Nine Dawgs From ’23 Squad Ready For USAs

2023 USATF Outdoor Championships

July 6-9 | Hayward Field | Eugene, Ore.

6:03pm — Women’s Steeplechase, 1st Round (Kayley DeLay, Katie Rainsberger)
6:33pm — Men’s Steeplechase, 1st Round (Julius Diehr)
7:01pm — Men’s 1,500m, 1st Round (Sam Ellis, Nathan Green, Sam Prakel, Joe Waskom)
7:26pm — Women’s 1,500m, 1st Round (Alli Cash, Katie Follett, Anna Gibson)

Friday, July 7

6:16pm — Men’s 400m Hurdles, 1st Round (Jonathan Birchman, Cass Elliott)

Saturday, July 8

5:50pm — Men’s Javelin (Chandler Ault)

6:34pm — Women’s 1,500m, Final (Alli Cash, Katie Follett, Anna Gibson)

6:45pm — Men’s 1,500m, Final (Sam Ellis, Nathan Green, Sam Prakel, Joe Waskom)

7:10pm — Men’s 400m Hurdles, Semifinal (Jonathan Birchman, Cass Elliott)

7:25pm — Women’s Steeplechase, Final (Kayley DeLay, Katie Rainsberger)

7:40pm — Men’s Steeplechase, Final (Julius Diehr)

Sunday, July 9

5:00pm — Women’s Pole Vault (Nastassja Campbell, Olivia Gruver, Hana Moll)

6:42pm — Men’s 400m Hurdles, Final (Jonathan Birchman, Cass Elliott)

6:50pm — Men’s 5,000m (Sam Prakel)

SEATTLE — More than a dozen athletes with UW ties are set to get on the track with the nation’s best at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships, held at Hayward Field in Eugene from July 6-9. Past, present, and future Huskies will be in action, including nine Dawgs who were in action last month at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Texas.

 

Those nine Dawgs from the record-setting 2023 squad include four now beginning post-collegiate careers: Anna Gibson, racing for Brooks in the 1,500-meters, Kayley DeLay competing for the Brooks Beasts in the steeplechase, and Sam Ellis in the men’s 1,500m and Cass Elliott in the 400m hurdles.

 

Six more Huskies in action this week plan to be back next season, including NCAA Champion Nathan Green and NCAA runner-up and 2022 champion Joe Waskom in the 1,500-meters. NCAA pole vault runner-up Nastassja Campbell will be in action, as will Jonathan Birchman in the 400m hurdles and Chandler Ault in the javelin.

 

Former Huskies in the fields include Katie Follett in the 1,500-meters, Katie Rainsberger in the steeplechase, Olivia Gruver in the pole vault, and Julius Diehr in the steeplechase. UW assistant…