Distance Squad to Compete in Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

BOSTON – Oregon State Track and Field opens the 2022-23 indoor season this Saturday at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Mass.
 
The meet is hosted by Boston University at the BU Track & Tennis Center. It will be streamed live on FloTrack with live results available here.
 
Oregon State will race three individuals in the 3,000 meters. Kaylee Mitchell and Grace Fetherstonhaugh will race in heat 1 at 11:13 a.m. while Christina Geisler will close the day for the Beavs in heat 2 at 11:25 a.m.
 
The trio are fresh off a cross country season where they led OSU to its third appearance at the NCAA National Championships. All three earned All-Region honors to pave the way for the Beavs to make the final race. Mitchell and Fetherstonhaugh were both named All-Americans with top-40 finishes.
 
2022 INDOOR SEASON REVIEW
The Beavs are coming off a productive indoor season that saw them score at the NCAA Championships for the first time while head coach Louie Quintana was named West Region Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
 
The Distance Medley Relay team of Mitchell, Adael Scatena, Mari Friedman, and Fetherstonhaugh raced to a fourth-place finish and first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The quartet stopped the clock at 10:58.76. Fetherstonhaugh and Mitchell also competed in the 3000 meters on finishing 9th (9:05.13) and 12th (9:08.58), respectively, to earn second-team All-America honors.
 
At the Pac-12 Invitational, Mitchell broke nine minutes in the 3000 meters, garnering a first-place finish with an indoor personal-best and Oregon State school record of 8:58.39.. Mitchell, Scatena, Friedman, and Fetherstonhaugh shattered the previous Oregon State DMR record of 11:24.59 by stopping the clock at 10:57.35 to place second in the race.
 
UP NEXT
Oregon State's indoor season opens in earnest next week at the Spokane Indoor. The Beavs are slated to begin their events on Saturday, Dec. 10.
 
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