Jami Schlueter cruises to number 5 heptathlon mark in NCAA after winning at UW Invite...
SEATTLE--Washington's Jami Schlueter (hip 1/Paul Merca photo) picked up where he left off Friday after setting personal bests in three events to cruise to victory in the two-day heptathlon at the UW Invitational Saturday at Dempsey Indoor on the University of Washington campus.
The British senior won the 60 hurdles in 8.27 to start day 2. He then vaulted a personal best 15-3 (4.65m) to tie for second, then was content to run 2:52.29 in the 1000 to finish fourth in the event.
Schlueter scored a personal best 5780 points, a mark that currently ranks him fifth among NCAA Division I heptathletes.
Over the course of the two-day competition, he picked up four lifetime bests in individual events.
Mason Mahacek of Washington State was second at 5490, which is number 20 in D1, while Drew Klein of Central Washington finished third with 5198 points, putting him ninth in Division II.
In an exciting women's mile race won by Portland's Laura Pellicoro in a collegiate leading time of 4:25.60, former Seattle Pacific All-American Kaylee Mitchell, now representing Nike, was second in 4:27.67, with Washington's Amina Maatoug fourth in 4:28.39, and teammate Chloe Foerster fifth in 4:28.90.
Texas transfer Cole Lindhorst won the men's invitational 800 in 1:46.47, missing the school record of 1:46.45 set by Kyle Reinheimer by 2/100ths of a second.
The mark ranks him seventh in the NCAA D1 behind Reinheimer.
Leo Daschbach won the men's mile in 3:56.63, leading three other Huskies under 4 minutes, including freshmen Nathan Neil in fourth at 3:57.12, and Martin Barco in fifth at 3:57.26. Neil raced as an unattached athlete.
Both Western Washington 4 x 400 meter relay teams put themselves in contention to qualify for the Division II national championship meet in Indianapolis next month.
The Viking men ran 3:13.10, currently the 11th fastest time in D2, while the Viking women squad ran 3:45.10, which is number 10 in Division II.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
At the New Mexico Team Challenge meet in Albuquerque, Washington State's Mason Lawyer was fourth in the men's invitational 60 meter dash, running 6.65.
Parker Duskin of the Cougars ran 7.77 to take fourth in the mens 60 hurdles.
The Washington State men finished second in the 4 x 400 relay behind Texas A&M, running 3:08.08. while the women's team took third in 3:38.33, behind Texas A&M and UTEP.
Former Pullman resident and reigning world champion Katie Moon opened up her 2025 season at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational on the campus of Kansas State University Friday night, winning the pole vault with a world leading mark of 15-9 (4.80m), as she preps for an appearance at the Millrose Games in New York next weekend,
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, Washington State University, University of New Mexico, and Kansas State University contributed to this report.
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