Lake Stevens native Taylor Roe wins her section of 5000m at Bryan Clay Invite...
Roe, a senior at Oklahoma State University, ran 15:36.36 to take the victory over Michigan State's Katie Osaka's 15:39.01.
Finishing third was Washington State freshman Zenah Cheptoo, who ran a school record 15:40.09.
The 800s earlier in the afternoon provided some top performances from Washington's Wilma Nielsen and Samantha Friborg.
Nielsen was fifth in the number 2 section of the invitational 800 in 2:02.55 to move to third on the UW all-time list, while Friborg, the grad student from Yale, won heat 5 in 2:03.23, the fifth fastest time in Husky history.
Olympia native Brooke Feldmeier was eighth in the top section of the 800, as she ran 2:03.71. In the number 2 section, Rebecca Mehra, making her debut as a member of the Brooks Beasts, finished eighth in 2:04.04.
Western Washington's Marian Ledesma broke her own school record in the 800 in another section, running 2:08.94.
Kyle Langford of the Brooks Beasts was fifth in the top section of the men's 800, running 1:46.46 in his outdoor season opener.
Wil Smith of Gonzaga was 24th in the top section of the men's 5000 in 13:47.06.
In the multi events, Eastern Washington's Cody Teevens finished sixth in decathlon group D with a personal best score of 6563 points, while Washington State's Sarah Kovich was 11th in heptathlon group C with a final score of 4566 points.
The final day of the Bryan Clay Invitational has a large number of runners from the University of Washington in the 1500s Saturday night, led by NCAA champions Luke Houser, Nathan Green and Joe Waskom.
In Long Beach, Ridgefield native Trey Knight of Cal State Northridge, won the men's hammer with a throw of 248-4 (75.71m) to highlight day 1 of the Beach Invitational hosted by Long Beach State University.
After a first round foul, Knight, who is currently the collegiate leader in the event, found his groove in round 2, throwing 238-0 (72.55m), and never looked back. He got his best throw in the sixth and final round.
Washington State athletes got wins in the 200 meters from both Jasneet Nijjar and Grant Buckmiller in the women's and men's races.
Nijjar won the women's race in 23.53, with Brooke Lyons fourth in 24.14, Elise Unruh-Thomas fifth in 24.17.
Buckmiller took advantage of a +3.9 tailwind to win in a time of 21.02.
Eva Lowder won her section of the women's pole vault with her best mark of the outdoor season at 13-3.75 (4.06m), followed by a tie for second between Eastern Washington's Suzi Woodall and WSU's Tatum Moku at 12-10 (3.91m).
The Beach Invitational continues Saturday.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Azusa Pacific, Long Beach State, University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, and Western Washington University contributed to this report.
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