EUGENE, Ore. -- Washington State's trio of men's competitors ended their championships participation Wednesday during the first day of the NCAA Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field on the Oregon campus in Eugene.
Brock Eager, a redshirt junior from Renton, Wash., threw the hammer a distance of 223-feet (67.97m) for 14th place at the NCAA Championships. Eager's PR hammer throw is 228-3 (69.57m) achieved at the Stanford Invitational in March. Wednesday in Eugene, Eager's first two throws were distances of 218-1 (64.47m) and 219-6 (66.91m). This was Eager's second trip to the NCAA Championships after placing 14th in 2017 with a throw of 217-1 (66.16m) to earn All-America Second Team honors.
Freshman Sander Moldau (Rakvere, Estonia) tie for 17th in the men's pole vault. Moldau, the 2018 Pac-12 champion, cleared the opening bar at 16-10 3/4 (5.15m) on his first try but missed on three attempts at 17-4 1/4 (5.30m). His PR is 17-8 1/4 (5.39m), cleared at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invitational.
Chandler Teigen (junior, Anatone, Wash.) finished 24th in the men's 1500m semifinals. Teigen ran a time of 3 minutes 56.59 seconds which was 12th in the first heat. Teigen's PR time in the 1500m is 3:43.13, run at the 2018 Stanford Invitational.
NOTEWORTHY:
Brock Eager, a redshirt junior from Renton, Wash., threw the hammer a distance of 223-feet (67.97m) for 14th place at the NCAA Championships. Eager's PR hammer throw is 228-3 (69.57m) achieved at the Stanford Invitational in March. Wednesday in Eugene, Eager's first two throws were distances of 218-1 (64.47m) and 219-6 (66.91m). This was Eager's second trip to the NCAA Championships after placing 14th in 2017 with a throw of 217-1 (66.16m) to earn All-America Second Team honors.
Freshman Sander Moldau (Rakvere, Estonia) tie for 17th in the men's pole vault. Moldau, the 2018 Pac-12 champion, cleared the opening bar at 16-10 3/4 (5.15m) on his first try but missed on three attempts at 17-4 1/4 (5.30m). His PR is 17-8 1/4 (5.39m), cleared at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invitational.
Chandler Teigen (junior, Anatone, Wash.) finished 24th in the men's 1500m semifinals. Teigen ran a time of 3 minutes 56.59 seconds which was 12th in the first heat. Teigen's PR time in the 1500m is 3:43.13, run at the 2018 Stanford Invitational.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Thursday, June 7, Kaili Keefe races in the women's 1500m semifinals and Stephanie Cho races in the 400m hurdles semifinals
- Alissa Brooks-Johnson will compete in the heptathlon events Friday and Saturday