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Other Washington pros & collegians competing in various venues around the USA this weekend...

Andrea Geubelle, Eleanor Fulton, Jeremy Taiwo, Jessica Tonn, Joe Hardy, Marcus Chambers, Natalja Piliusina, Washington State Cougars

While the focus is on this Friday and Saturday’s UW Invitational in Seattle, there is plenty of action involving Washington athletes around the country.

—In Lawrence, Kansas, University Place native Andrea Geubelle (left/photo by Paul Merca), who relocated in the fall to Lawrence, will open her 2018 campaign at the Jayhawk Classic Friday.

Geubelle, a 2016 US Olympian, will compete in the

Mackey and Piliusina win at Martin Luther King Collegiate Invite Saturday...

Katie Mackey, Natalja Piliusina, Savannah Colón

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico—Katie Mackey (left/photo by Paul Merca) won the women’s mile at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational Saturday, hosted by the University of New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Mackey, competing in her season opening race, ran 4:35.50 in the altitude, which, pending the results of other meets this weekend, is the fourth fastest time in the

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Mead 7th in Birmingham DL; Fields wins Falmouth Elite Mile...

Brooks Beasts, Garrett Heath, Hannah Fields, Hassan Mead, Katie Mackey, Mo Farah, Natalja Piliusina

In Birmingham, England, former Puyallup resident Hassan Mead finished seventh in the 3000 meters at the Müller Birmingham Grand Prix Sunday, the twelfth stop on the IAAF Diamond League tour.

Mead ran 7:51.09, as Mo Farah of the Nike Oregon Project ran to the victory in 7:38.64, in the British legend’s final track race on home soil.

The IAAF Diamond League tour resumes on August 24th with

News and notes for this weekend--August 19th & 20th...

British Athletics, Brooks Beasts, Garrett Heath, Hannah Fields, Hassan Mead, Izaic Yorks, Katie Mackey, Mo Farah, Natalja Piliusina, USA Track and Field

After some time off from the blog to rest and recover from the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London, glad to say that we are back!

Some news items:

Former Puyallup resident and reigning USATF 10000 meter champion Hassan Mead (left/photo by Paul Merca) competes in Sunday’s 3000 meter run at the IAAF Diamond League stop in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Mead will run in a field

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

Piliusina and Burkstrand win at Stumptown Twilight...

Baylee Mires, Claudia Saunders, Collier Lawrence, Jordan McNamara, McKayla Fricker, Natalja Piliusina, Paul Ryan, Travis Burkstrand

PORTLAND—In what was essentially a last-chance opportunity to earn qualifying marks for next week’s USATF Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, several athletes took to the Griswold Stadium track on the campus of Lewis & Clark College aiming for the standards at the Stumptown Twilight meet.

In the women’s 800, former NCAA 1500m champ Natalija Piliusina of the Brooks Beasts took the win in 2:

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

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

Stanford grad Jessica Tonn & ex-NCAA champ Natalja Piliusina added to Brooks Beasts roster...

Brooks Beasts, Danny Mackey, Jessica Tonn, Natalja Piliusina

Jessica Tonn(photo courtesy Brooks)

SEATTLE--The Seattle based Brooks Beasts announced the addition of Stanford standout Jessica Tonn and Oklahoma State University frontrunner Natalja Piliusina to the team roster just in time for the pivotal 2016 season training to begin.

Natalja brings her eight All-American titles to the team and is the 2013 NCAA 1,500-meter run champion. Her