Washington Husky Invitational 2010

Nicole Blood ran the fastest indoor 5,000 meter time in the NCAA this indoor season, clocking a school record 15:51.69 in winning the race Friday night in the Husky Classic at the Dempsy Indoor Facility. Meanwhile in Fayetteville, Ark., Jamesha Younblood and Amber Purvis broke their own school records at the Tyson Invitational.

Kaitlyn Peale finished 14th in the 5,000-meter run as the only U-M participant at the Husky Classic.

OSU Track and Field has strong showing in first day of competition in Fayetteville and Seattle.

The University of Kentucky track and field team faced the toughest competition of the season Friday as split squads participated at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., and Husky Classic in Seattle.

Paced by an NCAA automatic-qualifying performance from senior Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio), the Nittany Lion track and field team had an outstanding opening day at the Husky Classic, hosted by the University of Washington at Dempsey Indoor. Franek wasn't the only Nittany Lion to record a national-qualifying performance, as classmate Cheryl Spring (The Woodlands, Texas) dipped under the NCAA provisional standard, while sophomore Kyle Dawson (Coatesville, Pa.) also bettered the NCAA provisional mark.

The Western Kentucky University track and field teams are on a three-way split this weekend with athletes competing in the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., GVSU Big Meet in Allendale, Mich., and MTSU Valentine Invitational in Murfreesboro, Tenn. On Friday, competition began at Washington and Grand Valley, with the WKU distance corps taking the spotlight.

Junior Anna Nosenko continued her stellar start to the indoor season Friday night as ran an NCAA Provisional time of 16:20.39 in the 5,000m run at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash.

Andrew Wheating set a stadium record in the men's 800 meters, running 1:46.36, to highlight a successful day of track and field for the Ducks both at Husky Classic and the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.

Tar Heels Take 10 Individual Wins At Gene Anderson InviteDistance assistant coach Peter Watson took five runners to the 2010 Husky Invitational in Seattle, Wash., while the rest of the team stayed home to compete at the weekend's Gene Anderson UNC Invitational.

SEATTLE, Wash. – Seniors Sifrash Ademe and Dana Morgan both smashed the UP school record in the 5,000-meters, with top-30 times in the nation, to lead the Portland Pilots men’s and women’s track and field team at the Husky Classic last weekend.