2018 UW InvitationalJan 26, 2018 by Kevin Sully
Galen Rupp, Sifan Hassan, & More: Friday & Saturday FloTrack Viewing Guide
Galen Rupp, Sifan Hassan, & More: Friday & Saturday FloTrack Viewing Guide
Galen Rupp and Shalane Flanagan will both toe the line this weekend on FloTrack, but who else is set to make noise in this tasty offering of meets?
FloTrack will stream six live events from across the country on Friday and Saturday.
Below is a viewing guide to help you keep track of all the action from around the nation. For more coverage on each meet — including a full schedule and entries — be sure to visit the coverage pages for the UW Invitational, Penn State National Open, BU John Thomas Terrier Classic, Pittsburg State Invitational, SPIRE Midwest Open, and the Black and Gold Premier.
All times listed are CST. Remember that meet schedules are subject to change.
Day | Time | Meet | Event | What to Watch |
Friday | 12:10 PM | Terrier Classic | Women's 800 | Steeplechase star Elinor Purrier drops down in distance in her first race of 2018. |
Friday | 3:10 PM | Terrier Classic | Women’s Mile | Natalja Pilusina of the Brooks Beasts is the top seed. Marathoner Kellyn Taylor is also entered. |
Friday | 4:45 PM | Penn State National | Women's Distance Medley Relay | Penn State has three teams entered (and another one that is racing as PSU unattached). |
Friday | 5:00 PM | Penn State National | Men's Distance Medley Relay | Like the women's relay, there's a heavy Penn State presence here. Akron and La Salle are also entered. |
Friday | 5:45 PM | Penn State National | Men's 60 Prelims | Preliminary heat with 25 men entered including five from Penn State. |
Friday | 6:10 PM | Terrier Classic | Men's 3000 | Shadrack Kipchirchir is aiming for a quick time and the pacers are schedule to run sub-7:40 pace. |
Friday | 6:55 PM | Penn State National | Men's 60 Final | Can Xavier Smith win on his home track? It's the first of his two individual events scheduled for the weekend. |
Friday | 7:50 PM | UW Invitational | Women's Distance Medley Relay | Washington is planning to race Anna Maxwell, Raquel Tjernagel, Hannah Derby, and Amy-Eloise Neale. |
Friday | 8:35 PM | UW Invitational | Men's Distance Medley Relay | Cal, Washington, Washington State, Stanford, and Portland are all entered. |
Friday | 9:05 PM | UW Invitational | Women's 5000 | A pair of Stanford standouts, Vanessa Fraser and Fiona O'Keeffe, headline this field. |
Friday | 9:20 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 5000 | Galen Rupp returns to the track. How much speed does the marathoner have in his legs? He will need plenty if he is going to beat his Nike Oregon Project teammate Yomif Kejelcha. |
Saturday | 10:40 AM | Terrier Classic | Men's 800 | Eliud Rutto is the top seed and has run 1:45 outdoors. Sam Ellison, Allen Eke, Christian Harrison, and Mitchell Black also entered. |
Saturday | 12:55 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 60 Hurdles Prelims | Aleec Harris will be making his 2018 debut after making the worlds team last summer. |
Saturday | 1:20 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 60 Prelims | Joe Morris and Mobolade Ajomale are expected to advance comfortably into the finals. |
Saturday | 2:05 PM | Penn State National | Men's 400 | Division II national champion Myles Pringle is the top entrant and has an outdoor PB of 45.77. |
Saturday | 2:10 PM | Terrier Classic | Men's Mile | A few of the 3000 runners from the night before are scheduled to double back in the mile, plus Justyn Knight, Hamish Carson, and Peter Callahan. |
Saturday | 2:10 PM | Penn State National | Women's 800 | This is the collegiate 800m race for Penn State freshman Victoria Tachinski. |
Saturday | 2:15 PM | Penn State National | Men's 800 | Isaiah Harris of Penn State is racing his best event. Ryan Martin, Domenic Perretta, Chris Sanders, and Dylan Capwell will give chase. |
Saturday | 2:25 PM | Pittsburg State | Men's 60 Prelims | Travis Collins, Juante Baldwin, and Micah Larkins all have seed times faster than 6.70. |
Saturday | 2:35 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 60 Final | If form holds, this is a good matchup between DII star Mobolade Ajomale and pro Joe Morris |
Saturday | 2:40 PM | Penn State National | Women's Mile | Penn State's Danae Rivers looked sharp last week at Clemson, running 2:03 in the 800m. What can she do for a mile? |
Saturday | 2:50 PM | Penn State National | Men's Mile | Colin Abert is coming off his 4:02 personal best, and victory, at the Nittany Lion Challenge two weeks ago. |
Saturday | 2:50 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 60 Hurdles Final | Aleec Harris' 6.50 personal best is two tenths better than the rest of the field. |
Saturday | 3:10 PM | Penn State National | Men's 200 | Twelve men are entered in the invitational section, including Penn State's Malik Moffett. |
Saturday | 3:20 PM | Penn State National | Women's 3000 | Tessa Barrett has run 15:28.99 and 9:07.22 indoors for the Nittany Lions. |
Saturday | 3:35 PM | Penn State National | Men's 3000 | Colin Abert is entered in this race and the mile. Former Nittany Lion Robby Creese is also on the start list. |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | Pittsburg State | Men's 60 Final | Juante Baldwin will try to take this race on his home track. |
Saturday | 4:15 PM | Penn State National | Men's 4x400 | Ashland, Coppin State, Norfolk State, and Penn State are the four teams entered in the invitational section. |
Saturday | 5:15 PM | UW Invitational | Women's Mile | This is the 2018 debut of 3:56 1500m woman Sifan Hassan. Emily Lipari is scheduled to race as well. |
Saturday | 5:30 PM | UW Invitational | Men's Mile | Yomif Kejelcha won this race two weeks ago in Seattle. He will be facing Lopez Lomong again this week. |
Saturday | 5:45 PM | UW Invitational | Women's 400 | How fast can Raveyn Rogers run a 400m on an oversized, flat track? Tune in and find out. |
Saturday | 6:05 PM | UW Invitational | Women's 800 | Great Britain's Lynsey Sharp, a mainstay on the Diamond League circuit, is the favorite. |
Saturday | 6:15 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 800 | It's the NCAA 800m debut for Stanford's Brandon McGorty. Collins Kibet and Clay Lambourne should also be in the mix. |
Saturday | 6:25 PM | UW Invitational | Women's 3000 | This is the second race on Hassan's schedule for the day. Shalane Flanagan will make sure the pace is honest. |
Saturday | 6:50 PM | UW Invitational | Men's 3000 | Dilon Maggard, Jack Bruce, and Mike Tate should all be at the front of the pack. How quick can they go in January? |