Three More Medals For UW On B1G Day Two

Saturday, May 16

Lincoln, Neb.

7:30 AM

University of Washington

Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Sofia Cosculluela lands in the sand pit in the long jump

May 16, 2026 | Track & Field

By: UW Athletic Communications

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Washington continued its push toward the top of the Big Ten pecking order on the second day of the three-day outdoor championships in Nebraska, and set the stage for a thrilling finale on Sunday. UW amassed three top-three finishes today, with a silver from Teko Cates in the decathlon, and bronzes for Sofia Cosculluela in the long jump and Isaac Briggs in the steeplechase.

The UW women now sit in second-place overall with 66 points and numerous opportunities to add more on Saturday. Illinois is in the lead with 73 on the women's side. The Husky men ended Saturday with 25 points, currently in fifth, as the Oregon men hold the lead with 55.

Cosculluela Takes Flight

Cosculluela provided the one big point addition for the women today. The NCAA leader in the heptathlon, the Spanish product was down to just two events this weekend instead of the full seven multi-event. But still the two she was entered in managed to overlap, as Cosculluela started in the long jump then had to pass a couple attempts to go run the 100-meter hurdles prelims.

But on her first long jump attempt, Cosculluela broke a Husky School Record that had stood for more than forty years. She leaped 21-1 1/2, and somehow that came into a -3.2 headwind. That broke the second-oldest UW women's record, which Meledy Smith had held since 1984 at an even 21-feet.

Instead of doing 7 events, Heptathlon NCAA leader Sofia Cosculluela focused on two ... but they happened to be going at the same time.

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— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 16, 2026

Cosculluela then passed her second and third attempts and went to race the hurdles, and she made the final after running a time of 13.42 seconds. She then came back to the long jump and had three more excellent jumps of 20-11 1/4, then 21-0 3/4, and another 20-11 1/4. Those four marks are the four best of her Husky career, and she would wind up in third-place, just two inches away from the victory.

Cates Finishes Ten For Eight

Redshirt freshman Teko Cates wrapped up an outstanding two-day decathlon to stand second on the Big Ten podium with a major personal-best. Cates put himself into the mix for an NCAA Championships spot as he scored 7,632 points, which would rank 19th heading into the weekend, with the top-24 qualifying. The score was also just six points away from the UW Freshman Record set by Mike Ramos in 1982. Ramos would go on to set an NCAA decathlon record in his Husky career.

Cates started day two with a time of 15.70 seconds in the 110m hurdles, 10th in that event. He earned a new PR in the discus, taking third there with a best of 142-0.

Teko Cates takes the win in the eighth Decathlon event!

He clears a lifetime-best of 15-9 and heads to the Javelin just three points out of first.#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/KxtyovzOO3
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 16, 2026

In the pole vault, Cates came out on top of the field with a second-straight PR of 15-9. His javelin mark of 147-5 was a season's-best, improving on his Mt. SAC Relays competition. In the final 1,500-meter run, he battled for every second, knowing each point could make the difference towards his goal of making nationals. In very hot conditions, he took third overall in 4:55.12.

It's the second-straight runner-up for a Husky in the Big Ten decathlon, as Jami Schlueter took silver a year ago.

Briggs Takes Bronze

Washington closed out day two with another big eight points out of the men's steeplechase, six scored by Isaac Briggs and two by Cruize Corvin.

Briggs moved up from seventh-place a year ago to take third in a time of 8:50.98. Corvin made an even bigger leap, from 23rd last year up to seventh, as he ran 8:57.56.

Sunday Qualifiers

UW punched five more finals tickets for Sunday, starting with Alex Rhodes in the men's 400-meters. Rhodes won his heat and ran the third-fastest time overall in 45.34 and he'll do one lap with the conference title on the line tomorrow.

Alex Rhodes takes care of business in the 400m prelims, winning his heat and advancing to tomorrow's final!

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— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 16, 2026

Cosculluela advanced in the women's 100m hurdles as she'll look to score in a second event on Sunday.

In the 800-meters prelims, Chloe Foerster is set for double duty, as she won her heat in 2:02.59. It was much like her winning 1,500-meter heat on Friday. Foerster will have both finals on her plate on Sunday. She's won one of each in the past: the 2024 Pac-12 1,500-meters and the 2025 Big Ten Indoor 800-meters.

Chloe Symon will join Foerster in the 800-meters as she ran a new career-best time of 2:02.61 to take second in her prelim. That moves her up to No. 6 in Husky history, but incredibly, it broke a 53-year-old Canadian U20 Record. Glenda Reiser ran 2:03.17 in 1973, but Symon blew past that mark today.

Another PR carried Martin Barco into the men's 800-meter final. Barco was second in his heat in a time of 1:46.69, now ranking him No. 5 in school history. He'll be one of nine men chasing the championship on Sunday.

Dawg Bites

- Despite being second to Foerster in their 800m prelim heat, Jenica Swartz came up short of the final as only the heat winners auto-advanced. Swartz was 12th overall on time in 2:04.44
- Jonathan Frazier was 11th overall, coming up just short of making a second final. Frazier ran 14.33
- Ava Washburn finished 16th in the long jump with a best of 19-4 3/4.
- Josephine Welin placed 10th in the women's steeplechase final in 10:28.11, and Annika Carlson was 22nd in 11:26.19

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