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And now...the 2017 Mercanator Awards!

Alexa Efraimson, Andrea Geubelle, CJ Allen, Devon Allen, Drew Windle, Gianna Woodruff, Hannah Cunliffe, Hannah Fields, Hassan Mead, Kara Winger, Marcus Chambers, Marisa Howard, Mel Lawrence, Shaquille Walker

While December was a slightly busier month for the blog than in past years (there were 13 posts that month, the most since 2010), we were able to take some time off to enjoy the holidays.

As many of you long time readers know, I tend not to post much in December, as I focus on family, my job, and my free lance gig covering NFL football for the television networks.

That said, it is now

Thirteen athletes with Washington ties earn US top-10 rankings from Track & Field News...

Alexa Efraimson, Andrea Geubelle, Blessing Ufodiama, Devon Allen, Drew Windle, Hannah Fields, Hassan Mead, Kara Winger, Katie Burnett, Marcus Chambers, Marisa Howard, Mel Lawrence, Shaquille Walker

Drew Windle of the Seattle-based Brooks
Beasts earned his first US top-10
ranking from Track & Field News
(Paul Merca photo)

Track & Field News revealed its 2017 world and national rankings in its annual issue sent to its subscribers Friday.

Thirteen men and women with ties to the state of Washington received a national top-10 ranking by the magazine, which is based on honors won, win-loss

Former WSU assistant coach Angela Whyte added to Team Canada for world champs...

Alexa Efraimson, Angela Whyte, Britney Henry, Mel Lawrence

Former Washington State University assistant track coach Angela Whyte (left/photo courtesy Athletics Canada) was named Friday by Athletics Canada to its squad that will compete at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London beginning a week from Friday.

The veteran Whyte, a fixture on national teams since 2001, won the Canadian national championship title in Ottawa earlier this

Efraimson gets season best; Mel Lawrence PR's in 5000m at Heusden...

Alexa Efraimson, Danny Mackey, Mel Lawrence, Shaquille Walker

In Heusden, Belgium, Camas’ Alexa Efraimson (left/photo by Paul Merca) scored a season best in the 1500 meter run Saturday night at the Nacht van de Atletiek meeting.

Efraimson finished sixth in a time of 4:04.63, eclipsing her previous season best of 4:06.12 set six days ago in Padova, Italy.

US Olympian Colleen Quigley of the Portland based Bowerman TC won the race in a time of 4:03.93

Drew Windle ties for fourth in 800m at Monaco Diamond League...

Alexa Efraimson, CharLee Linton, Danny Mackey, Drew Windle, Shaquille Walker

In his IAAF Diamond League debut, Drew Windle (left/photo by Paul Merca) of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts finished in a tie for fourth at the Herculis Meeting International d’Athletisme in Monaco Friday night.

Pace setter Bram Som of the Netherlands took the field through the 400 at 49.96, while Windle was tucked away towards the back of the pack in the eleventh stop of the season-long

High performance men's 1500 and women's 800 to highlight Wednesday's Club NW all-comers meet...

Aaron Nelson, Alexa Efraimson, Baylee Mires, Brannon Kidder, Claudia Saunders, Daniel Herrera, Eleanor Fulton, Garrett Heath, Hannah Fields, Izaic Yorks, McKayla Fricker, Sara Vaughn

Wednesday night’s Club Northwest all-comers meet at Shoreline Stadium just north of Seattle will have a bit of a high performance feel, as Club Northwest and the Brooks Beasts will stage two elite races.

At 8:25 pm, the men’s 1500 meters will get underway, with a field that includes Brooks Beasts team members Izaic Yorks, Garrett Heath, and Brannon Kidder; 4-time USA world championships

Alexa Efraimson wins 1500m at Morton Games in Dublin...

Aaron Nelson, Abby Regan, Alexa Efraimson, Angie Petty, Atina Kamasi, Brannon Kidder, Jacopo Spanò, Marisa Howard, Mel Lawrence, Natalja Piliusina

DUBLIN, Ireland—Camas resident Alexa Efraimson (left/photo by Paul Merca) won the women’s 1500 Wednesday night at the Morton Games in the Irish capital city.

Efraimson, who has a season best of 4:06.16 set at the TrackTown Summer Series stop in Palo Alto almost two weeks ago, ran 4:06.73 to take the win over Melissa Courtney of Great Britain, who ran 4:07.02.

Natalja Piliusina of the

Devon Allen gets back to winning ways in Luzern...

Aaron Nelson, Abby Regan, Alexa Efraimson, Angie Petty, Brannon Kidder, Devon Allen, Jax Thoirs, Jordin Andrade, Marisa Howard, Martin Bingisser, Mel Lawrence, Natalja Piliusina

In Luzern, Switzerland, former Renton resident Devon Allen (above/photo by Kirby Lee, Image of Sport) won the A section of the men’s 110 hurdles at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting Tuesday night.

Allen, who was fourth at the IAAF Diamond League stop in London on Sunday, had a bit of a slow start, but made up ground in the middle of the race and closed for the win in a time of 13.31 over

Windle takes a bite of Big Apple and wins 800m at TrackTown Summer Series finale in New York...

Alexa Efraimson, Cas Loxsom, Devon Allen, Drew Windle, Hannah Fields, Kara Winger, Marcus Chambers, Marisa Howard, McKayla Fricker, Shaquille Walker

NEW YORK—One of the biggest revelations of the 2017 track and field season in the United States has been the performance of Brooks Beasts team member Drew Windle (above in green/photo courtesy TrackTown USA).

In a span of six-plus weeks, Windle, a product of Division II Ashland University in Ohio, has lowered his personal best from 1:45.65 from 2016 to 1:45.02 in the pro section of the

TrackTown Summer Series ends with finals in New York Thursday...

Alexa Efraimson, Cas Loxsom, Devon Allen, Drew Windle, Hannah Fields, Kara Winger, Marcus Chambers, Marisa Howard, McKayla Fricker, Shaquille Walker

The three meet TrackTown Summer Series, which began last week in Palo Alto, and stopped in Gresham, Oregon Sunday, comes to its conclusion Thursday night at New York’s Icahn Stadium, with several athletes with Washington ties competing.

Pasco native Marisa Howard (left/photo by Paul Merca) is one of five athletes on the defending team champion San Francisco Surge squad with Washington ties,

Fields and Efraimson go 1-3 to help San Francisco Surge win first stop of TrackTown Summer Series...

Alexa Efraimson, Hannah Fields, Marcus Chambers, McKayla Fricker, TrackTown Summer Series

PALO ALTO, California—Hannah Fields (left, hip #7/photo by Paul Merca) of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts used her 800 meter speed to run down Camas’ Alexa Efraimson and win the 1500 meters at the Palo Alto stop on the TrackTown Summer Series at Cobb Track and Angell Field on the campus of Stanford University Wednesday night.

Fields and Efraimson’s 1-3 finish gave the San Francisco Surge

Efraimson finishes fifth in 1500 at USATF outdoor championships...

Alexa Efraimson, CJ Allen, Devon Allen, Eleanor Fulton, Jeshua Anderson, Jordan McNamara, Marisa Howard, Mel Lawrence, Wurrie Njadoe

SACRAMENTO—Camas native Alexa Efraimson (left/photo by Paul Merca) finished fifth in the1500 at the USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday afternoon on a hot day at Hornet Stadium on the campus of Sacramento State University, with temperatures hovering around the mid-90 degrees, slightly below temperatures on the previous two days.

Efraimson positioned herself well over the

Hannah Fields of Brooks Beasts gets USA & world 800 standard at Portland Track Festival...

Alexa Efraimson, Baylee Mires, Caroline Austin, Claudia Saunders, Eleanor Fulton, Hannah Fields, Jessica Tonn, Natalja Piliusina, Nick Symmonds

PORTLAND—With the USA Track & Field national championships looming in less than two weeks, a host of athletes with Washington ties made the trip Sunday to Griswold Stadium on the campus of Lewis & Clark College to compete in the annual Portland Track Classic designed to give athletes an opportunity to chase qualifying standards.

Hannah Fields of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts (left/file

Winger wins javelin in Rovereto, while Efraimson gets third in mile; Mackey 4th in 3000 in Zagreb...

Alexa Efraimson, Kara Winger, Katie Mackey

In Rovereto, Italy, Vancouver native Kara Winger (left/photo by Paul Merca) took the victory Tuesday at the Palio Città della Quercia meeting in the javelin.

Though it wasn’t close to her season best, Winger won with a fifth round throw of 191-8 (58.44m) after taking the lead in the first round with a throw of 187-0 (57.00m).

The win in the Italian city was Winger’s first overseas win

Alexa Efraimson finishes fifth in 1500m at world U20 champs...

Alexa Efraimson

BYDGOSZCZ, Poland—Camas native Alexa Efraimson (above/photo by John Nepolitan/dyestat.com) moved up one spot from her 2014 world under-20 championship placing in the women’s 1500, as she finished fifth on the final day of the IAAF World Under 20 Championships at Stadion Zawisza Sunday afternoon.

Efraimson, who entered the meet with the fastest personal best of the field at 4:03.39, was

It's the busiest weekend in American indoor track & field (and how to watch it)!

Alexa Efraimson, Andrea Geubelle, Angela Whyte, Bernard Lagat, Cas Loxsom, Garrett Heath, Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington Huskies

Friday and Saturday marks the busiest weekend in top level indoor track and field in America, with the USA indoor championships happening just down Interstate 5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, and the collegians heading to Birmingham, Alabama (Division I) and Pittsburg, Kansas (Division II) for the NCAA indoor championship meet.

THE PROS IN PORTLAND

Naturally, a large

Solid marks from both collegians and pros across the board highlight UW Invitational ...

Alexa Efraimson, Andrea Geubelle, Colby Gilbert, David Elliott, Izaic Yorks, Jax Thoirs, Kristina Owsinski, Natalja Piliusina, Troy Fraley

SEATTLE—A good mix of collegians and pros took center stage during the second day of competition at the UW Invitational Saturday at the Dempsey Indoor on the campus of the University of Washington.

From a national perspective, the best mark of the day came out once again in the heptathlon, as the University of Arizona’s Pau Tonnesen, the reigning Pac-12 decathlon champion threatened the

Alexa Efraimson easily advances to Sunday's 1500m finals at world juniors...

Alexa Efraimson

EUGENE--Camas HS standout Alexa Efraimson (left/photo by Paul Merca) easily advanced to Sunday's 1500 meter finals of the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon Friday afternoon with a comfortable fourth place finish.

Staying on the outside of lane 1 for most of the race to avoid getting boxed in, Efraimson clocked a

Busy weekend of track & field action ahead for Washington athletes...

Alexa Efraimson, Brooks Beasts, Eastern Washington University, Nick Symmonds, University of Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, Western Washington University

Apologies for not posting since Saturday's UW Invitational--like the rest of Seattle, we are digging our way out of the greatest sports weekend and party in this city's history, not to mention a gigantic case of the Blue Flu that has greatly diminished productivity, and caused numerous absences among the city's workers and school kids.

To put it bluntly, Seattle's gone nuts over its

Aaron Nelson and prep Alexa Efraimson win Dellinger Invite, while #7 UW women take team title...

Aaron Nelson, Alexa Efraimson, Gonzaga University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, University of Washington Huskies

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon--Walla Walla native Aaron Nelson (above/photo courtesy University of Washington) was a surprising winner of the men's 8k race at the Bill Dellinger Invitational hosted by the University of Oregon at the Springfield Golf Club.

After staying with the lead pack, Nelson pulled away from heralded Oregon freshman Edward Cheserek, and multiple All-Americans Trevor Dunbar and