Saturday, February 15
Seattle, WA
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Husky Classic
Gruver Wins Bronze At USAs; Huskies Wrap Classic
February 15, 2020 | Track & Field
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SEATTLE – The Husky Classic wrapped up today in the Dempsey but Olivia Gruver stole the show again from down in New Mexico. The Husky senior raised her indoor personal-best once again and won the Bronze Medal at the U.S. Indoor Championships, competing against a pair of World medalists. Gruver made 15-feet, 5-inches today for the second-best clearance in NCAA Indoor history and it also hit the 2020 Olympic Standard.
Here in the Dempsey, the Huskies closed out another Classic with big performances from seniors Chase Smith and Mick Stanovsek, and a second-straight sub-four mile from recent addition Dustin Nading.
But it was Gruver that made more history at USATF Indoors, taking place at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The senior took third behind World Championship silver medalist Sandi Morris and former Olympic Games gold medalist Jenn Suhr with her make of 4.70-meters.
Gruver was on a roll from the get-go. She cleared her first height of 14-3 1/4 on her first attempt, then followed with first-attempt makes at 14-9, 15-1, and the new indoor best of 15-5. Gruver's only higher make was her outdoor collegiate record of 15-6 1/4 last year at Stanford. It was an inch-and-a-half better than her clearance at the UW Indoor Preview last month. She had three very close attempts at 15-7, which would have tied the NCAA indoor record, but came up just short.
Dating back to her time at Kentucky, Gruver now owns three of the top-five clearances in NCAA indoor history, and she surpassed Lexi Jacobus' mark of 15-4 1/4 for No. 2 in NCAA indoor history.
Junior Jonah Wilson was also entered in the shot put at U.S. Indoors but withdrew as a health precaution.
Inside the Dempsey, the meet built towards the invitational sections of the men's mile. Unfortunately, a potentially serious leg injury was suffered by Texas All-American Sam Worley on the final lap of the top heat, and his fall threw off several other runners, although the well-being of Worley was certainly the main concern after the race.
Husky senior Dustin Nading was able to steer clear of most of the issues on the final lap and he came through with a PR for the second meet in a row, running 3:59.25 to move up to No. 9 on the Husky top-10 list. Freshman Sam Tanner had been up in the front but got caught in the fall and couldn't close out what looked like a potential PR. Senior Sam Ritz was also in the heat and did get a season-best time of 4:00.85.
High school senior and Husky commit Cruz Culpepper nearly became the third American prep to ever run a sub-four indoor mile, as Cruz dove across the line but fell a tenth of a second short, finishing in 4:00.10, but that time still ranks him fourth in U.S. history.
Current frosh Luke Houser also just missed his first sub-four as he ran 4:01.01.
In the top heat of the men's 800-meters, Mick Stanovsek powered to a new personal-best and the fourth-fastest time in school history as he crossed in 1:48.82. Devan Kirk also clocked a time of 1:52.19 and Devon Maton doubled back from running a mile and posted a 1:52.31.
Smith, who just vaulted 17-7 1/4 on Friday down in New Mexico at the Don Kirby Invite, returned to Seattle after midnight and headed to the Dempsey today where he cleared another season-best. The Helena, Mont. native today made 17-11 to rise up to 11th on the current NCAA indoor lists, with the top-16 qualifying for nationals.
Most of the Husky sprints crew was at the Don Kirby Invite, but there was a handful of sprint highlights in the Dempsey. One was freshman Carley Thomas, who dropped down to 800-meters, and went to No. 9 in school history with a time of 55.54 seconds. It potentially could have been much faster but there was a mix-up on where to cut in and Thomas stayed in her outside lane for much longer than required.
Darhian Mills, competing unattached, had her second PR in as many days after a 60m hurdles PR of 8.57 yesterday. Today she ran a 400-meter best of 55.77. On the men's side, Devan Kirk won his heat in an indoor PR of 49.24.
In the men's long jump, multi athletes Parker Kennedy and Ollie Thorner both set PRs. Kennedy had a big PR of 22-4 1/4, eight inches better than his old mark. Thorner went 21-6 1/4, a season-best by more than six inches. In the women's long jump, Lyndsey Lopes matched her indoor PR, competing unattached, as she went 18-9 3/4 to take second, and Ida Eikeng jumped 18-2 1/2 for third.
The Huskies will be home again next Friday for the Last Chance Collegiate Elite Meet.
SEATTLE – The Husky Classic wrapped up today in the Dempsey but Olivia Gruver stole the show again from down in New Mexico. The Husky senior raised her indoor personal-best once again and won the Bronze Medal at the U.S. Indoor Championships, competing against a pair of World medalists. Gruver made 15-feet, 5-inches today for the second-best clearance in NCAA Indoor history and it also hit the 2020 Olympic Standard.
Here in the Dempsey, the Huskies closed out another Classic with big performances from seniors Chase Smith and Mick Stanovsek, and a second-straight sub-four mile from recent addition Dustin Nading.
But it was Gruver that made more history at USATF Indoors, taking place at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The senior took third behind World Championship silver medalist Sandi Morris and former Olympic Games gold medalist Jenn Suhr with her make of 4.70-meters.
Gruver was on a roll from the get-go. She cleared her first height of 14-3 1/4 on her first attempt, then followed with first-attempt makes at 14-9, 15-1, and the new indoor best of 15-5. Gruver's only higher make was her outdoor collegiate record of 15-6 1/4 last year at Stanford. It was an inch-and-a-half better than her clearance at the UW Indoor Preview last month. She had three very close attempts at 15-7, which would have tied the NCAA indoor record, but came up just short.
Dating back to her time at Kentucky, Gruver now owns three of the top-five clearances in NCAA indoor history, and she surpassed Lexi Jacobus' mark of 15-4 1/4 for No. 2 in NCAA indoor history.
Junior Jonah Wilson was also entered in the shot put at U.S. Indoors but withdrew as a health precaution.
Inside the Dempsey, the meet built towards the invitational sections of the men's mile. Unfortunately, a potentially serious leg injury was suffered by Texas All-American Sam Worley on the final lap of the top heat, and his fall threw off several other runners, although the well-being of Worley was certainly the main concern after the race.
Husky senior Dustin Nading was able to steer clear of most of the issues on the final lap and he came through with a PR for the second meet in a row, running 3:59.25 to move up to No. 9 on the Husky top-10 list. Freshman Sam Tanner had been up in the front but got caught in the fall and couldn't close out what looked like a potential PR. Senior Sam Ritz was also in the heat and did get a season-best time of 4:00.85.
High school senior and Husky commit Cruz Culpepper nearly became the third American prep to ever run a sub-four indoor mile, as Cruz dove across the line but fell a tenth of a second short, finishing in 4:00.10, but that time still ranks him fourth in U.S. history.
Current frosh Luke Houser also just missed his first sub-four as he ran 4:01.01.
In the top heat of the men's 800-meters, Mick Stanovsek powered to a new personal-best and the fourth-fastest time in school history as he crossed in 1:48.82. Devan Kirk also clocked a time of 1:52.19 and Devon Maton doubled back from running a mile and posted a 1:52.31.
Smith, who just vaulted 17-7 1/4 on Friday down in New Mexico at the Don Kirby Invite, returned to Seattle after midnight and headed to the Dempsey today where he cleared another season-best. The Helena, Mont. native today made 17-11 to rise up to 11th on the current NCAA indoor lists, with the top-16 qualifying for nationals.
Most of the Husky sprints crew was at the Don Kirby Invite, but there was a handful of sprint highlights in the Dempsey. One was freshman Carley Thomas, who dropped down to 800-meters, and went to No. 9 in school history with a time of 55.54 seconds. It potentially could have been much faster but there was a mix-up on where to cut in and Thomas stayed in her outside lane for much longer than required.
Darhian Mills, competing unattached, had her second PR in as many days after a 60m hurdles PR of 8.57 yesterday. Today she ran a 400-meter best of 55.77. On the men's side, Devan Kirk won his heat in an indoor PR of 49.24.
In the men's long jump, multi athletes Parker Kennedy and Ollie Thorner both set PRs. Kennedy had a big PR of 22-4 1/4, eight inches better than his old mark. Thorner went 21-6 1/4, a season-best by more than six inches. In the women's long jump, Lyndsey Lopes matched her indoor PR, competing unattached, as she went 18-9 3/4 to take second, and Ida Eikeng jumped 18-2 1/2 for third.
The Huskies will be home again next Friday for the Last Chance Collegiate Elite Meet.
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