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Huskies Get Second Sweep Ever In Pullman
April 24, 2016 | Track & Field
Complete Results
PULLMAN, Wash. – For just the second time in school history, the Husky track and field team scored a Dual Meet sweep over Washington State on the Cougars' home track. The Huskies left little doubt on either the men's or women's side, leaving Mooberry Track with two decisive victories that should propel UW forward to the Pac-12 Championships in Seattle in just three weeks.
Since the women joined the Dual Meet fun in 1979, the only previous time that Washington swept the annual Dual in Pullman came in 1996. Today, the Husky men opened up a big early lead and carried it to a 95-68 win. The women trailed early, but the form chart expected UW to pick up steam throughout the day, and the women did that and more, punctuating a 100-68 victory with a meet record in the final event of the day, the women's 4x400m relay.
Washington also swept its rival last year in Seattle, making for consecutive sweeps for the first time since 1996-97, and just the second time ever. The men have now won four consecutive Duals, the longest win streak for the Dawgs since way back in 1932, when Washington won its 11th in a row. This was the 97th installment of the men's Dual, which dates back to 1901. Washington State still leads all-time, 58-38-1, while on the women's side, the Huskies now lead the series, 20-17.
The Huskies won 12 of the 19 events on the women's side, and 11 of 19 events on the men's side. Individual events are scored 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 for third, and Washington had 9-0 sweeps in four events: the women's 800-meters, the women's 3,000-meters, the women's pole vault, and the men's 1,500-meters.
The only meet record was set by the Dawgs, who broke the women's 4x400m relay record that had stood since 1999. Hannah Derby, Alexis Ford, Carolyn Birkenfeld, and Baylee Mires ended the meet with a time of 3:39.40, the third-fastest in school history and fastest since 2000. Mires also broke her own Washington school record in winning the 800-meters, becoming the first Husky under 2:05 as she ran 2:04.91.
Mires was one of several Huskies to get the win in multiple events today. Junior Kennadi Bouyer won both the women's 100- and 200-meters. Redshirt freshman Hannah Derby took the 400-meters plus running on the winning 4x4. Sophomore Gina Flint won both the shot put and discus for the second straight year. Sophomore Colby Gilbert was the final double champ, rolling to wins in both the 1,500- and 3,000-meters.
“I challenged our team to just go out and compete and not let the weather get to them, or the long trip get to them, and just go out and beat a Cougar or two,” said Head Coach Greg Metcalf. “That's what makes this meet so special, it's just about competition and wins and losses and scoring points for your team, and then the record times and the big marks come when you're just worried about competing. To get a sweep in Pullman is something special in the history of this meet so our kids should be very proud. We had athletes fighting and scratching for every point they could get, and for some of them this will be the highlights of their season and well it should be.”
Men's Events
To start off the day, NCAA Indoor Pole Vault Champion Jax Thoirs branched out a bit, starting his day in the long jump, a first in his four years. Thoirs was able to score in the event, finishing third with a best of 22-9 ¼. The Huskies got the win from Josh Gordon, who picked up a best mark of 23-5 ¼.
Thoirs moved right over to the pole vault, which started at the same time as the long jump. Using a short approach with the windy conditions, Thoirs cleared 15-9 ¾, a low bar for the All-American, but enough to get the first place points in the conditions. Freshman Chase Smith also made the same bar, but on a third attempt, to finish third.
Senior Carson Fuller had an impressive series in the javelin despite the weather. He went 222 on his first throw, then got out to 227 on his second. A 72-meter foot foul followed but he then he got his best of the day of 228-7 which would win. Curtis Clauson's fifth round throw of 204-10 was good for second-place. The Huskies went 2-3 in the men's hammer, as sophomore Carey Campbell had a PR of 182-4 to finish second and Kyle White threw 172-2 for third.
The first running event was the men's steeplechase, and it was already a big turning point. The Huskies were only projected for a second-place finish based on entry marks, but senior Aaron Nelson dropped back down to the steeple after running the 10k last time out, and he took the lead on the last lap and won in 9:01.30, followed by sophomore Andrew Gardner in second in 9:06.10.
WSU won a close battle in the 4x100m relay, but the Dawgs got a season-best from Lucas Strong, Chris Williams, Quadelle Satterwhite, and Travis Marshall. The Huskies ran 40.32 seconds, but WSU edged them in 40.17.
Back in the field events, sophomore Carey Campbell tossed a hammer PR of 182-4 to take second, while senior Kyle White was third at 172-2.
The Huskies asserted their mid-distance strength, even without Izaic Yorks today, starting with a sweep of the men's 1,500-meters. Gilbert, Blake Nelson, and Johnathan Stevens moved to the front of a trio of Cougars with two laps to go and pulled away for the 1-2-3. Gilbert won in 3:48.00, Nelson ran 3:51.55, and Stevens went 3:52.65.
Senior Chris Williams contributed to his fourth-straight Dual win over WSU with a 110m hurdles victory in 14.35 seconds. Sophomore Eric Simpson also had a great run, taking second in a wind-aided 14.39.
Another 1-2 sprint finish followed in the men's 400-meters, as Andrew Brown controlled things from the gun, and won in a time of 47.78. Freshman Ryan Croson was right behind in second in 48.24. Michael Thomas nearly completed the sweep, just getting edged by .04 seconds for third, but still had a PR of 48.83 seconds.
Sophomore Casey Burns picked up a second straight Dual win in the triple jump, getting a mark of 49-10 to win by a full two feet.
Senior Quadelle Satterwhite had a strong Dual as usual, getting season-bests in both the 100- and 200-meters and scoring in both. Satterwhite ran 10.60 for third in the 100-meters, and then took second in the 200-meters in 21.24 seconds. Senior Travis Marshall also had a fourth-place finish in the 100m in 10.79 into a headwind and Lucas Strong ran 10.89 for fifth.
In the 800-meters, senior Derrick Daigre recreated his 2014 Pac-12 win, when he went wire to wire in the lead. He did the same today to hold off a charging Matthew Swanson of WSU, crossing in 1:50.59 to Swanson's 1:51.03. Mason Fletcher got a point for third-place in 1:52.56.
In the final two men's throwing events, junior Dan Boyden notched a season-best in the discus on his final attempt, throwing 164-2 for second-place. In the men's shot put, senior Frank Catelli passed the 60-foot mark for the second time in his past three meets, extending his UW-best to 60-6 ¾ to win by nearly seven feet. Sophomore Jack Lembcke was second at 53-9 ¼, and Campbell had a second PR on the day with a 51-6 ½ toss for fifth.
Late in the day, senior Kaid Tipton scored in the 400-meter hurdles with a runner-up finish in 54.38 seconds.
Gilbert got his second win in similarly effortless fashion, closing quickly after a slow start to the men's 3,000-meters and crossing in 8:32.35. Redshirt frosh Fred Huxham countered a late move from WSU's John Whelan and retook second-place, finishing in 8:36.91.
Women's Events
The first winner of the day for the women was Onyie Chibuogwu in the hammer, as she extended her PR to 187-7 on her third attempt and won by over 13 feet. It was a three-foot PR for the sophomore and puts her to 37th in the West region, looking to make top-48 to reach NCAA Prelims. Senior Carolyn Gravelle picked up a point in third with a best of 162-10, and senior Alyx Toeaina was fourth at 160-7. The javelin saw freshman Katherine Taylor toss a PR of 138-6 to take second while Koryn Andrus was third at 118-2.
Freshman Charlotte Prouse got the women a runaway win in the steeplechase, picking up her second scored meet win this year as she also won the steeple at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Prouse went off on her own early on, and didn't look back, winning in 10:15.94. Grace Hodge added a third-place point with a time of 11:10.21.
The women nearly followed up the men's sweep at 1,500-meters with one of their own, as Amy-Eloise Neale secured the win with a strong final 200-meters to win in 4:23.37, while junior Katie Knight cruised in second in 4:27.87. WSU's CharLee Linton just broke up the sweep with a late surge to catch sophomore Izzi Batt-Doyle at the line, 4:31.99 to 4:32.12, and freshman Emily Hamlin was right behind in fifth in 4:33.82.
One of the best finishes of the day was the women's 100-meter hurdles, where senior Naivasha Sophusson Smith nearly scored a big upset win, but WSU's Liz Harper managed to outlean Sophusson Smith, 13.80 to 13.81. That time, however, was still a big PR for the Husky, and moves her up to sixth on the Husky top-10 list. Senior Kimberly Stueckle also ran a season-best 14.22 to take third.
Yet another boost to UW's outlook was the women's 400-meters, where Derby staged an upset from an inside lane to win with a big PR of 55.63 seconds, with sophomore Carolyn Birkenfeld also getting under the 56-second mark for the first time to take second-place in 55.99.
Bouyer brought in big points for the women today with a pair of PRs in the short sprints, and a runner-up finish in the long jump. In the 100-meters, despite a headwind, the All-American fought through the line in a time of 11.66 seconds, just .01 seconds off the meet record of 11.65 from 2010. Later in the afternoon, Bouyer became just the fifth Husky to go under 24-seconds in the 200-meters, as she won in 23.92, moving to No. 4 in school history. Bouyer also took second in the long jump with a best of 19-6 ¾, just an inch ahead of junior Kate Adler, who had a major career-best jump of 19-5 ½, wind-aided, for third-place.
Flint got her first two 15-meter shot put marks of the season on her final two attempts today. Her final toss of 49-7 ¼ was her best, and good for the victory. Senior Alyx Toeaina also had her best shot put mark in two years, going 45-0 ¼ to take second. In the discus, Flint got another win with a best of 150-5. Chibuogwu finished third with a toss of 136-2.
Mires' school record in the 800-meters was at the front of a Husky sweep, as Anna Maxwell ran a PR for second-place at 2:07.82, and Maddie Meyers followed in third in 2:08.94.
Another Husky sweep came in the pole vault as UW took full control of the women's race. The Huskies took the top five spots in the vault, led by Elizabeth Quick's make of 13-1 ¾. The next four Huskies all tied at 11-5 ¾, with Jessica Goodkin and Tori Franzen tied for second on attempts. Kaitlin Zinsli and Candace Ho were fourth and fifth.
In the 400-meter hurdles, freshmen Carly Lester and Morganne Hill both made a late push to catch WSU's Liz Harper, but had to settle for second and third in solid times. Lester had a PR of 1:00.87 and Hill was just .02 off her best, taking third at 1:00.94.
Washington ran away with another sweep in the women's 3k. Several Dawgs doubled back from earlier runs, and Anna Maxwell moved to the front of the pack late to cross for the win in 9:35.20. Katie Knight was second, one second back, with Amy-Eloise Neale another second behind Knight. Meyers finished fourth with Kaylee Flanagan fifth in 9:48.16. Emily Hamlin and Sydney Harris rounded out a top-seven for UW.
With the win sewn up and needing to win the final relay to reach a hundred points, Derby took the lead on the opening leg of the 4x400-meters, and passed to Ford who kept UW in front. Birkenfeld began to widen the lead and Mires took the stick with a gap of nearly twenty meters, and the Spokane native closed out her last Dual meet with a victory and a meet record of 3:39.30.
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