FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (January 26, 2021) - Northern Arizona will split between the 114th Annual Millrose Games, Nebraska Adidas Classic, and the University of Washington Invitational this weekend.
Redshirt sophomore Theo Quax and senior George Kusche will travel to New York to compete in the Michael Blum Invitational Men's Mile on Saturday at 12:13 P.M. (MST); live results for the race will be available.
Quax most recently ran a mile at the Lumberjack Team Challenge last weekend but this will be Kusche's first mile competing in an NAU uniform; earlier this season, Kusche broke the South African men's 5000-meter record (13:28).
NAU All-American alums Geordie Beamish and Guatemalan Olympian Luis Grijalva will also attend the Millrose Games, respectively competing for On Athletics Club and HOKA.
Meanwhile, in Lincoln, Neb. sophomore Madeline Wilson will enter the women's pentathlon, as sophomore Mitchell Effing and senior Jenna Figueroa respectively participate in the men's and women's long and triple jump. Live results will be made available as well.
Wilson will begin the women's 60-meter hurdles at 11:30 A.M. (MST) on Friday, while the men's long jump will take place at 4:15 P.M. (MST) with the women's long jump to follow at 5 P.M. (MST); men's triple jump will go off at 12:40 P.M. (MST) on Saturday, with the women's triple jump to follow.
This will be Wilson's first pentathlon attempt since the 2020 indoor season, where she scored a personal best score of 3487 points.
However, Effing and Figuera have lit a new flame this season, as Effing championed both the men's long jump (7.20m) at the NAU's Friday Night Axe 'Em Open, and the men's triple jump (15.08m) at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, and Figueroa placed first in the women's triple jump with a personal best of 11.68m at the Lumberjack Team Challenge last Friday.
A group of distance athletes are also headed to Seattle, Wash. to compete in the men's and women's mile on Saturday afternoon.
Redshirt sophomore Taryn O'Neill, sophomore Annika Reiss and redshirt freshman Elise Stearns will line up at 11:30 A.M. (MST) while redshirt sophomore Abdihamid Nur, freshman Nico Young, and redshirt freshman Drew Bosley will run at 12 P.M. (MST); live results will be available for the meet.
Last Friday, Young set the No. 1 men's mile time in the NCAA this season, broke the Big Sky Conference record and broke the NAU school record with an altitude converted time of 3:54.07, and Bosley set the ninth-best all-time NAU men's mile time of 3:58.99.
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