Men’s Track Sets New Standard With 13 Qualifiers

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NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 24-27 | Sacramento, Calif.

ESPN+ Live Streams: Saturday

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Saturday

1 pm – Women’s Discus – Beatrice Asomaning (flight 1), MaKayla Kelby (flight 1), Kaia Tupu-South (flight 1)

5:15 pm – Women’s 1500m – Anna Gibson, Sophie O’Sullivan

5:40 pm – Women’s Steeplechase – Kayley DeLay

7:05 pm – Women’s 800m – Carley Thomas

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Day three out of the four-day NCAA West Prelims was the final day of men’s competition, and the Pac-12 Champion Husky men’s team did just about all it could have hoped for in sending a strong squad on to Austin. Nine more Huskies earned entries to the NCAA Outdoor Championships today, giving Washington 13 total on the men’s side, a record in the current format.

 

Luck had nothing to do with it for the 13 Dawgs, as UW executed throughout the two days of men’s events at Hornet Stadium, starting Wednesday and resuming today. The women will have a number of chances to add to their three qualifiers on the final day of the meet on Saturday.

 

Today the men saw Elijah Mason advance in the discus, then last year’s trio of NCAA 1,500m finalists—Nathan Green, Luke Houser, Joe Waskom—all moved on again. Pac-12 Champions Sam Ellis and Ed Trippas auto-advanced in the 800-meters and steeplechase, respectively. UW put two through in the 400m hurdles, as Cass Elliott was joined by Jonathan Birchman who earned his first trip to nationals. Then Brian Fay closed things out in the 5,000-meters, making yet another NCAA final.

 

Washington Results – NCAA West Preliminaries

Sacramento, Calif. | Hornet Stadium

Day 3 of 4 (Men’s Events)

 

Men’s 800m, Quarterfinals

Heat 3 of 3: 3. Sam Ellis, 1:47.00Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

 

Men’s 1,500m, Quarterfinals

Heat 1 of 2: 2. Joe Waskom, 3:49.54Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS); 3. Luke Houser, 3:49.60Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

Heat 2 of 2: 1. Nathan Green, 3:38.13Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS); 10. Aidan Ryan, 3:42.02

 

Men’s 5,000m, Semifinals

Heat 1 of 2: 2. Brian Fay, 13:24.71Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

 

Men’s 400m Hurdles, Quarterfinals

Heat 1 of 3: 2. Cass Elliott, 49.57Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

Heat 3 of 3: 3. Jonathan Birchman, 50.53Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

 

Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase, Quarterfinals

Heat 1 of 3: 2. Ed Trippas, 8:31.36Q (ADVANCES TO NCAAS)

 

Men’s Triple Jump (top-12 to NCAAs): 23. Tim Luebbert, 50-3 ¼

 

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