UW grad Jack Rowe fourth British finisher in Sunday's London Marathon...

In the midst of perhaps the greatest marathon race in history, in which the first two men: Kenya's Sabastian Sawa (1:59:30) and Ethiopia's Yomef Kejelcha (1:59:41) both broke two hours in Sunday's London Marathon, while Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo (2:00:28) also ducked under the accepted world record of 2:00:35 set by the late Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, Washington alum Jack Rowe (screenshot courtesy Puma Elite Running) finished 14th in the race.

Rowe, who ran at Washington in the 2019-20 season as a grad student, finished in a time of 2:07:47 in his second attempt at the marathon distance.

Rowe was the fourth British runner to finish the race.

The World Athletics recap of the London Marathon is available here, while the results are available here.

GNAC COMBINED EVENTS UNDERWAY

In Ellensburg, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Combined Events Championship meet got underway at the Recreational Sports Complex.

Central Washington's Ellie DeGroot has a 3035-3012 lead over Alaska Anchorage's Vivien Liessfeld through the first four events of the heptathlon.

Central's Carley Huber stands third at the break with 2819 points, just ahead of Western Washington's Nicole Avery's 2764 points.

DeGroot won three of the first four events, taking the 100 hurdles in 14.38, the shot put with a throw of 38-11.75 (11.88m), and the 200 in 25.07.

She finished tenth in the high jump, only clearing 4-9.5 (1.46m).

In the men's decathlon, Alaska Anchorage's Anders Larsen currently leads with a 3895-3702 advantage over Central Washington's Josh Boast.

Central's Drew Klein and Matthew Bender sit third and fourth with scores of 3548 and 3429 points.

Larsen won three events on the day: the 100 in 10.89, the shot put at 40-9 (12.42), and the high jump at 6-2.75 (1.90m).

Boast's only win on the day came in the final event of day 1, the 400, where he ran 48.44.

The GNAC Combined Events Championship continues Tuesday at 9:30 with the decathlon 110 hurdles, and the heptathlon long jump at 10:30.

Day 1 results are available here.

NOTE: The London Marathon and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference contributed to this report.

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