Huskies Open Outdoors With Long List Of Wins

Saturday, March 28

Tacoma, Wash.

11:00 AM

University of Washington

Peyton-Shotwell Invitational

Tyrone Gorze leads several Huskies in the 1,500-meters

March 28, 2026 | Track & Field

Complete Results on TFRRS

By: UW Athletic Communications

TACOMA, Wash. – Visiting the South Sound for their outdoor opener, Washington track and field athletes racked up 15 event wins in their one local appearance of the season, at the University of Puget Sound's Peyton-Shotwell Invitational.

Two weeks since the end of the indoor season, the Huskies had about half their squad in action, with some 2026 season debuts along with other athletes switching to their outdoor-specific event specialties. UW also had a pair of new top-10 marks for the recordbook to start things out, with Ava Washburn going to No. 5 in the women's long jump and Alex Rhodes going to No. 10 in the men's 200-meters.

Sprints and Hurdles

Rhodes, and NCAA D-III Champion for the UPS Loggers last year, returned to his old stomping grounds and notched a big PR to win the 200-meters in 20.83 seconds, going to 10th in Husky history.

In the women's 200-meters, sophomore Mikayla Gardley made her season debut and took the win in a time of 24.66 seconds. Rhonda Newton was fifth in 25.61.

Junior Jonathan Frazier was a double winner today. He took the 110m hurdles in 14.68 and then came back to take the 400m hurdles in 51.66. Sophomore Bodi Ligons raced for the first time this year after redshirting indoors, and he was second in 52.70.

Another 2026 opener came from Anna Terrell, who took second in the women's 400m hurdles in 1:00.46.

Distances

The Dawgs used the day to have a number of their middle and long distance runners double up.

Sophomore Martin Barco ran for the first time this year and he won both the 800-meters and the 1,500-meters. Barco led a 1-5 Husky finish in the men's 1,500-meters in 3:51.13, followed by Tyrone Gorze, Nathan Neil, Parker Mong, and James Crabtree all within 2.5 seconds.

Barco then later won the 800m in 1:53.59.

Josephine Welin won the women's 1,500m in 4:29.19 with Ella Borsheim second in 4:41.78. They both then ran the 5k and reversed the order, with Borsheim winning in 16:36.75 and Welin second in 16:48.60.

Isaac Briggs and Cruize Corvin went 1-2 in the men's steeplechase, with Briggs going 8:53.68 and Corvin running 8:57.57.

In the men's 5k, Gorze doubled back to win in 14:29.58 with Neil second in 14:30.27. Corvin, Mong, Briggs, and Crabtree all ran either 14:44 or 14:45.

Jumps and Vault

UW earned four more wins in the jump events. Ava Washburn, who had the No. 2 long jump mark indoors at 20-0 1/2, bettered that today to win. Washburn leaped 20-3 3/4, good for No. 5 in UW history outdoors.

UW swept the triple jump wins. Freshman Addy Kelly won the women's triple at 38-3 1/4, and Roman Hutchinson won the men's triple with a mark of 49-1.

Avril Wilson was the only Husky pole vaulter in action today, but she took the women's event with a make of 13-3 1/2.

Throws

Three Huskies threw the discus on the women's side today. Yvonne Colson was second overall at 141-5, then Chiche Okemgbo was third at 135-11. Erin Walters was fifth overall throwing 124-10.

Multis

All-American Sofia Cosculluela worked on two of her seven events today, first winning the 100m hurdles in 13.89 seconds. She then took second overall in the shot put, with a best of 42-11 1/2.

Redshirt freshman Teko Cates got work in the 110m hurdles as well as his first discus of the year. In the hurdles he ran 15.68 and in the discus he threw 130-5.

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