Washington women receive USTFCCCA D1 athletes of the week honors...
NEW ORLEANS--For the second-straight year, the University of Washington's (photo courtesy UW Athletics) women's distance medley relay team's performance was rewarded with a National Athlete of the Week award from the USTFCCCA.
Friday night at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center, the UW foursome of Chloe Foerster (1200-meter leg), Anna Terrell (400-meter leg), Marlena Preigh (800-meter leg), and Carley Thomas (1600-meter leg) won the Terrier DMR Challenge in 10:43.39, more than three seconds faster than the previous Collegiate Record, which the Huskies had set in 2023 in 10:46.62.
The Dawgs needed every second of their record just to get the victory, as Providence (10:44.07) and BYU (10:44.67) finished second and third, also under the old mark.
Foerster split 3:15.29 on the opening leg then Terrell ran 54.74. Preigh opened up a gap with her 2:03.34 split in the 800m leg, and then Thomas led the entire final leg, posting a split of 4:30.02.
That mark propelled the Huskies up to number six in the latest USTFCCCA national rankings index, the highest they've achieved all season.
USC's Johnny Brackins, Jr. of USC was the men's NCAA D1 athlete of the week after winning the USATF indoor title in the long jump in Albuquerque on Saturday, soaring 27-0 (8.23m) and qualifying for the world indoor championships in Glasgow in two weeks.
Both Brackins and members of the UW distance medley relay team are entered in Friday and Saturday's Ken Shannon Invitational at Dempsey Indoor.
REDHAWKS DEAD LAST AT WAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS...
At the Western Athletic Conference indoor track and field championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center Monday and Tuesday, both Seattle University teams finished last.
In the men's team standings, the Redhawks finished ninth with 13 points, while the women were tenth with 13 points.
Southern Utah won the men's team competition with 171 points over Grand Canyon and UT-Arlington's 99.5 points, while Grand Canyon emerged as the women's team champions with 131 points, holding off UT-Arlington who scored 118 points.
The best individual performance at the championships came from sprinter Miguel Rosario (photo courtesy Seattle University Athletics), who finished second in the 60 meter dash, running 6.71 Tuesday afternoon, after running 6.70 to win his preliminary heat Monday night.
Gabe Rey of Utah Valley won in 6.69.
In Monday's competition, the Redhawk distance medley relay team of Gus Harquail, Alex Jensen, Zach Sundt, and Alex Franklin finished fourth in 10:08.97, as UT-Arlington won in 10:01.81.
SeattleU's women's distance medley relay team of Lilianne Hargreaves, Taylor Marks, McKenna White, and Azalea Groleau won the race, getting the baton around in 12:05.94, as runner-up Utah Valley ran 12:10.67.
Groleau was the only individual to score points, finishing sixth in the 3000 in 10:09.02, as Morgan Notes of Utah Valley won in 9:52.32.
In this decade, both teams have finished last or next to last (6th m, 8th w--2020; 2021--cancelled; 9th m, 11th w--2022; 9th m, 11th w--2023; 9th m, 10th w--2024) at the indoor championships.
NOTE: The USTFCCCA, and the sports information offices at the University of Washington and Seattle University contributed to this report.
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