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Cougars wrap up day one in Seattle and New Mexico, set all-time top-five mark in 3,000m

| By: Washington State Athletic Communications
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M/ Seattle, Wash --Washington State's indoor track and field team opened the weekend with the first days of competition at both the Don Kirby Elite and Husky Classic, respectively. The Cougars tallied three personal-best times/marks to begin the weekend while Alaina Stone Boggs ran her way into record books with the third-fastest women's 3000m (9:21.29) time in history. 
 
 
Don Kirby Elite Recap (all times/marks converted to sea level) 
Freshman Mason Lawyer had a strong showing the 200m to take 14th with a time of 21.36 (21.47 at sea level).  
Bode Brewer produced a personal best time of 22.12 seconds to claim 24th in the unseeded portion of the event. 
 
Senior Anna Rodgers took 14th with a jump of 5.79m. 
 
 
Husky Classic Recap 
The 3000m freshman indoor record holder, Alaina Stone Boggs, moved into third place on the Cougars' record book with a blistering time of 9:21.29. Seattle, Washington has been kind to Stone Boggs as she set the freshman record in Seattle at the 2022 Pac-12 Invitational. Stone Boggs finished in 8th-place as the highest Pac-12 conference finisher in the race. 

Parker Duskin excelled in the 60m hurdles winning the event in a personal best time of 8.14 seconds.
 
Brian Barsaiya led the 5000m distance pack taking 15th with a personal best time of 14:00.77 
 
Cristina Molteni made her Cougar debut in the 5000m taking 22nd with a time of 16:40.19. 
 
 
NEXT UP: 
WSU is back on the road next week traveling to the Arkansas Qualifier (Friday, Feb 17) in the Tyson Indoor Track Center as a tune-up for the Pac-12 Invitational the following week.  The 2023 NCAA Division Indoor Track and Field Championships are slated for Mar. 10-11 from the Albuquerque Convention Center. 
 
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WSU Results: Don Kirby Elite 
High Jump 
Suzy Pace: No Height 
Long Jump 
Gilana Wollman 5.54m (18' 2¼") [45rd] 
Anna Rodgers 5.79m (19' 0") [14th] 
Men's 200m 
Mason Lawyer: 21.36 [14th] [sea level = 21.47] 
Bode Brewer: 22.12 [sea level = 22.19] [unseeded] PR [24th] 
Women's 200m 
Elise Unruh-Thomas: 24.45 [unseeded] [sea level = 24.52] [15th] 
Renick Meyer: 26.00 [unseeded] [sea level = 26.07] [75th] 
Men's High Jump 
Daylon Hicks: 2.01m (6' 7") [12th] 
Taino Ferdinand: 1.96m (6' 5") [16th] 
Men's Pole Vault 
Lucas Tailin: No Height 
Men's 400m  
Ethan Willems: 48.31 [unseeded] [sea level = 48.42] [12th] 
Women's 400m 
Mackenzie Fletcher 57.28 [sea level = 57.39] [17th] 
 
WSU Results: Husky Classic 
Women's 3000m 
Alaina Stone Boggs: 9:21.29, 8th [3rd all time at WSU] 
Neema Kimtai: 9:38.17, 44th  
Caroline Jerotich: 10:10.82, 86th  
Samantha Boyle: 10:14.05, 88th  
Men's 3000m 
Sam Griffith 8:23.79 [57th] 
Kelvin Limo 8:29.73 [66th] 
Men's 5000m 
Turlan Morlan 14:45.03 [57th] 
Leif Swanson 14:22.33 [39th] PR 
Grayson Wilcott 14:42.38 [55th] 
Brian Barsaiya 14:00.77 [15th] 39th PR 
Women's 5000m 
Cristina Molteni 16:40.19 [22nd] [Cougar debut]
Men's 60m Hurdles
Parker Duskin 8.14 [1st]
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