Waleed Suliman of the Brooks Beasts wins mile at Copenhagen Athletics Games...

In Copenhagen, Denmark, Waleed Suliman (Paul Merca photo) of the Brooks Beasts won the men's mile at the Copenhagen Athletics Games Tuesday night at Østerbro Stadion.

Suliman went with the pacemaker, going through the first quarter in about 58 seconds, and 1:58 through the half mile.

They picked it up over the third lap, passing the 1320 mark in about 2:57.

With a group of four chasing Suliman, including Canadian Olympian Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Suliman opened up the lead once the pacemaker moved off the track, and never looked back. The All-American at Ole Miss stopped the clock at 3:52.04, just missing the personal best of 3:51.89 set last month in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Brooks Beasts teammate Henry Wynne was tenth in a season best 3:58.17.

Courtesy of European Athletics, here is the full race (go to the 1:42:00 mark in the video):

In the women's 5000, Allie Buchalski of the Brooks Beasts finished fifth in 15:15.23, as Great Britain's Hannah Nuttall won in 15:07.23.

Former Washington Husky Wilma Nielsen was sixth in the women's 800 in 2:01.72, in a race won by American Helen Schlachtenhaufen in 2:00.26.

Complete results of the Copenhagen Athletics Games are available here.

Woodinville native Olivia Markezich raced to a fourth place  in the 3000 meters at the Palio Città della Quercia meet in Rovereto, Italy Tuesday night.

The alum of the Bear Creek School and the University of Notre Dame ran a season best 8:42.95, as Italy's Sintayehu Vissa delighted the home crowd with the win in a personal best 8:40.81.

Washington alum Eleanor Fulton finished sixth in a season best 8:45.86.

UW alum Carley Thomas finished sixth in the women's 800, as the Australian ran 2:00.72.

Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir won going away in a personal best 1:57.74.

Complete results of the Palio Città della Quercia meet are available here.

NOTE: European Athletics, the Copenhagen Athletics Games, and the Palio Città della Quercia meet contributed to this report.

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