
Washington alum Amy-Eloise Markovc finished fourth in the 5000 meters, running a season best 15:28.66. Judith Kiyeng of Kenya won in 15:15.39.
Complete results of the Meeting Nikaïa are available here.
In Atlanta at the ATL Open on the campus of Georgia Tech University, Eastern Washington alum Parker Bowden finished fourth in the 110 hurdles.
Bowden ran a season best 13.59, just off of his personal best of 13.58 set in 2021, as he was searching for the USATF outdoor qualifying standard of 13.50.
The Eastern alum advanced to the finals by winning his heat in 13.76.
Howard University's Dylan Beard took the win in 13.32.
Results of the ATL Open are available here.
Friday night in Eugene, Devin Dixon of the Brooks Beasts won the men's 800 in the pro section of the Nike Outdoor Nationals high school meet at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
Dixon won in 1:46.00, just ahead of Seattle resident Derek Holdsworth, who ran 1:46.96.
Dixon's teammate Laurie Barton was third in the women's 800, running 2:01.79, as Sinclaire Johnson of the Nike Union Athletics Club won the first half of her 800/1500 double in 2:01.14.
Johnson also took the 1500 in 4:05.79. University of Washington volunteer coach Alli Cash was sixth in 4:11.05, and Washington grad student Kayley DeLay was eighth in 4:14.81. Julia Heymach of the Brooks Beasts was tenth in 4:18.27.
In the men's steeplechase, Gonzaga grad Cullen McEachern was fifth in 8:51.77, as Portland State grad student Jordan Macintosh won in 8:32.87.
Tacoma native Jack Yearian took a shot at the victory in the men's pro 1500, charging to the front with just over 200 meters to go, but faded to fourth down the stretch, running 3:38.68, as training partner and Oregon Track Club teammate Matt Wisner won in 3:36.87.
Seattle's David Timlin, who trains with the Brooks Beasts, was eighth in 3:41.58, while Gonzaga's Yacine Guermali was tenth in 3:45.72.
NOTE: World Athletics, the Iron Wood Throws Center, the Meeting Nikaïa, the Nike Outdoor Nationals, and the sports information office of Washington State contributed to this report.
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