Huskies' Nathan Green wins Cork City mile in Ireland...
In Cork, Ireland, Washington's Nathan Green (Paul Merca photo) put on a burst with 300 meters to go to win the mile at the Cork City International on a cool and breezy night Tuesday.
Husky teammate and two time NCAA 1500 meter champion Joe Waskom sat behind the pacemaker through the first two laps before taking the lead, with Green, and former UW volunteer coach Sam Prakel all tucked behind Waskom.
On the third lap, Luke Houser, the Woodinville HS grad and two time NCAA indoor mile champ for the Dawgs started moving up, staying steps behind Waskom as the pacemaker pulled off the track past the 1000 meter mark.
As they came off the turn, it looked like a Dempsey Indoor mile race, with Waskom, Houser, Green and Prakel up front, with Ireland's Cathal Doyle and Great Britain's Henry McLuckie close by.
Green moved to the outside, sweeping past the field, maintaining his advantage down the homestretch to win in 3:53.67.
Doyle was second in 3:54.48, while Prakel was third in 3:54.58.
Waskom hung on to take fourth in 3:55.80, while Houser faded and finished twelfth in 3:59.46.
You can watch the replay of the Cork City International here (the men's mile is at the end of the video):
In the women's 3000, Husky alum Eleanor Fulton was 4th in 8:47.69.
Current Dawgs Chloe Foerster was 6th in 8:58.56, Julia David-Smith 9th 8:59.06, & Sophie O'Sullivan, who won the Irish 1500 title over a week ago, finished 12th in 9:08.66.
Foerster's mark is 3rd fastest in UW history outdoors, and David-Smith's mark is fourth in school history.
Samantha Friborg was tripped up with less than 200 to go in the women's 800, finishing tenth in 2:16.56.
Seattle resident Derek Holdsworth was a late scratch in the men's 800.
GYULAI MEMORIAL RECAP...
In Szekesfehervar, Hungary, Washington State's Maribel Caicedo ran to a third place finish in the 100 hurdles at Tuesday night's Gyulai Istvan Memorial meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Gold meet.
Caicedo, Ecuador's national record holder in the event, and the runner up at last month's NCAA championships, ran 12.69, as reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn took the win in 12.47, followed by 2019 world champion Nia Ali in 12.54.
Gonzaga alum Yacine Guermali finished seventh in the men's 3000 in a personal best of 7:51.19. Germany's Florian Bremm was the winner in 7:43.61.
NOTE: World Athletics, the Cork City Sports International meeting, and the Gyulai Istvan Memorial meet contributed to this report.
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