Nathan Green leads nine Huskies under 4 minutes in winning Mile City in world leading time...

SEATTLE--Day 2 of the UW Indoor Preview lived up to the pre-meet hype, as the only event contested was the mile in the second annual Mile City event.

Following the wildly successful Mile City meet put on by the University of Washington at Dempsey Indoor last year in conjunction with the UW Invitational, the meet drew over 900 entries ranging from age group hotshots to masters runners over a span of 48 heats in five and a half hours.

The invitational sections of the Mile City event saw a record 18 men break four minutes in the mile, the most in a single meet in the history of Dempsey Indoor. The group was led by Washington's Nathan Green (photo courtesy UW Athletics), who clocked 3:50.74 to win the fastest of the five invitational heats.

Washington's Kyle Reinheimer, the winner of Friday night's 800 meters in a school record 1:46.45, and Great Britain's Henry McLuckie, were charged with the task of taking the field through 1000 meters in 2:24.

Reinheimer took the field through the first quarter mile in 58.4, with McLuckie behind him, and two time NCAA 1500 meter champion and 2023 world championships competitor Joe Waskom leading the racers.

Reinheimer moved off the track after running a shade under 1:57, leaving McLuckie to carry on.

McLuckie kept going past 1000, clocked unofficially at 2:24 before going through the three quarter mile mark in 2:55 and pulling aside.

Nathan Green got the jump over Seattle resident Sam Prakel, and led the final lap, with only Washington's Ronan McMahon-Staggs going with the duo.

Green never relinquished the lead over the final 307 meters, going away for the win in a new Dempsey Indoor facility record time of 3:50.74 to Prakel's 3:51.28. Both were under the previous facility record of 3:51.73 set by Washington's Luke Houser in winning the inaugural Mile City last year.

The top six in the heat all broke 4 minutes, including Walla Walla native and College Place HS alum Kenneth Rooks. Rooks, the Paris Olympic silver medalist in the steeplechase, was almost an afterthought, finishing sixth in a personal best 3:58.09 in dropping down in distance.

Courtesy of media partner RunnerSpace, here is video of the race:

In the previous heat, ten men, including five Huskies broke 4 minutes, with Washington's Cole Lindhorst winning the heat in 3:55.04. Gonzaga's Wil Smith was ninth in 3:59.12.

Jamar Distel won heat 3 in 3:59.32, just ahead of Portland's Estanis Ruiz, who ducked under 4 for second in 3:59.99.

As a footnote to the eighteen men who ran under 4 minutes, nine of them were current Huskies, of which two broke four minutes for the first time in their careers: Distel in heat 3, and Thomas Diamond in heat 4, who ran 3:58.46.

In the top section of the women's Mile City, former Oklahoma State All-American Gabija Galvydyte easily won in 4:27.97, the fastest time in the world so far, outlasting Canadian steeplechaser Grace Fetherstonaugh, who ran 4:30.09, and Kirstie Schoffield, who was third in 4:31.55.

Paris Olympic 800m finalist Juliette Whittaker of Stanford was fourth in 4:31.72, and Husky newcomer Mia Cochran, who transferred from Arkansas, was sixth in 4:33.52.

Complete results of the Mile City, as well as Friday's UW Invitational are available here.

In Spokane, Eastern Washington's Maddy Shekhawat had the top time in the men's 60 hurdles, running 7.76 in qualifying before winning in a school record 7.74 in the finals at the Spokane Indoor Challenge Saturday.

Shekhawat set the previous school record of 7.78 on Friday at the Spokane Sports Showcase.

Central Washington's E'lexis Hollis continued her strong start to the 2025 indoor season, winning the 60 meter dash in 7.44, then came back later in the day to take third in the 200, running 24.70.

Teammate Emy Ntekpere finished second in the women's high jump, clearing 5-8.5 (1.74m).

Complete results of the Spokane Indoor Challenge are available here.

NOTE: Spokane Sports, and the University of Washington contributed to this report.

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