University of Washington
Bryan Clay Invitational
Gilbert Lays Down Fast 5k At Bryan Clay Invite
April 19, 2018 | Track & Field
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AZUSA, Calif. โ Colby Gilbert moved himself into familiar territory, the top-10 of the NCAA in the 5,000-meters, as he clocked a Pac-12-leading time of 13:41.88 at the Bryan Clay Invitational tonight. Gilbert's time highlighted the first of three busy days for the Husky track team down in Southern California at four different meets.
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The Husky senior was seventh in the top section of the 5k, but second among NCAA Division-I competitors, as the heat was won by Olympic medalist Evan Jager. Gilbert's time moves him to No. 5 in the NCAA this outdoor season, and is the fastest in the Pac-12 this year. His time was six seconds off his school record set back in 2016, but only one other Husky in history has bettered Gilbert's 13:41.88 time tonight, and that was David Bazzi's 13:40.61 from 2001.
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Sophomore Kaitlyn Neal raced her first 5,000-meters of the year tonight at Azusa as well, and she finished in 16:24.50 which puts her sixth in the Pac-12 at this point.
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The other scene for UW today was the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach State, where senior Katie Wardsworth had a season-best throw of the hammer, tossing 174-8 and moving up one spot on the Husky top-10 list to No. 5. Sophomore Angel Nkwonta had a best mark today of 171-9.
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Freshman Jonah Wilson had a solid day in the discus, getting a best of 171-9 to finish seventh out of 44 competitors.
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The pole vault group got its first of two meets in today. Annika Dayton led the women with a clearance of 12-9 ยฝ while Tori Franzen made 12-3 ยฝ and Monica Cohen went 11-9 ยพ. On the men's side, Blaise Black and Zach Shugart each cleared a best of 16-1 ยผ.
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Freshman Jaylen Taylor took fourth in the triple jump at 47-3 ยฝ and also had a season-best long jump mark of 21-6 ยพ.
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Tomorrow the Huskies will be found at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the Mt. SAC Relays, as well as the Beach Invitational.
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