Cougars' Maribel Caicedo breaks school and Ecuadorian national record in 100H at Stanford...
Caicedo, a grad student from Ecuador who previously competed for Texas-El Paso, got off to a strong start to win the women's 100 meter hurdles in a time of 12.93, with De Mello finishing second in 13.27, aided by a slight breeze of +1.1 meters per second.
Pending the outcome of other meets around the country this weekend, Caicedo's mark is the second fastest time in NCAA Division I this season. The mark also breaks her own national record of 13.01 set in 2018.
Caicedo and De Mello teamed up to help the Cougars win the 4 x 100 relay in 44.67. Washington State also won the men's 4 x 100 in 39.95, coming ahead of cross-border rival Idaho's 40.80. In a separate section, Western Washington won their heat in 41.46.
In the men's 110 hurdles finals, John Parades of Washington State finished fourth in 13.82.
Elise Unruh-Thomas of the Cougars was fourth in the women's 100 finals in 11.72, just ahead of teammate Skyler Walton, who was credited with the same time. Mason Lawyer was third in the men's 100 finals in 10.40.
Washington's Chloe Foerster continued her strong showing with a second place finish in the top section of the women's 800, one day after setting a personal best in the 1500.
Foerster ran 2:03.34 to finish behind Olympian Raevyn Rogers, who won in 2:02.57.
In the same heat, the Huskies' Wilma Nielsen was sixth in 2:04.93, and teammate Samantha Friborg was eighth in 2:05.69.
Eastlake HS grad and Utah alum Brooke Manson won her heat in 2:06.18.
Washington's Trevontay Smith won the men's triple jump with a mark of 51-6.25 (15.70m). The mark is the third best outdoors in school history.
Im the women's javelin, the Huskies' Saydi Orange won with a throw of 162-9 (49.62m), while Natalie Holmer was sixth at 149-11 (45.70m).
In his return to Stanford, the Huskies' Max Manson finished third in the invitational pole vault with a clearance of 17-1.5 (5.22m).
NCAA scorer Jayden White of UW finished second in the top section of the men's hammer with a throw of 220-10 (67.33m), while Washington State's Ben Chappell was eighth at 200-1 (60.99m).
Washington's Beatrice Asomaning was fifth in the women's discus with a throw of 182-11 (55.77m).
TEXAS RELAYS
In a matchup of the two best collegiate vaulters--Brynn King of Division II Roberts Wesleyan in New York, and Washington's Division I champ Hana Moll, King, the D2 indoor champ, got the better of the Husky freshman, clearing 15-4.25 (4.68m) to Moll's 14-9 (4.50m).
In the University Elite section of the women's pole vault, NCAA scorer Sara Borton finished sixth, while freshman Amanda Moll took seventh, with both clearing 13-7.25 (4.15m).
Washington alum Gianna Woodruff opened her outdoor campaign with an eighth place finish in the 100 hurdles, running 13.56. On Thursday, she ran the 800 in 2:15.13. In a text to publisher Paul Merca, Woodruff said that those were the first time she'd contested those events, and running the 100 hurdles and the 800 at the Texas Relays is part of a bigger picture in her preparation for this season.
Rainier HS grad Jeremiah Nubbe of host Texas, who won the hammer earlier in the meet, finished fourth in the discus, throwing 194-2 (59.19m).
WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
In Belgrade, Serbia, Seattle resident Allie Ostrander finished 30th in the women's 10k race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships at Friendship Park under warm conditions Saturday.
Ostrander, who was the second runner across the line for the Americans, finished the 10k course in a time of 34:11.
Team USATF was led by New Mexico alum Weini Kelati's 15th place finish in 32:53, as they finished fourth in the team standings with 113 points.
Beatrice Chebet of Kenya successfully defended her world title from Bathurst, running 31:05, and led the Kenyans to a perfect 10 score (6 on a team; top 4 finishers score).
Ethiopia was second with 41 points, followed by Uganda with 44 points.
NOTE: World Athletics and the sports information offices of Washington State University, University of Texas, Stanford University and the University of Washington contributed to this report.
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