Pole vaulter Mathis Bresko & weight thrower Jayden White highlight day 1 for Dawgs at Husky Classic...
SEATTLE--While there was action on the track as day one of the Husky Classic concluded at the Dempsey Indoor Center on the campus of the University of Washington, two of the biggest marks for the host Huskies came in the field events.
Cal Poly grad transfer Mathis Bresko (photo courtesy UW Athletics) put himself in position for a possible NCAA berth in Boston next month, as the two-time Big West pole vault champion set a personal best of 18-1.25 (5.52m), one centimeter over his previous personal best of 18-1 (5.51m) set in winning the Big West title in May.
Bresko finished second overall to Husky alum Jacob Englar, who cleared the same height of 18-1.25 (5.52m) but had fewer misses on the day.
Behind Bresko were teammates Max Manson in third and Simon Park in fourth, with both clearing 17-7.25 (5.37m).
Bresko and Manson, pending the outcome of meets around the country this weekend, are tied for eighth on the NCAA descending order list.
In the men's weight throw, All-American Jayden White, throwing in his season opener, spun the weight a school record and personal best 74-5 (22.69m), eclipsing his old personal best of 74-1 (22.58m) set in 2022.
For the time being, White ranks seventh in the weight throw on the NCAA D1 descending order list.
Other highlights from the Dempsey:
--In a race won by Stanford's double NCAA champ at 5000/10000 Ky Robinson in a Dempsey record 7:36.69, the fifth fastest time in the world this season, Wil Smith of Gonzaga finished fifth in a hot men's 3000, running a personal best 7:44.97 to lower his own school record from 7:49.67 set two weeks ago. For the time being, Smith is inside the top 16 on the descending order list;
--Washington's Haley Herberg finished sixth in the women's 5000, in a school record 15:38.37, breaking her own school record of 15:39.19. That race was won by Canada's world championships competitor Briana Scott in 15:23.76;
--Washington State's Brian Barsaiya was tenth in the men's 5000, finishing in 13:53.00, the third fastest in school history indoors. Four spots ahead of his was Washington's Jamar Distel in 13:50.01;
--Tokyo heptathlon Olympian Annie Kunz won the 60 hurdles in 8.27;
--The women's 3000 school record at Gonzaga was broken twice, as Kristen Garcia ran 9:27.80 in heat 5. In the following heat, Willow Collins took it down to 9:12.03.
In Spokane, Eva Lowder of Washington State highlighted the first day of the Whitworth Indoor Track & Field Invitational at The Podium.
The freshman from Boise cleared 13-10.5 (4.23m) to win the pole vault in perhaps the best mark of the day in a meet that featured primarily smaller schools in the field.
The Whitworth Invitational continues Saturday at 9 am.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, Washington State, Gonzaga, and Whitworth University contributed to this report.
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