Central's E'lexis Hollis runs to early season D2 top mark in 100m at Texas Relays...
AUSTIN, Texas--Central Washington's E'lexis Hollis (file photo courtesy CWU Athletics), fresh off a third place finish at the NCAA Division II championships over 60 meters indoors, opened her outdoor season with a strong performance Friday at the Texas Relays.
Competing against a field of Division I runners in one of the biggest early season meets in the country, Hollis was fourth in her heat of the women's 100 meters, running 11.56.
The mark is currently the sixth fastest time in Division II so far this season, pending the outcome of other meets around the country.
She also helped Central finish third in their heat of the women's 4 x 100, as the team of Elise Hooper, Ashlyn Nielsen, Hollis, and Zoe Gonzales ran 45.87, currently the number 4 time in D2.
Washington State's team of Micaela De Mello, Brooke Lyons, Ashley Hollenbeck and Zoe Ray finished second in their heat of the women's 4 x 100, running 45.46.
On Thursday, Washington's Anna Terrell and Bodi Ligons opened up the outdoor season for the Huskies.
Terrell was fourth in her heat of the 400 hurdles, running 58.94, while Ligons was fourth in his heat of the 400H, running 54.39.
Washington State's Erik Larripa Taxell, a freshman from Sweden, finished 15th overall in the decathlon with a final score of 6764 points.
Saturday, the Texas Relays conclude with Husky vaulters Scott Toney and Mathis Bresko competing, along with UW alum Nastassja Campbell. Washington State has a number of field event athletes competing, as well as two javelin throwers for Western Washington.
TERRELL AND LIGONS RUN WELL AT BOBCAT INVITATIONAL...
One day after running at the Texas Relay, Anna Terrell and Bodi Ligons made the short drive to San Marcos to compete at the Bobcat Invitational, hosted by Texas State University Friday.
Ligons won his heat of the men's 400 hurdles in 52.11 to finish fourth overall, while Terrell finished second overall, running 58.63 in the top section of the women's 400 hurdles.
Central Washington's Carley Huber finished tenth overall in the heptathlon, scoring 4284 points.
Western Washington's Jessica Polkinghorn won her section of the women's shot put with a throw of 47-3.5 (14.41m). The Vikings' Noah Turner was fourth in his section of the men's shot put at 53-0 (16.15m).
OTHER COLLEGE ACTION THIS WEEKEND...
Other meets involving Washington schools this weekend include the UBC Open in Vancouver Saturday and Sunday featuring a select number of athletes from Western Washington and Seattle Pacific.
The majority of the competition takes place Saturday beginning at 10 am, with only the steeplechase, a few select field events, and the final day of the men's and women's combined events contested on Sunday.
The only other meet involving a Washington D2 school is the Peyton/Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma hosted by the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, as Saint Martin's will send a group of athletes up from their campus in Lacey.
MAURIE PLANT AND THE TEN HIGHLIGHT PRO ACTION...
On the pro scene, the two big meets this weekend are the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia Saturday evening (1 am Saturday Pacific time), and The Ten Saturday evening in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Washington alums Izzi Batt-Doyle (w3000), Brian Fay (m5000) and Eleanor Fulton (w1500) are competing in Melbourne, along with former Husky Sam Tanner (m1500) and current Husky Sophie O'Sullivan (w1500).
The Maurie Plant Meet is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet featuring a bevy of Australia's top talent, including numerous Olympic and world championships competitors.
The meet will be live streamed on Flotrack ($) in the USA, and via the World Athletics Inside Track page in select countries around the world.
For distance fans, former Brooks sports marketing head Jesse Williams and Sound Running will stage The Ten at JSerra High School.
In three short years, The Ten has seen over a dozen national records and both American Records. The final race of the 2023 Ten made history as Eilish McColgan ran a British Record, Alicia Monson bettered the American record by 10 seconds, and Laura Galvan took down another Mexican record.
With very few quality 10000 meter track races, the meet is set up with the intent of getting competitors a shot at the world championship qualifying standard of 27:00.00 for men, and 30:20.00 for women.
Allie Buchalski of the Brooks Beasts and former Beast Jessica McClain are in the top section of the women's 10000, while former Beast Allie Ostrander is in the second section.
Dillon Maggard of the Beasts is in the top section of the men's 10000, while Seattle resident Tom Anderson in in the second section.
Washington alum Aaron Ahl is entered in the men's 1500, along with UW incoming freshman Josiah Tostenson from Oregon's Crater HS.
Flotrack ($) will offer live streaming of The Ten, with the pro section starting at 6:30 pm.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Texas, Texas State, Central Washington, Western Washington, Washington and Washington State, along with Sound Running, World Athletics and Athletics Australia contributed to this report.
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