Saturday, May 25
Fayetteville, AR
11:00 AM
University of Washington
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NCAA West Preliminary Championships
Mid-Distance Trio Rounds Out NCAA Qualifiers
May 25, 2024 | Track & Field
Huskies Advancing to NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Women
Nastassja Campbell, Women's Pole Vault
Chloe Foerster, Women's 1,500-meters
Amanda Moll, Women's Pole Vault
Hana Moll, Women's Pole Vault
Wilma Nielsen, Women's 800-meters
Sophie O'Sullivan, Women's 1,500-meters
Men
Chandler Ault, Men's Javelin
Prestin Artis, Men's Long Jump
Jonathan Birchman, Men's 400-meter Hurdles
Nathan Green, Men's 1,500-meters
Luke Houser, Men's 1,500-meters
Max Manson, Men's Pole Vault
Jami Schlueter, Men's Decathlon (advances without Prelim competition)
Joe Waskom, Men's 1,500-meters
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Washington's NCAA Outdoor Championship squad is set as the NCAA West Prelims came to a close today at John McDonnell Field in Arkansas. Three more Huskies joined the travel roster to Eugene, which will host the championship final from June 5-8. Chloe Foerster, Sophie O'Sullivan, and Wilma Nielsen brought the total UW women's qualifiers to six, adding to the eight men to make the cut.
The West Prelim meet cut down fields of 48 athletes in every individual event to 12 who will reconvene in Eugene. Washington winds up with 14 combined entries for the season finale.
Foerster and O'Sullivan each moved through in the 1,500-meters today, while Nielsen punched her ticket in the 800-meters.
In the first quarterfinal heat of the 1,500-meters, O'Sullivan showed she's closing in on the form she showed last spring. From a tight lead pack, O'Sullivan and Texas Tech's Juliet Cherubet pulled away and Cherubet won in the fastest time of the week in 4;09.04, but O'Sullivan was right behind in a huge season-best time of 4:09.61.
Moments later, Foerster ran at the front of the second quarterfinal heat, doing a lot of the pace work from lane two. Needing a top-five finish to move on, Foerster was part of a group that gradually separated from the rest of the field and she powered down the homestretch securely in the front five. She finished in third in a time of 4:17.63.
It will be the first NCAA Outdoor appearance for Foerster, and the second-straight for O'Sullivan, who reached the finals last year. A native of Portland, Foerster will have the home-state advantage in Eugene.
Nielsen had the best finish ever by a Dawg in an NCAA 800-meters final at the indoor meet in March (6th-place) and she took the next step to reach the outdoor meet today. The Sweden native survived some traffic with 200-meters to go that broke her stride a bit, and she fought for a fourth-place heat finish in 2:03.11. That wound up being the first time qualifier, and seventh-fastest time overall, to move on.
Senior Samantha Friborg was hoping to punch her own 800m ticket today but was unable to find her usual kick after making a push for the lead with 300-meters left in her heat. Friborg wound up seventh in her heat and 21st overall in 2:07.49.
Julia David-Smith finished things up for the week in the women's 5,000-meters. David-Smith came in seeded just 34th in the field but she did everything she could to hang in the front of the pack for as long as she could. She finally lost ground on the leaders with two laps to go, but she still finished up 19th overall, majorly outperforming her seeding. Her time in the humid conditions was 16:18.72.
The first event for the Huskies today was the women's discus, with Kaia Tupu-South in flight one and Beatrice Asomaning in flight two. Tupu-South had personal-bests on two of her three attempts, going 178-1 on her first throw and then bettering that at 178-10 on her final attempt. That moved her up to No. 5 in school history. The sophomore had come in ranked 44th in the discus and finished 21st overall.
Asomaning had a best throw of 181-0 today to place 16th overall, just four places shy of advancing. She was seeded 19th coming in so outdid her ranking as well. The senior ends up ranked No. 2 in UW history outdoors in the discus and the hammer, as well as the indoor school record holder in the weight throw.
In the women's triple jump, junior Lauren Heggen took 44th overall in her first West Prelims appearance. She had a best mark of 40-6 ¼ in the second round.
Washington Results – NCAA West Preliminaries
Fayetteville, Ark. | John McDonnell Field
May 25, 2024
Day 4 of 4 (Women's Events)
Women's 800m, Quarterfinals (top-3 in each heat + next 3 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 1 of 3: 7. Samantha Friborg, 2:07.49
Heat 2 of 3: 4. Wilma Nielsen, 2:03.11q (ADVANCES TO EUGENE)
Women's 1,500m, Quarterfinals (top-5 in each heat + next 2 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 1 of 2: 2. Sophie O'Sullivan, 4:09.61Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)
Heat 2 of 2: 3. Chloe Foerster, 4:17.63Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)
Women's 5,000m, Quarterfinals (top-5 in each heat + next 2 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 2 of 2: 11. Julia David-Smith, 16:18.72
Women's Triple Jump (top-12 to NCAAs): 44. Lauren Heggen, 40-6 ¼
Women's Discus (top-12 to NCAAs): 16. Beatrice Asomaning, 181-0; 21. Kaia Tupu-South, 178-10
Women
Nastassja Campbell, Women's Pole Vault
Chloe Foerster, Women's 1,500-meters
Amanda Moll, Women's Pole Vault
Hana Moll, Women's Pole Vault
Wilma Nielsen, Women's 800-meters
Sophie O'Sullivan, Women's 1,500-meters
Men
Chandler Ault, Men's Javelin
Prestin Artis, Men's Long Jump
Jonathan Birchman, Men's 400-meter Hurdles
Nathan Green, Men's 1,500-meters
Luke Houser, Men's 1,500-meters
Max Manson, Men's Pole Vault
Jami Schlueter, Men's Decathlon (advances without Prelim competition)
Joe Waskom, Men's 1,500-meters
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Washington's NCAA Outdoor Championship squad is set as the NCAA West Prelims came to a close today at John McDonnell Field in Arkansas. Three more Huskies joined the travel roster to Eugene, which will host the championship final from June 5-8. Chloe Foerster, Sophie O'Sullivan, and Wilma Nielsen brought the total UW women's qualifiers to six, adding to the eight men to make the cut.
The West Prelim meet cut down fields of 48 athletes in every individual event to 12 who will reconvene in Eugene. Washington winds up with 14 combined entries for the season finale.
Foerster and O'Sullivan each moved through in the 1,500-meters today, while Nielsen punched her ticket in the 800-meters.
In the first quarterfinal heat of the 1,500-meters, O'Sullivan showed she's closing in on the form she showed last spring. From a tight lead pack, O'Sullivan and Texas Tech's Juliet Cherubet pulled away and Cherubet won in the fastest time of the week in 4;09.04, but O'Sullivan was right behind in a huge season-best time of 4:09.61.
?? Who needs a regular season? After debuting at Pac-12s, Sophie O'Sullivan is heading back to the NCAA Championships at 1,500-meters!
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 25, 2024
She takes second in her quarterfinal in a ???? 4:09.61#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/g1Y4jqLDsn
Moments later, Foerster ran at the front of the second quarterfinal heat, doing a lot of the pace work from lane two. Needing a top-five finish to move on, Foerster was part of a group that gradually separated from the rest of the field and she powered down the homestretch securely in the front five. She finished in third in a time of 4:17.63.
It will be the first NCAA Outdoor appearance for Foerster, and the second-straight for O'Sullivan, who reached the finals last year. A native of Portland, Foerster will have the home-state advantage in Eugene.
Chloe Foerster is off to Eugene to join Sophie in the semis!
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 25, 2024
She secures the top-5 finish in the second quarterfinal heat to march on ????#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/7D9WWMYf0a
Nielsen had the best finish ever by a Dawg in an NCAA 800-meters final at the indoor meet in March (6th-place) and she took the next step to reach the outdoor meet today. The Sweden native survived some traffic with 200-meters to go that broke her stride a bit, and she fought for a fourth-place heat finish in 2:03.11. That wound up being the first time qualifier, and seventh-fastest time overall, to move on.
Senior Samantha Friborg was hoping to punch her own 800m ticket today but was unable to find her usual kick after making a push for the lead with 300-meters left in her heat. Friborg wound up seventh in her heat and 21st overall in 2:07.49.
Julia David-Smith finished things up for the week in the women's 5,000-meters. David-Smith came in seeded just 34th in the field but she did everything she could to hang in the front of the pack for as long as she could. She finally lost ground on the leaders with two laps to go, but she still finished up 19th overall, majorly outperforming her seeding. Her time in the humid conditions was 16:18.72.
The first event for the Huskies today was the women's discus, with Kaia Tupu-South in flight one and Beatrice Asomaning in flight two. Tupu-South had personal-bests on two of her three attempts, going 178-1 on her first throw and then bettering that at 178-10 on her final attempt. That moved her up to No. 5 in school history. The sophomore had come in ranked 44th in the discus and finished 21st overall.
Asomaning had a best throw of 181-0 today to place 16th overall, just four places shy of advancing. She was seeded 19th coming in so outdid her ranking as well. The senior ends up ranked No. 2 in UW history outdoors in the discus and the hammer, as well as the indoor school record holder in the weight throw.
In the women's triple jump, junior Lauren Heggen took 44th overall in her first West Prelims appearance. She had a best mark of 40-6 ¼ in the second round.
Washington Results – NCAA West Preliminaries
Fayetteville, Ark. | John McDonnell Field
May 25, 2024
Day 4 of 4 (Women's Events)
Women's 800m, Quarterfinals (top-3 in each heat + next 3 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 1 of 3: 7. Samantha Friborg, 2:07.49
Heat 2 of 3: 4. Wilma Nielsen, 2:03.11q (ADVANCES TO EUGENE)
Women's 1,500m, Quarterfinals (top-5 in each heat + next 2 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 1 of 2: 2. Sophie O'Sullivan, 4:09.61Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)
Heat 2 of 2: 3. Chloe Foerster, 4:17.63Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)
Women's 5,000m, Quarterfinals (top-5 in each heat + next 2 best times to NCAAs)
Heat 2 of 2: 11. Julia David-Smith, 16:18.72
Women's Triple Jump (top-12 to NCAAs): 44. Lauren Heggen, 40-6 ¼
Women's Discus (top-12 to NCAAs): 16. Beatrice Asomaning, 181-0; 21. Kaia Tupu-South, 178-10
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