Joe Waskom finishes seventh in 1500m at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix...
BOSTON--Washington alum Joe Waskom (Paul Merca photo) ran to a seventh place finish in the men's 1500 meter run in his first appearance at the nationally televised New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Sunday afternoon at the TRACK at New Balance.
Waskom started off slowly, content to stay at the back of the pack, but worked his way to the middle during the latter part of the race, getting up to sixth place with one lap to go, but couldn't find the final gear to move up in the last lap.
Waskom crossed the line in a short-track (200 meters or less) personal best of 3:36.23.
Fellow Washington alum Kieran Lumb started near the front but faded to eighth in a time of 3:38.57.
Josh Hoey of the United States won in a world leading time of 3:33.66.
In the men's 3000, Seattle resident Sam Prakel finished eighth in a short track personal best of 7:50.40, while Washington grad Luke Houser, who returned to the site of his triumph at last year's NCAA indoor championship in the mile, was ninth, also in a short-track personal best of 8:03.44.
Ireland's Andrew Coscoran won in a time of 7:30.75, currently the second fastest time in the world this year.
WEEKEND WRAPUP...
In Marugame, Japan, Washington alum Izzi Batt-Doyle (photo courtesy Australian Athletics) broke one of Australia's longest standing national records Sunday, as she ran 1:07:17 at the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon en route to a third place finish.
Batt-Doyle broke the Australian record of 1:07:48 held by the late Kerryn McCann, set in 2000.
“This means a lot to me. We have some amazing women holding our records and to take a record from Kerryn that has stood since 2000 really shows how hard it was. It’s incredible she ran than 25 years ago!” Batt-Doyle said in quotes gathered by Australian Athletics.
The record is the second Australian national road record she's added in the last year, as she broke the 10k road record in September.
Batt-Doyle was using this race as a tuneup for next month's Nagoya Marathon.
Dolphine Omare of Kenya won in 1:06:05, followed by Calli Thackery of Great Britain in 1:06:58.
At the two-day John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center on Friday and Saturday, Washington alum Julius Diehr ran 7:53.76 in the 3000.
Olympic steeplechase silver medalist Kenneth Rooks from Walla Walla moved up in distance to 5000 meters and ran 13:30.84.
Brooke Feldmeier from Olympia finished the women's 800 in 2:05.25.
In Spokane on Saturday, Eastern Washington athletes won six events, while Gonzaga's men and women won five, and Washington State took four wins at the Inland Northwest Invitational at The Podium hosted by Whitworth University.
Washington State's Ashley Willems (7.55) and Keenan Kuntz (6.83) swept the women's and men's 60 meter dashes. Caden Hottman won the men's weight throw with a mark of 58-7.5 (17.87m).
Former Husky Daniel Gaik (47.66) and Diana Fernandez (57.05) won the men's and women's 400s for Eastern Washington, while Jason Nwaka (54-9.5/16.70m) took the men's shot put.
Hayden Roberts (4:13.11) and Willow Collins (4:52.55) won the men's and women's miles for Gonzaga.
NOTE: The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Australian Athletics, The Podium and the sports information offices of Whitworth University and Boston University contributed to this report.
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