Saturday, March 15
Virginia Beach, VA
6:30 AM
University of Washington
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NCAA Indoor Championships
Women’s Track Fourth, Best Ever At NCAA Indoors
March 15, 2025 | Track & Field
Complete Results
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Husky women may not have had the most athletes at this weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships, but every one they brought came through with podium spots and team points. Washington scored with every chance it had, and suddenly found itself hoisting the first trophy in the history of the women's program. The Huskies finished in a tie for fourth-place with an unprecedented 31 points.
NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field awards trophies to the top-four teams. The Huskies tied with Oklahoma and Arkansas for fourth. The finish by the women matches the fourth-place men's finish from the 2023 season as the first two track team trophies since 1930 have come in the past three years.
"Easily the best team performance in the history of our program, indoors or out," said Director of Track & Field Maurica Powell. "A complete effort by every person here. The coolest thing is we scored in every event we entered, and every person scored and left a First Team All-American. Everyone got hardware and we got a team trophy. It couldn't have been better."
The UW men tied for 19th-place with 14 points, all scored today, highlighted by the runner-up finish by Nathan Green in the men's mile final, where it took a Meet Record to keep Green from claiming his second national title. It's the fourth-straight Top-25 finish for the men at NCAA Indoors, the longest such streak in team history.
Friday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center had seen Amanda and Hana Moll go 1-2 in the pole vault for 18 team points and the women's DMR (Julia David-Smith, Anna Terrell, Claire Yerby, Mia Cochran) earn another point in eighth. With those 19 points, the women had already surpassed their previous points record, which was 16 set in 2016 and 1988. But there was plenty more to come today, as UW would end up nearly doubling its previous high.
The first track final of the day was the women's mile, featuring two Dawgs for the first time since 2008. Amina Maatoug and Chloe Foerster each dug deep to place fifth and sixth, respectively, and add seven points to the team score. Maatoug finished in 4:34.03 and Foerster was just behind in 4:34.18. Those were the highest finishes by a Husky in the women's mile since Katie Follett was runner-up in 2010.
Maatoug was also entered in the 3,000-meters, but that started less than an hour after the finish of the hard-fought mile. Rarely are distance runners able to recover from the mile in time to run well in the 3k, so few attempt it these days, but Maatoug showed she's a rare talent.
The first-year Husky transfer from Duke gave a truly gritty, historic effort in the 3k, seeming to get stronger as the race went on and working up from the back of the pack into the thick of things late, against a field full of rested and fresh elite runners. With three laps to go she seemed to figure she'd come this far, why not cap it off? Maatoug somehow still had plenty left for another powerful kick and she moved up to finish fourth overall, one spot higher than her mile finish one hour earlier. That gave five more points to the Dawgs and elevated them into the top-four.
"The mile race was wild," said Powell. "Amina and Chloe had to run out of their minds to make the final, and then to both score was fantastic. But in twenty years of coaching I've never seen anybody come back an hour later in the 3k and score again. And she didn't just score again, she was fourth. She was even better than she was in the mile. It was a total clutch performance by her, and it sealed a really fantastic weekend for the whole group."
Green Edged In Thriller, Leads Men To 19th Overall
Senior Nathan Green was looking to extend Washington's remarkable run of individual championships at the mile and 1,500m distance, which he had a hand in with his 2023 title at 1,500-meters. Joining him in the final was Ronan McMahon-Staggs, looking for his first NCAA podium spot as well.
It was a quick pace from the start and Green didn't wait too long before making moves up through the field until he was running in the top-three in the back half of the race. With three laps to go he pushed into another gear and moved into the lead, fighting off challenges on his right shoulder. On the bell lap, he was in full sprint and distancing most of the field except for Georgetown's Abel Teffra. Going into the banked turn one more time, Teffra tried to pass on the outside but Green matched him. They stayed stride for stride until about 20 meters to go when Teffra was able to pull ahead and Green had to settle for second.
It took a Meet Record from Teffra to win, as he ran 3:53.60 with Green going 3:53.99. Despite missing his ultimate goal, it's still the best NCAA Indoor finish of Green's career, as he was fifth in the mile in 2023 and then was 11th in the 800-meters last year.
McMahon-Staggs also got that first podium spot, as he was fully in the thick of the pack throughout the race and he got to the finish in sixth overall in 3:55.52. Green's eight points and the three for McMahon-Staggs made for 11 team points out of the mile. McMahon-Staggs is also now the fifth different UW man to score in the mile in the last three years.
The final event for the Dawgs this weekend was the men's 800-meter final. Justin O'Toole, who had never competed at an NCAA Championship before joining the Huskies this year, fought for a sixth-place finish and three more team points in a time of 1:47.74. It was the highest finish for a Husky in the event since Ryan Brown won the title in 2007. Cole Lindhorst was advanced to the final after being tripped in the prelims, but he was unable to race today due to the injuries from his fall on Friday.
Jami Schlueter finished up his first NCAA Indoor heptathlon this morning with a 12th-place overall finish, scoring 5,619 total points. In the final three events today, Schlueter went 8.23 seconds in the 60m hurdles, then cleared 15-0 in the pole vault. He finished ninth in the final 1,000-meters run in 2:49.53. He earns Second Team All-America honors for the finish, the second of his career.
2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Mar. 15 – Day Two of Two
Virginia Beach Sports Center
UW Women's Results
Mile Final: 5. Amina Maatoug, 4:34.03; 6. Chloe Foerster, 4:34.18
3,000m Final: 4. Amina Maatoug, 9:03.34
Top-10 Women's Teams: 1. Oregon 55; 2. Georgia 39; 3. USC 35; 4 (tie). Washington 31; 4 (tie). Oklahoma 31; 4 (tie). Arkansas 31; 7. Texas A&M 27; 8. Illinois 25.5; 9. BYU 24; 10. Texas Tech 21.5.
UW Men's Results
800m Final: 6. Justin O'Toole, 1:47.74; -- Cole Lindhorst, DNS (Injury)
Mile Final: 2. Nathan Green, 3:53.99; 6. Ronan McMahon-Staggs, 3:55.52
Heptathlon Day Two of Two
60m Hurdles: 10. Jami Schlueter, 8.23
Pole Vault: tie-11. Jami Schlueter, 15-0
1,000m: 9. Jami Schlueter, 2:49.53
Total: 12. Jami Schlueter, 5619 points
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Husky women may not have had the most athletes at this weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships, but every one they brought came through with podium spots and team points. Washington scored with every chance it had, and suddenly found itself hoisting the first trophy in the history of the women's program. The Huskies finished in a tie for fourth-place with an unprecedented 31 points.
NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field awards trophies to the top-four teams. The Huskies tied with Oklahoma and Arkansas for fourth. The finish by the women matches the fourth-place men's finish from the 2023 season as the first two track team trophies since 1930 have come in the past three years.
"Easily the best team performance in the history of our program, indoors or out," said Director of Track & Field Maurica Powell. "A complete effort by every person here. The coolest thing is we scored in every event we entered, and every person scored and left a First Team All-American. Everyone got hardware and we got a team trophy. It couldn't have been better."
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— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) March 15, 2025
The UW men tied for 19th-place with 14 points, all scored today, highlighted by the runner-up finish by Nathan Green in the men's mile final, where it took a Meet Record to keep Green from claiming his second national title. It's the fourth-straight Top-25 finish for the men at NCAA Indoors, the longest such streak in team history.
Friday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center had seen Amanda and Hana Moll go 1-2 in the pole vault for 18 team points and the women's DMR (Julia David-Smith, Anna Terrell, Claire Yerby, Mia Cochran) earn another point in eighth. With those 19 points, the women had already surpassed their previous points record, which was 16 set in 2016 and 1988. But there was plenty more to come today, as UW would end up nearly doubling its previous high.
The first track final of the day was the women's mile, featuring two Dawgs for the first time since 2008. Amina Maatoug and Chloe Foerster each dug deep to place fifth and sixth, respectively, and add seven points to the team score. Maatoug finished in 4:34.03 and Foerster was just behind in 4:34.18. Those were the highest finishes by a Husky in the women's mile since Katie Follett was runner-up in 2010.
Maatoug was also entered in the 3,000-meters, but that started less than an hour after the finish of the hard-fought mile. Rarely are distance runners able to recover from the mile in time to run well in the 3k, so few attempt it these days, but Maatoug showed she's a rare talent.
The first-year Husky transfer from Duke gave a truly gritty, historic effort in the 3k, seeming to get stronger as the race went on and working up from the back of the pack into the thick of things late, against a field full of rested and fresh elite runners. With three laps to go she seemed to figure she'd come this far, why not cap it off? Maatoug somehow still had plenty left for another powerful kick and she moved up to finish fourth overall, one spot higher than her mile finish one hour earlier. That gave five more points to the Dawgs and elevated them into the top-four.
"The mile race was wild," said Powell. "Amina and Chloe had to run out of their minds to make the final, and then to both score was fantastic. But in twenty years of coaching I've never seen anybody come back an hour later in the 3k and score again. And she didn't just score again, she was fourth. She was even better than she was in the mile. It was a total clutch performance by her, and it sealed a really fantastic weekend for the whole group."
Maurica was all of us after this truly special run from Amina Maatoug
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) March 16, 2025
Less than an hour after placing fifth in the mile, against some fully rested elite women, she takes FOURTH in the 3k
One of the greatest feats in Husky distance running ??#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/yH6Boq9TpU
Green Edged In Thriller, Leads Men To 19th Overall
Senior Nathan Green was looking to extend Washington's remarkable run of individual championships at the mile and 1,500m distance, which he had a hand in with his 2023 title at 1,500-meters. Joining him in the final was Ronan McMahon-Staggs, looking for his first NCAA podium spot as well.
It was a quick pace from the start and Green didn't wait too long before making moves up through the field until he was running in the top-three in the back half of the race. With three laps to go he pushed into another gear and moved into the lead, fighting off challenges on his right shoulder. On the bell lap, he was in full sprint and distancing most of the field except for Georgetown's Abel Teffra. Going into the banked turn one more time, Teffra tried to pass on the outside but Green matched him. They stayed stride for stride until about 20 meters to go when Teffra was able to pull ahead and Green had to settle for second.
It took a Meet Record from Teffra to win, as he ran 3:53.60 with Green going 3:53.99. Despite missing his ultimate goal, it's still the best NCAA Indoor finish of Green's career, as he was fifth in the mile in 2023 and then was 11th in the 800-meters last year.
McMahon-Staggs also got that first podium spot, as he was fully in the thick of the pack throughout the race and he got to the finish in sixth overall in 3:55.52. Green's eight points and the three for McMahon-Staggs made for 11 team points out of the mile. McMahon-Staggs is also now the fifth different UW man to score in the mile in the last three years.
Another absolute thriller as ???????????? ?????????? is your NCAA Men's Mile Silver Medalist!! ??
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) March 15, 2025
He gave it everything from the front with three laps to go and it took a Meet Record to keep him from a second national title ??#GoHuskies x #MileCity pic.twitter.com/KzNPdIlCua
The final event for the Dawgs this weekend was the men's 800-meter final. Justin O'Toole, who had never competed at an NCAA Championship before joining the Huskies this year, fought for a sixth-place finish and three more team points in a time of 1:47.74. It was the highest finish for a Husky in the event since Ryan Brown won the title in 2007. Cole Lindhorst was advanced to the final after being tripped in the prelims, but he was unable to race today due to the injuries from his fall on Friday.
Jami Schlueter finished up his first NCAA Indoor heptathlon this morning with a 12th-place overall finish, scoring 5,619 total points. In the final three events today, Schlueter went 8.23 seconds in the 60m hurdles, then cleared 15-0 in the pole vault. He finished ninth in the final 1,000-meters run in 2:49.53. He earns Second Team All-America honors for the finish, the second of his career.
2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Mar. 15 – Day Two of Two
Virginia Beach Sports Center
UW Women's Results
Mile Final: 5. Amina Maatoug, 4:34.03; 6. Chloe Foerster, 4:34.18
3,000m Final: 4. Amina Maatoug, 9:03.34
Top-10 Women's Teams: 1. Oregon 55; 2. Georgia 39; 3. USC 35; 4 (tie). Washington 31; 4 (tie). Oklahoma 31; 4 (tie). Arkansas 31; 7. Texas A&M 27; 8. Illinois 25.5; 9. BYU 24; 10. Texas Tech 21.5.
UW Men's Results
800m Final: 6. Justin O'Toole, 1:47.74; -- Cole Lindhorst, DNS (Injury)
Mile Final: 2. Nathan Green, 3:53.99; 6. Ronan McMahon-Staggs, 3:55.52
Heptathlon Day Two of Two
60m Hurdles: 10. Jami Schlueter, 8.23
Pole Vault: tie-11. Jami Schlueter, 15-0
1,000m: 9. Jami Schlueter, 2:49.53
Total: 12. Jami Schlueter, 5619 points
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