Velvere finishes sixth in her heat of the women's 800 at world indoors...

PORTLAND—Washington State volunteer assistant coach Liga Velvere (left/photo by Howard Lao) of Latvia finished sixth in her heat of the women’s 800 meters at the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Oregon Convention Center Saturday morning.



Running  in the second of three qualifying heats, Velvere finished in a time of 2:05.20, as Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the heat