Distance Medley Relay-Fest On Tap Friday

THIS WEEK IN HUSKY TRACK & FIELD

Event Schedule (DMR at 12 noon PT) | Live Results | Live On SEC Network+

Terrier DMR Challenge — UW Women

Friday, Feb. 16

Boston, Mass. | BU Track & Tennis Center

Event Schedule (DMR at 5:30 pm PT) | Live Results | Live on Flotrack

SEATTLE – Friday is the unofficial DMR Day in college track & field, as two meets in Arkansas and Boston will see a conglomeration of distance running talent focused on punching relay tickets to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Washington will be at both sites, as their men’s distance runners travel to Fayetteville for the Arkansas Qualifier, and the women’s distance runners are off to Boston University’s Terrier DMR Challenge.

 

The Huskies (ranked No. 6 on the men’s side and No. 8 on the women’s side) have yet to run the distance medley relay this season, and as with many other top contenders, are targeting this weekend to try and post one of the nation’s top-12 times, as only 12 teams make the cut to nationals. All other Husky event groups have the week off this week, with one Dempsey meet left on the schedule, next weekend’s Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet.

 

Last year the Husky women broke the collegiate record in the DMR on the same BU track they will race on Friday. That group of Sophie O’Sullivan, Marlena Preigh, Carley Thomas, and Anna Gibson ran 10:46.62 for the collegiate record, which still stands, but is sure to be threatened again on Friday. The men had to settle for the No. 2 time in collegiate history last year, as Joe Waskom, Daniel Gaik, Cass Elliott, and Kieran Lumb clocked a 9:16.65 time in Arkansas.

 

The men’s DMR will be first up from Fayetteville, going off at 12 noon Pacific time, as the first event at the Randal Tyson Center. The meet will be streamed on SEC Network+.  Later in the day, Nathan Green and Eric Gibson are scheduled to race at 800-meters (3:45 p.m. PT) and Ronan McMahon-Staggs is entered in the mile (5:00 p.m. PT).

 

The BU meet will be streamed live on Flotrack and begin at 4 p.m. Pacific time. The women’s DMR is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. In addition to the relay, Sophie O’Sullivan and India Weir are entered in the mile run, and Chloe Foerster is entered in the 800-meters coming off her School Record in the mile.