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Green, Waskom Go One-Two In NCAA 1,500m Final

by gohuskies.com
Jun 9, 2023

NCAA Outdoor Championships
June 7-10 | Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium
 
Streaming Links: Saturday
 
Live Results
 
Schedule of Husky Athletes at NCAAs (all times Pacific) | Complete Event Schedule
Saturday, June 10
Women's Events
6:12 pm PT – 1500m Final – Sophie O'Sullivan
6:24 pm PT – 3000m Steeplechase Final – Kayley DeLay

AUSTIN, Texas – Washington strengthened its chokehold on the men's middle distance events today as the Men's NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Nathan Green won his first national title, taking the 1,500-meters, and right behind him was last year's champion, Joe Waskom, as the Huskies posted the first 1-2 finish in the event since 2010.
 
The Husky men's team scored a total of 26.5 points, with 18 coming from the 1,500m final, and finished in ninth-place overall. It's the men's team's first top-10 finish at NCAA Outdoors since 1979. That comes on the heels of the team's fourth-place NCAA Indoor finish, which was a program record.

 
Green, the sophomore Boise native, gave Washington a third-consecutive NCAA mile or "metric mile" victory in the past three championship meets, all coming from three different runners. Green took the 1,500-meter title today, while at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, Luke Houser won the mile. Waskom started the streak one year ago, winning the 2022 NCAA 1,500m title and then taking second today.
 
Today, Green used a fearsome kick to pull away from Wisconsin's Adam Spencer and take the win in 3:42.78. Waskom also came on like a lightning bolt in the end to take second in 3:42.93. Houser was also in the final and at the front with 250-meters to go, but he ran out of gas on the homestretch and finished 10th in 3:44.61.
 
"The team culture. I mean, there are no rivalries," Green said post-race to Flotrack.org. "There's no, 'I'm trying to be better than Joe.' It's not, 'Joe's trying to be better than me, or better than Luke.' We're just trying to be better together. And then our goal was to go obviously 1-2-3, but in what order, we had no plan. It was just whoever was there."
 
Washington is the first team since Oregon in 2010 to take the top-two spots in the men's 1,500-meters. The Huskies are also the first team since Oregon in 2010-11 to have two different men win the event in consecutive years. The common denominator? Husky Head Coach Andy Powell was coaching those Duck mid-distance runners at the time.

 
Today was the fourth time in Powell's coaching career that he's had three men's 1,500-meter finalists, and the second time he's had men finish 1-2. Amazingly, today was the sixth NCAA 1,500-meter victory Powell has coached in the past thirteen championship meets.
 
Two more Husky seniors reached the podium tonight in the final chapters of their collegiate careers. Cass Elliott made it for the first time, and Elijah Mason got number four.

 
Mason had a very consistent series in the discus, getting into the final nine throwers with a mark of 198-11 on his second throw. He was eighth at that point, and improved his mark in the fifth-round, throwing 200-5, though that would not jump him up any spots in the pecking order. His final throw landed wide for a foul and he held on to eighth-place to earn one team point. Despite finishing slightly higher in the standings in his previous nationals, his 200-5 throw today was his farthest ever at an NCAA meet.
 
School Record-holder Cass Elliott was the first Husky in the men's 400-meter hurdles final since 1971 today. He had a tough lane draw, running out of lane two, and was trailing the majority of the pack halfway through the race. Elliott fought back and out-leaned one runner by four-thousandths of a second to take seventh in 49.21, and he was just .04 seconds away from fifth. But after finishing in the semifinals the past two years, the two points and First Team All-America honor were especially sweet.

 
The Dawgs came oh-so-close to adding on to their team score as seniors Brian Fay and Ed Trippas both wrapped up sensational seasons with ninth-place finishes in their events, just missing the podium.
 
Trippas stuck his nose in the mix of the 3,000-meter steeplechase final, looking to contend for the win. He was in fifth at the start of the final lap but couldn't find his typical kick and earned Second Team All-America honors in ninth-place in 8:39.63.
 
Fay was in good position but lost ground in the 5,000-meter final when the pace picked up with about a mile to go. He made two surges to try and reel back the lead pack, but could not quite sustain the efforts tonight. Fay gave it his all as always and picked up a couple spots late but finished just out of the points in ninth in 14:11.13.
 
The day started in a very rough way for the Huskies, as senior Ida Eikeng's quest for a third top-five NCAA finish and potentially an NCAA title was cut tragically short, when Eikeng injured her ankle while warming up for the high jump. She had already run the 100-meter hurdles in 13.35 seconds to sit in fourth-place. Eikeng got quick treatment on the ankle and tried to warm up for the high jump but was clearly hampered, and she took three intentional fouls at the opening bar to give herself the option to continue with the third event later in the day.
 
 
 
Washington Results – NCAA Outdoor Championships
June 9, 2023
Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium
Day 3 of 4 (Men's Events)
 
Men's 1,500m, Final: 1. Nathan Green, 3:42.78 (National Champion; First Team All-America); 2. Joe Waskom, 3:42.93 (First Team All-America); 10. Luke Houser, 3:44.61 (Second Team All-America)
 
Men's 5,000m, Final: 9. Brian Fay, 14:11.13 (Second Team All-America
 
Men's 400m Hurdles, Final: 7. Cass Elliott, 49.21 (First Team All-America)
 
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase, Final: 9. Ed Trippas, 8:39.63 (Second Team All-America)
 
Men's Discus, Final: 8. Elijah Mason, 200-5 (First team All-America
 
Heptathlon
100m Hurdles: 4. Ida Eikeng, 13.35
High Jump: -- Ida Eikeng, NH … suffered an injury in warm-ups.
Shot Put: Did not start
 

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