Cougar alum Joe Abbott & UW grad Katie Mackey win 800m heats at US Indoor nationals...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico--Washington State alum Joe Abbott (left/photo by Randy Miyazaki, trackandfieldphoto.com) and Washington grad Katie Mackey both won their semi-final heats of the 800 meters as the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships got under way at the Albuquerque Convention Center.



Abbott, a former US junior champion outdoors, took to the front from the outset, holding