Laura Pellicoro and Teagan Schein-Becker of the Brooks Beasts go 4-6 in New York...
Pellicoro, racing against a field consisting of elites and top collegians, finished with a time of 4:26.74, as former Husky Wilma Nielsen of Oregon won in 4:26.74.
Schein-Becker rallied to finish sixth in a time of 4:31.14.
Washington's Chloe Foerster wasn't in contention, finishing 13th in 4:39.84 in her season debut at the distance.
In Boston, Washington commit Abigail Hennessy finished third in the junior girls' international mile at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at The TRACK at New Balance.
Hennessy, who ran 9:15.79 last week to win her section of the women's 3000 in the fastest high school time of the season, ran 4:40.87, as Braelyn Combe won in 4:38.97.
Washington alum Amina Maatoug, who was a late addition to the field, finished ninth in the women's 3000, in a personal best 8:45.60.
Maatoug missed the world cross country championships two weeks ago in Tallahassee, Florida when her flight to the US was cancelled out of Amsterdam due to weather and technical issues at the Amsterdam airport.
Elle St. Pierre won in a world leading time of 8:26.54.
In the men's 3000, Washington alum Brian Fay was tenth in 7:42.58, as Cam Myers of Australia, who won the mile last week at the UW Preview, captured his second world lead of 2026, running 7:27.57.
In the infrequently run men's 2000, Washington alum Luke Houser finished eighth in 5:13.22.
Fellow American Hobbs Kessler set a world record in the race, running 4:48.79.
He broke the previous world record of 4:49.99 set by Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia nineteen years ago.
In Albuquerque, Central Washington alum E'Lexis Hollis, now competing for the Garden State Track Club, finished fourth in the finals of the women's 60 meter dash at the Martin Luther King Jr Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center, hosted by the University of New Mexico.
Hollis, who is still being coached by Central Washington head coach Jonathan Hill, ran 7.34, as Reign Redmond of Georgia won in 7.17.
Central's NCAA D2 champion Emy Ntekpere was held out of Friday's long jump and high jump due to a slight pain in her hip caused by the travel. She did compete in Saturday's triple jump, where she was eighth in 40-11 (12.47m).
Xiamara Young of San Diego State won with a best of 43-3 (13.18m).
In Moscow, Idaho, Maddy Shekhawat of Eastern Washington continued his strong season as he won the men's 60 meter hurdles to conclude action at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial at the Kibbie Dome, hosted by the University of Idaho.
Shekhawat ran 7.81, after running 7.85 in the preliminaries.
Melia Middleton of the Eagles won the women's 400 in 56.65.
Diana Fernandez won the women's 600 in 1:33.37, while EWU teammate Lexi Meyer won the 800 in 2:13.00.
Sara Sanders and Nattie Ruzauskas went 1-2 in the mile, with Sanders winning in 5:01.98.
Dieumerci Migani picked up the Eagles' final win of the day, taking the long jump in 24-5.75 (7.46m).
NOTE: Brooks Running and the sports information offices of Washington, Central Washington, and Eastern Washington contributed to this report.
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