Kennadi Bouyer had the No. 2 60m time in school history and the No. 4 200m time.
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SEATTLE – The UW Indoor Preview kicked off the 2016 Dempsey Indoor season today, and the Huskies started and finished the more than eight hours of track and field with victories to set a positive tone for the season. Making the most waves today was junior Kennadi Bouyer, as the versatile speedster raced four times and posted two new Top-10 marks, including a 60-meter dash time of 7.35 seconds that was just .01-seconds off the school record.
Bouyer, the University Place, Wash. product, was part of UW’s school record-setting 4x100m relay last year, helping the squad take third at Pac-12s, and she also was fifth at the conference meet in the long jump. Focusing solely on the sprints today, Bouyer went through three rounds of the 60-meters, running 7.42 in her opener, which was already a PR ahead of the 7.45 mark she ran in 2015. In the next round, Bouyer got down to 7.37 to reach the final, and she shaved two more hundredths off in the final to take sole possession of second in school history at 7.35, just behind Ashley Lodree’s mark of 7.34 from 2007.
Later in the day, Bouyer was back to run a 200-meters, where she easily outran her previous career-best of 24.80 with a time of 24.55 seconds, moving up to No. 4 all-time on that list. In the 60-meters, Bouyer moved into the No. 9 spot nationally.
“Kennadi Bouyer had about as good of a day as any women’s sprinter has had in Husky history. She just missed our school record in the 60 after three really good races and ran a quality 200, so I’m excited for when she takes her speed to the runway,” said Head Coach Greg Metcalf.
The first race of the day, and the season, was a 60m hurdles heat that was won by senior Naivasha Sophusson Smith, who would post a PR of 8.85 seconds and reach the final along with freshman Morganne Hill. A Bakersfield, Calif. native, Hill placed sixth overall in the final with a time of 8.75 seconds. Bookending the long day was a win for the Husky men’s 4x400-meter relay, as Quadelle Satterwhite, Andrew Brown, Jacopo Spano, and true freshman Ryan Croson got the win in 3:14.20.
Another sprinter quickly out of the gates was senior Chris Williams, who took second in the 60-meter hurdles today with a time of 7.92 seconds that puts him 19th nationally in the early going. Sophoomore Sierra Peterson won her first 60m heat in 7.54 seconds, just off her PR of 7.51, but a false start in the next round kept her from a shot at an even faster time.
All-American Kristina Owsinski equaled her indoor PR in her first outing today, as she cleared 14-feet, 2-inches in the pole vault to get the victory. That mark got Owsinski to NCAAs a year ago, and puts her fourth in the early national pecking order. Owsinski had three tries at 14-6, which would have been an indoor school record to go with the one she has outdoors. Fellow senior Diamara Planell Cruz also 13-6 ¼ today to finish second, missing some close tries at 14-0.
Senior Frank Catelli had a good start to his season with a shot put toss of 58-3 to finish fourth. Sophomore Jack Lembcke also tossed 55-4 ¼, an indoor PR by over two feet. Another PR came from sophomore Carey Campbell, who went 54-1 ¼ in the weight throw to take fourth, an improvement of nearly three feet over his old best. Sophomore Onyie Chibuogwu was fifth in the women’s weight, tossing 55-5.
Many of the Husky middle and long distance runners knocked the rust off with runs at 600- or 1,000-meters, races that will lead them towards their distances of choice later in the year. Washington went one-two in two of the three heats in the men’s 600-meters. Blake Nelson and Johnathan Stevens led the way in heat two, Nelson winning in 2:27.40 and Stevens clocking 2:27.82. Then cross country All-American pair Izaic Yorks and Colby Gilbert beat a strong field in the fast heat, with Yorks cruising to a win in 2:24.68 and Gilbert finishing second in 2:25.20.
Redshirt freshman Hannah Derby made the most of her first day in uniform, as she ran a strong 600-meters in 1:33.12 and came back for a solid 4x400m leg to end the day. 800-meter All-American Baylee Mires had a strong thousand meters time of 2:46.83, finishing just ahead of sophomore Anna Maxwell in 2:47.13 and senior Eleanor Fulton who ran 2:47.30. One of the few Huskies at a conventional distance was Katie Knight, who ran a very impressive season-opening mile, clocking 4:44.95 to place seventh overall and fourth among collegians.
“I thought Chris Williams had a nice start. I think our distance kids had a great start. Everybody that ran a thousand meters, I thought they ran great, and they came back and ran quality 4x4 legs. A lot of our throwers started off right around their PRs like Frank Catelli and Jack Lembcke in the shot and Carey Campbell and Onyie Chibuogwu were solid in the weight. So top to bottom it wasn’t perfect but it was pretty darn good.”
Sophomore Josh Gordon, competing for the first time since 2013, showed he can provide "instant offense" in the long jump once again, as he went 23-7 1/4 today to place third overall. That mark was nine inches farther than the best mark on the squad all of last season. In the men's high jump, sophomore Carson Murray cleared 6-8 3/4 and sophomore Cole Jensen also made 6-6 3/4.
The accomplished Husky men's vaulters had off days by their standards, but Jax Thoirs still made 16-9 1/4 and Lev Marcus cleared 16-3 1/4 and bigger bars will certainly be coming.
Washington will be right back to work in two weeks, when it hosts the UW Invitational on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 29-30.
SEATTLE – The UW Indoor Preview kicked off the 2016 Dempsey Indoor season today, and the Huskies started and finished the more than eight hours of track and field with victories to set a positive tone for the season. Making the most waves today was junior Kennadi Bouyer, as the versatile speedster raced four times and posted two new Top-10 marks, including a 60-meter dash time of 7.35 seconds that was just .01-seconds off the school record.
Bouyer, the University Place, Wash. product, was part of UW’s school record-setting 4x100m relay last year, helping the squad take third at Pac-12s, and she also was fifth at the conference meet in the long jump. Focusing solely on the sprints today, Bouyer went through three rounds of the 60-meters, running 7.42 in her opener, which was already a PR ahead of the 7.45 mark she ran in 2015. In the next round, Bouyer got down to 7.37 to reach the final, and she shaved two more hundredths off in the final to take sole possession of second in school history at 7.35, just behind Ashley Lodree’s mark of 7.34 from 2007.
Later in the day, Bouyer was back to run a 200-meters, where she easily outran her previous career-best of 24.80 with a time of 24.55 seconds, moving up to No. 4 all-time on that list. In the 60-meters, Bouyer moved into the No. 9 spot nationally.
“Kennadi Bouyer had about as good of a day as any women’s sprinter has had in Husky history. She just missed our school record in the 60 after three really good races and ran a quality 200, so I’m excited for when she takes her speed to the runway,” said Head Coach Greg Metcalf.
The first race of the day, and the season, was a 60m hurdles heat that was won by senior Naivasha Sophusson Smith, who would post a PR of 8.85 seconds and reach the final along with freshman Morganne Hill. A Bakersfield, Calif. native, Hill placed sixth overall in the final with a time of 8.75 seconds. Bookending the long day was a win for the Husky men’s 4x400-meter relay, as Quadelle Satterwhite, Andrew Brown, Jacopo Spano, and true freshman Ryan Croson got the win in 3:14.20.
Another sprinter quickly out of the gates was senior Chris Williams, who took second in the 60-meter hurdles today with a time of 7.92 seconds that puts him 19th nationally in the early going. Sophoomore Sierra Peterson won her first 60m heat in 7.54 seconds, just off her PR of 7.51, but a false start in the next round kept her from a shot at an even faster time.
All-American Kristina Owsinski equaled her indoor PR in her first outing today, as she cleared 14-feet, 2-inches in the pole vault to get the victory. That mark got Owsinski to NCAAs a year ago, and puts her fourth in the early national pecking order. Owsinski had three tries at 14-6, which would have been an indoor school record to go with the one she has outdoors. Fellow senior Diamara Planell Cruz also 13-6 ¼ today to finish second, missing some close tries at 14-0.
Senior Frank Catelli had a good start to his season with a shot put toss of 58-3 to finish fourth. Sophomore Jack Lembcke also tossed 55-4 ¼, an indoor PR by over two feet. Another PR came from sophomore Carey Campbell, who went 54-1 ¼ in the weight throw to take fourth, an improvement of nearly three feet over his old best. Sophomore Onyie Chibuogwu was fifth in the women’s weight, tossing 55-5.
Many of the Husky middle and long distance runners knocked the rust off with runs at 600- or 1,000-meters, races that will lead them towards their distances of choice later in the year. Washington went one-two in two of the three heats in the men’s 600-meters. Blake Nelson and Johnathan Stevens led the way in heat two, Nelson winning in 2:27.40 and Stevens clocking 2:27.82. Then cross country All-American pair Izaic Yorks and Colby Gilbert beat a strong field in the fast heat, with Yorks cruising to a win in 2:24.68 and Gilbert finishing second in 2:25.20.
Redshirt freshman Hannah Derby made the most of her first day in uniform, as she ran a strong 600-meters in 1:33.12 and came back for a solid 4x400m leg to end the day. 800-meter All-American Baylee Mires had a strong thousand meters time of 2:46.83, finishing just ahead of sophomore Anna Maxwell in 2:47.13 and senior Eleanor Fulton who ran 2:47.30. One of the few Huskies at a conventional distance was Katie Knight, who ran a very impressive season-opening mile, clocking 4:44.95 to place seventh overall and fourth among collegians.
“I thought Chris Williams had a nice start. I think our distance kids had a great start. Everybody that ran a thousand meters, I thought they ran great, and they came back and ran quality 4x4 legs. A lot of our throwers started off right around their PRs like Frank Catelli and Jack Lembcke in the shot and Carey Campbell and Onyie Chibuogwu were solid in the weight. So top to bottom it wasn’t perfect but it was pretty darn good.”
Sophomore Josh Gordon, competing for the first time since 2013, showed he can provide "instant offense" in the long jump once again, as he went 23-7 1/4 today to place third overall. That mark was nine inches farther than the best mark on the squad all of last season. In the men's high jump, sophomore Carson Murray cleared 6-8 3/4 and sophomore Cole Jensen also made 6-6 3/4.
The accomplished Husky men's vaulters had off days by their standards, but Jax Thoirs still made 16-9 1/4 and Lev Marcus cleared 16-3 1/4 and bigger bars will certainly be coming.
Washington will be right back to work in two weeks, when it hosts the UW Invitational on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 29-30.
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