Huskies' Comin Pescador and Schlueter stand second and fourth after first day of heptathlon in Nebraska...
After the first day of competition in the heptathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska, Washington senior Bruno Comin Pescador (Paul Merca photo) stands second, with teammate Jami Schuleter in fourth at the break.
Comin Pescador, the reigning Spanish decathlon champion, started the day with a third place finish in the 60, running 7.07, while Schlueter was tenth in 7.42.
In the long jump, Schlueter was second with a mark of 23-0 (7.01m), while Comin Pescador was third, two inches behind at 22-10 (6.96m), as Nebraska's Till Steinforth won his second event of the day, jumping 25-0.75 (7.64m), after winning the 60 in 6.80.
Comin Pescador won the shot put with a throw of 48-3.25 (14.71m), while Schlueter was third at 45-10.75 (13.99m). He turned around and won the high jump at 6-8.25 (2.04m), while his Husky teammate tied for fifth at 6-0 (1.83m).
At the break, Comin Pescador has 3274 points, 178 behind the overall leader Steinforth's 3452. Schlueter's score of 2936 puts him fourth.
The link to live results from the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational is available here (note that the recap of the rest of Friday's competition will be posted later Friday evening).
WEEKEND PREVIEW: NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX & US OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS...
A group of pros from the Seattle area, along with three Huskies are off to Boston for Sunday's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the TRACK at new balance on the campus of New Balance's world headquarters.
Canadian 1500m and national cross country champion Kieran Lumb and Sam Prakel are both entered in the 1500 meter run, where they'll face former world champion Jake Wightman of Great Britain, who missed all of last year with an injury.
Brian Fay, who did most of the leading at last year's race, is back in the mens 3000, where he faces Spain's Daniel Arce, along with Canada's Charles Philibert-Thiboutot & Ben Flanagan, Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma, and Great Britain's Neil Gourley and James West.
Washington's Carley Thomas and Wilma Nielsen race in the women's 800 against a field that includes Great Britain's Ellie Baker, and Americans Sammy Watson and Allie Wilson.
UW alum Sam Ellis along with the Huskies' reigning NCAA 1500m champion Nathan Green are both entered in the men's 1000, where they go against Canadian 800 world champ Marco Arop.
Before the television window on NBC (KING 5 in Seattle) opens at 1 pm, Bellingham native Andre Korbmacher, now a freshman at Florida State, runs in the prelims of the men's 60 meter hurdles. Should he advance, the finals are at 2:04 pm Pacific.
Saturday night, Mercer Island junior Owen Powell runs in the boys invitational mile, which will be streamed on New Balance's YouTube channel.
The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix will be televised on NBC Sunday starting at 1 pm Pacific.
Washington alum Lindsay Flanagan (Paul Merca photo) enters the Trials as a legitimate contender for one of the three spots on Team USA, after finishing ninth at the World Championships in Budapest last summer.
While she enters the trials only seeded eleventh, the Colorado resident has spent the last six weeks training in Australia during the start of summer.
Other Washington entries include former Brooks Beast Jessica (Tonn) McClain, Eastern Washington alum Sarah Reiter, UW alum Kaylee Flanagan, and Seattle resident and UW grad student Amelia Keyser-Gibson.
On the men's side, Seattle Pacific alum Turner Wiley and Bellingham native Jake Riley are the two entries with Washington ties.
Riley, who didn't have the qualifying standard of 2:18:00, has only completed one marathon since competing at the Olympics in Sapporo in 2021, a 2:18:18 at the Berlin Marathon last September. Riley has battled a number of injuries since the Olympics. Riley earned a qualifying exemption into the Trials by virtue of being on the last Olympic team.
Wiley, who enters the Trials seeded number 23 with his 2:11:59 from the 2022 Chicago Marathon, last completed the Pan American Games race in Santiago, Chile on October 22nd, where he was ninth at 2:20:25.
The US Olympic Marathon Trials will be shown live starting at 7 am on Peacock ($), and on tape delay at 10 am on NBC (KING 5 in Seattle).
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, University of Nebraska, along with the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, and USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
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