Marisa Howard makes victorious return to competition at Portland Track Festival...
With a group of six around her through the first two laps, Howard, who missed all of 2025 while on maternity leave, moved like she'd never left, pulling away to win in 9:38.20.
Other highlights:
--In Saturday night's 10000 meter race, Gonzaga alum James Mwaura ran his fastest time in five years in a second place finish.
Mwaura ran 27:55.98 to finish behind Chandler Gibbens, who won in 27:55.08.
--Washington alum Luke Houser dropped his 800m personal best in the 800, running 1:45.72 in a second place finish to his Atlanta TC teammate Rynard Swanepoel's 1:45.64.
--Current Husky Tyrone Gorze won the invitational men's 5000 in a season best 13:40.15;
--Washington's Mia Cochran was seventh in the women's 1500, running 4:08.36;
--In the evening's final race, Washington's Thomas Diamond was fifth in the men's 1500, running a personal best 3:38.15. Alum Aidan Ryan was tenth in 3:40.87, while Reuben Reina Jr. of the Huskies twelfth in 3:41.55.
NOTE: The Portland Track Festival contributed to this report.
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