Sophie O'Sullivan entered in Saturday's Merrie Mile road race in Honolulu...

While ten University of Washington distance runners will open the 2025 indoor track and field season Saturday at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at Boston University, UW senior Sophie O'Sullivan (Paul Merca photo) will run a road mile instead in Honolulu at the Kalakaua Merrie Mile in conjunction with Sunday's Honolulu Marathon.

O'Sullivan, a Paris Olympian at 1500 meters who is competing unattached, will run against a pro field, headlined by US Olympian Nikki Hiltz.

In this unique event, the women will get a 32-second head start over the men, with prize money paid based on the combined finish order of men and women.

The elite race is scheduled for 9:30 am Pacific/7:30 am Hawaii time.  The race will be streamed on YouTube via this link.

The link to the Honolulu Marathon's press release on the Merrie Mile is available here.

UPDATED START LISTS FOR SATURDAY'S SHARON COLYEAR-DANVILLE SEASON OPENER...

Boston University late Thursday posted the heat sheets for Saturday's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, after we posted.

In our post, we wrote that the Huskies were sending eleven runners to Boston. That number was changed to ten, after the withdrawal of Maeve Stiles, who was on the accepted entries list in the 5000 meters posted earlier in the week.

The men's heat sheets for the distance events are available here, while the women's events are available here.

Action at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener gets underway at 7:15 am Pacific/10:15 am Eastern time.  

The miles begin at 7:50 am Pacific, while the featured 3000s and 5000s begin at 11:05 am Pacific (3000) and 1:10 pm Pacific (5000).

The link to live results is available here. Flotrack ($) will stream the meet live.

GRAND SLAM TRACK RELEASES DAILY SCHEDULE...

Grand Slam Track, the pro track circuit headed by Olympian Michael Johnson, released its daily schedule for the four meets that will be contested in Kingston, Jamaica on April 4-6; Miami on May 2-4; Philadelphia on May 30-June 1; and Los Angeles on June 27-29, 2025.

Events are arranged in ascending order and not in the order they will be contested on event day.

A more detailed schedule information will be announced at a later date.

Josh Kerr of Seattle's Brooks Beasts, and former Renton resident and two-time US Olympian in the 110 hurdles Devon Allen are two of Grand Slam Track's contracted racers.

The schedule is posted here (courtesy of Grand Slam Track).

NOTE: The Honolulu Marathon, Grand Slam Track and the sports information office of Boston University  contributed to this report.

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