The University of Washington track and field team announced on Apr. 30 that it will compete in its final regular season events this week, with athletes participating at the OSU High Performance Meet in Corvallis, Oregon, and the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Arizona.
These competitions serve as the last opportunity for Washington athletes to make adjustments before the upcoming Big Ten Championships. A small group of distance runners will travel to Corvallis for Friday’s portion of the OSU High Performance Meet at Whyte Track, while a larger contingent of sprinters, jumpers, and throwers will head to Roy P. Drachman Stadium in Tucson for Saturday’s Desert Heat Classic.
The OSU meet spans two days but Washington competitors are scheduled only for Friday afternoon and evening events. The Desert Heat Classic begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday and is expected to run late into the evening.
Live streaming coverage of the Corvallis meet will be available through Runnerspace.com. Event schedules and live results are also provided online by both hosting venues.
Among those competing in Corvallis are Ella Borsheim (3000m steeplechase) for women’s distances, with Martin Barco, Isaac Briggs, Cruize Corvin (also entered in 3000m steeplechase), James Crabtree, Jamar Distel, Parker Mong, Nathan Neil, and Will Schneider all set to run men’s distance races. In Tucson’s Desert Heat Classic lineup are Mikayla Gardley (400m hurdles), Rhonda Newton (200m), Sara Nordlund (400m hurdles), Sena Pittman (200m), Anna Terrell (400m hurdles invite), Ava Washburn (200m; long jump; triple jump) among others across sprints, jumps/vaults/multis events including Sofia Cosculluela (100m hurdles/high jump). The men’s roster features Jonathan Frazier (110m/400m hurdles), Alex Rhodes (400m), Roman Hutchinson and Tim Luebbert both contesting long/triple jumps along with other entries across throws and multis.
With these meets marking the end of regular season competition for Washington track athletes before championship season begins next week, performances could influence final selections or seeding heading into conference finals.
